2012 program - Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild

Lafayette Brewing Co. | 412
Brewmaster/President: Greg Emig | Brewer: Matt Williams
www.lafayettebrewingco.com | mail@lafayettebrewingco.com
622 Main St., Layfayette, IN 47901 | 765-742-2591
Celebrating our 19th Great Taste appearance! Located in historic downtown
Lafayette, IN, our brewery/restaurant is situated in a 121-year-old former
furniture store in the heart of the downtown Arts & Market District.
Established in 1993, we are the 2nd oldest craft brewery in Indiana, and this year
we’ll produce approximately 900 barrels of handcrafted ales and lagers. Beers
are produced in a wide range of styles, from delicate pilsners to intensely hopped
IPAs to a barrel aged baltic porter to a sour Belgian brown. Our restaurant serves a
variety of updated comfort foods, including delicious locally raised bison burgers,
house-smoked brisket, wings & turkey breast and classic fish and chips. Our facility
also features a 2nd floor venue which serves as a private banquet room; plays
host to our annual beer festivals & tasting; hosts local thru international recording
and comedy artists; and much more! This room also has it’s own pizza kitchen and
offers a range of select spirits to complement our house beer menu. Stop by our
booth for a taste of quality Indiana beer!
If it’s not from
WISCONSIN
IT’S NOT IN THIS BEER.
Beers for the 2012 Great Taste: Quite frankly, it’s been a busy summer
and we’re just not sure what we’re going to bring! Rest assured, we’ll
bring a delicious range of tasty ales and lagers that will tickle your
tastebuds and please your palate!
Lake Louie Brewing | 303
Owner: Tom Porter | Brewmaster: Tim Wauters
www.lakelouie.com | tom@lakelouie.com
7556 Pine Rd., Arena, WI 53503 | 608-753-2675
Established 1999. Born out of a midlife crisis, Lake Louie Brewing emerged as
a producer of top quality ales distributing to the Madison, WI and surrounding
areas. Tom Porter built a true farmhouse brewery near his home in Arena, WI.
Producing approximately 4,000 barrels annually, all brewing, bottling, and
kegging operations are performed on-site at the pond side facility.
COON ROCK CREAM ALE: ABV: 5.7%, 1.053 OG, IBU: 15.3. A pre-prohibition Cream Ale
using corn for a very creamy and full bodied beer. Lightly hopped with traditional
varieties that would have been grown in southwestern WI a hundred years ago.
Named after a local cave near the brewery.
WARPED SPEED: ABV: 7.2%, 1.070 OG, IBU: 18.7. Brewed in the classic Scotch Ale style with
a deep reddish-brown color. Full of body sweetness and flavor. “Beam me up Scotty”
ARENA PREMIUM: ABV: 5.7%, 1.054 OG, IBU: 13.7. American Pale Ale. Slightly more malt
balanced than many of today’s Pale Ales. Using American grown hops and barley.
KISS THE LIPS: ABV: 6.0%, 1.060 OG, IBU: 30.8. An Old School version of an IPA. Still
balanced. Named after the country song “It’s hard to kiss the lips at night that chew
your ass out all day long”.
LOUIE’S RESERVE: ABV: 8.4%, 1.080 OG, IBU: 18.8. A higher gravity version of our
Warped Speed Scotch Ale. A cult favorite to the initiated. The “L” and “R” in the name
are code for ‘Liquid Reefer’. See if you don’t agree. VERY LIMITED SUPPLY.
TOMMY’S PORTER: ABV: 5.7%, 1.055 OG, IBU: 22.6. A smooth, full bodied beer. A rich
‘nuts & berries” flavor followed by a coffee like finish. Named after the guy who pays
the mortgage for the brewery.
RADIO FREE IBA: ABV: 7.0%, 1.069 OG, IBU: 47.8. An ‘India Black Ale’. “We now interrupt
your regularly scheduled beverage for news of a black IPA that utilizes tangy Pacific
Northwest hops with a whisper of chocolate and raspberry (real raspberries). Named
after the original ‘pirate’ radio station in Madison.
Lakefront Brewery | 408
Brewmaster: Luther Paul | Marketing Director: Chris Johnson
www.lakefrontbrewery.com | www.facebook.com/lakefront
1872 N. Commerce St., Milwaukee, WI 53212 | 414-372-8800
Lakefront Brewery, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been a leading
innovator in the craft brewing industry for almost 25 years. Lakefront made
the first certified organic beer in the U.S., Organic E.S.B., and recently, was
the first brewery to make a 100% indigenous beer—all hops, malt, wheat and
yeast from one state—Wisconsinite Summer Weiss. Lakefront’s beers are
currently found in 37 states and three countries. The brewery is on pace to
produce 35,000 barrels at the end of 2012.
Imagine a beer that is so local, even the strain of
yeast used in it is indigenous to Wisconsin. Then
imagine drinking this refreshing beer on a beach, in a
back yard lawn chair, or at your favorite summer
festival. Now stop imagining, and go pick up the
newest beer from Lakefront Brewery. NOW AVAILABLE.
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