

Like the beauty of the old stained glass windows, there is a beauty to be found in the art and attention to detail that our Brewmaster has for each batch of beer. In order to celebrate the state of Wisconsin and previous visionaries, Topsy Turvy Brewery will be naming our craft beers after inventions from Wisconsin, historical places, tourist attractions or other fun things found in Wisconsin. This love is being brought to life in a historical church in the heart of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin located just blocks from Geneva Lake. No matter what you've got a taste for, our beer and brewing experts are here to help you find the perfect pint to pair with it.Topsy Turvy Brewery was born from a dream and love of Wisconsin’s craft brewing history. Looking for something to put out the fire of hot and spicy foods? Batch 19 comes to the rescue with a nice balance of malts that help cool your palate. The carbonation and smooth malts whisk the beef and cheese heaviness from your palate with each gulp. For instance, if you're ordering an Angus beef cheeseburger, we'd recommend a Leinenkugel's Red Lager. Our mission is to draw upon a wide range of expertise in beer and food pairings and offer well-founded suggestions for a beer that perfectly complements your meal. That includes a thorough understanding of beer styles, brewing, ingredients, the history of beer, glassware, draught systems and food pairings.īasically, a Cicerone is the beer world's version of a sommelier. A Cicerone, by the way, is someone who specializes in the service of beer. These servers have passed the first level of the Cicerone Certification Program® and have a knack for talking about beer and food.

"Beer Logic" is exploring the many ways the right beer can add a new dimension to any dish, and there's nothing we love more! To help you find the perfect pairing of beer and food, we have Certified Beer Servers.

What's A Cicerone? Our Beer Savvy Staff Are Here to Help More than a beer slogan, though, it summarized his vision for the Miller Brewing Company. Always passionate about his beer, Miller proclaimed "Quality, Uncompromising and Unchanging" as his slogan. For many years, the entire operation was about the size of a Victorian-era house. As he described it: "A town with a magnificent harbor like that has a great future in store."įrederick bought the abandoned Charles Best Plank Road Brewery in the Menomonee Valley and established the Frederick Miller Brewery. After spending a year scouting the country for cities with good access to waterways, as well as the barley and hops needed for brewing beer, he settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He leased the royal brewery of the House of Hohenzollerns, but before he could make his mark in the beer business, political unrest and increasing restrictions on trade in Europe led him to immigrate to the United States.Īccompanied by his wife Josephine and young son, Frederick arrived in New York in 1855 with, as legend has it, a pocketful of brewer's yeast and $9,000 in gold. On his way back to Germany after seven years of classical academic studies in France, Miller chanced upon an uncle who was a brewer and decided to stay on and learn the business.Īfter working in his uncle's brewery and learning everything he could, Frederick returned to Germany determined to open a brewery. His calling as a brewmaster came in his early twenties. Miller hailed from a family of politicians, scholars, and business owners. Born Novemin Riedlingen, Germany, Frederick J. Like many iconic American beers, the Miller Brewing Company was started by a German immigrant.
