Draft Queen: My favorite beers of 2022


Draft Queen: My favorite beers of 2022


t is hard to believe another year has come and gone since I am convinced 2019 was yesterday, but alas, here we are, about to usher in 2023. And what a year 2022 was, right? Unlike the national trend in pandemic-induced brewery closures, Wisconsin saw very little. And for the first time since 2019, the Great Taste of the Midwest went off without a hitch back at full capacity.

The Atwood neighborhood in Madison saw a brand-new, thoughtfully curated beer bar and coffee shop open up, Forward Craft and Coffee, and the Bay View neighborhood in Milwaukee got a new tasting room when Super Moon Beer Co. opened up just a few months ago.

For me personally, this year was jam-packed with highs...

Farmhouse ale; Super Moon Beer Co., Milwaukee

I think Super Moon opening their small tasting room in the heart of the super-trendy Bay View neighborhood in Milwaukee is the most rad and best thing to happen to the Wisconsin beer scene this year...

Third Space Brewing Like a Girl American IPA; Milwaukee

A delicious hoppy beer designed and brewed in solidarity by women and nonbinary professionals in the Wisconsin craft beer industry to support the momentum in highlighting nontraditional beer makers...

Working Draft Beer Co. Le Pils French-inspired Pilsner; Madison

Always a sucker for a good hop-forward lager, and Working Draft does so well with them. French and Italian-style pilsners have been a fun trend to see and I hope it continues into 2023...





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