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Once dominated by megabreweries like Miller and G. Heilemann, the Midwest has in recent years become home to a dynamic craft beer industry at the core of America's current brewing renaissance. Beer writer and Certified Cicerone® Michael Agnew crisscrossed Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin sampling the astonishing variety of beers on offer at breweries and brewpubs. The result is a region-wide survey of the Midwestern craft beer scene. Packed with details on more than 200 breweries, A Perfect Pint's Beer Guide to the Heartland offers actual and armchair travelers alike a handbook that includes: Agnew's exclusive choices on which beers to try at each location Entries on every brewery's history and philosophy Information on tours, tasting rooms and attached pubs, and dining options and other amenities A survey of each brewery's brands, including its flagship beer plus seasonal brews and special releases Brewery equipment and capacity Nearby attractions In addition, Agnew sets the stage with a history of Midwestern beer spanning the origins of the immigrant brewers who arrived in the 1800s to the homebrewers-made-good who have built a new kind of brewing culture founded on creativity, dedication to quality, and attention to customer feedback. Informed and unique, A Perfect Pint's Beer Guide to the Heartland is the essential companion for beer aficionados and curious others determined to drink the best the Midwest has to offer. Includes more than 150 full color images, including the region's most distinctive beer labels, trademarks, and company logos.
Michael Agnew writes about beer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Beer Connoisseur, and other publications and is the author of the homebrew recipe book Craft Beer for the Homebrewer. He blogs at A Perfect Pint, www.aperfectpint.net.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS viiINTRODUCTION 1The Rise of the Megabreweries after Prohibition 5Minnesota's Beer: The History of Grain Belt 9Brewery Caves Then and Now 13How to Use This Guide 17MINNESOTA 18Twin Cities/Central 21Northern 41Southeast 50Southwest 54Fermenteries 57WISCONSIN 58Madison 61Milwaukee 71Northern 81East Central 85West Central 98Southeast 110Southwest 116Fermenteries 119ILLINOIS 120Chicago Metro 123Northern 158Central 163Southern 170Fermenteries 173IOWA 174Central 176Northeast 186Southeast 194Southwest 198Fermenteries 200GLOSSARY OF BEER TERMS 201BIBLIOGRAPHY 205INDEX OF BREWERIES BY LOCATION 207GENERAL INDEX 211
"As someone who has written about beer for over thirty years I can tell you that it is almost impossible to write a book like this without falling into jargon or repetition of descriptions, and this author fell victim to neither. . . . This is research at its best."--Peter LaFrance, author of Cooking & Eating with Beer
