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Pilot Project is hosting its fourth annual Pilot Project Fest in September, and for the first time, it’s being held here in Milwaukee.
The event, which features more than 20 Milwaukee- and Chicago-area breweries, takes place Saturday, Sept. 7 from 1 until 4 p.m. at the brewery, 1128 N. 9th St. in the Brewery District.
Early bird general admission tickets, which include drink samples and a custom festival glass, are $30. Early bird VIP, which includes entry an hour earlier and a grab bag and 20 percent off food, are $40. Designated driver tickets, which include three NA beverages, are $15.
Started in Chicago, Pilot Project expanded to Milwaukee a couple years ago, where it has built upon its brewery incubator and launchpad model by doing a lot of contract brewing, too.
The festival will include samples from more than 20 incubated brands, and breweries from Milwaukee and Chicago. There will be beer, hard kombucha and cocktails, plus live music, food specials and more.
Guests must be 21 and above.
Here are the participating breweries, at the time of writing:
- Pilot Project Brewing
- Azadi Brewing Company
- Funkytown Brewery
- Brewer's Kitchen
- ROVM Hard Kombucha
- Donna's Pickle Beer
- Mash Gang
- Years
- Cerveceria Paracaidista
- Standard Goods
- Devious
- Third Space
- Mob Craft
- Component
- Broken Bat Brewing
- Seipp Beer
- Explorium
- Central Standard
- Torzala Brew Co
For more information, visit pilotprojectbrewing.com.
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.
