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5 Best Milwaukee Breweries to Explore

Some know it as “Brew City.” Others have called it “The Beer Capital of the World.” Whatever nickname you use, Milwaukee has a long history with beer. It reaches back to the 1840s, when settlers of the Great Lakes region began to brew the beers of their native countries. Fast-forward nearly two centuries and Milwaukee is home to more than two dozen breweries—including well-known brands with Milwaukee in the name. And its major league baseball team is even named for the city’s history of beer-makers. Explore these five of the great Milwaukee breweries and see for yourself.

1. Miller Brewing Co.

Speaking of a long history, Miller Brewery (4251 W. State St.) has a story that begins nearly 170 years ago. When you visit this historic city landmark, you learn about Frederick Miller and the operation that produced some of the world’s most popular beers. Along with historical stops, like a visit to caves used as beer coolers before modern refrigeration, you’ll check out the bottling facility and hit an outdoor beer garden. Check out millerbrewerytour.com to learn more.

2. Sprecher Brewing Co.

A more family-friendly experience, Sprecher Brewing (701 W. Glendale Ave.) offers a tour that not only includes four beer samples, but also unlimited soda. Sprecher Brewing Co. was started in 1985 by Randy Sprecher, a former Pabst employee. While you may have seen Sprecher beer in stores, its sodas now account for a majority of business. Suffice to say, this might be the best Milwaukee brewery tour for fans of root beer or cream soda. Find out more at sprecherbrewery.com.

3. Lakefront Brewery

Billed as “America’s favorite brewery tour,” Lakefront Brewery (1872 N. Commerce St.) prides itself on an entertaining and engaging tour experience. Visitors get to sample the brews of one of the city’s largest craft breweries, see the production facility and get an up-close look at Bernie Brewer’s chalet that was once part of Milwaukee County Stadium. For more, visit lakefrontbrewery.com.

4. Best Place (Pabst Brewing Co.)

Pabst may have left Brew City in the 1990s, but you can still sip a PBR or Schlitz and learn some of the city’s earliest brewing history in what’s known as Best Place beer history tour (917 Juneau Ave.). Pabst began in 1844 and grew to become the largest lager brewery in the world. After leaving Milwaukee in 1996, Pabst brewing returned in 2017 until operations were moved to San Antonio in 2020. Get more information at bestplacemilwaukee.com.

5. Milwaukee Brewing Co.

Milwaukee Brewing Co. launched in 1997 and grew into a beloved craft brewery. Now under new ownership, Milwaukee Brewing Co. has a taproom at 2335 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., while its production facility is at S64W15640 Commerce Center Parkway in Muskego. The facility is also home to Eagle Park Brewing Co., so the tour covers both brands. Learn more at mkebrewing.com.

Many more to see—and sip

Milwaukee is home to more than two dozen breweries, so these five are just a sampling of the historic and well-known options. Beer enthusiasts can embark on further exploration and will likely find other spots they’d rank among the best Milwaukee breweries.

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In brown bottles, in cans, on draught. Schlitz beer ad - 1942.

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Historic Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Cell Phone Photo of a Projector displaying an MP3 of a backup of a VHS originally recorded in who knows what other formats before it.

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States 46 & 47 (Kenosha WI - Milwaukee WI - Chicago IL) Days 7 & 8

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Wedding at the Tinsmith in Madison

Josh and Kayleigh's art deco wedding at the Tinsmith in Madison this past weekend was a photographer's dream - come check it out!!!

