This Saturday in Milwaukee, what should i do?

Lol @ "some stupid spy bar"

Rumpus Room is walking distance...they rarely update their tap list on their website, but I've never been disappointed in multiple stops there. Otherwise just cab it to Bay View for Burnhearts/Sugar Maple, which are in somewhat walking distance of each other.

 

World of Beer and Stubby's are pretty close to downtown, but I'd also suggest Bay View for the best beer scene.
Rumpus Room has great food and always has good taps. Ask for their cellar beer list, which has lots of rarer stuff on it.
If you want a Bourbon County Rare, apparently Sanford has one for $200.

The Milwaukee Market has a couple decent bars inside that have good taps. You can also get a Maine Lobster dinner for $13. That's kind of a hidden MKE secret, so keep your damn mouth shut about it

If you want to get really shitfaced, go to the MKE Brewing tour. They basically hand you a pint glass and let you go to town for a few hours. I haven't been on the tour lately, but they just released a bunch of barrel aged stuff that clock in around 10%, so they might have some deadly stuff on tap. The Great Lakes Distillery is down the road from MKE Brewing and has a good tour. They rapid-fire you about 6 shots at the end, so it's an easy way to get a buzz started.

If you like Mexican food, Conejito's Place is the bomb. It's a dive, but the food is awesome and the margaritas are strong. You can get full and drunk for about $10-15 there.

Overall, a lot of bars keep a current BeerMenus, so browse around and you can craft up a pretty nice plan of attack.

 

Roman's Pub is my favorite place to hit a consistent World-Class beer menu. Problem is they open later on the weekends but if you can time it right and you are anywhere near that area, it's worth a stop. Last December, for example, I swung stopped in after a Bucks game and they just happened to have Cherry Rye and Bigfoot 2011 on draft. He shoots, he scores at Roman's!

 

Oh yeah, Romans is awesome. If you're lucky, a bachelor/bachelorette party will show up and the owner will chase them away with a golf club!

 

If you are downtown, Cafe Benelux is worth a stop for some draft Belgian beers.
http://www.cafebenelux.com

 

Seen this twice, so awesome!

 

I agree with this list 100%. This person clearly knows Milwaukee very well. One thing I would add is to check out the old Pabst area down the road from Aloft. It's only a 10 minute walk and Jackson's Blue Ribbon Pub is kind of a cool place.

 

I was spoiled with amazing Mexican food at a young age besides home cooking its some of the best Mexican food I've had in SE WI so far. Highly recommend their mole chicken is the bomb!!!

 

When is the last time you fellas have been to Conejitos? Last I heard the have new kitchen management and the food is awful. I don't know this for fact as I haven't been there in a year. If you feel differently, I'd love to know so I can get over my fear of going back.

 

Well if you are looking for the "really new" there are a couple of fresh breweries to try.

There is Brenner Brewing right by Milwaukee Brewing, so easy stumbling distance after there if you have too much. Have a Bacon Porter on tap the last time I stopped in. That beer and Maple Surple by Lake Louie brewing are the two beers I could just sit and smell and I'd be happy.

There is District 14 Brewing in the same area. I don't know if they have had their grand opening yet but are open on Saturdays.

Have not even gone myself but Tornado Brew Pub has recently opened and by their facebook page seem to have a lot of interesting beer choices.

 

Drive down to Chicago!

 

I remember hearing that the owners of Comet Cafe were big Cubs fans, so that might be a good place to watch it. Might be worth calling beforehand to make sure they'll have it on. They have great food and it's right down the road from World of Beer, who might have that game on too.

Karma is a random Nebraska Husker's bar, so they might root for a non-WI NFL team as well.

Or as a last resort, Buffalo Wild Wings on Water St will be a neutral bar with all the games on at once.

 

Thank you for that... man that place sucks.

 

A lot of the bars downtown have Sunday Ticket and will have the Bears game on... if not, ask and nobody will really have a problem switching one of the many TVs to it for you. 2 of the better sports bars that have decent food a delicious array of the best BMC beers you could ever dream of would be Flannery's and Catch 22... there are probably some on Water Street closer to Aloft as well where you won't have a problem catching the game. The Bay View bars are going to be your least likely places for Bears football viewing... I'm not sure that Sugarmaple, Palm, or Burnhearts even have TVs... Roman's has 2 and Mike does seem to s the d of Goose Island so he might be down to put the game up if he is open.

 

For Scream- you'll find it around town, but probably only in bottles at this point. Batches 2034 and 2334. 2334 is the last batch of the year, about a month fresher than 2034. Actually saw the fresher batch at Sendik's, Discount is still working through their older batch 2034.

 

My personal recomendations based on where you are staying would be Rumpus Room, Uber Tap Room on Old World 3rd Street, and the Milwaukee Public Market. Bayview for Burnheart's/Sugar Maple/Palm Taver bar time. For food, you can't beat the Honeypie/Palomino/Comet Cafe group for value/taste. Decent beer selection. Also, Nessun Dorma and Cafe Corazon (my favorite Mexican in Milwaukee) are great.

 

Karma

 

Woodmans in Menomonee Falls has a ton of scream left with a Born on date of 2344 (end of August). Still tasting fantastic! I'm sure the Woodmans in Oak Creek or Kenosha have the same.

 

To add to the Bayview beer scene, Odd Duck always has a great beer list and they change it up a lot. I would say don't go to world of beers. You can find just as good if not better selection for cheaper prices and a better scene. The Nomad on Brady Street is a fun place especially later in the night- same restaurant group as Benelux so great beer list and usually more affordable. Sugar maple is a must if you've never been.

 

Cafe Centraal is literally right next door to sugar maple, part of the Benelux restaurant group and has awesome brunch too. Everything on their menu has a beer pairing with it which is pretty cool. They're heavy on the Belgian/import stuff though.

 

If you hit Woodmans in Kenosha stop by Uncle Mike's on the interstate, I'm sure they will have the Bears game on, they have 84 taps currently.

 

Sounds like a pretty complete MKE weekend...

 

This may sound like a stupid question but does Woodmans accept credit cards or is it cash and check only? I'm working in lake bluff,il this weekend and I wanted to stock up on some new glarus.

 

Cash/Check only I think

 

The accept debit as well. Love the BTCS avatar!!!!

 

Thanks guys, I appreciate it, I haven't paid attention will I be able to find Belgian red anywhere?

 

Belgian Red should be available in most bottle shops and grocery stores. If the big shops (Ray's/Discount/Woodman's are out of their last delivery already I'd be surprised, but Pick n Save, Sendik's, and smaller liquor stores will still have it).

 

Thanks!