Get your fill of soft pretzels at Stoughton’s Viking Brew Pub

DEXTER CRUSE Staff Writer

Soft pretzels are a food that is hard to master. It’s very hard to find an exceptional soft pretzel. Normally you get one that’s hard as a rock or just a flat-out boring pretzel. But the Viking Brew Pub in Stoughton has aced the soft pretzel.

If you are a fan of soft pretzels, Viking Brew Pub in Stoughton, Wis. is a must-stop place. They serve up a massive soft pretzel that is cooked to perfection. Viking Brew Pub claims it serves four people, which is an understatement.

This soft pretzel has everything a great soft pretzel should have. A lot of salt, a lot of butter and good dipping sauces. It is served with Viking Brew Pub’s signature “Soot in My Eye” beer cheese sauce, which is fabulous, and a honey mustard that is out of this world.

The soft pretzel is perfectly cooked. It is fluffy on the inside and cuts like a hot knife through butter.

Soft pretzel aficionado Holly Fry says, “I have never had a soft pretzel this soft; it practically melts in your mouth.” care for Hareton, and basically gave up his entire life and shunned God, all because his wife had died. It’s understandable why he was angry, but he was a shut-in alcoholic with a gambling problem all the way up until his death at 27; it is hard to pity him because of his abhorrent misdeeds and behavior.

Overall, this is one of the best soft pretzels I have ever had. It checked all of the boxes of what I look for in a soft pretzel. Soft, salty, buttery. Nailed everything to perfection. I would give the Viking Brew Pub soft pretzel an overall rating of 9.5/10. It will be very difficult to find a better soft pretzel.

To all soft pretzel lovers, if you are in the Madison area, you should make the trip to Stoughton to try the soft pretzel at Viking Brew Pub!

Cathy was my least favorite character. I did not like her attitude since the beginning of the book when her character was introduced. Cathy was always selfish toward the people that loved her, always trying to get her way and still getting what she wanted.

Her personality irritated me because she was always abrupt and selfish. When she got older her personality was tamed, but she was still very selfish, especially when she wanted both Heathcliff and Edgar, even after she married Edgar.

After Edgar had told her he never wanted to see Heathcliff again, she stuck herself up in her room for several days and made herself go mad, not eating at all. I found it difficult to care about her after that scene, even up until when she died.

Overall, this book felt very real to me. It made me feel like I was actively watching the characters and feeling their chaotic emotions with them. Watching the characters from a nonbiased view makes it more interesting to read.

I would recommend it to any young or older reader who is interested in Gothic themes and romantic tragedies –or people who romanticize tuberculosis (consumption).

I give this book a 7 out of 10.

‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ review

GRANT NELSON Staff Writer

If you are looking for a great role-playing game, I recommend “Dungeons and Dragons: Baldur's Gate 3.” This game takes place in the forgotten realms, and starts off onboard an alien mind flayers’ ship as dragons and devils attack it.

You are infected with a mind flayer parasite that is growing inside you. As the battle ends with you and your party shipwrecked in the wilderness, you must seek a cure.

The game is a massive open world filled with quests and characters, some of which can join your party and can form bonds with you – even romantic ones. The game allows you to play from the perspective of many races such as elves, dwarves and devil-like tiefling.

“Baldur’s Gate 3” is turn-based and plays the way “Dungeons and Dragons” would play in video-game format. It is filled with all sorts of locations, factions, cultures and races to interact with. The game is also heavily choice and role-play based, with many different outcomes based on your actions.

The game is in beta but it will be out soon, so grab your 20-sided dice and enter a world of magic.

Missing ‘Stargate SG-1’

GRANT NELSON Staff Writer

A TV show I highly recommended is “Stargate SG-1.” For 10 seasons, this show followed the adventures of an elite special forces team known as SG-1.

They and other teams in the top secret stargate command traveled the universe through an ancient alien artifact known as the stargate. In the process, they fought evil alien empires and made contact with all sorts of civilizations, from primitive tribes and villages to hyper-advanced races.

The show often is filled with action, with teams of marines waging firefights against alien slave armies, waging revolts against the alien warlords that ruled as gods over humans all across the universe.

The amount of mythology and history that went into this show made it both campy and magical in its sets and themes. There were great characters who grew to form bonds with each other over the years of the show.

What made the show great is just how human and simple the characters were. The show tackled things like faith, what is right and wrong and the hard choices that the SG-1 team made.

EDITOR: ROSS LITSCHER CLARIONSPORTS@ MADISONCOLLEGE.EDU

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NICK NOWAK

A freshman catcher and infielder on the Madison College baseball team, Nick Nowak currently leads the team in batting with a .409 average. He has 18 hits in 44 at-bats, with one home run and three doubles. He has scored 12 runs and driven in seven. He has played in 12 games, starting 14.

A three-time letter winner in baseball at Waukesha South High School, he earned first team all-conference honors in the