Today is a good day to be a beer geek.

Let me back up a bit. I know the gadget at the bottom of the page says I'm supposed to be talking about New Glarus' Octoberfest offering right now. I'll get around to that soon (hopefully sometime this week). But, I felt I should put that off because something came up.

What was the something? The release of MadTree's 2016 Funk Series at the Funk Day 2016 event. This is an experience that began this morning and is now over. Luckily, I got to check it out and  I'm writing this now to share it with you. You'll note that this isn't you standard John Likes Beer post--Purrl is absent from it and I'm drinking beer out of a glass. Like I said, I'll get back on track with my typical reviews soon enough. But, I try to be timely when I can. And this post is, if nothing else, timely.

Last night my girlfriend and I were feeling cooped up in our hot apartment so we headed out for a night on the town. Well, not really on the town. More just one specific destination: Madtree's taproom.

I had been there before to try their brews in sample their cuisine and, although my girlfriend doesn't usually care for beer, I talked her into going with me by promising her pizza and Dreamsicle (a magically delicious brew that tastes exactly like an orange creamsicle).