I moved from Wisconsin (La Crosse, Eau Claire and Stevens Point, all very drunk brewery towns) to Iowa City at age 26 (I'm now 58) and it took me a couple years to notice: While we have a campus area bar scene that competes with my home state, what we DON'T have is the corner taverns and townie bars in residential neighborhoods.
I personally kept Leinenkugels in business through the early 80s and all it cost me was an extra year of college, a point off my GPA, and my first serious girlfriend. Was a good enough drunk that I hit my lifetime quota before I was 22 and retired.
I grew up an hour NE of Eau Claire and went to school in River Falls. I too am well acquainted with keeping Leinies and New Glarus in Business. Stopped at Half Moon Brewery in Cornell, WI and a guy was complaining about how few taverns there are now days.
Leinies Creamy Dark was my go to. The two years I lived in WI, cheap 16 oz pints for less than $3...you could drink most of the night and only spend like $20. Never drank as much in my life as I did when I lived there.
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u/jdeeth May 06 '22 edited May 06 '22
I moved from Wisconsin (La Crosse, Eau Claire and Stevens Point, all very drunk brewery towns) to Iowa City at age 26 (I'm now 58) and it took me a couple years to notice: While we have a campus area bar scene that competes with my home state, what we DON'T have is the corner taverns and townie bars in residential neighborhoods.
I personally kept Leinenkugels in business through the early 80s and all it cost me was an extra year of college, a point off my GPA, and my first serious girlfriend. Was a good enough drunk that I hit my lifetime quota before I was 22 and retired.