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Beer, Liquor & NA 2024

Blue Ox 2024 offers a wide variety of beverage options to quench your thirst.

*New* this year, Blue Ox will accept both cash and credit card for beverage purchases at the Beer Tent and Lodge. Most food and hardgood vendors accept card but some only accept cash. Merch Tent accepts both cash and card payment. ATM will be available on-site.

 

All drinks must be served in a Blue Ox cup. Have a Blue Ox stainless steel pint? Bring it along. Past and present Blue Ox cups accepted for fills! Blue Ox cups accepted for fills! A 2024 Blue Ox  steel pint will be available for purchase on-site at the Beer tent and Lodge.

 

2024 Beer Lineup

Oskar Blues 

  • Dale’s Pale Ale (American Pale Ale); Abv: 6.5% (tap and cans)
  • Dale’s Light Lager (Lager); Abv: 4.2% (tap and cans)
  • Hazy Blues (Juicy IPA); Abv: 7% (tap only)
  • Mama’s Little Yella Pils (Pilsner); Abv: 4.7% (tap only)

Headflyer BrewingBlue Ox Baby (Blueberry Lemon Kettle Sour) / Abv. 4.5% (tap only)

Third Space Happy Place (Midwest Pale Ale) / Abv. 5.3% (tap only)

New Glarus Brewing

  • Spotted Cow (Farmhouse Ale) / Abv. 4.8% (tap only)
  • Totally Naked (Alt Malt Lager) / Abv. 4.25% (cans only)

Alaskan Brewing Company Amber (Alt-Style Ale) / Abv. 5.3% (tap only)

Deschutes Brewery – Fresh Squeezed (IPA) / Abv. 6.4% (tap only)

Lakefront Brewery – Hazy Rabbit (Hazy IPA) / Abv. 6.5% (cans only)

 

*Tap beer only available at the Beer Tent

*Cans only available at the Blue Ox Lodge

2024 Hard Seltzer & Hard Cider 

Untitled Art (Waunakee, WI)

  • Pineapple Mango / Abv. 5% (tap only)
  • Prickly Pear Guava / Abv 5% (tap and cans)
  • Navel Orange Yuzu / Abv 5% (cans only)

CiderBoys – First Press / Abv. 5% (tap only)

 

*Tap beverages only available at the Beer Tent

*Cans only available at the Blue Ox Lodge

2024 Mixed Drinks & Wine

Mixed Drinks

  • Liquor: Fieldnotes Organic Vodka and Gin by La Crosse Distilling, Bourbon, Rum, and Brandy.
  • Mixers: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Squirt, Tonic Water, Soda Water, Ginger Beer, Lemonade, Cranberry Juice, Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice, Sweet Lemon Iced Tea
  • Featured Cocktails: Fieldnotes Gin and Juice, Fieldnotes Vodka Lemonade, Moscow Mule, Fieldnotes Vodka Cranberry, Jimmy Luvs Bloody Mary, Bourbon Mule, Bourbon Iced Tea, Bourbon Lemonade & Blue Ox Punch

*Available for purchase at the Blue Ox Lodge and Beer Tent

 

Carbliss Stawberry or Lime Margarita 

A Wisconsin based hand crafted premium tequila cocktail. No carbs, no sugar, gluten free and 100 calories. Abv 5% 

*Available in 12 oz cans at the Blue Ox Lodge & Beer Tent

 

Wollersheim Winery (Prairie Du Sac, WI)

  • Prairie Fume (semi-dry white)
  • Blushing Rose (semi-dry rose)
  • Scarlet Fume (semi-dry red)
  • White Riesling (semi-sweet)

*Available at the Blue Ox Lodge and Beer Tent

2024 Non-Alcoholic Beer & Beverages 

*Food Vendors also serving delicious non-alcoholic beverages such as a variety Boba Tea, Cold Brew, and Lemonade

Untitled Art (Waunakee, WI)

  • Non-Alcoholic Italian Pilsner (on tap only)
  • Non-Alcoholic Juicy IPA (on tap and in cans)

 

*Tap beverages only available at the Beer Tent

*Cans only available at the Blue Ox Lodge

 

Honey bee Cannabis (Madison, WI)

Hemp-derived THC Infused Sparkling Water (4.20mg THC per 12 oz can)

  • Strawberry Lemon
  • Ginger Lime

*Must be 21+ to consume. Available in cans at the Blue Ox Lodge & Beer Tent

 

Dairyland Curds (Food Court)

  • Soda
  • Water

Flips Mini Donuts (Food Court)

  • Lemonade
  • Flavored Lemonade
  • Hot Chocolate

Live Great Food (Food Court)

  • Waterloo (Sparkling Water)
  • Gatorade
  • Juice
  • Water

Sunshine Salad Farm (Food Court)

  • Herbally Infused Waters

Tri Boba Tea & Coffee (Food Court)

  • Variety of Bubble Tea flavors
  • Black Coffee, Latte, Expresso, Americano, Cold Brew

Olson’s Ice Cream (Food Court)

  • Shake
  • Malt
  • Root Beer Float
  • Root Beer

Super Heady Grilled Cheese

  • HoneyAde

 

VIEW ALL FOOD COURT VENDORS! 

Free Filtered Water Stations

Don’t forget to bring a reusable water bottle to Blue Ox. We have free filtered water stations available at multiple locations within the festival bowl.

*Yes: Empty bottles, empty hydration packs and factory sealed water bottles allowed in the festival bowl.

*No: Carry-in food and beverage/alcohol allowed in the festival bowl beyond water.