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Lakefront Brewery supports Ukraine refugees with new crowler label

MILWAUKEE - Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee is using its popular crowler to show support for Ukrainian refugees and their conflict with Russia.

The brewery`s crowler is a 32-ounce aluminum can, filled with any one of Lakefront’s draft beers and taken to go. From time to time, brewery officials have used the crowler – via a custom label – to help those in need...

...This latest crawler label features an image of Vladimir Putin with the title, "Putin is a D***" written across his forehead. When you purchase this latest crowler, Lakefront Brewery will send $10 to the refugee fund, the National Bank of Ukraine’s Humanitarian Assistance to Ukrainians....

Ken Notes: Lets support Ukraine, and let Putin know exactly how we feel... $10 is more than a marketing gimmick, it is a real commitment to the cause...

Beyond stout

March is about more than just Guinness

There’s more to March than St. Patrick’s Day. Coming first on the calendar, on March 14, is Pi Day, when we celebrate the mathematical constant pi (3.14 etc.). Not to be confined merely to eating pie on Pi Day, beer lovers can hit Hubbard Avenue Diner in Middleton and Monty’s Blue Plate Diner on Atwood Avenue for samples of Delta Beer Lab’s latest beer, called ? (pi), to accompany pie slices. Delta’s ? is a caramel apple pie cider-beer, part ale and part cider, with a little caramel syrup added for sweetness. Delta owner and brewmaster Pio Piotrowski made it especially for Pi Day. The beer finishes at 5.4 percent ABV and it sells for $18/4-pack and $9/glass in the Delta taproom. If you’re taking some home, try adding cinnamon-sugar to the rim of the glass (like salt for a margarita) and know that it pairs especially well with apple pie.

Karben4’s latest is a traditional dry Irish stout with an easy name to remember — Ireland. Ireland is medium-bodied with subtle chocolate sweetness and nice hop balance, It’s deep black color is very Guinness-like in appearance. Brewmaster Ryan Koga also added a little flaked barley to the grist for smooth texture. And at just 4.5 percent ABV, it is very sessionable. It’s available in Madison stores in four-packs ($11-$13/each). In Karben4’s tasting room, it will be available on a nitrogen tap to accentuate its silkiness...

Ken Notes: So nice to have Isthmus back in some form!

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Trader Joe`s Beer Ranked From Worst To Best

3. Boatswain Hazy IPA

Let`s note that the beers sold exclusively by Trader Joe`s are all from various brewers and companies. (If that sounds confusing, it`s because it kind of is.) The Boatswain brand is one of the more common and popular ones sold by the chain, and its beers are made by a brewery located in Wisconsin (via Trader Joe`s). The Boatswain Hazy IPA gains approval from many beer-lovers, as hazy IPAs tend to. According to Trader Joe`s, this beer boasts "complex notes of tropical fruit and citrus zest." Hops are added "late into the brewing process," which the company explains "helps preserve the maximum amount of hoppy flavor and helps create an almost creamy mouthfeel."..

Ken Notes: Several of the TJ best are brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery of Wisconsin (See Photo). Although they are credited to Rhinelander Brewing Company and Simpler Times Brewing Company all are MCB product. Minhas is a master of of marketing and producing a variety of products under a multitude of labels.

Hike And Sip At Tumbled Rock Brewery, Located Near Wisconsin’s Most Beautiful State Park

It’s hard to top Wisconsin’s Devil’s Lake State Park – it has a unique and gorgeous lake that’s flanked by towering rock-covered bluffs. The park’s challenging trails reward hikers with some of the best vistas in the Midwest. But all of this hiking, climbing, swimming, and scenery can make an outdoors person a little thirsty. Enter Tumbled Rock Brewery, a watering hole in Wisconsin that’s perfectly located at the gateway to the park...

...Tumbled Rock Brewery is about as close as you can get to the state park without needing a park pass on the window of your car. It’s located just outside the park’s North entrance -- this view shows how close it is to the lake...

Ken Notes: After "a few" I suggest staying back from the edge, but it is a great way to spend the day, weekend, or a couple of weeks...

Milwaukee’s Good City Expanding to Mequon Public Market

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Milwaukee’s Good City Brewing announced it is opening a Mequon taproom.

Good City’s new taproom–the young brewery’s fourth in the Milwaukee area– will be in the Mequon Public Market space formerly occupied by Anodyne Coffee. “We couldn’t be more excited to add a brewery of Good City’s caliber to the Mequon Public Market,” says Cindy Shaffer, Owner of Shaffer Development. “A local brewery taproom will only enhance the overall guest experience and further solidify the Mequon Public Market as a top destination.”...

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Copper State March-ing Forward

**New Beer**

Emerald Ale (Irish Red)--on tap March 16th!

(And if you`ve got the luck of the Irish in you, maybe I`ll get your bartender to wear a kilt. But maybe not.)

A Beer Limerick

(To be read in your best Irish brogue, unless your Irish brogue stinks...no, wait, especially if your Irish brogue stinks):

The aisle across the big pond,

Inspired our Brewmaster Jon.

And this beer of rich roast,

Earns a warm Irish toast,

And the blessings of all leprechauns.

