My mom and I headed over to the liquor store earlier today to pick up some beers for quality father-son bonding.
My dad is a self-described "locovore", so I decided to go with some beers that have more of a local flavor to them. Unfortunately, none of the great breweries in Madison sell beers that he doesn't get regularly, so I had to stretch it a little bit. I'd say that New Glarus is close enough to Madison to count that as local, so we got him a 4-pack of their Imperial Weizen, as well as a bottle of their Belgian Red. We finished it off with a beer that was local to me while I was living in Milwaukee, Lakefront's Bridge Burner--seriously, I lived a few blocks from the brewery. That was awesome!Dad and I split the Bridge Burner and each had an Imperial Weizen. He definitively told me that he preferred the Bridge Burner. Frankly, that surprised me a bit. He generally prefers beers that are more like the Weizen, though he isn't huge on higher alcohol stuff so I guess it makes some sense.
I'm not really sure which one of them I thought was better. I love weizens and I definitely have no issues with higher alcohol, but the Bridge Burner was a very good beer. To be honest, I'm not actually a huge fan of a lot of the stuff at Lakefront (it's not bad beer, it's just generally not my style) but this was a very nice one. The Belgian Red is an entirely different experience, as it's a low alcohol cherry beer. I actually got it for him on his recommendation, and we split it. I'd agree with his initial take: it's absolutely phenomenal.
Did you give/receive any Father's Day brews this year? If so, what?
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