NEWLY UPDATED FOR 2013
Already got the book? Watch for new Wisconsin breweries not yet in the book!
CORRECTIONS for a couple errors in the 2013 Edition
Coming Spring 2013: Michigan’s Best Beer Guide!
Listen to Author Kevin Revolinski talk about Wisconsin beer on The Joy Cardin Show on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Ideas Network.
See Kevin sampling Wisconsin beers on The Today Show with Al Roker
With the craft beer industry really taking off as it has been, keeping this roadtrip guide to the breweries of Wisconsin is no simple task. Since the publishing of the first edition of Wisconsin’s Best Beer Guide a handful of breweries have either gone out of business or changed names/owners. But more importantly a whole bunch of new Wisconsin breweries have opened throughout the state, filling in gaps in “beer coverage.” For this, I give you the new and improved and fully updated Wisconsin’s Best Beer Guide, 2nd Edition. The first had just over 70 breweries; this updated Wisconsin beer guide has over 90 breweries.
And like its predecessors, Wisconsin’s Best Beer Guide still has the special offers corresponding to passport-style signatures you can get in your book when you visit each brewery. And as before, most of these offers are for FREE BEER!
In order to stay current longer, a few new breweries which will open in late 2012/early 2013 are already included. A few more beer-related attractions have been added as well, such as the new beery hotel going into the former Pabst brewery building (which keeps the old copper brew kettles intact).
Inside Wisconsin’s Best Beer Guide you will find:
- Listings for all breweries and brewpubs from the big-time MillerCoors in Milwaukee all the way down to the little Black Husky Brewery and One-Barrel Nanobrewery.
- Beer listings include directions, beer info, the story of the place, food options, and a special offer as well as Stumbling Distance: 2 or 3 places nearby that you shouldn’t miss if you’ve made the trip
- Listings for festivals, homebrew clubs, homebrew shops
- Several museums and historic tours
- Breweries reachable by bike trail, bus tour, or brew cruise
- A history of beer in Wisconsin
- Lots of little facts and explanations about beer, how it’s made, and even how to drink it (as if you didn’t know already)
Suitable for the beer curious or beer snobs alike, Wisconsin’s Best Beer Guide leads you on a pils-grimage to find all the Wisconsin-made beer in its natural habitat. Watch this website for book availability dates, signing information, or offers to order signed copies. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WisconsinBeerGuide or follow the Wisconsin Beer Guide on Twitter (@WisBeerGuide)
Reviews of the previous editions:
Madison Beer Review
Citizen Reader
105.5 WMMM’s Kitty Dunn
Watching the Sun Bake (blog)
Click here for Eat Wisconsin’sinterview with Kevin Revolinski about his Wisconsin Beer Guide!
Previous editions:
(2010)
(2006)
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Do you know if the Pioneer Haus at UW – Platteville is still brewing? Thanks!
I believe so, but I’ll get someone to confirm that!
Friend in the military came to Wisconsin for training appx 3 years ago. Had dinner and a microbrew he loved. Thought it was called blue moose. Any idea how to find it and where we can get it to surprise him when he returns from Afganistan?
Susan
Ooh, fun! A mystery and a sweet gesture with beer! Well, let’s start with these questions… Any idea where dinner was? Was it on tap or bottled?
I just checked at our local Bookland in Neenah for this book and the clerk told me she couldn’t order it. Darn. I like to shop local because I own a small shop around the corner from there. Can you help?
Hi Marie,
That’s interesting. Are they affiliated with Book World? I know that Book World corporate office can’t reach an agreement on terms with Partners Book Distributor (my publisher in Michigan). I have one copy left here at home. I guess I could sell that to you! Truth is I am updating it for a third edition which may be out before the Holidays. Let me know what you want to do: revtravel @ yahoo . com
Cheers,
Kevin
Looking forward to your update to this book. Any idea as to when you expect it to be out?
Our best estimate at this point is early November. Mostly it’s ready but there is still some editing and then the line at the printer. Definitely in time for the holiday season!
Just ordered mine.
The my Aunt, Uncle, my wife and I pick a zone every year and make a long weekend of doing beer tours. Last year we did Zone 1. This year we did Zone 2. The updated book will help for the next zone.
Cheers!