Bar, brewery team up on Hate Has No Home Here beer
Burnhearts and Enlightened Brewing have teamed up for an event they call Enlighten Up and Tear Down Hate from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday.
The party is at Burnhearts, 2599 S. Logan Ave. They’ll tap a special beer — NH3, named for Hate Has No Home Here — a Kolsch collaboration between the Burnhearts staff and Enlightened brewers. A portion of beer sales will go to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
In July, a man tore down a “Hate Has No Home Here” sign in an ugly scene at the Enlightened taproom, 2018 S. 1st St.
“I’m not looking at this as a direct response to the man ripping down our sign, but I guess that did drive us to do an event to promote the fact that we want our businesses and our neighborhood to be inclusive and promote rational civil dialogue instead of reactionary speech or actions.” said Enlightened cofounder Tommy Vandervort.
Representatives from Hate Has No Home Here-Milwaukee will have signs available and will collect donations to continue spreading the message. Other beer events include: Friday-Saturday: MobCraft Brewing, 505 S. 5th St., a crowd-sourced brewery, celebrates its first anniversary in Milwaukee with two days of party favors. Friday includes a cellar bottle release, and on Saturday the brewery brings out its first anniversary release, a triple barrel-aged Imperial Stout — Rye barrel aged stout blended with bourbon barrel-aged stout. One version is aged in a Great Lakes whiskey barrel and the other was aged in a Twisted Path rum barrel. Events begin at noon. See the event page on Facebook.
Friday-Saturday: The Humboldt Park Beer Garden toasts Oktoberfest from 6 to 9 p.m. It’s also the last hurrah of the season for the beer garden. Look for polka music and an Oktoberfest beer tap takeover. On Saturday, the beer garden will sell and serve a pig roast beginning at 5 p.m. The beer garden closes for the season on Oct. 1, according to the event page on Facebook.
Saturday: Eagle Park Brewing, 2018 S. 1st St., celebrates Oktoberfest with a brewmaster’s toast at noon followed by hammerschlagen contests, handmade brats and potato pancakes and the brewery’s Oktoberfest beer. See the event page on Facebook.
Sunday: Ray’s Growler Gallery opens for Bottle Sharing Is Caring, a bottle-share event to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Tickets, a suggested donation, are $20 along with a raffle for beer geek swag. The event runs from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Growler Gallery, 8930 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa.
Thursday: Spike Brewing, the New Barons Brewing Coop, Crafter Space and Gathering Place will host a “First Look at Spike Brewing” starting at 6:30 p.m. Riverwest-based Spike Brewing, 3866 Fratney St., makes stainless steel brewing kettles and conical fermenters. General admission tickets are $15 and include two beer tokens and a tour of the facility. See Eventbrite.com for tickets.
Oct. 7: The Milwaukee Cider and Nano Beer Fest opens at 1 p.m. at the Schlitz Park Complex, 1543 N. 2nd St. Ticket-holders can sample from more than 40 ciders, cider cocktails and small-batch brews. Tickets are $65 for VIPs, which allows for noon admission, and $45 for general admission, according to Eventbrite.com.