A Whale A Week: Central Waters Fifteen

Central Waters is a fixture in the Wisconsin brew scene since the late 1990’s, growing steadily and building a strong reputation for good craft beers.  I’ll be honest, when they first started distributing in Minnesota a few years ago I was not impressed with their basic beer line-up.  People kept telling me how amazing the beers were, but all the ones I had tried were merely OK.  What I didn’t realize until much later was that most of my beer-freak friends were really talking about Central Waters’ barrel aged series.  Once I got a taste of their Peruvian Breakfast Stout I was sold on them.  My wife and I were able to get to a Central Waters beer dinner at The Happy Gnome earlier this year and were blown away by the fact that all but one beer they served us was a special release.  Oh and the food wa …