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Beer Reviews
Most recent reviews listed first. Click the headings to sort by applicable criteria.Beer |
Brewery |
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| Pale Ale | Founders Brewing Co. |
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| Station Master Wheat Ale | Flossmoor Station |
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| Oleator Dopplebock | Sand Creek Brewing Co. |
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| Hop Juice | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| Brewhouse Coffee Stout | Central Waters Brewing Company |
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| Full Circle | New Holland Brewing Co. |
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| Mama Mia! Pizza Beer | Pizza Beer Company |
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| Monarch White | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| Fuel Cafe | Lakefront Brewery, Inc. |
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| Hocking Hills Hefeweizen | Barrel House Brewing Company |
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| Imperial Choklat Stout | Southern Tier Brewing Company |
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| Wall Street Wheat | Mishawaka Brewing Company |
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| Satin Solstice Imperial Stout | Central Waters Brewing Company |
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| Milk Stout | Lake Louie Brewing |
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| Sheet Metal Blonde | Barley Island Brewing |
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| Extra Pale Ale | Summit Brewing Company |
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| Mr. Mephisto’s Imperial Stout | Lake Louie Brewing |
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| Pandora's Bock | Breckenridge Brewery |
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| Pride And Joy | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| Atwater Vanilla Java Porter | Atwater Block Brewery |
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| Rabid Rabbit | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| Shantytown Doppelbock | Tyranena Brewing Company |
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| Gulden Fraug | Hoppin’ Frog Brewery |
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| The Hairy Eyeball Ale | Lagunitas Brewing Co. |
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| Herbal Cream Ale | South Shore Brewery |
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| Back Burner | Southern Tier Brewing Company |
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| Cascade Pale Ale | Stevens Point Brewery |
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| Bourbon Barrel Barleywine | Central Waters Brewing Company |
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| Duveneck's Dortmunder Style Lager | Barrel House Brewing Company |
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| 471 Small Batch IPA | Breckenridge Brewery |
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| Einbock | Stevens Point Brewery |
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| Makeweight | Furthermore Beer |
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| Kalamazoo Stout | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Alpha King | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| Bock | Lakefront Brewery, Inc. |
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| Calabaza Blanca | Jolly Pumpkin |
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| Nosferatu | Great Lakes Brewing Co. |
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| Warrior IPA | Left Hand Brewing |
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| Cocoa Loco | Arcadia Brewing Company |
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| Dirty Old Man | Tyranena Brewing Company |
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| Breakfast Stout | Founders Brewing Co. |
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| Incinerator Dopplebock | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| Imperial Weizen | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| 5 Day IPA | O'Fallon Brewery |
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| Northwind | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| Deca | Founders Brewing Co. |
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| Bourbon County Stout | Goose Island Beer Co. |
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| Rhoades’ Scholar Stout | South Shore Brewery |
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| Fatty Boomblatty | Furthermore Beer |
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| Winter White Ale | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Great Northern Porter | Summit Brewing Company |
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| Black Bavarian | Sprecher Brewing Co. |
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| Louie’s Demise | Milwaukee Ale House |
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| Three Feet Deep | Furthermore Beer |
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| Final Absolution | Dragonmead Microbrewery |
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| Snowshoe Ale | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Fort | Dogfish Head |
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| Imperial IPA | Goose Island Beer Co. |
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| Anniversary Ale | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. |
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| Batch 8000 | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Imperial Stout | Left Hand Brewing |
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| Wheat Ale | Upland Brewing Company |
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| Happy Heron Pale Ale | Central Waters Brewing Company |
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| Razz-Wheat | Oaken Barrel Brewing Co. |
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| Collaborator Doppelbock | Flying Dog Brewery |
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| Bender | Surly Brewing Co. |
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| Ambergeddon | Ale Asylum |
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| Imperial Gemini | Southern Tier Brewing Company |
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| Scotty Karate Scotch Ale | Dark Horse Brewing Co. |
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| Alpha Klaus | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| 20th Anniversary Ale | Lakefront Brewery, Inc. |
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| Sapient Trip Ale | Dark Horse Brewing Co. |
