Celebrate the Super Bowl with brews that show your team loyalty. Credit: Getty Images
In a quest to find the perfect beer for Super Bowl XLV, we looked to the cities that have given us the top teams: Green Bay, Wisconsin and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Serve beers from your team's home town or mix it up and let your guests choose whether they want to drink to Green Bay or drink to Pittsburgh. No matter what you do, though, please drink responsibly.
Green Bay Beers
Wisconsin is known for its breweries, so it's no surprise that Green Bay, one of the smaller cities to have its own NFL football team, has several of its own microbreweries: Hinterland, Titletown, and Legends all have brewpubs right in Green Bay. Good luck finding any of these microbrews if you live outside of Wisconsin, though. Not that it's hard to find Wisconsin-based beers nationwide -- Miller, Schlitz, and the ever-popular Pabst Blue Ribbon beers all originated in Milwaukee, and any of them will do as a Packers beer (bonus: they're all super inexpensive).
Our favorite Wisconsin beer that you can find anywhere in the United States? Leinenkugel's 1880 Bock, a robust seasonal brew that's available nationwide from January through March. If a Bock is too sharp for your taste, try the crisp and sweet Berry Weiss, the Honey Weiss or the Belgian-style Sunset Wheat. Go Packers!
Pittsburgh Beers
Western Pennsylvania brews are less common than Wisonsin beers, but they're out there, and they have the same steel-town spirit as its NFL football team. When it comes to a good Steelers beer, your best choice is Pittsburgh's own Iron City beer, "The Official Beer of the Pittsburgh Nation." Iron City offers a Premium Lager, a 95-calorie Light Beer, and a full-bodied Amber called Augustiner. Iron City beers are carried by beer distributors across the country (to see if it's available in your state, click here).
Not available where you live? The next best thing can be found pretty much anywhere in the world -- Rolling Rock beer from Latrobe , Pennsylvania, just outside Pittsburgh. No collection or varieties, just a premium extra-pale lager in the famous green bottle. Go Steelers!
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Mike Obert,1-31-2011, 7:55PM
For the Pittsburg fans there is Allenton Brewery in Pittsburg. They sell something called Space Monkey and some pumpking beer. Seems to fit the profile for the team. For after the game, we can send them some beer from the Angelic Brewing company, Madison Wisconsin. We are thinking they will need to something to prepare to meet the hereafter.
For the Wisconsin Fans, there is always Roadslush Oatmeal Stout from the New Glarus Brewing company. While the road may be rough, The Wisconsin crowd will always prevail in the end.
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lolast99,1-31-2011, 8:06PM
I have never been able to drink beer. Http://www.wineandspiritsinfoguide.info Wine is my choice.
Mitchell,1-31-2011, 8:47PM
Angelic has been closed for years but the fellas that used to be their brewmasters now own a brewery on the east side of Madison called Ale Asylum....
David,2-01-2011, 1:48AM
Allentown isn't in Pittsburgh. It's on the other side of the state. And it's Pittsburgh, not Pittburg. Typical cheeshead. Go Steelers.
Andy,1-31-2011, 8:32PM
Rolling Rock left Latrobe years ago!!
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Mitchell,1-31-2011, 8:47PM
Now owned be Anheuser-Busch/InBev.....
mls,1-31-2011, 8:14PM
PITTSBURG is in Kansas. PittsburgH is in Pa. and home of the Steelers!
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Tony Comer,1-31-2011, 8:32PM
Sorry, but this braod is nuts... If you want a good Pennsylvania beer try Yuengling the oldest brewery in America. Their Black and Tan or Lager are great. In Wisconsin, you can get Capitol, Lakefront, New Glarus or Potosi to name some good ones.
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mike hunt,1-31-2011, 8:39PM
bud 12 oz long neck bottles
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paul,1-31-2011, 9:37PM
budwieser is now owned by the french and i can tell you the french do not know how to make beer!!! miller genuine draft is very good and if you want a light beer[women] take a regular beer and pour it over ice... americans aren't too smart, the beer companies make a "light" beer and charge just as much for it as regular beer, what a joke !!!
Mike,1-31-2011, 10:21PM
FYI...Anheuser-Busch is owned by a Belgian company, not French. And Budweiser is still brewed in the United States the same way it has for almost 150 yrs. If you're gonna be a know-it-all, at least get your facts straight.
Peter,1-31-2011, 10:21PM
Paul,
AB-InBev is actually from Belgium and they know how to brew some of the best beers in the world.
tjamwhit1,1-31-2011, 8:35PM
Rolling Rock is no longer an alternative Pittsburgh beer since it's now brewed in Newark, NJ!
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Winslow,1-31-2011, 9:37PM
If you want a good Pittsburgh Beer thats a real beer try one of the Penn brewery selections this is the closest brewery to the stadium and a great german beer company. For the more budget minded selection try Duquesne if you can get it in your area. It's a pilsner that's a cross between Iron and yuengling. It's being brewed in the old rolling rock brewery along with Iron City. Support the Steeler Nation.
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Ron,1-31-2011, 9:48PM
I'm from Cleveland and I live just outside Green Bay, is there anyway both teams can lose?
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askdal,2-01-2011, 12:35AM
It can't get better that Ice Cold Coor's light in the bottle. Except Sam Adams boch. No better beers are made. Pittsburg Beer, 405, no way, all hog swell.
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askdal,2-01-2011, 12:35AM
It can't get better that Ice Cold Coor's light in the bottle. Except Sam Adams boch. No better beers are made. Pittsburg Beer, 405, no way, all hog swell.
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Jim,1-31-2011, 10:39PM
Try Straub Beer from St. Marys, PA. It is an absolutely awesome western PA beer and has been since the 1800's. If you like Rolling Rock, you'll love Straub beer!
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Draconian,2-01-2011, 12:03AM
Forget the beer....bring out the Absinthe...makes Jack Daniels look like Kool-Aid...
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Bryon,2-01-2011, 1:25AM
Yuengling is definitely the way to go. Too bad I cant get it out here on the west coast.
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