This story ran 10/28/2012 in Isthmus (web only). It’s not even 9:30 p.m. and Kirk, a 50-something UW alum, with his quieter friend Mark have been drinking since before the Badger game earlier in the afternoon. “We’re glad to see Madison is still cool,” he says. During the 20-minute ride to the Essen Haus, Kirk…