Celebrate American Craft Beer Week with a beer from one of these 25 area breweries
Crack open a cold one from any of these breweries.
May 13, 2021 7:00 AM Sam Jones
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Erika Jones (right) co-owns Giant Jones Brewing with wife Jessica Jones (left)
It’s American Craft Beer Week, which means it’s time to highlight and celebrate Madison’s breweries. American Craft Beer Week kicked off Monday and extends through Sunday. Ale enthusiasts and lovers of lager are spoiled here on the Isthmus, with 25 craft breweries in or near Madison. Crack open a cold one from any of these breweries.
This cutting edge brewery has a knack for naming their regular and seasonal brews, some favorites being the Apocalypse Bingo: Murder Hornet Pale Ale, Karen’s Rage and the Vax On, Vax Off Mosaic Pale Ale. Carryout and curbside options are available, and you also can find Ale Asylum at many Madison grocers.
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This was not the best new beer Madisonâs Ale Asylum released this year, but it was unquestionably the most successful, and itâs obvious why without even cracking open the can. This beerâs label perfectly captured the zeitgeist at the time of its release in early April, and it never really stopped resonating. The pilsner was followed by a hazy pale ale version, and both were taken national by the new Wisconsin-based distributor Brew Pipeline. Locally, the brewery has offered the FVCK COVID duo and many of its other beers for $6 a six-pack for most of the year. By the way, my favorite new Ale Asylum beer also had a âugh, 2020â theme: MRDR HRNT, the first in a new âApocalypse Bingoâ series. Itâs a pale ale heavily dosed with Mosaic,
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There was now “an unprecedented and toxic combination of potential scenarios” which have been realised and have emerged, he noted.
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