  The first wedding of the 2023 season was absolutely INCREDIBLE, you guys!!! Josh and Kayleigh’s art deco inspired spring wedding at the Tinsmith in Madison was this past weekend. I am thrilled to share my favorites with you today; but, just a head’s up: this blog is filled to the brim with photos!! It was a great time with them at their downtown Madison engagement session in late March, and I…

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tourist destinations in wisconsin:

the dells. pigeon forge of the midwest. decent rollercoasters & outstanding waterparks. you have to buy saltwater taffy

baraboo. there were clowns here once. there are cranes here now

milwaukee. crumbling museums. breweries, I guess? most segregated city in america. it's milwaukee!

bay beach. oh yeah. rinkydink amusement park. the towering inferno of the fish boil. ice creams. a lighthouse. retirees. they've got it all

bayfield & the apostles. heartbreakingly beautiful. did you know lakes could be so cold, so clear. the air can hurt you so much. ice caves!!!! ice caves. or like. it's pretty nice in the summer too I guess

green bay. foobaw

madison. hey why are you vacationing in madison?

spring green. you're here bc of american gods or to suck frank lloyd wright's dick, and I don't know which is more embarrassing for you. embrace it. go see the cool house

lake geneva. if you're on the lake and you see the wrigley mansion you have to point at the wrigley mansion and say "that's the wrigley mansion"

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Laverne & Shirley is an American sitcom television series that ran for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. A spin-off of Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley stars Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams as Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, two friends and roommates who work as bottle-cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the sixth season onwards, the series' setting changed to mid-1960s Burbank, California.

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"Not-as-terrible-as-all-that Lager"

"At Least We're Not Madison Stout"

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A conservative Wisconsin newspaper publisher is no doubt hoisting a cold one to a local jury that has ordered a brewery-owning liberal activist to pay $750,000 in the state's largest defamation judgment.

The previous record for a libel suit in Wisconsin was $450,000, said James Friedman, the attorney for the Wisconsin Newspaper Association.

On Friday, an Oneida County jury took only three hours — including a lunch break — to order Minocqua Brewing Co. owner Kirk Bangstad to pay $750,000 for defaming Lakeland Times publisher Gregg Walker in posts on the brewery's popular social media outlets.

Among other things, the 13-member jury found Bangstad had smeared Walker by calling him a "crook" and a "misogynist."

Bangstad, who operates a federal super PAC, also was found to have defamed Walker by claiming in a Facebook post that he had engaged in elder abuse and committed other crimes against family members so that he could inherit the newspaper business.

Under the jury verdict, Bangstad and his brewery are to pay $320,000 in compensatory damages, and Bangstad is to pay $430,000 in punitive damages out of his own pocket for his Facebook post about crimes against family members. The jury concluded Bangstad acted with "malice" with that Aug. 22, 2022, post.

Bangstad, who ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for the Wisconsin Assembly in 2020, declined to discuss the case. The Lakeland Times' editorial page is conservative.

"I'll talk to the Journal Sentinel, but I would prefer not to talk to you," Bangstad told columnist Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network. Bangstad's super PAC recently asked state Supreme Court's new liberal majority to eliminate funding for the state's four taxpayer-funded school voucher programs and independent charter schools.

Minocqua Brewing owner Bangstad vows to appeal verdict

On Facebook, he said he would appeal the jury verdicts.

"I have to trust that Wisconsin’s Judicial System — its appellate system in particular — will ultimately be 'just' in this case," Bangstad wrote. "I have to believe this because I still believe in America, Wisconsin, and our institutions."

"And years ago, before Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and Fox News, our institutions, because they were strong and trusted by our citizens, were the envy of the world."

On Friday, he put it more bluntly, attacking Oneida County Circuit Judge Leon Stenz: "The long and the short of it is this Oneida County judge had it in for us."

Matthew Fernholz, the attorney for Walker, said he was pleased with the jury's conclusions.

"We feel like it was a solid jury verdict," Fernolz said. "It should be upheld."

Friedman, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association lawyer, said at least two cases have logged $450,000 awards, the previous record for the state, including a 1992 case against the Milwaukee Sentinel and a more recent one over a book claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting never happened.

"I'm quite certain there's never been like a million-dollar verdict in Wisconsin in a defamation case," said Friedman, an attorney at Godfrey & Kahn. "So I think this is the biggest one now."

