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Lakefront Brewery

Tours

1872 North Commerce Street
Milwaukee WI 53212
Telephone: +1 414-372-8800
Hours: Tours Wednesday-Friday at 3:00pm, Saturday at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00pm.
Brewer: Luther Paul
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Notes

Opened: 1987

Annual Production: 30,000 bbl

Contributors: Diane Crawford, Glenn Siettmann

Updated: February 28, 2013

News

2012-05-15: Iconic Milwaukee Brewing Company Rolls Out First “All Local” Beer (TriplePundit)
2011-01-06: New York Times Honors Local Beer (WTMJ)
2010-11-23: Lakefront Brewery hits sales milestone (Milwaukee Business Journal)
2010-10-17: Good things brewing at Milwaukee's Lakefront (Chicago Sun-Times)
2010-10-11: Lakefront Brewery will expand production, tour operations with $1.4M SBA loan (BizTimes.com)
2010-06-24: Lakefront Brewery to launch True Evel beer (Milwaukee Business Journal)

Beer List

Beer Line 2000

Barley Wine-Style Ale
- Date: June 28, 2003 (#4920)
  
  Package: bottled
  
  Place: from the brewery
  
  Score: 20 points
  
  Overall Impression
  Bright amber. Moderate head. Big caramel aroma, some spice, some herbal character. Huge body. Intense caramel malt start to finish. Very nicely...intense. 29° Plato! I think someone from the brewery gave me this bottle at a festival in Madison WI a couple of years ago.

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German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock

Awards:

Bronze Medal, 2004 World Beer Cup

Date: February 6, 2004 (#5206)

Package: bottled

Place: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WI

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression
Bright amber. Big thick head. Clean toasty malt aroma. Medium smooth body. Sweet toasty malt flavor all the way through. Just a hint of noble hop flavor at the end, and maybe just a bit of alcohol.

Traditional German-Style Bock

Date: April 6, 2002 (#4295)

Package: draught

Place: Hooligan's Super Bar, Milwaukee WI

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression
Deep deep red, thick head. Sweetly malty, mildly smoky aroma. Big chewy body, huge fresh malty flavor, mildly sweet. Some fruity hop flavor in the middle. Lots of biscuity malt flavor in the finish. Some diacetly as it warms.
Date: February 20, 1999 (#3196)

Package: draught

Place: Manitowoc Beer Lover's Brew Fest, Manitowoc WI

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Dark dark brown, thick head. Coffee aroma. Medium body, huge coffee flavor, very drying finish.

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Other Strong Beer

8.00% abv.

Date: April 26, 2011 (#8525)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Red-brown, hazy. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly toasty, with lots of dark fruit.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big and chewy. Dark-fruity, a little grainy, fairly bitter.

Overall Impression (2)
Very nicely complex. Bottle-conditioned.

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Broke Spoke Pilsner

Bohemian-Style Pilsener

Date: January 3, 1999 (#3128)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 12½ points

Overall Impression
Golden, high carbonation, moderate head. Fruity aroma, diacetyl. Light body, bitter, diacetyl.

English-Style Summer Ale

Awards:

Silver Medal, 2004 World Beer Cup

Date: May 18, 2003 (#4878)

Package: draught

Place: Wisconsin Micro-Brewers Beer Fest, Chilton WI

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression
Bright deep golden. Thick head. Huge grainy malt aroma with some DMS. Light body. Huge grainy malt flavor all the way through.

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Garden (Fruit) Beer

Date: June 9, 2008 (#7104)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 14 points

Appearance (2½)
Amber, hazy. Low head.

Aroma (2½)
Sweet grassy malt, sweet tart cherries.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light-medium body, moderate carbonation. Sweet and malty, earthy, with a mild tart dark cherry flavor.

Overall Impression (2)

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Cream City Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

Date: April 21, 2003 (#4841)

Package: bottled

Place: Woodman's Food Market #20, Green Bay WI

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Bright brown. Nice head. Smells very mildly malty. Medium-light body, fairly fizzy. Sweet grainy caramel malt flavor all the way through.

