Milwaukee Brewing Company

Very large brewery. Great ambiance. They have board games which is always a plus. You can scan and order once I self seat myself. Would come back.

New name and owners. Old business gone from this space. I have nothing to say since I have not been there yet.

I don't like to write bad reviews but I have to be honest about this place because if they see it, that may help them be better! But to be clear, some of this review is for Bottlehouse 42 inside of MKE Brewing. They are connected and both owned by F Street Hospitality so they are cousins if you put them in one space. If one lacks so does the other.

My favorite things about this location:
1.) Firepits and chairs outside (awesome)
2.) The building itself is neato
3.) There are many beautiful plants inside (I love plants)
4.) The beer is pretty good

A couple of things that weren't so great:
1.) None of the Bottlehouse 42 bartenders were wearing masks. Currently there is a Milwaukee mask advisory so that's worth mentioning.
2.) There's some confusion regarding where to go for a beer if you're taking the tour and what do to with these dang drink chips! (Tip: they can't be used at this location).
3.) Women's bathroom was messy with paper towel all over the place, men's bathroom had a broken paper towel dispenser.
4.) The bar employees at Bottlehouse were not very friendly or attentive. Except for the very first guy who helped us, the rest of the time was not great.

No napkins were given with the cheese curds (greasy cheese needs a napkin), which aren't really that good and came burnt. I would not get them again.

So when you walk in there is someone at a desk to the right who handles the brewery tour check-ins. There is someone to the left as well but I'm not sure what he was there for, but he was nice and says hello!

If you're just there for food or drinks, you can easily walk straight ahead to the large bar with the beautiful plant wall and you'll find yourself at Bottlehouse 42, not MKE Brewery technically.

To the right there is a smaller bar which is where you should go to get your free pint if you're doing the tour and possibly overall better service. That would be MKE Brewing's "bar area". But you can't order food there, you'd have to order on the app at Bottlehouse and then pick it up at their bar. Confused yet?

If you have one of these sacred MKE brewing drink chips, you can't use them at all in this building. The Bottlehouse guy made it apparent he's been asked A LOT about this, and nicely told us we'd have to use them around the corner at the MKE bar. The MKE bar said sorry, they can't be used here. Okay so you can see how this is really just a mess lol. Luckily we just bought beers but it's still something to point out for those who expect to use the chips. Can't they just make it easy and accept the chips at both bars in this building?

The fire area outside is my most favorite part. There were maybe 5 fire rings with plenty of chairs and actual wood in the pits! Not gas ones. I will come back just for that part alone and of course to drink beer. I think if you understand where to go for what when you arrive, you'll be fine. Just don't buy the cheese curds.

Building itself is gorgeous. This business uses toast ordering. I felt that it took a little bit to get our beer and food. My boyfriend had a flight which he enjoyed.

I had chicken tenders which were ok. Chips that came with were delicious.

Don't drive here and then get drunk... instead I recommend you Waukee here.

One of the great alcohol companies of America and one of our favourites. They don't make good beer in America in general, but they do in Milwaukee and we've always enjoyed the drinks coming out of here for the most part. Yum yums! I'm friends with one of the beautiful heirs to the Pabst empire on here, but this is the classic and famous brewery that kinda built Milly-wore-kay.

I've visited Milwaukee Brewing a few times. The first for a tour for my birthday but I haven't been back since Covid. I generally arrive at every brewery early but they seem to have a reasonable beer crowd when I arrived around 4:30pm.

I tried the cream ale and the standard MKE IPA. Both of which I really enjoyed. The staff is friendly and personable. I think most of the crowd is outside (understandably), but inside seems a lot quieter for me. I've heard that they are one of the few breweries doing tours but I could be wrong. A fun experience!

We had an awesome experience at Milwaukee Brewing Co. I've been to my fair share of breweries (in San Diego, CA as well as others from other parts of the U.S.). The beer was awesome. They have a very good selection of beers. The customer service was great. I only wish they were near my home town. I highly recommend Milwaukee Brewing Company.

We took a tour on a Saturday afternoon for my daughter's birthday. There was 14 of us and everyone had a fun time. Eric was our tour guide and he was entertaining and had tons of personality. Eric explained the history of MKE Brewery, shared a few good stories of the Brewery and lastly goes thru the entire brewery process. Not too deep and not boring at all.
You first get a free beer and they start the tour. During the tour you get 2 refills and after the tour you get free beer for another 25 minutes. We stayed after the tour to drink beer and we ordered food as well.
Food and beer were all outstanding.

The building is spacious, industrial, well designed to handle crowds, with games to keep you entertained before your tour.

Christine was an amazing brewery tour guide and we had so much fun intermingled with a fanatastic brew tasting. For only ~$15 I was able to squeeze in 3 full pour tastings plus ~2 small pours (probably more if you're a quick sipper) plus a highly entertaining tour of MKE brewing company. If you go on the tour, you are able to sample items that they do not usually have on tap.

Additionally, BH42 shares the building, so after the tour, we took a seat to grab some food before heading home. A fantastic experience and a brilliant idea to share space with an eatery after a tour with heavy pours!

A fun Saturday afternoon! We will absolutely be bringing guests here in the future!

This was one of my favorite breweries in Milwaukee and I am SO sad they closed :( The environment was lively and fun. Great variety of beer.