How to build the perfect beer lineup for your 2024 Super Bowl party

Start with a big, popular lager. Then branch out from there -- into IPAs and, yep, hard seltzers and canned cocktails.

Creating a proper Super Bowl viewing party isn’t just a matter of getting a properly enormous television to broadcast Tony Romo’s nonsensical rants in high definition. It’s also about creating a nurturing environment from which to absorb Romo’s garbage and the possibility of a big game blowout.

And, in one of the few cases it’s not only tolerated but expected on a Sunday evening, that involves beer.

Finding the right beers can be a daunting task, especially if you live in a place where the liquor lineups take up roughly the same square footage of a standard grocery store. And since I happen to live in one of these places, I’m gonna toss in my Wisconsin-specific recommendations alongside the brews you can find just about anywhere in the U.S.

Here’s where you should start — and where you should finish — to create a crowd-pleasing Super Bowl 58 beer lineup.