Fox DeLuxe Discombobulator

The brewing credentials are curious on this one.  “Brewed under the authority of Fox DeLuxe, Oswego, Il, by Sand Creek Brewing Company, Black River Falls, WI.”  THE Fox DeLuxe?  Who owns the name?  Anyway, Discombobulator is a doppelbock lager and it was quite impressive.  Purchased at Binny’s in Willow Springs, this brew poured brown with [...]

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Grand Beer in Grand Rapids

I have sung the praises of Bell’s Amber Ale before, and had a chance to enjoy it on draft recently.  I was in Grand Rapids learning about aluminum extrusions, kerf cutting and other fascinating industry fallderall, and had time to pour a few pints down my neck in the evening.  The 22 oz. Bell’s drafts [...]

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Sea Dog Riverdriver Porter

I was a bit concerned when I read “natural hazelnut flavor added”, and saw Pugsley Brewing Co., but things worked out.  Sea Dog Riverdriver Porter pours with a very big head, too much so.  I could only get half the 12 oz. bottle in an imperial pint glass before I had to wait for the [...]

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Simpler Times only goes as far back as 2005 despite claims to the contrary by its brewer.

One of the saddest days of my beer drinking life was the day I found out Joseph Huber Brewing had changed hands and had changed the name.  Minhas Craft Brerwery (since 1845 it says on their lable, interesting math on that one!) now occupies that hallowed hall in Monroe, Wisconsin.  Minhas claims to have started [...]

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