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Civil War Malt House:
This weekend beer lovers will gather in Madison for the annual Great Taste of the Midwest. At one Madison bar, beer lovers have been enjoying some of Wisconsin’s best brews for more than 150 years.
Bill Rogers is the owner of the Malt House, formerly the Union House, in Madison.
Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Image ID 3105.

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Craft Beer:
With the Green Bay Packers playing in the Super Bowl this Sunday, people all over Wisconsin will be watching football. And where there’s football, there’s another fine Wisconsin tradition — beer. To celebrate the Super Bowl, Chris Bocast brought us this sound-scape of one of Wisconsin’s craft breweries — Madison’s Ale Asylum, run by head brewer, Chris Riphenburg.
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