Less than a year after announcing it would open a taproom and brewery in Walker's Point, Minneapolis' Indeed Brewing Company has set an opening date of this Friday, Sept. 6.
A ribbon cutting at the new space, 530 S. 2nd St., is slated for 3 p.m.
Among the brews on tap on day one will be familiar Indeed beers like Day Tripper Pale Ale and Mexican Honey Imperial Lager, as well as a number of new Milwaukee-brewed beers like Soft Shock New England-Style IPA, Knock Off Amber Ale, Triumph Single Hop Pale Ale, Wamdoodle Watermelon Kolsch, Norwegian Wood Kveik Pale Ale and Lemon Wheel Hefeweizen.
A collaboration brew with 1840 Brewing Company, called "Hello, Milwaukee,'' will also be on tap.
The 10-barrel brewing system is, as you can tell from the above info, up and running and the taproom's beers will be brewed on-site.
We got a peek at the space a few months ago, though the historic back bar from Hamm's Brewing was not yet installed.
"Our new Milwaukee brewery and taproom is a huge achievement for our 7-year-old brewery," said co-owner Tom Whisenand. "It’s a major milestone in our mission to deliver people great beer and experiences."
Indeed Milwaukee’s taproom will be open Wednesday-Thursday, 3-11 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, noon-11 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-8 p.m. Happy hour will be from 3 until 6 p.m., on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
