The new taproom is set to open today, February 10th, and as the brewery ramps up production of cans at their new facility we as consumers can only hope they'll dial in the inconsistencies recently with their flagship pale ale, PseudoSue.

Ah, PseudoSue, once a venerable midwest "whale", now reduced to BeerAdvocate users' favorite whipping boy. This was in part due to Toppling Goliath's decision to contract brew Sue, along with a few other beers, down at BrewHub in Florida. The beer coming out of Florida was a shadow of its former self; the beer that we used to drive to Hudson, WI for, just in hopes that the shelves at Casanova hadn't already been cleared out. Very quickly this beer became known as "Florida Sue" on online forums, and seemed to become the scapegoat for all of TG's issues, whether they were warranted or not. Despite the maddening batch variation coming out of Florida, Toppling Goliath continued to push out Decorah brewed bombers of PseudoSue variants, and other hoppy goodness into the marketplace.

Despite all of that, the beers we drank in the TG taproom were all amazing. We were able to drink HopSmack and PseudoSue on tap, and buy bottles of DDH Sue and Fire, Skulls, & Money to-go.

Now to the busiest taproom in Decorah...

I had always heard rumblings about Pulpit Rock on various beer forums and social media, especially around their big releases, and over time they have established quite a cult following for their hazy IPAs and various barrel aged offerings throughout the year. Every so often, you'll see a beer like BA $ticker $hock pulling some serious weight in the trading forums as well. The tiny little taproom was packed, the bar was packed, people were spilling out of the patio into the parking lot. It became clear that this is where Decorians (?) and non-Decorians alike were hanging out and drinking beer.