One thing I love about @milwaukeemag.bsky.social is we take serious deep dives into fun Wisconsin topics. Nobody does it better IMO. The most recent example: the comprehensive story of @kwiktrip.bsky.social, our November cover story, finally online. www.milwaukeemag.com/the-gospel-o...

Things you say when you're old: "It's amazing. I love compost."

The "you" in Ann's lead is 100% me. Can't wait to be stuffing Dairyland burgers into my face again. www.milwaukeemag.com/best-news-in...

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I just updated the MilMag Black Friday beer guide – a comprehensive guide to what's going on in MKE on the highest of beer holy days (at least around here). What's your itinerary look like? www.milwaukeemag.com/your-2025-bl...

After years of buildup after it began a partnership with Molson Coors, Yuengling appears to be on the cusp of launching in Wisconsin. Photos from a FB post from Beer Capitol, the MC distributor in Milwaukee.

Press release: The New Glarus Brewing expansion is coming along, on time and on budget.

Black Friday beer stuff is still definitely a thing in Milwaukee, largely due to @lakefront, which today dropped its Black Friday deets: The always-boss "regular" Black Friday stout aged in @GLDistillery whiskey barrels, a coffee-cacao variant, its OG triple black IPA and a black wheatwine.

I think we're overdue for a new edition of ASK THE BEER BARON! What's your burning question around beer or brewing? Ask and you could become newspaper-famous!

If you’re in Tosa East Towne trick-or-treating with your kids be sure to come by the Sanderson Witch Museum (2400 block of 70th St) for a beery treat.

Breaking: Solemn Oath Brewery will open a taproom in Milwaukee – the former home of 1840 Brewing in Bay View. This is a homecoming for the brewery's founder – and one a long time in the making. My latest: www.milwaukeemag.com/inside-the-l...

DID YOU KNOW? The Famous Racing Polish Sausage lives in Wauwatosa in the offseason.

I've been working on a lot of cool stories lately and this one by @teakrulos.bsky.social is right up top: The true historical weirdness that led Whitewater, WI, to become known as "Second Salem," a den of witchcraft – of legend, at least. www.milwaukeemag.com/second-salem...

These editors just cannot help but step on their own dicks when they talk about literally anything in the Midwest, can they?

Any ideas here?

What’s the last beer you took a picture of? Let’s see em, any context. Mine, before last night…

3 Sheeps Safe to Shore DIPA: lovely West Coast profile, giving Pliny/Chillwave vibes. 👍👍

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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I wanted the Cubs. This will be something both franchises will be talking about for 20 years. The #Brewers players, though? They don't care. Eyes on the prize. #ThisIsMyCrew www.milwaukeemag.com/lets-embrace...

If you've taken a photo of the iconic "I Closed Wolski's" bumper sticker in some far-flung corner of the globe, you have Mike Bondar to thank. RIP Mike. www.milwaukeemag.com/mike-bondar-...

What kind of sports fan am I? The kind that pauses to smell the flowers before gritting my teeth through every postseason game. So as the wild card series begin, let's do just that. Great #Brewers piece by my friend Howie Magner: www.milwaukeemag.com/lets-take-a-...

Miller Lite is a beer I don’t particularly like, but its history is fascinating. One could argue, as I do, that Miller might not be a going concern today without it. My latest goes deep on “Tastes Great, Less Filling” on its golden anniversary. madison.com/life-enterta...

You will never understand dissonance until you have a good hazy ipa from this package

Our beer events calendar has 20 - TWENNNNTYYYYY - entries this week, including the debut of Explorium Distilled on Thursday and the @thirdspacebrews and New Barons birthday parties Saturday. www.milwaukeemag.com/20-beer-even...

Lots of tried-and-true New Glarus beers returning for fall and one new one in the Thumbprint series: Framboise! (No word on how that is different from Raspberry Tart.)

