Chris Drosner
@wibeerbaron.bsky.social
Executive editor, Milwaukee Magazine; beer writer for Wisconsin State Journal; Badger Beer Hour. Will not always stick to beer. Occasional cursing. He/him
After years of buildup after it began a partnership with Molson Coors, Yuengling appears to be on the cusp of launching in Wisconsin. Photos from a FB post from Beer Capitol, the MC distributor in Milwaukee.
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
After years of buildup after it began a partnership with Molson Coors, Yuengling appears to be on the cusp of launching in Wisconsin. Photos from a FB post from Beer Capitol, the MC distributor in Milwaukee.
Press release: The New Glarus Brewing expansion is coming along, on time and on budget.
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Press release: The New Glarus Brewing expansion is coming along, on time and on budget.
Black Friday beer stuff is still definitely a thing in Milwaukee, largely due to @lakefront, which today dropped its Black Friday deets: The always-boss "regular" Black Friday stout aged in @GLDistillery whiskey barrels, a coffee-cacao variant, its OG triple black IPA and a black wheatwine.
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Black Friday beer stuff is still definitely a thing in Milwaukee, largely due to @lakefront, which today dropped its Black Friday deets: The always-boss "regular" Black Friday stout aged in @GLDistillery whiskey barrels, a coffee-cacao variant, its OG triple black IPA and a black wheatwine.
I think we're overdue for a new edition of ASK THE BEER BARON! What's your burning question around beer or brewing? Ask and you could become newspaper-famous!
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I think we're overdue for a new edition of ASK THE BEER BARON! What's your burning question around beer or brewing? Ask and you could become newspaper-famous!
If you’re in Tosa East Towne trick-or-treating with your kids be sure to come by the Sanderson Witch Museum (2400 block of 70th St) for a beery treat.
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If you’re in Tosa East Towne trick-or-treating with your kids be sure to come by the Sanderson Witch Museum (2400 block of 70th St) for a beery treat.
DID YOU KNOW? The Famous Racing Polish Sausage lives in Wauwatosa in the offseason.
October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
DID YOU KNOW? The Famous Racing Polish Sausage lives in Wauwatosa in the offseason.
These editors just cannot help but step on their own dicks when they talk about literally anything in the Midwest, can they?
October 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
These editors just cannot help but step on their own dicks when they talk about literally anything in the Midwest, can they?
What’s the last beer you took a picture of? Let’s see em, any context. Mine, before last night…
October 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What’s the last beer you took a picture of? Let’s see em, any context. Mine, before last night…
3 Sheeps Safe to Shore DIPA: lovely West Coast profile, giving Pliny/Chillwave vibes. 👍👍
October 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
3 Sheeps Safe to Shore DIPA: lovely West Coast profile, giving Pliny/Chillwave vibes. 👍👍
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
You will never understand dissonance until you have a good hazy ipa from this package
September 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
You will never understand dissonance until you have a good hazy ipa from this package
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.)
September 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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
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
September 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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
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
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.)
September 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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.
September 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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.
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.
August 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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.
Guys we have the glass. NONIC?!?! And the first pour is a fella.
August 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Guys we have the glass. NONIC?!?! And the first pour is a fella.
Say hi, we love that shit
August 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Say hi, we love that shit
It would make so much more sense for all of these brewers to simply not come to Madison, but they are. Because they love this festival, they love the crowd and they love Madison. See y'all Saturday. FIN
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It would make so much more sense for all of these brewers to simply not come to Madison, but they are. Because they love this festival, they love the crowd and they love Madison. See y'all Saturday. FIN
Those brewers are worth listing and shouting out because a lot of these are *really* small breweries who, let's face it, could probably use an extra $1,000+ on the balance sheet right now. I'm going to these tents to thank them and drink some of their beer.
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Those brewers are worth listing and shouting out because a lot of these are *really* small breweries who, let's face it, could probably use an extra $1,000+ on the balance sheet right now. I'm going to these tents to thank them and drink some of their beer.
This is tough news for one of the things that makes the Great Taste so great – beer you're not going to find anywhere else in Wisconsin. BUT, by my estimation there are *25* brewers that are biting the bullet and paying the (two-year) state permit to come to this festival. That's remarkable IMO.
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is tough news for one of the things that makes the Great Taste so great – beer you're not going to find anywhere else in Wisconsin. BUT, by my estimation there are *25* brewers that are biting the bullet and paying the (two-year) state permit to come to this festival. That's remarkable IMO.
The number of Wisconsin brewers is up this year, from 81 to 97. Out-of-state brewers are down across the board, more dramatically in some states than others. Apologies to Kentucky, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska for not breaking y'all out here.
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The number of Wisconsin brewers is up this year, from 81 to 97. Out-of-state brewers are down across the board, more dramatically in some states than others. Apologies to Kentucky, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska for not breaking y'all out here.
Overall, the change is visible, at least in the program. I count 169 breweries for 2025, down from (my count of) 195 from last year. It's a difference you can see most starkly in the state-by-state page of the program.
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Overall, the change is visible, at least in the program. I count 169 breweries for 2025, down from (my count of) 195 from last year. It's a difference you can see most starkly in the state-by-state page of the program.