USA, IA & WI: Wisconsin outpaces Iowa in beer ranking

In a recent ranking of every state in the U.S. by beer, Iowa ended up 34th, desmoinesregister.com reported on September 1, 2014.

Not great, not horrible, but it didn’t help that the first image in the story is Iowa and Wisconsin (the No. 7 state) with the caption “Drink beer here (Wisconsin), not here (Iowa).”

For instance, right above the Iowa entry is the state of Iowa made up of beer labels. Toppling Goliath is part of it, along with Exile, Millstream and Great River Brewery.

As for omissions, Peace Tree in Knoxville is a big one, it is the brewery that first showed the potential of Iowa beers.

Iowa isn’t going to dethrone Oregon, California or Colorado. But hopefully, if this list is revisited a few years down the road, it can rise to the top half of the country.

03 September, 2014