After much anticipation, the Milwaukee Brewing Company is ready to tap its brand new Downtown brewery.

The grand opening for the new location – featuring a taproom, retail space, beer garden, event space and restaurant, all  found in the new Downtown arena district at 1128 N. 9th St. – will take place on Saturday, Sept. 15, with events scattered throughout the day including tours, an official opening ceremony, timed tappings and a silent disco. 

The festivities will begin at 11 a.m. with free O-Gii Mosas served up before the doors officially open to the new facility at noon. The grand opening ceremony itself will take place at 4:30 p.m., while free walk-up mini-tours of the new space and brewery will run every 15 minutes beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m.

Owner and founder Jim McCabe will even host the tours beginning at noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. – with a special grand opening commemorative T-shirt for the first 90 individuals who score a spot on those special trips. Sign up for the McCabe-led tours will begin at 11 a.m., with spots offered on a first come first served basis. 

Then, at 9 p.m., the bar will flip the lights off and turn the music up (kind of) for a special Silent Disco, a dance party in which guests get down to music played exclusively in their headphones, with three channels of tunes to choose from. Tickets – available at MKE Brewing Company's website and at its front desk on the day of the event – are $10 and include the headphones and a pour of beer. The bar will then remain open until midnight. 

The party at the new brewery will continue on into Sunday, with a Packers viewing party the next afternoon for the Pack's spat against the Minnesota Vikings. The brewery will open at 11 a.m. for the noon game; chairs are BYOC. 

For more information on the grand opening celebration, visit Milwaukee Brewing Company's website. And for a peak at all the work that went into the new space, check out Bobby Tanzilo's early look.