Is Potosi a real beer capital?
By Gregg Hoffmann, Beyond Milwaukee “Where the hell is Potosi and how did it beat out Milwaukee for the National Beer Museum?’ Beer drinkers everywhere are asking that question. Thousands are crying in their suds nightly in Brew City pubs at the disappointment of losing the honor. Well, maybe not, but Potosi is proud to have been selected as the site for the museum earlier this year, and did indeed beat out Milwaukee and St. Louis, where that other beer is brewed by a company headed by some guy named Augie. Potosi won over the American Breweriana Association because of its passion for beer, brewery history and beer-making culture, said Len Chylack, president of the collectors’ group. Plus, a group from the village of 720, at the confluence the Grant River and the Mississippi in Grant County, blew the collectors away with a “dynamic” presentation. “The main reason for us going with them is it’s such a dynamic devoted group out there,” Chylack said at the time of the announcement. “They’
