The brews from Green Bay

We really haven't explored too much of our newly adopted state, pretty much drove to Madison, then drove to and from Chicago. We've seen the interstate and maybe like 2 suburbs of the capital. Given that its autumn here and we've heard that there's some color up here, we took off to camp in the touristy Door County area to see some pretty leaves. Of course, I had to find a brewpub somewhere along the way to try so hello to Titletown in Green Bay and Packer country. Other than being a brewpub, Titletown is right on the tracks in downtown GB, and the big pub also has a big menu that I imagine anyone can find something to eat from the pub burgers to pizza to walleye and other comfort entrees.

Drew ordered the Bamburg brew, a rauschbier style with almost no head. The taste I had was pretty nice; smoky flavor but not overpowering, drinkable, medium to heavy mouthfeel, caramel aftertastes with very little hops. The color was nice and dark, I will mention that it felt almost sweet. Undecided so far, I had a taste of the Mulligan brew and the Pullman porter. Mulligan brew was a dark red pour with a little light head, light-medium mouthfeel, an amber ale with a whole bunch of stuff thrown in. Tasted slightly sweet malt, then citrus/pine, then the hops hit me and I thought they were a bit out of place. The porter was a pretty boring example- no real depth and the bitterness didn't really balance with the malt. So I went with the Bamburg based on taste and my food.

Onto the food; as we tend to split lots of stuff, this time we split a bison melt and an elk burger.Onto the food; as we tend to split lots of stuff, this time we split a bison melt and an elk burger. The elk was crazy greasy, had chipotle mayo adding to the messy, canned jalapenos, and onions, cheese etc. I liked the first couple of bites, but it was way too greasy and I would have been ill if I had eaten the whole thing. Slightly spicy (by Wisconsin standards), the sweet potato fries were a decent balance to the spice and grease. The bison open faced melt was less greasy- nice and chewy with melted cheese, onions, and mushrooms. We'd get that again, but the elk almost immediately came back to haunt us as we sat at the beer drinking more beer to burp it up.

Drew also ordered the beer and cheese soup, made with the honey ale, this soup was very thick and pretty tasty. Full of beer cheese goodness. Drew also later ordered the 400 honey ale and I tasted it too: pretty sweet and tick, not as thick as mead or as sweet as cider but pretty girly, also very very drinkable. I'd hit that for a bbq or anything vaguely sweet and meaty.