Sunday, January 30, 2011

Titletown Brewing Company

How fitting. A Titletown burger test on the eve of the reemergence of Titletown. To be fair, the test was conducted weeks ago, January 7, 2011 as it were. If it was not stated, the date would be meaningless, this posting is as timely as ever.
The Titletown Brewing company was the final stop for a rail line that once ran from Milwaukee to Green Bay. What a story to write that would be. This is a burger test, not a political forum of the rights and wrongs of high speed rail. Let us conclude this test of spectacles.
What a fortunate set of circumstances to allow a group of ‘haggard’ testers to try a burger or two. After the rail line shut down, the Titletown Brewing Company eventually came to power. And what an emergence it was, at least for the sake of our slobbering appetites. Hopefully you know us enough now to at least somewhat understand our motivation, even desires maybe.
Now that the readers have a somewhat vague familiarity with our testers they can take into account our random traits. Eventually they all run together and the scores we compile matter the most. Due to the untimely demise of Tom, Dick and Harry’s, the Titletown Brewing Company is our first set of scores for the new year. What a tease to the viewership.
We thought maybe the waitress teased us with the offer of a Skippy Burger. It was no tease, rather a burger slathered with delicious Skippy peanut butter. Anyway, this is how it went down: As per usual, Sarah asked where we should go. I often suggest places not within the immediate area that are often rejected because they are different but we agreed on the Green Bay Brewery that is actually Titletown Brewery.
Nine people signed up to go. A good number for prime results. Unfortunately only four of us ordered Burgers. To say the least, the others provided charming company.
The Spicy Elk burger attracted me the most. Nick ordered the Brewer burger, Sarah the Bison burger and Tom and Karen took the leap of faith on the Skippy burger.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Spicy Elk. We were a bit perturbed at the bun situation. Titletown Brewing uses various flavored breads to bun their burgers. Although the ‘buns’ were very unexpected, they presented a delightful surprise. To be honest, I was enamored with the atmosphere. The burger was delicious and I couldn’t rate it any less than a nine overall.
Don’t be dismayed that I group the rest of the crew together, for they all gave an overall score of eight points.
Karen was kind enough to share part of her Skippy burger with me and I found that somehow the combination of peanut butter and burger was delicious. Tom and her gave nearly identical ratings.
Surprisingly, Nick rated the flavor his Brewer burger a paltry six but the other categories enamored him enough to enable the overall score of eight.
A score of eight from Sarah however does not come lightly. I knew it was either the burger or the good company, perhaps both, that gave her a rise. I felt her enamored sense of things the vibrations of the table.  The taste coupled with the exotic sounding menu was enough to exclaim the excellence of this joint.

If there were any negatives about the place it was that some guy named Nick thought his burger was not quite cooked to specifications.
Overall the place was very nice. It was an old train station reminding me of an old wooden dormitory. The waitress was extremely cheerful and kept our water glasses full. I’m not sure what needle work is, but someone seemed to have enjoyed it. Rare is the first burger test that results in a score of eights across the board.
Often, the first test is a series of hard scoring and little fanfare. We can safely assume that Titletown Brewery is a safe haven for those seeking a superior burger.
It is with disdain I don’t write more about the other guests seated at tables beside us or the flowing atmosphere. There is so much to say but as these blogs often go, I fear I have rambled on far too much. Until the next test, take our recommendations to heart and flow forth to a better tomorrow, sometime around noon and at a vestibule with a better burger, I'd imagine.

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