Horny Goat Brewing Company
2011 South First St • Milwaukee
(414) 383-6906

Horny Goat Brewing Company is a brew pub on the river outside of Milwaukee.  Most of the service is on a large, sheltered patio.  There is what appears to be brewing equipment in the nearby building, but the waitress said that all of their beer was produced in Steven's Point. All of the six Horny Goat beers are on tap, and the pub grub is reasonably priced.

St. Francis Brewery
3825 South Kinnickinnic Ave.
St Francis, WI 53235-4225
(414) 744-4448

St. Francis Brewery is a brew pub in a new stand-alone building far from anything else in the south Milwaukee suburbs.  The very long bar area takes perhaps a third of the space, the dining area the rest.  The brewing operation is at the rear of the bar.  They have 8 of their own beers, mostly German style, that are true to style and very tasty.  The menu is mostly pub grub, well done and not expensive.

Milwaukee Ale House
233 North Water Street
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 226-2337

The Milwaukee Ale House is a large brewpub in downtown Milwaukee.  The bar area is very large, the dining area smaller, and also there is some seating on a balcony over the river.  The brewing operation is on display at the front of the bar, however, the barmaid explained that they have another brewery for beer that is packaged, or drunk elsewhere.  They have 8 of their own tasty beers on tap.  The beer is inexpensive and so is the pubgrub.  It is a comfortable place to drink.

Water Street Brewery
1101 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 272-1195

The Water Street Brewery is a large brewpub in the trendy drinking district of downtown Milwaukee.  Although the bar itself is modest, the bar area is quite large with a seated bar rail along the perimeter and several booths.  The dining area is quite extensive and has several rooms and many little nooks.  There is also outside seating.  There are six fermenting tanks adjacent the bar, but the rest of the brewing operation is not visible.  They aspire to be a German brewery but with 8 beers on tap they have several other styles.  The beers a quite tasty.  The food is good and not particularly expensive.

Miller Brewing Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

While in no way a brew pub, the 72 buildings of the Miller Brewing Company dominate at least 3 city blocks on the west side of Milwaukee.   The visitor center, mostly a souvenier boutique, is the gathering place for their tour.  At the appropriate time, they take the group into a theater to view a 12 minute "history" which is mostly promotional material.  From there it is a several block walk to the first stop, the packaging line.  The scope of this is impressive as you are standing at one of the bottling lines and also the canning line which cans 2000 beers a minute.  Another movie explains that process, then on to the warehouse, brewhouse, and famous caves, followed by the free beer:  mandatory Miller Lite, then any of their other products.  You are now on your own, three blocks from where you parked your car.