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...

Did y'all see the big @GreatTasteMW news in the Sunday State Journal? Digital story should post tomorrow, will link when available. #printfirst

This episode, not the Milwaukee beer moguls of old, is the true origin of the column name.

Sway Brewing + Blending in Baileys Harbor is exactly a 2hr 48min drive from the Bronze Fonz. 

Bridge Up Brewing’s “Cherry Hut” taproom, Fish Creek

TRVE Brewing, a Denver (and Asheville) brewery that's absolutely worth sharing news on for a WI/Midwest beer guy, is closing. Excellent and heartfelt message here from founder Nick Nunns. www.instagram.com/trvebrewing/...

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Yesterday Hop & Barrel Brewing in Hudson announced it will close after service on July 27, citing "rising costs, shifting consumer preferences, and the growing number of alternative beverages."

And the winner of the First Oktoberfest I’ve Seen in the Wild, 2025, goes to…. @thirdspacebrews!! Congrats, malt lovers! Fire up the tubas!

“This is something that you don’t hear in craft beer too often: a long-term strategic plan." Inside the reinvestment in St. Louis early-wave craft brewer Urban Chestnut. www.stlmag.com/dining/urban...

There's a BIG (12K+ square feet) new brewery proposed for Menomonee Falls: Clockwork Brewing & Blending. Point man Adam Anders has brewed at Explorium and was a co-founder at Ope Brewing who left not long after it opened. www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/ne...

Kyle Vetter from 1840 talked with Milwaukee Mag about closing his brewery, priorities and the health fight ahead for his wife, Stephanie, and him. www.milwaukeemag.com/it-got-to-be...

Oof. 1840 Brewing is closing. Like the whole thing.

@yesborg.bsky.social Need a rec for a good country/dive bar near/around Delavan Lake. Thinking like 10 minutes drive from Lake Lawn Resort. Any ideas?

I went to a couple of beer festivals already this summer and they were both really good experiences. Are ... are beer festivals back? Let's explore in my latest: madison.com/life-enterta...

So... @newglarusbrew is bringing back Very Sour Blackberry, perhaps Wisconsin's greatest whale back when that was a thing, as a brewery-only (R&D, I presume) release. Date unannounced as of right now.

Call me crazy but I’ve had two draft High Lifes at the stadium this year and both have been super citrusy. 🤔

1840 has announced it's closing its West Bend taproom, which opened less than a year ago. Detailed explanation in the post; short version: the new building did not go as planned. www.instagram.com/p/DKxwYwDufc...

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Here's more detail on the Lombardi Brewing plans for its Milwaukee location in the former City Lights brewery. Short version: lager-forward, traditional but varied beers, taproom focus to start, were purusing a taproom before 2020/Covid. biztimes.com/new-brewery-...

Lager & Friends is Saturday but the fun actually kicks off tomorrow night with a pre-party @ 5:30 at Station No. 6 in Stallis. Many L&F brewers will have beers on tap, including the Gathering Place-Badger Beer Hour collab Vienna lager, DACHSBIER. Come try it with us! www.facebook.com/events/99435...

Of course @bobbytmke.bsky.social was able to connect the dots from Amanda Gethers, the registered agent for Lombardi Brewing's apparent takeover of Milwaukee's City Lights brewery, to District 1 Brewing in Stevens Point. Good Googling, Bobby! onmilwaukee.com/articles/lom...

There's a PBR cheese so of course we tried it. Folks, I'm not sure what I was expecting but whatever it was definitely not "kinda soft, super citrusy take on white cheddar." www.milwaukeemag.com/we-tried-it-...

I'll be at Lager & Friends on 5/31 so I am bummed to be missing out on the 3 Sheeps anniversary. Always a great time and awesome beer. For No. 13 they're doing throwback beers (Baaaad Boy black wheat) along with the usual special releases, live music and food. Deets: www.facebook.com/events/65438...

This weekend Lakefront Brewery is rolling out a new summer afternoon concert series on their patio on the Riverwalk. It's a double-dip this holiday weekend with Social Cig on Saturday and Pete Dangit on Sunday. Some pretty big names in local music here.