The crew heads just south of the WI-IL border to visit Antioch Fine Wine and Liquors for their 7th Annual Summer Tent Event! We catch up with old friends like Lakefront and Only Child, and meet some new friends from Canarchy, Collective Arts, 9th Hour, Half Day, Zum Bier, and the Boot Campaign for Veterans! […]

As promised, this week Fred Swanson and Jason Walters – organizers of the Great Taste of the Midwest beer festival in Madison, WI – sit down with the Tap Takeover Podcast to discuss the entire process behind the scenes of organizing one of the most successful beer fests in the country. We discuss some of […]

Stay up-to-date with a Special 6-minute Installment from the Beer News Department at the Tap Takeover Podcast! This week we sat down with Fred and Jason, the organizers of the Great Taste of the Midwest Festival in Madison, WI to discuss two of the most popular features of the fest – the Real Ale Tent […]

The Tap Takeover Podcast Crew get together for another special tasting episode. Just in time for the 2018 release of Central Waters’ Barrel-Aged Scotch Ale, we’ll be tasting four Scotch Ales aged in different barrels. This episode has a local vibe to it as we are trying all Wisconsin beers! We start the journey with […]

Stay up-to-date with a quick 5-minute Installment from the Beer News Department at the Tap Takeover Podcast! Certified Fresh as of 07/19/18. Grab a pint of New Glarus 2018 Wild Sour Ale and join us. Cheers! Tap Takeover Podcast

We’ve taken the Tap Takeover Podcast on the road again this week for a little beer run down to visit Only Child Brewing in Gurnee, IL. We sit down with brewery-founder Ben and taproom-manager Charlotte as they lead us through a live tasting of their many delicious beers. In today’s episode we’ll be discussing Only […]

Stay up-to-date with a quick 3-minute Installment from the Beer News Department at the Tap Takeover Podcast! Certified Fresh as of 07/05/18. Grab a pint of Bell’s Oarsman Ale and join us. Cheers! Tap Takeover Podcast

This week on the Tap Takeover Podcast, we visit owner/head-brewer Gordon Lane at Biloba Brewing in Brookfield, WI. Gordon leads us through an extensive tasting of his many craft beer offerings, including a dip into his barrel-aged cellar collection, we press him for stories about his glory days as the Chief Operating Officer at Breese […]

Stay up-to-date with a quick 4-minute Installment from the Beer News Department at the Tap Takeover Podcast! Certified Fresh as of 06/20/18. Grab a pint of Ale Asylum’s Unshadowed Hefeweizen and join us. Cheers!     Tap Takeover Podcast

The Tap Takeover Podcast Crew is on the road again to visit owner/ head-brewer Alex Wenzel and head of marketing Eric Henzel at Lion’s Tail Brewing Co. in Neenah, WI. Our gracious hosts lead us through an extensive journey of their brewery’s beer styles with a live tasting in the taproom, we get to experience […]