A PERFECT PINT’S BEER�GUIDE� TO THE HEARTLAND MICHAEL AGNEW A Perfect Pint’s Beer Guide to the Heartland Agnew text.indd 1 3/19/14 3:19 PM Heartland Foodways The Heartland Foodways series seeks to encourage and publish book-length works that define and celebrate midwestern food traditions and practices. The series is open to foods from seed to plate and to foodways that have found a home in the Midwest. Series Editor Bruce Kraig, Roosevelt University Editorial Board Gary Fine, Northwestern University Robert Launay, Northwestern University Yvonne Lockwood, Michigan State University Museum Lucy Long, Bowling Green State University Rachelle H. Saltzman, Iowa Arts Council A list of books in the series appears at the end of this book. Agnew text.indd 2 3/19/14 3:19 PM A Perfect Pint’s Beer Guide to the heArtlAnd MICHAeL AGNew University of Illinois Press Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield Agnew text.indd 3 3/19/14 3:19 PM © 2014 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Agnew, Michael. A Perfect Pint’s beer guide to the Heartland / Michael Agnew. pages cm. — (Heartland foodways) isbn 978-0-252-07827-9 (paperback : alkaline paper) — isbn 978-0-252-09358-6 (e-book) 1. Beer—Midwest—Guidebooks. 2. Breweries—Midwest—Guidebooks. 3. Microbreweries—Midwest—Guidebooks. I. Title. II. Title: Beer guide to the Heartland. TP577.A36 2014 663.'420977—dc23 2013045040 Agnew text.indd 4 3/19/14 3:19 PM Contents ACknowLeDGMenTS -------------------vii InTroDUCTIon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1 The Rise of the Megabreweries after Prohibition -------5 Minnesota’s Beer: The History of Grain Belt ---------9 Brewery Caves Then and Now ------------------13 How to Use This Guide ----------------------17 Minnesota illinois ---------------------------18 -----------------------------120 Twin Cities/Central -----------------------21 Chicago Metro ------------------------- 123 Northern ------------------------------41 Northern ----------------------------- 158 Southeast -----------------------------50 Central ------------------------------ 163 Southwest -----------------------------54 Southern -----------------------------170 Fermenteries ---------------------------57 Fermenteries -------------------------- 173 Wisconsin iowa ----------------------------58 --------------------------------174 Madison ------------------------------61 Central ------------------------------176 Milwaukee ----------------------------71 Northeast ----------------------------186 Northern ------------------------------81 Southeast ----------------------------194 East Central ---------------------------85 Southwest ----------------------------198 West Central ---------------------------98 Fermenteries --------------------------200 Southeast ---------------------------- 110 Southwest ---------------------------- 116 Fermenteries -------------------------- 119 GLoSSAry of Beer TerMS --------------201 BIBLIoGrAPHy -----------------------205 InDex of BrewerIeS By LoCATIon -------207 GenerAL InDex ---------------------- 211 Agnew text.indd 5 3/19/14 3:19 PM Agnew text.indd 6 3/19/14 3:19 PM Acknowledgments I want to thank the brewers who gave me their time and shared their beer. If there is one thing that I love to do, it’s talk about beer. One of the best parts of this process was the opportunity to do so with so many of the passionate individuals who make it. Agnew text.indd 7 3/19/14 3:19 PM Agnew text.indd 8 3/19/14 3:19 PM A PeRFeCT PINT’S BeeR GUIde To THe HeARTLANd Agnew text.indd 9 3/19/14 3:19 PM