An interstate brew-haha has erupted on the Upper East Side, with cases of illicit suds being yanked from a sports bar popular with Wisconsin ex- Cheeseheads.
The bottle bungle has landed the watering hole, Mad River — a favorite of University of Wisconsin football fans — in a barrel of trouble with the State Li quor Au thority, in cluding two hefty fines of up to $20,000.
Earlier this month, SLA inves tigators confis cated 50 cases of Spotted Cow (pic tured), a microbrewed ale available only in Wisconsin, from the bar on Third Avenue at East 82nd Street after getting a call from an anonymous tipster.
Mad River’s owners were slapped with violations for stocking the beer, which is not licensed to be sold in New York.
“I feel bad for the Wisconsin ex-pats who can’t get a taste of home,” said brewery co-owner Dan Carey, who denied selling the suds to the bar and does not face violations.