Annie Awards

The Annie Awards, essentially the Oscar's for animation, is having Sprecher beer and soda as it's official beverages this year. Check out the Annie Awards here.

Sprecher Hefe Weiss Voted one of the top 25 beers in America

We were rather surprised to discover that Men's Journal Magazine conducted a poll of best beers in America and our very own Hefe Weiss came up on the list. You can get the press release here.

Sprecher on Deal or No Deal

Sprecher Root Beer made a surprise appearance on Deal or No Deal back in November. The contestant was offered a lifetime's supply of Sprecher Root Beer. Apparently they did their research and knew that he loved Sprecher Root Beer. He turned down the deal though to go for the big bucks. Guess we can't blame him.

Here are some photos of Sprecher in the Deal or No Deal vault:

Just makes you wonder where Robert Palmer went to.

Sprecher Brewery wins big at the 2006 L.A. County Fair

We decided to enter quite a few of our beers into the increasingly prestigious L.A. County Fair, and the judges responded with a resounding verdict in favor of the taste of Milwaukee's original micro-brewery. Here are the Medals:

Special Amber: Gold Medal - Vienna Style Lager

Oktoberfest: Gold Medal - German-Style Marzen/Oktoberfest

Dopplebock : Gold Medal - Dopplebocks

Black Bavarian: Gold Medal - Robust Porter

Irish Stout : Gold Medal - Foreign(Export) Style Stout

Imperial Stout : Gold Medal - Imperial Stout

Winter Brew : Silver Medal - European-Style Dark/Munchnerdunkel

Sprecher Micro-Light: Silver Medal - English Summer Ale

Piper's Scotch Ale : Silver Medal - Scotch Ale

Mai Bock : Bronze Medal - Bock Beers

Barleywine: Bronze Medal - Barleywines

Food and Brew Matches from this year's State Fair

We had a great time this year at the Wisconsin State Fair. Several of Wisconsin's finest chefs used our stage at the Wisconsin pavilion to highlight a number of intriguing recipe's they have developed featuring Wisconsin products, including, of course, Sprecher beer and soda. Click on the following links to get those gourmet chef inspired recipes to try for yourself!

American Club, Kohler:
Wisconsin three cheese beer soup

Brown Dog Restaurant:
Mussels steamed in Sprecher Abbey Triple Ale

Q BBQ Restaurant:
Smoked or Grilled Duck Breast with cranberry BBQ sauce

Cafe Esperanza:
Fiesta Steak Fajitas

Dream Dance restaurant:
Sprecher Root Beer cured Red Deer venison

Cafe El Sol:
Roast Pork, Shrimp Stir Fry and Baked Cod

Sprecher on the Tee-Vee!

We were excited be featured on the Food Network (Time Warner Milwaukee channel 67) series "Road Tasted". Two brothers travel America highlighting small family run and artisanal makers of food and drink. A visit to Milwaukee wasn't complete without paying a visit to our humble brewery! Randy Sprecher brewed up a special homebrew batch of our root beer just for them! This very fun episode aired in September and again in November. Let the Food Network know you'd like to see it aired again! Tell 'em yourself!

On Sunday (7/23/06) we were featured on the program "BeerNutz"on the MoJo channel on INHD(err... High Definition tee-vee), in Milwaukee this is Time Warner channel 545. BeerNutz is a program whose hosts have been visiting the famous brewing towns of North America and profiling the breweries therein as well as giving viewers a taste of the area. We are, of course, on the Milwaukee episode. Not sure how, if or when the re-runs will be scheduled.