Marcobrau Beer Pages

These are our beer chronicles offering insight into places traveled, beers found and enjoyed!

My friend (and Marcobrau correspondent) Ryan has returned from Italy having tasted some good beers and having experienced some Italian beer culture.

It's still not normal as the Three Floyds brewery turns its front office into a brewpub.

I got the chance to pay a visit to the Minneapolis Town Hall brewpub. It was such a good experience I may have to second the motion.

I spent my vacation in search of the Mad Hatter (and other tasty finds) in Michigan.

A Quick hit at Hoppers: I visit my parents in Tampa and stop in at the Hoppers brewpub for some dinner and a sampler of brews.

Drinking with the Forefathers: My friend Ryan traces history and finds some tasty ales.

Steeped in history: A visit to the Millstream Brewery.

Invasion of the Flatlanders: Part 3. Baumgartners, the Grumpy Troll and more star in the third part of a series on the libations of Wisconsin.

Barleywines, bocks and other big beers all lined up along a wooden bar, all 99 of them for the sampling. It brought to mind the old song (yes, you know which one) and here it was -- all made real by the owners of Delilah's.

I'm a big fan of beer -- that should be obvious -- but one aspect of beer making that I really haven't mentioned too much of is the historical perspective. That's what we found a couple weeks ago at a tour of breweries in Monroe and New Glarus, Wisconsin.

Hoppy ales prove their character at this year's Real Ale Fest. Check out who was hoppiest. Of course, there were other beers, too.

We visit the Three Floyd's Brewing Co., whose motto is "It's Not Normal". At the time, the brewery just started tours at its new location in Munster. (The beers may not be normal, but they sure are tasty.)

I took a tour of Europe the other day and I didn't even have to got to the airport. I just went to Quenchers Saloon for the 21st annual European Beer Tour.

Gobble up some good beer this Thanksgiving. Here are my picks for my favorite Thanksgiving beers.

A new (old) Budweiser shows up in Chicago. Or is it just another new Czech beer?

Spring Brewer's Fest strikes again in Downers Grove with another round of Illinois best beers.

A look inside how A-B moves its product in Florida. Follow our friend Ryan on a beery good trip to the Sunshine State where he learns about the Big Red Machine.

Real Ale Fest revisted. Check out the 2001 RAF in Chicago.

The holiday season always means holiday beers. Check out some that I've tried in my review Happy, Hoppy Holiday Beers.

Our ever-travelling correspondent Ryan makes his way to San Francisco to study the Magnolia Brewpub and the famed Toronado to find The Real San Francisco Treat.

A Trip to the Backroads Brewery in La Porte, Indiana. It's worth the drive for the good beer, if not for the shopping at the Lighthouse Outlets in Michigan City!

The Spring Brewer's Fest is Downers Grove, Illinois, is a great place to get acquainted with some local brewers and their ales. Here is an account of 2000 fest.

The Real Ale Fest 2000. Our first RAF was a very good one with microbrewers from around the country showcasing their fine cask-conditioned ales.

My wife never liked a lot of hops in her beer until she met me and started drinking my beer. Now she can't get enough hops. Listen to her story of her love of Lupulin in her story, Confessions of a Hop Head.

The Dairyland, a.k.a. the state of Wisconsin is a fine place to go cheese, but an even better place to go for beer! Check out where to go in Good Beer Inspires Dairyland Quest.

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Last updated 1/16/07.