What's On Tap, Milwaukee - Romans' Pub

by Mike Pomranz, Posted Apr 8th 2009 @ 1:00PM

A weekly look at the draft selection at beer-friendly bars across the country.

The city of Milwaukee has long been known as Beer Town USA. Considered "the beer capital of the world" at the turn of the 20th century, it was home to four of the world's largest breweries (Blatz, Miller, Pabst and Schlitz).

Nowadays less than 1 percent of Milwaukee's workforce is employed by the brewing industry, but as long as Miller stays in business, Old Milwaukee remains on store shelves and the city keeps calling their baseball team the Brewers, it will continue to earn its moniker. Like many cities, the area is seeing a boom in craft-beer culture. Smaller brewers like Lakefront and Sprecher have national followings and the city is home to a number of brewpubs.

One of Milwaukee's most highly regarded watering holes is Romans' Pub, which DRAFT and Imbibe Magazines have called among the best beer bars in the nation. Indeed, 30 selections grace today's tap list. Sounds like Wisconsinites like to stay relatively local when they booze, though: Owner Mike Romans informed us that Goose Island IPA from nearby Chicago is their most popular brew. Locals craving a beer can simply check the list: "As soon as one gets changed out, it goes up on our site."

A sampling of suds on tap is after the jump. Got a favorite microbrew? Let us know in the comments.

Stone Smoked Porter (CA)
Stone Ruination Imperial I.P.A. (CA)
Goose Island Summertime Kolsch (IL)
Goose Island I.P.A. (IL)
Goose Island Reserve Matilda Ale (IL)
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (IL)
Bells Two-Hearted I.P.A. (MI)
Bells Hopslam Imperial I.P.A. (MI)
Bells Kalamzoo Stout (MI)
Bells Oberon Ale (MI)
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale (CA)
Tyranena Paradise By the Dashboard Lights Imperial Cherry Porter (WI)
Capital Blonde Dopplebock (WI)
Founders Breakfast Stout (MI)
Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale (OR)
Moylans Hopsickle Imperial I.P.A. (CA)
Lost Coast Downtown Brown Ale (CA)
Magic Hat #9 Ale (VT)
New Holland Dragons Milk Strong Ale (MI)
Weyerbacher Insanity (PA)
Avery the Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest (CO)
Great Lakes Conway's Irish Ale (OH)
Duchesse de Bourgogne Flemish Red Ale (Belgium)
Delirium Tremens Blonde Ale (Belgium)
Unibroue Trois Pistoles (Canada)
Guinness Stout (Ireland)
Radeberger Pilsner (Germany)
Hacker-Pschorr Weisse (Germany)
Hacker-Pschorr Marzen Amber (Germany)
Lagunitas Maximus Cask-Conditioned Imperial I.P.A. (CA) (on the beer engine)

Unfortunately, I had to cut out Romans' fantastic descriptions of each brew. Definitely check out their Web site to read up on every single beer on the list.

Filed Under: Lists, What's On Tap?, Drink Recipes, Drinks
Tags: beer, craft beer, CraftBeer, microbrew, Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI, pub, Romans, Romans Pub, speakin suds, Wisconsin

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

4-08-2009 @1:55PM scott said... Goose Island Honker's Ale is quite good, but often I prefer New Glarus Brewing Company's Spotted Cow. It's brewed in New Glarus, which is just outside of Madison, WI.
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4-08-2009 @6:30PM Bernie B said... Bell's Porter is one of my favorites, and the Gold Metal winner at the Beer World Cup in 2008
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6-23-2009 @11:28AM TieDye Tim said... @Scott...Honkers is OK, but Spotted Cow is (as Mike Romans would say) BallWash.

You are kind of missing the point of Romans. If you notice, he doesn't carry either of the "smaller breweries" the still brew in Milwaukee. This is because EVERYBODY in Milwaukee has those on tap. As well as Spotted Cow.

Come on in, I'll buy you a Magic Hat #9.

TdT
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