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| Olde School Barleywine | Dogfish Head |
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| Brian Boru | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| BrooDoo | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| Tire Bite Golden Ale | Flying Dog Brewery |
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| Un*Earthly Imperial IPA | Southern Tier Brewing Company |
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| Christmas Ale | Great Lakes Brewing Co. |
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| Double Crooked Tree I.P.A | Dark Horse Brewing Co. |
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| Blushing Monk | Founders Brewing Co. |
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| Celebration Ale | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. |
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| Dancing Man Wheat | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Smoke on the Porter | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Brass Knuckles | Barley Island Brewing |
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| Dopple Bock | Sprecher Brewing Co. |
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| Warped Speed | Lake Louie Brewing |
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| Harvest Ale | Founders Brewing Co. |
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| Kalamazoo Royal Amber | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Holiday Spice | Lakefront Brewery, Inc. |
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| U.S. Pale Ale | Capital Brewery |
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| Darkness | Surly Brewing Co. |
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| Organic Revolution | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Oatmeal Stout | Goose Island Beer Co. |
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| Lunar Ale | Boulevard Brewing Co |
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| Oscar’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout | Sand Creek Brewing Co. |
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| Pilgrim’s Dole | New Holland Brewing Co. |
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| Dog Days | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout | North Coast Brewing Co. |
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| RJ King Wingwalker Lager | City Brewing Company |
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| Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout | Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company |
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| Alpha Kong | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| Burning River Pale Ale | Great Lakes Brewing Co. |
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| Fallen Apple | Furthermore Beer |
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| Harvest Fresh Hop Ale | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. |
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| King IPA | King Brewing Company |
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| Devil Dancer | Founders Brewing Co. |
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| Bare Tree | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| Schild Brau Amber | Millstream Brewing |
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| Existential Ale | New Holland Brewing Co. |
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| India Pale Ale | Arcadia Brewing Company |
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| Old Glory American Pale Ale | Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. |
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| Oktoberfest | Sprecher Brewing Co. |
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| Hallertau Imperial Pilsner | Boston Beer Company |
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| Farmer Brown Ale | Old Capitol Brew Works |
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| Minocqua Pale Ale | Minocqua Brewing Company |
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| Straight Pipe Porter | Old Capitol Brew Works |
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| Hop Whore | Tyranena Brewing Company |
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| Imperial Porter | Sand Creek Brewing Co. |
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| Heliocentric | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| IPA | Lakefront Brewery, Inc. |
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| Half Acre Lager | Half Acre |
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| Golden Monkey Tripel | Victory Brewing Co. |
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| Red Lager | Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company |
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| Spank Me Baby! | Tyranena Brewing Company |
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| Harvest Ale | Goose Island Beer Co. |
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| Octoberfest Beer | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| IPA² | Sprecher Brewing Co. |
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| Double Dog Double Pale Ale | Flying Dog Brewery |
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| Gemuetlichkeit Oktoberfest | Tyranena Brewing Company |
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| CynicAle | Surly Brewing Co. |
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| Amber Ale | Dark Horse Brewing Co. |
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| Project Opus | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| Pale Ale | Berghoff |
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| Fantabulous Resplendence X | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| Aprihop | Dogfish Head |
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| Cane and Ebel | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| Horn Dog Barley Wine Style Ale | Flying Dog Brewery |
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| Crooked Tree IPA | Dark Horse Brewing Co. |
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| Fest | Capital Brewery |
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| Golden Leaf Wheat | City Brewing Company |
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| Furious | Surly Brewing Co. |
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| St. Croix Maple Ale | St. Croix Beer Company |
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| Hot Tail Ale | Falls Brewing Company |
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| Sir Duluth Oatmeal Stout | Lake Superior Brewing Company |
