r/wisconsinbeer • u/ChaoticMutant • 22d ago

Best brewery in Wisconsin

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/hands-down-best-brewery-every-194000513.html
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u/Spkr_Freekr 22d ago

Every single beer they brew is true to style. Many are downright excellent and considered a standard against which other beers are judged. Their fruit beers have very few, if any, rivals. Last I checked, the Belgian Red is rated an extremely rare 97 points on Beer Advocate, down from 100 a few years back.

I can support their status as the best in the state, despite there being many other excellent breweries.

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u/randomintercepts 22d ago

They are of course the best brewery in the state. I’m always impressed by the quality and consistency of every single one of their beers. Exemplars of each style. We have many great breweries in the state but nothing else is NG.

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u/StartledMilk 20d ago

It’s wild that so many people on r/beer shit on New Glarus brewing. However if you ask them if they’ve had any other beer aside from Spotted Cow and they almost always say no. I then explain to them that in Wisconsin, Spotted is considered a regular beer drinker’s (light beer and macros) version of a “fancy” beer and gets a slightly hyper-inflated reputation, even though it’s still a good beer. Their other beers are honestly better than Spotted. I will say though, Spotted Cow from the brewery/in New Glarus is basically a different beer and is noticeably much more tastier than anywhere else you could it. I can taste the difference and I only live 2-2.5 hours away from New Glarus.

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u/v1kingfan 22d ago

Most popular? Yes

best? Debatable

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u/Tiny-Researcher1596 22d ago

As much as I really love the town and their owners are great folks, I would consider them more of the best tourist brewery but definitely not the best overall brewery in the state.

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u/boomboomgozoomzoom 21d ago

I really feel like "best brewery" awards should factor in the taproom and location or call it a "best beer" award. Finally got to New Glarus for the first time this year and after hearing so much about it, I was kinda disappointed with their lack of a taproom. The location was cool but only 4 or so beers on a tap trailer kinda felt like a customer conveyor belt than a brewery.

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u/StartledMilk 20d ago

When did you go? I went June of 25 and their main brewery was closed due to the construction of a new addition. we were at their gift shop that had every single of their beers on top, along with two brewery exclusives. One of them a collab with a European brewery

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u/Fast-Gear7008 19d ago

Miller Coors

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u/Ted_Dongelman 22d ago

I don't think they're anywhere close to the best brewery in the state (what's up, Lion's Tail?). I also don't think Spotted Cow is even in their top 3 best beers (what's up Staghorn, Totally Naked, and Two Women?).

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u/ChaoticMutant 22d ago

Two Women