Multiple breweries w/ common drinking area

I don’t know, but that’s some jury duty I would not try to avoid.

 

This just seems like a worse beer bar.

 

exactly this

 

Is that where you play beer pong? or maybe beer tennis.

 

That is pretty cool. I Like that idea!

 

Beers were average at best and the ambience was almost nil....it was like sitting in a large warehouse.

 

Are they brewing on site or is it three tasting rooms in a shared space?

Is there common ownership? Ie, three brands in the same conglomerate?

Does each brewery fit different niches or do they all do similar stuff?

 

I was wondering why the Milwaukee facility sort of lacks a "soul." It was a great place for MKE Brewing, but the Pilot Project bought them, sold off their recipes, and now offers a bunch of beers from (for?) other brewers.

 

In my experience, an actual pint of beer costs way more than what most places charge to pour it for you (a bar). An example: Hamm's at $0.45 an ounce works out to $7.20 per pint. FOR HAMM'S.

And these places rely heavily on your heavy pours. Have you ever tried pouring four ounces using an on/off push button? At least froyo has a lever with force feedback.

 

We've got one near me, that I've never been to, and their prices are about in line with the breweries/bars. I don't see the attraction.

 

Thanks. Haven’t seen a place like this before, but it seems like a good option for tickers like me.

 

"Tickers like me" are people who like trying lots of different beers? Ticking them off the master list?

 

You know where to find the master list. I hear it’s approaching one million beers.

 

That being said, my nephew who used to work at Great Lakes brought up issues with maintaining the lines and keeping things clean at these places

 

I really like trying different beers. If that makes me a ticker, so be-it. I originally got on BA as a way to keep track of what I had. My memory is not that great. In a couple of years, I forget the names of beers I’ve had.

 

Good point.

 

Neighboring Buffalo has this:
https://www.chandlerstreetbreweries.com/

No doubt some outside the area have heard of Thin Man (former owner Mike Shatzel of famed but shuttered Blue Monk and Allen Burger Venture, and current owner of fine beer establishments such as Moor Pat, Coles, Moor Room, Colter Bay & Liberty Hound). I refer to Mike as former owner of Thin Man because Community Beer Works bought the business but continues to brew their beer. Community is a really solid brewery (The Whale is a spectacular brown ale). Haven’t had anything from smoldered society though but they are an offshoot of CBW so technically, all three breweries in the establishment are owned/associated with CBW.

 

I'd love this setup!