European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel

Awards:

First Place, 2007 San Diego County Fair

Date: February 6, 2004 (#5208)

Package: bottled

Place: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WI

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression
Bright dark brown. Thick dense head. Mildly toasty and roasty aroma. Medium mildly fizzy body. Fairly sweet and malty with a nice mild roastiness. Good clean dark beer.
Date: July 12, 1998 (#2955)

Package: bottled

Place: 1st Wines and Spirits, Allouez WI

Score: 10 points

Overall Impression
Dark dark red-brown, some floaters, high carbonation and head. Cardboard odor. Very fizzy, sharp, pretty sweet. Old stale beer.

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Fixed Gear American Red Ale

American-Style Amber/Red Ale

6.50% abv.

Awards:

Silver Medal, 2012 Great American Beer Festival

Date: April 26, 2011 (#8526)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Amber-red, hazy. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Spicy, piney hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, fizzy. Spicy, piney, fruity hops. Medium bitterness. Biscuity malt background. Bitter, piney finish.

Overall Impression (2)

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Coffee Flavored Beer

Date: May 13, 2008 (#7006)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Moderate brown head.

Aroma (4)
Coffee. Malt. Malty coffee.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body. Really creamy. Big smooth coffee flavor with a big smooth malt background. Bitterness shows up at the end.

Overall Impression (3)
Good beer.
Date: February 4, 1999 (#3166)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 13 points

Overall Impression
Black, thick head. Yeasty aroma, with some coffee. Thin, cardboard, hint of coffee.

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Holiday Spice Lager Beer

Herb and Spice Beer

11.00% abv.

Date: November 24, 2008 (#7551)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Red-amber, with some haze. Low head.

Aroma (3½)
Lots of spices: ginger, nutmeg, clove.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, smooth. Big sweet maltiness with abundant spices.

Overall Impression (3)
Nicely balanced and nicely warming.
Date: January 21, 2004 (#5189)

Package: draught

Place: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WI

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression
Bright red. Big thick head. Hugely spicy aroma. Tons of nutmeg. Allspice. Ginger. Cinnamon. Medium fairly fizzy body. Malty with lots of spices and a hint of bitterness. Spiciness fades pleasantly in the finish.
Date: November 28, 2003 (#5155)

Package: bottled

Place: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WI

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression
Amber-red hazy. Nice thick head. Big spicy aroma. Medium fizzy body. Really phenomenally spicy. Cinnamon, allspice, and lots and lots of nutmeg...and ginger?

American-Style Black Ale

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American-Style India Pale Ale

Date: May 2, 2008 (#6997)

Package: draught

Place: Crescent Moon Ale House, Omaha NE

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Red-amber. Hazy. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Big fruity hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, fairly fizzy. Lots of caramel malt and lots of fruity spicy hops. Reasonably bitter. Real nice balance.

Overall Impression (2)

German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch

Date: December 27, 1999 (#3122)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression
Golden, low carbonation, thick head. Smoky, herbal aroma. Sweet, malty, grainy.
Date: June 28, 1998 (#2939)

Package: bottled

Place: 1st Wines and Spirits, Allouez WI

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression
Golden, floating bits, good head. Sweet, floral aroma. Light, malty, fruity, floral.

Local Acre Lager

American-Style Pilsener

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Gluten Free Beer

Awards:

Silver Medal, 2011 Great American Beer Festival
Silver Medal, 2008 Great American Beer Festival
Gold Medal, 2006 Great American Beer Festival

Date: September 28, 2010 (#8308)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Stony Brook, Omaha NE

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Bright pale yellow. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Sweet, grassy, lemony.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light and fizzy. Sweet, fruity, and floral. Grainy, sweet finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Actually kinda tastes like beer.

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German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest

Date: September 25, 2008 (#7374)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 14 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Moderate head.

Aroma (2½)
Grassy hops. Mild sweet malt.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light-medium body, fizzy. Sweet malt and fruity hops.

