Robin Shepard

May the “luck of the Irish” be with you in your quest for #WIBeer on #SaintPatricksDay. 🍻 🍀 🍻 🍀 🍻 🍀 🍻 🍀 🍻 🍀 My pick … Leprechaun Say YEAH! From @yb_beerco My thoughts at #Isthmus isthmus.com/food-drink/bee…

❄️ 🍺 ❄️ 🍺 ❄️ 🍺 ❄️ 🍺 ❄️ 🍺 #Bockfest (2026) @CapBrew #WIBeer #MSNBeer

🍺 The annual release of #blondedoppelbock @CapBrew marked 29 years of #bockfest at the Middleton brewery. Brewmaster Tanner Brethorst led several hundred drinkers in the snow to call for the taps to open🍻 #WIBeer #NSNBeer

🍺 @deltabeerlab & @vintagebrewer teamed up on a Baltic Porter in MSN Area Craft Beverage Producers’ “Blind Date” program matching breweries at random to create something for Valentine’s Day. Release party tonight (2/12) at Delta Beer at 5:30p More about it in latest Isthmus.

Ahhh. Thinking about the crack of bats & cry of “Beer Here” in the warm Arizona sun! Pitchers & catchers reporting for @cactusleagueaz

Happy 13th Anniversary to #Karben4 - celebrating today (1/31) with special releases like DOUBLE dry hopped Fantasy Factory and brewhouse tours. #WIBeer #MSNBeer

@duluthnews @hoopsbrewing A very big deal in Duluth beer culture. Sorry to see this. Trips to the Twin Ports will not be the same.

Hoops Brewing is closing duluthnewstribune.com/business/hoops…

My three friends are FULLY committed to their job @FullMileBeerCo 🍺 #WIBeer 🍺 #MSNBeer

If you see it, best not to wait. Nearing the end of its run in participating breweries. !!!! 🍺

We wanted to capture the spirit of a casserole, says Clint Lohman of #WorkingDraftBC Six #MSNBeer makers collaborate to brew “Casserollin’ With My Homies” a double IPA. #Karben4 #deltabeerlab #FullMileBeerCo #GiantJones #yb_beerco #WIBeer At #Isthmus isthmus.com/food-drink/bee…

December in Wisconsin — Good time for a big #imperialstout @GrumpyTrollBrew - Boreas is rich-malty, smooth and full-bodied. #WIBeer

Bound to be informative & ENTERTAINING #WIBeer #MSNBeer @lakelouiebeers

CHECKING THE SNOWFALL — against a big barrel-aged beer from #giantjonesbrewing —what’s a few inches of snow. “Someone To Someone,” stout aged in a blend of aquavit, rum, peated whiskey & apple brandy barrels. The hint of anise from aquavit seems right for a big snow! #WIBeer

My #BlackFridayBeer always seems to involve #HopHausBrewing in Fitchburg. This weekend Brewmaster Phil Hoechst has six dark beers that make for a great flight. #WIBeer

🍺 Brewmaster Dan Carey has done it again — his NEWEST fruited sour release is right up there with legendary lambics. @newglarusbrew Framboise is getting lots of accolades from lambic enthusiasts, including me. That #WIBeer & more at #Isthmus isthmus.com/food-drink/bee…

Congrats to Brewer Bill Morgan & @FullMileBeerCo team — winning GOLD with Dr Funk-in-Stein at the 2025 Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers #FOBAB in Chicago this weekend. Those following #MSNBeer & #WIBEER sours know just how good this beer is. 🍻 Details isthmus.com/food-drink/bee…

Ahhhhhh … 🍻 the last full weekend of #Oktoberfest season. Just hope #WIBeer versions of the style are available a little longer 🍺 ❤️ 🍺 ❤️ 🍺 isthmus.com/food-drink/bee…

Vintage 2025 (@GABF 2025 Silver) from @newglarusbrew was just released (only) in Brewery’s Beer Depot over the weekend. 🎉 🍺 🎉 🍻

Madison’s 2025 @GABF winners 🍺 @AltBrew - Ice Bucket, gluten-free, cold IPA (bronze). @untitledartbev - Mango Dragonfruit Sour (N/A) from its FLVR! Series (gold). @newglarusbrew - Vintage 2025, Belgian sour (silver). @vintagebrewer - Scaredy Cat Oatmeal Stout (bronze). #WIBeer

The 3rd Annual Belgian Beer Fest at #GiantJones is this weekend — with 7 Giant Jones Belgian-Styles beers & introducing a brand-new Barrel-Aged Belgian-Style Stout. PLUS: 6 guest beers from other local breweries. #MSNBeer #WIBeer

@AltBrew @untitledartbev Also a shout-out to the other winner from Wisconsin, @AhnapeeBrewery - Pumpkin Ale (silver).

More about #MSNBeer winners @AltBrew and @untitledartbev — both were mentioned in the July #isthmus as beers of the month. 👏 👏 👏