Water Street Brewery celebrates 30 years of brewing
Happy 30th anniversary, Water Street Brewery.
The brewpub — Milwaukee’s first when it opened in 1987 — celebrates 30 years this week by putting the spotlight on original beers Water Street Amber and Old World Oktoberfest. The brew pub also is bringing back its Sporten European Lager in limited quantities and putting on Boston Fog, a dry-hopped Northeast IPA.
The party begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at all four Water Street Brewery locations: 1101 N. Water St.; 140 W. Town Square Way, Oak Creek; 2615 Washington St., Grafton; and 3191 Golf Road, Delafield. Pints will be available for $2, the original prices from 1987.
All locations will be part of a raffle for customers to win free beer for a year. Brewmaster George Bluvas will give tours on the hour at the original Water Street location.
Here are some beer events you want to know about:
Friday: In support of men’s health and the Movember movement, D14, 2273 S. Howell Ave., will release its collaboration beer with MobCraft, an Imperial Brown Ale called “Big Brown Mo’stache.” Live music and a mustache contest are part of the night’s events starting at 6 p.m. The party will help raise funds for the Movember Foundation, according to the event page on Facebook.
Saturday: Discount Liquor Milwaukee, 5031 W. Oklahoma Ave., and Discount Liquor Waukesha, 919 N. Barstow St., are bringing in 750ml bottles of Surly Darkness 2017 and limited batches of Darkness 2015 and 2016, along with other Surly specialty beers. Doors open at 9 a.m. Discount will donate $1 from the sale of each Surly 750ml that morning to the Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative, a local charity that helps at-risk Milwaukee-area veterans obtain housing and other necessities.
Saturday: I’ll be at Sprecher Brewery, 701 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale, from noon until 2 p.m. for my book “Beer Lover’s Wisconsin.” Bring a coat for the brewery’s coat drive. See the Sprecher Facebook page.
Monday: Founders returns to Story Hill BKC Bar Bites Beer Dinner. Dishes are paired with Founders’ Frootwood, Doom, Lizard of Koz, Backwoods Bastard and KBS. Tickets cost $70 and are available online at storyhillbkc.com.
Tuesday: Cedarburg’s Fermentorium heads south to Erv’s Mug, 130 W. Ryan Road in Oak Creek, for a dinner pairing brews and food. Open seating begins at 5 p.m. Dinner is $40, according to the event page on Facebook.
Nov. 15: The fall 2017 class of the Barley to Barrel program will release the beers they have created from 6 to 9 p.m. at Company Brewing, 735 E. Center St. They include: “Snowy Kromer” spiced winter cream ale; “Hideout, an Old Fashioned Ale”; and “Bay View Brunch” brown ale. Tickets are $16, and get you samples and the chance to vote on your favorite. See the event page on Facebook.
Nov. 16: The Milwaukee Craft Brewery League and Company Brewing join forces for Sours & Stouts. Starting at 6 p.m., try stouts and/or sours from Company BrewingThird Space; Raised Grain; D14; Sprecher; Lakefront; Eagle Park; Explorium; MobCraft; Broken Bat; Biloba; and St. Francis breweries at Company Brewing, 735 E. Center St. See the event page on Facebook for details.
Nov. 16: Brew City MKE, the historical brewery exhibit with a contemporary taproom, hosts its first Books and Brews event from 6 to 8 p.m. at 275 W. Wisconsin Ave. Disclaimer: I’m the featured author. See the event page on Facebook.
Contact Kathy at kathy.flanigan@jrn.com. Create your own tour of Wisconsin breweries with Beer Near, an interactive listing of the state’s beer producers.