NEWS & UPDATES

Blue Ox 2026 offers a wide variety of beverage options to quench your thirst. Whatever you’re sipping, we’ve got you covered.

*Blue Ox accepts 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 tap beverages and mixed drinks must be served in a past or present Blue Ox cup. Have a Blue Ox stainless steel pint? Bring it along. Reuse your Blue Ox cup for fills and save!

*A 2026 Blue Ox steel pint will be available for purchase on-site at the Beer tent and Lodge.

*Some products only available in cans at the Blue Ox lodge.

 

2026 Beer Lineup

Oskar Blues 

• Dale’s Pale Ale; Abv: 6.5% 
• Dale’s Light Lager; Abv: 4.2%
• Hazy Blues (Juicy IPA); Abv: 7% 
• Dale’s American IPA; Abv: 6.9%

Badger State Brewing (Green Bay, WI)

• Grassy Place (Hazy IPA); Abv. 6.7%
• BRW-SKI Light Lager; Abv. 4.8%
• Tiki Tom Beermosa (Fruited Sour), Abv. 5%
• Caddyland Light IPA; Abv. 4.4%
• Musky Citra IPA; Abv. 6.9%
• JET-SKI Tropical Radler (Pilser w/Lemon); Abv. 4.9%

New Glarus Brewing (New Glarus, WI)

• Spotted Cow (Farmhouse Ale); Abv. 4.8% 
• Moon Man (Pale Ale); Abv. 5%
• Tailwagger Amber; Abv. 5%

Deschutes Brewery – Fresh Squeezed (IPA); Abv. 6.4%

Steven’s Point Brewery – Coast Radler; Abv. 2.8%

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2026 Hard Seltzer & Hard Cider 

Fulton Hard Seltzer (Minneapolis, MN)

• Blood Orange; Abv. 5%
• Citrus Ginger; Abv 5%

White Claw Hard Seltzer

• Lime, Abv. 5%
• Raspberry; Abv. 5%

1911 Established Hard Cider – Honeycrisp; Abv. 6.9%

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2026 Mixed Drinks & Wine

Mixed Drinks

• Liquor: Fieldnotes Organic Vodka and Gin by La Crosse Distilling, Bourbon, and Rum.
• 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, Fieldnotes Watermelon Lemonade, Moscow Mule, Vodka Cranberry, Bourbon Mule, Bourbon Lemonade, Bourbon Iced Tea, Jimmy Luv’s Bloody Mary, Blue Ox Punch

Sutter Home Wine

• White Zinfandel
• Pinot Grigio
• Merlot

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2026 Non-Alcoholic Beer & Beverages 

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

*Revitalyte Electrolyte Drinks & a variety of bottled soda available at the Blue Ox lodge

 

NA Beer

• NA Oskar Blues Designated Dales Pilsner (Cans Only at Lodge)

 

Climbing Kites (Iowa)*

• Key Lime Kiwi Sparkling Water (4mg THC + 4mg CBD per can)
• BUBZ Grape Fizz Soda (4mg THC per can)

*Hemp-derived THC Adult Beverages

*Must be 21+ to consume

*Additional flavors available at the Climbing Kites activation booth in the festival bowl

 

Big Ash Pizza (Food Court)

• Arizona Tea
• Bottled Water

Brooklyn Mike’s (Food Court)

• Soda
• Bottled Water

Dairyland Curds(Food Court)

• Soda
• Bottled Water

El Gancho (Food Court)

• Soda
• Jarrito
• Bottled Water

Flips Mini Donuts (Food Court)

• Black Coffee
• Lemonade
• Hot Chocolate

Kettle Corn Castle (Food Court)

• Classic Coffee
• Lattes (Hot or Iced)
• Cold Brew
• Shaved Ice
• Frozen Lemonade
• Bursting Boba Tea
• Lemonade

Live Great Food (Food Court)

• Gatorade
• Dandelion Lemonade
• Bottled Water

Olson’s Ice Cream (Food Court)

• Shake/Malt
• Root Beer Float

*All menu’s subject to change

VIEW ALL FOOD COURT VENDORS! 

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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.