Belleville Ale House

Love the beer on tap here.  I second the comment about Glacier Trail.

If Saturday night was any indication, this place is doomed. Some of our cycling group rode out from Madison on the Badger State Trail and tried to stop for a beer at the Ale House.

At roughly 8pm on a Saturday night, the bar is closed because the owner has decided to "leave for a bit" and leave his cell number on the handwritten sign in the window. We called; no answer.

It's my fervent hope that this place tanks quickly, so that someone who actually knows how to run a tap-house can buy it and turn it around. Because, ya know, it doesn't really matter whether you've got great beer on tap if the bloody door isn't open.

The Ale House has got the best taps in Belleville hands down.  In its current iteration the Ale House is a drinks-only bar while one of the owners recuperates.  There are eight rotating Wisconsin beers on tap and a good selection of higher-end spirits on the back bar.  I've been stopping in with my parents on the weekends and I believe my father is becoming a bit of a weekday regular as well.  Back when the kitchen was open I'd had a couple of wonderful meals, including pork rib tacos that some of the best I've had.  They'll be getting that back up and running soon.