As part of a small town bar crawl in Central Wisconsin celebrating our big occasion, I quickly realized that if you wanted a beer other than Miller Light, Miller High Life, or Budweiser you had only one choice, Blatz Beer.
Hailing from Milwaukee, the Blatz brewery was originally a small brew house that made a mere 150 barrels annually. That is until Valentine Blatz, creator of this namesake brew, married the recent widow and new owner of the City Brewery. The two operations were combined shortly thereafter and Blatz's once small brew house became the third largest beer producer in Milwaukee.
And in case you haven't picked up on the trend, I also recently found out that my best man's parents even tipped back a cold Blatz in celebration of their engagement as well. But is love a key ingredient in making a delicious beer?
This German brew carries a nice full taste that becomes more enjoyable as your experience continues. Bottle after bottle convinced me that Blatz could easily overtake Coors Light as my life long partner of banquet beers.
Unfortunately, my new found love turned out to be a one night stand.
The night before, Blatz was a deliciously smooth beer that could be guzzled like water. The morning after it was a headache the likes of which I hadn't experienced since the time my best man and I decided it would be a good idea to down an entire bottle of Jaeger in one night (college, smh).
I had wanted to chalk this negative experience up to a lack of sleep but realized no more than two months earlier I had partied all Friday night only to be up and celebrating St. Chirish Day in Chicago at 7am the following morning.
Blatz will always hold a fond place in my heart and I won't shy away from any future rendezvous with the Milwaukee original either. I will however only have one or two bottles as a means of nostalgia and then quickly return to a beer that will be a little more forgiving the next morning.
Blatz Beer, 5.5 mugs out of 10.
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