{"id":467,"date":"2009-10-30T19:54:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T02:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=467"},"modified":"2009-10-30T19:54:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T02:54:21","slug":"wisconson-beer-and-some-needed-rr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"Wisconson Beer and Some Needed R&R"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the many nights of camping and staying in motels, I was excited to stay at the Speckled Hen Inn, a cute little B&B in Madison, Wisconsin.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The room was great and there was a lounge area that was just like being at home.\u00c2\u00a0 We spent most of the first night enjoying the complementary hot chocolate and relaxing with our computer and books.\u00c2\u00a0 It was just what I needed!<\/p>\n

\"Our

Our B&B<\/p><\/div>\n

Our first stop in Madison was the Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company.\u00c2\u00a0 Scott\u00c2\u00a0tried American Style Ale and Porter and I\u00c2\u00a0tried\u00c2\u00a0an Oktoberfest and their Crop Circle Wheat.\u00c2\u00a0 We both enjoyed the beer and the pub food.<\/p>\n

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\"Beer

Beer at the Great Dane<\/p><\/div>\n

In the morning we spent the day walking around Downtown Madison and the University of Wisconsin.\u00c2\u00a0 We even tried some of the gourmet ice cream that the university makes in their food labs. In the afternoon we took a tour of the Monona Terrace Conventation Center that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1938, but was never built.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, with the help of one of his students the center was built in 1997.\u00c2\u00a0 That evening we went to a Belgian restaurant and bar and enjoyed the some best mussels and frites I have ever had. I also tried a Pauwel Kwak which was a great Belgian beer and now one of favorites.
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\"Enjoying

Enjoying my Belgian Kwak<\/p><\/div>\n

After Madison, we headed to Milwaukee to visit the Lakefront Brewery.\u00c2\u00a0 Scott enjoyed the tour and tasting, while I got a free Lakefront Root Beer for being a nice wife and designated driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the many nights of camping and staying in motels, I was excited to stay at the Speckled Hen Inn, a cute little B&B in Madison, Wisconsin.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The room was great and there was a lounge area that was just like being at home.\u00c2\u00a0 We spent most of the first night enjoying the complementary hot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,31],"tags":[5,94],"class_list":["post-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usa","category-wisconsin","tag-beer","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}