What's interesting about the case — in addition to the amount of the jury verdict — is the role of the newspaper in the case.

Usually, a paper is the target of a libel suit, not the one bringing it.

"I'm not recalling a newspaper or news outlets suing someone for defamation," said Kathleen Bartzen Culver, an associate journalism professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Nothing is leaping to my mind."

Minocqua Brewing known for 'Progressive Beer' like 'Bernie Brew'

Bangstad has drawn attention for his outspoken political stances, hanging a giant "Biden/Harris" sign outside the brewery and battling with local government bodies.

He started selling "Progressive Beer" with names like "Bernie Brew" and "Fair Maps" in 2020, and he launched the Minocqua Brewing Co. SuperPAC in 2021.

The PAC has funded a lawsuit against the Waukesha School District for removing COVID precautions and another alleging three Wisconsin Republicans conspired to keep Democrat Joe Biden from becoming president.

Walker and Lakeland Printing Co. brought the defamation case against Bangstad and Minocqua Brewing in May 2021 after Walker became a frequent target of Bangstad on his popular social media outlets, where he often posts about Wisconsin politics.

Minocqua Brewing has 82,000 followers on Facebook. Bangstad soon started raising money off the litigation.

In its verdict, the jury found Bangstad and his brewery owed $40,000 for calling Walker a "crook," and $40,000 for calling him a "misogynist." The jury said Walker deserved $200,000 in compensatory damages for the post about his family and $430,000 in punitive damages.

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CENTRAL WATERS BREWERY TAP HOUSE IN AN OLD DUSTY CHURCH MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN

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(Not So) Horrible City Milwaukee response to the former guy.

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Life is wonderful in Schlitzerland, U.S.A.

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BELLHEAD 2025 Tour 3/15 RPL Nordlof Center - Rockford, IL w/ William Faith / The Funeral March 3/21 Art Sanctuary - Louisville, KY w/ Living Dead Girl / Black Season Witch 3/27 Black Circle Brewery - Indianapolis, IN w/ Amulet / Until We R Dust 3/28 Port Of Kenosha - Kenosha, WI w/ The Yates Kids / Something Is Waiting 4/05 The Hook and Ladder - Minneapolis, MN - Fireseek Festival 4/24 Rose Bowl Tavern - Urbana, IL - Bat Factory 4/25 Art Sanctuary - Louisville, KY w/ Radio Arcane DJs 4/26 Spectrum Record Lounge - Cape Girardeau, MO w/ Gary Robert and Community 4/27 Sk8bar - Kansas City, MO 5/03 Liar’s Club - Chicago, IL w/ Skatenigs 5/04 Falcon Bowl - Milwaukee, WI w/ Skatenigs / Choke Chain BEWARE THE LIGHT

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The brewery I worked at a few years back got bought out by another local brewery and it's kinda sad I guess. But they're slowly going to transition to all their locations being the brewery that bought them out, and their social media is already really fucking annoying. Like nonstop posts about it, which I get but like. I didn't follow ~the Explorium~ I followed the place I worked at. Also I'm sorry but that's a stupid name. And I mean. They ought to understand that not everyone is going to be happy about it, so it just feels kind of crass to be like LOOK HERE WE ARE KILLING YOUR LOCAL BREWERY.

They're gonna stop making the OG beers soon probably, which, I'm not much of a beer person, but there was one that I actually really liked.

Lots of shakeups in the Milwaukee brewery scene lately and it makes me wonder how bad they're all really doing. Like I think three or four closed their doors last year. So like. Is our economy more fucked than I thought? Or were there just too many breweries here?

The whole "more bars than grocery stores" thing is absolutely true here, and if bars and breweries are doing poorly it seems like a canary in a coal mine.

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i am at a brewery in milwaukee where we are celebrating the swedish new year with a champagne toast, buffet, and swedish television. it has been explained that they looked up countries where it's midnight at 5pm our time and picked one.