Folks, this week TWO Milwaukee breweries reopened. MobCraft beer has been up and running since Monday (though they aren't brewing yet) and today Lombardi Beer is opening in the former City Lights brewery in the Menomonee Valley. #letsgo

I love blind tasting, and for our Best of Milwaukee package, I picked some good, widely available Milwaukee-brewed IPAs and set up a blind taste test with them. Gotta be honest - the results surprised me! www.milwaukeemag.com/we-taste-tes...

Folks, @mobcraftbeer has reopened. New owners Sarah and Ryan Halstead had a soft opening over the weekend and will be firing up the brewery's social media later today for the first time since the brewery closed in November. (Pic from closing weekend.)

The Great Dane is closing its Hilldale location, last day of service Nov. 8. It's the second closure this year for Madison's original brewpub; Wausau location closed in April.

My story on the closure of Biersal Tavern. Unfortunately, not much to say beyond, it gone, and we'll miss it. www.milwaukeemag.com/pour-one-out...

Biersal, the Vliet Street tavern wonderfully updated from the former Wonder Bar by Eric Gutbrod, has closed. No reason is given in the post. The bar had posted earlier that it was closed due to foundation problems, but those posts are now gone.

Making small talk at the game So, you a Plake Berkins or Pake Blerkins guy? Ooooh, Bake Plerkins???? Respect bro 🤜🤛

Guys we have the glass. NONIC?!?! And the first pour is a fella.

Happy Great Taste Eve, everyone! What’s on your agenda tonight? greattaste.org/great-taste-...

Griffin Claw and Begyle dropped out after going to print because DAB was not going to approve their permit in time. Very disappointing.

Ahead of Saturday's Great Taste of the Midwest, I broke down the breweries in attendance compared to last year to try to gauge the impact of the state's new permit regime on the best beer festival in the country. (It's a pretty big impact.) A thread 🧵

Lone Girl Brewing, a brewpub in Waunakee, announced tonight that its founder, Kevin Abercrombie, died by suicide last week. Love and peace to the Lone Girl team and Kevin's loved ones. 📸: Lone Girl Facebook

Minutes ago, 3 Sheeps Brewing posted a note confirming the closure of the Triple Taproom on Milwaukee's East Side – distancing 3 Sheeps from the decision made by Door County Brewing and Hacienda Beer Co.

If you’re at WI IPA Fest - and you SHOULD BE - come to the Vennture tent for an ass-kicking and/or bomb beer and the only coffee in the fest

Wisconsin's award winners at the US Open Beer Championships earlier this month.

@girlbureaucrat.bsky.social was that your IKEA one-day today?

not to "ruin" tmz for you (lol) but real american beer was *pitching* this story to journalists today. i saw the press release come through and it was one of the grimmer things i've laid eyes on in 15 years of covering the beer industry. which is why i did not write about it!

A looooot of good Rev beer and good people involved with this one. Nice little snack before WI IPA Fest the following day.

Founder of Milwaukee-based homebrewing equipment maker Spike Brewing is selling the company to focus on a new business making portable firepits for boats etc. biztimes.com/founder-of-s...

Anyone get fired up about Goose's Bourbon County stout releases in July anymore? Well, we got you bro. Our story: www.milwaukeemag.com/heres-what-t...

How did an architecture student from Montana become the savior of Milwaukee's vintage cocktail lounges? I really enjoyed editing this Ann Christenson profile of John Dye. Give it a look: www.milwaukeemag.com/meet-john-dy...

Outdoor pro soccer, once promised for this year in a new Downtown stadium but already pushed back once, will be delayed again, with a 2027 opening the best-case scenario. Milwaukee Magazine has the story of a stalled development.

If you're wondering what's going on with the Great Taste of hte Midwest and the state permitting issue but you couldn't read the article, Greg and I talked about the issue for a Badger Beer Report special report. Questions? Concerns? www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPSv...

This year Great Taste of the Midwest is navigating a change in state permitting that's leaving perhaps 40 brewers out of the festival due to costs. My dive into this complicated issue and what it means for the region's best beer festival. madison.com/life-enterta...