Wow, I haven't been on this forum in ages, but I just saw that I missed this thread, and I can't not respond. I would vote, but it's been closed. But maxing it at 11 is unreasonable -- there are so many in the midwest. I'm in the Chicago south suburbs and a couple of miles from my house I can get at least 5 breweries from MI, several from WI and IN, and naturally, some from IL. So which breweries' beers have I sampled? Well, for the sake of brevity I'll limit it to the Midwest breweries whose beers I've had in 2011. I won't list specific beers because some were at a Beer Bout and were individual batches that cannot be bought in stores (and whose names I don't recall -- 10 8 oz. glasses of 10%+ abv beers tend to affect the memory).
So, breweries in 2011:
Michigan:
Founders, Bells, Dark Horse, New Holland, Arcadia
Indiana:
Three Floyds, Mad Anthony
Illinois:
Two Brothers, Flossmoor Station, Goose Island
Wisconsin:
Leinenklugel, Miller, New Glarus, Schlitz (is that still being brewed in MKE?)
Just 2011, and I'm at 14 breweries within the 4 states I've lived in in my life.
But I'm not an alcoholic, really. *urp*
And I'm not as thunk as you drink I am.
heheh
But the Midwest does rock for beer.
__________________
"There are only two things worth aiming for -- good music and a clean conscience." -- Paul Hindemith
|
Threaded Mode