Overall Impression (1½)
Date: October 25, 2003 (#5120)

Package: bottled

Place: Woodman's Food Market #20, Green Bay WI

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Amber, some haze. Moderate head. Sweet malty aroma, with lots of noble hops. Slightly skunked. Medium body. Big smooth maltiness all the way through. Clean finish.
Date: August 9, 2003 (#5059)

Package: draught

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression
Bright golden amber. Thick head. Mild Pilsner malt aroma. Medium body. Some Munich malt, some DMS, some diacetyl.

Old 3rd Street XXX Belgian Strong Ale

Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale

Date: May 21, 2000 (#3444)

Package: draught

Place: Wisconsin Micro-Brewers Beer Fest, Chilton WI

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression
Brown-red opaque, thick head. Chocolatey, spicy aroma. Medium body, chocolatey undertones to a huge "Belgian" flavor. Hint of alcohol at the end.

Organic Extra Special Bitter

English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter

Date: August 25, 2002 (#4394)

Package: bottled

Place: Pick'n Save, Oshkosh WI

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression
Bright amber, fairly high carbonation, thick head. Big English hop aroma, estery. Medium body, big English hop flavor. Mild bitterness. Good caramel malt background.
Date: August 8, 1998 (#3016)

Package: draught

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression
Amber, nice head. Citrus aroma, real fresh. Medium body, real nice hop flavor and nicely bitter.
Date: September 27, 1996 (#1684)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression
Bright amber hazy. Slightly spicy aroma. Bitter flavor, not much else.

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Pumpkin Lager Beer

Garden (Vegetable) Beer

Date: September 26, 2008 (#7380)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Hazy amber. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Earthy, allspice and cinnamon.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Really sweet, with a mild pumpkin pie spiciness.

Overall Impression (2)
Date: October 30, 1998 (#3110)

Package: draught

Place: Milwaukee Ale House, Milwaukee WI

Score: 12½ points

Overall Impression
Amber, moderate carbonation, thick head. Nutmeg, phenolic aroma. Medium body, spicy, vegetal.

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Rendezvous Bière de Garde

French-Style Bière de Garde

7.20% abv.

Date: April 10, 2011 (#8510)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Amber. Hazy. Huge thick head.

Aroma (3½)
Fruity. Rich caramel. Apple.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Very malty, toasty, bready. Very mild tartness. Earthy, grassy hop flavor, moderate bitterness.

Overall Impression (2½)
Date: February 7, 1999 (#3184)

Package: draught

Place: Milwaukee Ale House Festival, Milwaukee WI

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression
Golden, low head. Sweet malty aroma. Light, malty, sweet, a little yeasty. Brewed for Cafe Coquette.

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Riverwest Stein Beer

American-Style Amber Lager

Awards:

Bronze Medal, 2010 World Beer Cup
First Place, 2007 San Diego County Fair

Date: April 7, 2009 (#7762)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Amber-brown. Low head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity, grassy, grapey hops.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light-medium body, fizzy. Resiny grassy hop flavor, fairly bitter.

Overall Impression (1½)
Date: January 3, 1999 (#3129)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression
Amber-brown, low carbonation, low head. Faintly malty aroma. Medium body, a little fruity, fairly caramelly.

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

Date: April 11, 2004 (#5264)

Package: bottled

Place: Club Liquor & Beer, Menasha WI

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression
Black. Huge dense head. Intensely roasty aroma. Medium silky smooth body. Huge roastiness and a tasty malty sweetness. Really tasty and complex...the best beer Lakefront has brewed! (Except maybe for Beer Line.) Thanks to Jay Jackson for the bottle!

True Evel Daredevil Ale

Light American Wheat Beer with Yeast

Belgian Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat

Date: September 15, 2002 (#4437)

Package: bottled

Place: Festival Foods, Oshkosh WI

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression
Yellow, opaque, high carbonation, thick head. Citrusy coriander aroma, with plenty of cumin. Light body, fizzy. Lots of spice and quite a bit of citrus. Lemony, cumin finish.