This weekend, I bellied up to the bar to grab a bite to eat and chat with my friend / bartender, Bill Rouleau, who works at The Palomino.
Bill shares my unhealthy and rabid obsession with the Brewers, and I know he had something up his sleeve when I saw his coy smile as he walked over with a pint of Guinness.
"Check this out," he said, pointing to its foamy head. I expected to see a shamrock, which is impressive in its own right.
But instead, Bill showed me a pint of beer with a perfectly-formed, old-school Brewers ball and glove logo etched into its head.
I was far too astounded to ask him how he did it, but I had the presence of mind to snap a photo with my iPhone. About the only thing cooler would have been to figure out how to make it blue and gold. And frankly, I wouldn't put it past him.
From the guy who brought Milwaukee the Tour de Farce, Dog Day Afternoon and the infamous South Shore Frolics Rush-Mor float, it looks like Bill (who co-owns Rush-Mor Records) has created another Bay View masterpiece -- and I'm guessing if the Brewers keep winning, he'll be pouring many more Brewers-inspired Guinnesses all summer long.
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