Chicago Craft Beer Weekend, March 4-6

Only a slight breather before the following St. Patrick’s Day activities, not to mention the likelihood of event for ? Day (3/14) and maybe some 312 Day things.
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Ken Notes: This is a Chicago event, but it is a great idea. Wisconsin should have a release weekend like this, could be fun and a great way to celebrate each other beer rather that a one day fest, Just a thought...

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Milwaukee area distilleries guide

Milwaukee has a long – albeit interrupted – history of distilling, dating back to the mid-19th century, when city directories show a number of whiskey and gin distillers and merchants.

One Milwaukee whiskey man – S.C. Herbst – created the long-beloved Old Fitzgerald brand, which is now owned by Heaven Hill...

Central Standard Craft Distilling

320 E. Clybourn St., (414) 455-8870
thecentralstandard.com
Eagle Park Distilling

S64 W15640, Commerce Center Parkway, Muskego, (414) 585-0123
eagleparkdistilling.com
Great Lakes Distillery

616 W. Virginia St., (414) 431-8683
greatlakesdistillery.com
Handen Distillery

W62 N590 Washington Ave., (262) 421-8380
handendistillery.com
Twisted Path Distillery

2018 S. 1st St., (414) 405-8900
twistedpathdistillery.com

Road trip!

If you don’t mind a little road trip, check out these other relatively nearby distillers: AEppel Treow Winery & Distillery in Burlington, Dancing Goat Distillery in Cambridge, Geneva Lake Distilling in Lake Geneva, Ledgerock farm distillery in Fond du Lac, Plank Road Distillery in Plymouth, Stable Rock Winery & Distillery in Jefferson and Waterford Stillhouse in Waterford.

Ken Notes: Must read!

Hinterland Brewery | Saving Gracie Gluten-Free Hazy IPA

Hinterland: (noun) a word of German origin meaning “the land behind”; an unexplored, uncharted area full of possibility, opportunity and adventure.

Founded in 1995, Hinterland is Green Bay, Wisconsin’s first modern-day brewery to emerge from the late 1980s craft beer boom. Founders Bill and Michelle Tressler, who were both just 24 years old at the time, moved back home from a rock band drumming, magazine editing, corporate career adventure in California to open a brewery of their own. They rented an old cheese factory outside of town and bootstrapped their way through startup, nearly burning down the factory in the process. Eventually, the Tresslers and their head brewer Joe Karls moved operations into a turn-of-the-century meat processing plant in downtown Green Bay. The small, charming space worked well enough for Hinterland until 2017 when they got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand. They sold the building and brewhouse to Copper State Brewing Company...

Three Denver Breweries Get New Head Brewers

MobCraft Beer, the Wisconsin-based brewery that is opening in the former Liberati Brewing space in Curtis Park, has hired Derick Rivera as head brewer. Rivera worked for four years at Rockyard Brewing in Castle Rock, where he moved up from cellarman to shift brewer to head brewer. Rivera has also served as cellar manager at Upslope Brewing and head brewer at Byers Peak Brewery in Winter Park...

Ken Notes: MobCraft is expanding outside the state with new investors and taking the idea of crowdsourcing global. Time will tell...

Sugar Maple`s Avril Fête Returns for a Celebration of Spring and Saison Brewing Challenge

The Sugar Maple bar in Bay View is bringing back their annual beer event Avril Fête, a brewing challenge and spring celebration to be held April 3. This year`s event features seven breweries competing to brew the best Avril saison Belgian ale, which will be judged by the public, who are invited to come and sample the entries and cast their votes for the best.

The criteria for an Avril saison are a table beer (bière de table) with a bright and bubbly non-hoppy floral body and lower alcohol content. Sugar Maple owner Adrienne Pierluissi was inspired to start the event in 2017 in response to all the overly hopped IPAs and other heavy, strong beers that have become so popular, and the ale was inspired by the Avril saison from Brasserie Dupont in Belgium.

This year`s entrants are:

1840 Brewing Co. (Milwaukee – Bay View)
Enlightened Brewing Co. (Milwaukee – Bay View)
Indeed Brewing Co. (Milwaukee – Walker`s Point)
Low Daily Brewery (Burlington – Racine County)
McFleshman`s Brewing Co. (Appleton)
Radix Fermentation (Milwaukee)
Supermoon Brewing Co. (Milwaukee – Bay View)

Wisconsin Dells set to debut new attractions for 2022

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis., March 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "The Waterpark Capital of the World!®" will further enhance its reputation in 2022, with several significant new waterpark features set to open, including North America`s first rotating waterslide. A variety of new non-waterpark attractions will also debut in Wisconsin Dells this year, ranging from dining, brewing and entertainment establishments to a 35,000-square-foot public plaza, which can host concerts, farmers` markets, seasonal celebrations and other events...

New Nano-Brewpub in an Old Mansion

A converted 1909 mansion in downtown Dells is now home to Latte Stone Brewing Co., a small-batch, nano brewpub. Latte Stone features a tasting room-style bar serving crafted-in-house brews and local craft beers, as well as local and international wines. It also offers a unique Pacific Island tapas menu, made fresh daily using longtime family recipes from the island of Guam. During the summer months, brewpub guests can sip their suds while listening to live entertainment in Latte Stone`s large, dog-friendly beer garden...

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VIDEO | Brewed Omen – a tasting room – to open in Hartford, WI

Bill and Ane Ohm hosted a big ‘reveal party’ where they announced Rubi Falls Taphouse would actually be called Brewed Omen.

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