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| Third Coast Old Ale | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Totally Naked | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Zon | Boulevard Brewing Co |
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| 120 Minute IPA | Dogfish Head |
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| Zommerfest | August Schell Brewing |
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| Big Eddy Imperial IPA | Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company |
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| Stickin’ It To The Man Extra India Pale Ale | Tyranena Brewing Company |
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| Storm King Imperial Stout | Victory Brewing Co. |
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| Bourbon Barrel Bock | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Sieben’s | Gray’s Brewing Company |
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| Oberon Ale | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Home Town Blonde | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| The Poet | New Holland Brewing Co. |
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| Commodore Perry | Great Lakes Brewing Co. |
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| Kiss The Lips | Lake Louie Brewing |
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| Floppin' Crappie Ale | Northwoods Brewing Corp. |
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| Wheat Love Ale | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Abbey Triple | Sprecher Brewing Co. |
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| Dortmunder Gold Lager | Great Lakes Brewing Co. |
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| Vintage Ale | Capital Brewery |
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| The Devil Made Me Do It! Imperial Coffee Oatmeal Porter | Tyranena Brewing Company |
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| Voyageur Extra Pale Ale | James Page Brewing Co. |
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| Kentucky Breakfast | Founders Brewing Co. |
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| Dragon’s Milk | New Holland Brewing Co. |
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| Barley Wine | Sprecher Brewing Co. |
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| Blonde Doppelbock | Capital Brewery |
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| Hopalicious | Ale Asylum |
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| Belgian Quadruple | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Summer Shandy | Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company |
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| Dreadnaught | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| India Pale Ale | Summit Brewing Company |
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| Conway’s Irish Ale | Great Lakes Brewing Co. |
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| Kilgubbin Red Ale | Goose Island Beer Co. |
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| Maibock | Capital Brewery |
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| Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. |
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| Shakparo | Sprecher Brewing Co. |
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| Mbege | Sprecher Brewing Co. |
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| Stone Soup | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Fat Tire Amber Ale | New Belgium Brewery, Inc. |
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| Cream City Pale Ale | Lakefront Brewery, Inc. |
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| Too Cream Stout | Dark Horse Brewing Co. |
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| Zen+IPA | BluCreek Brewing |
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| 312 Urban Wheat | Goose Island Beer Co. |
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| Big Butt Dopplebock | Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company |
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| Atwater Hell | Atwater Block Brewery |
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| Irish Style Ale | Gray’s Brewing Company |
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| Munsterfest | Three Floyds Brewing |
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| Headless Man Amber Alt | Tyranena Brewing Company |
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| Winter Skål | Capital Brewery |
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| Focktoberfest | Lakefront Brewery, Inc. |
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| Double Cream Stout | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Hopslam Ale | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Black Tulip | New Holland Brewing Co. |
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| Wisconsin Amber | Capital Brewery |
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| Rathskeller Amber Ale | Gray’s Brewing Company |
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| Honker’s Ale | Goose Island Beer Co. |
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| Curmudgeon | Founders Brewing Co. |
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| Honey Pils | South Shore Brewery |
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| Edmund Fitzgerald Porter | Great Lakes Brewing Co. |
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| Coffee Stout | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Heavy Handed IPA | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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| Big Bear Stout Ale | Bear Republic Brewing Co. |
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| La Roja | Jolly Pumpkin |
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| Two Hearted Ale | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. |
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| Hop Hearty Ale | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Raspberry Tart | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Wild Raspberry Ale | Great Divide Brewing Co. |
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| Oro de Calabaza | Jolly Pumpkin |
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| Autumnal Fire | Capital Brewery |
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| Atwater Voodoo Vator | Atwater Block Brewery |
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| Stone Tepee Pale Ale | Tyranena Brewing Company |
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| Copper Kettle Weiss | New Glarus Brewing Company |
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| Prairie Path | Two Brothers Brewing Company |
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