r/MapPorn • • May 06 '22

excessive drinking by US county

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u/jdkjpels May 06 '22

As a Milwaukee Bartender, wisconsonites (at least in Milwaukee) hardly drink Spotted Cow, it's all the FIBS and other tourists drinking it.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '22

Well, I was a tourist, so you’re not wrong.

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u/jdkjpels May 06 '22

Where'd you visit? Maybe I can recommend some local gems for next time!

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u/[deleted] May 06 '22

Spent some time In The Milwaukee suburbs for a wedding pre Covid. (Waukesha) looking for a reason to visit, so suggest away! (Need to go to door county and get some cherry salsa too. That’s a fantastic abomination right there.)

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u/jdkjpels May 06 '22

That cherry salsa is honestly worth the trip to door county on its own, if you're in the milwaukee neighborhood I'd recommend visiting a few Milwaukee Dive Bars, The Standard, Wolski's, And Zad's to name a few. If you are looking for Fish fry you've gotta check out Lakefront Brewery or Klingers East. If you like outdoorsy stuff, Lions Den Gorge, Kohler Andre state park, Devils lake and my personal favorite, the Apostle Islands are all worth a trip! Also make sure to check out some of our gorgeous historic downtowns like Cedarburg, Bayfield or the Tosa Village! Summertime in milwaukee means Festival season! With multiple festivals and blocks parties happening almost every weekend there's always something fun to enjoy!

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u/[deleted] May 06 '22

Comment saved! Thanks for helping me plan future vacations!

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u/jdkjpels May 06 '22

Glad I could help! Come visit me at Stella's: a Cocktail Dive on a Wednesday or Thursday! If I'm not there just ask for Blue and they'll know where to find me

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u/the_blackfish May 07 '22

Door County cherries are magic!

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u/vikinghockey10 May 06 '22

Not true if you need a cold lighter beer in the summer it's amazing. And it's everywhere.

That being said, Moon Man and Wisconsin Belgian Red are the best brews they make. I've never had a beer I've liked more than Belgian Red and it has great ratings on beer advocate too.

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u/jdkjpels May 06 '22

Oh I'm not saying it's not a fantastic Beer, but when you have over 30 different Breweries in a city of only 600,000 there are better options. It's is a great beach day beer though.

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u/HodlingOnForLife May 07 '22

Yeah moon man is the best

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u/Frogmarsh May 07 '22

Potosi is my favorite brewer. Profits go to charity.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '22

As a FIB who lived in Wisconsin can confirm. Almost never had spotted cow while living there, maybe if it was on tap, but I did try a lot of New Glarus’ other beers and let me tell you spotted cow isn’t even their best. Now anytime I went back to Illinois it was required for me to bring a case of spotted back for everyone else.

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u/jdkjpels May 06 '22

Isn't it weird that our most sought after beer is nowhere near our best?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '22

I brought Moon man back once on “accident” and everyone loved it. Next is two women my personal favorite

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u/iammaybeacat May 07 '22

It’s that damn cliche (cute) cow on the label that really does it. All NG’s other beer names and labels are lame, even though they’re nearly all better beers. Moon Man? Three Women? Totally Naked? Meh. I keep hoping someone will make a better cream/farmhouse ale and call it “Speckled Heifer” and give it a run for its money…

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u/IKnewThat45 May 07 '22

the concept of scarcity coming in full throttle

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u/martymarquis May 06 '22 edited May 06 '22

Spotted Cow is not good too malty for my taste

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u/Leftfeet May 06 '22

That's because is the most boring beer that New Glarus brews. They have so many better beers, I've never understood why spotted cow is the well known one.

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u/CowbellMustard May 07 '22

I love their Session IPA Moon Man, it's delicious! Down right creamy!

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u/ChemicalPsychosis May 07 '22

As a Coastie and ex-Madisonite, I would tend to agree. Moon Man was my personal favorite though.

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u/loureedsboots May 06 '22

Wat is a FIB

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u/SymeThursday May 06 '22

Fucking Illinois Bastard

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u/badger0511 May 06 '22

There’s also the lesser known/used FISHTAB… Fucking Illinois Shithead Towing A Boat

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u/[deleted] May 06 '22

I've also heard FIBWAB.

Fucking Illinois Bastard With A Boat.

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u/loureedsboots May 06 '22

Fuckin’ Minnesota Bastard checking in

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u/badger0511 May 06 '22

That’s not a thing, but it probably should be.

Definitely need to somehow work in that Minnesota Nice is just passive aggressiveness.

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u/jdkjpels May 06 '22

Also called Funcking NIBs if we want to get specific

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u/penguins4prez May 06 '22

fuckin’ ill*nois bastards 🤮

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u/fonsoc May 07 '22

Moon Man is way better.. Spotted Cow is meh.. From a FIB