Thanks to Leinie’s first-ever sour beer, your summer could be sweeter than ever. That’s because the Chippewa Falls-based brewer is giving away a summer’s worth of Juicy Peach beer.
Launched in February 2022, Juicy Peach – which notches a sessionable 4.4 percent ABV and a modest 10 IBUs and is mildly tart – continues the brewery’s embrace of fruit in beers like Berry Weiss, Summer Shandy, Grapefruit Shandy, Lemon Haze IPA and others).
Enter here to win free Juicy Peach for the summer and if you win, you’ll also get a pair of Leinie’s Juicy Seat pants.
These comfy outdoor pants are perfect for water sports – such as, ahem, canoe paddling – and have a removable pad to protect your tush. They also have a removable beer holster so you can pack your peach for the ride.
Even if you don’t win, you can order the unisex pants online for $75 here. They have an elastic waist and zipper closure and are 90 percent nylon and 10 percent Spandex, and are adorned with a peachy pattern.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
