It started in college. Too proud to drink swill and too poor to drink decent beer, Dean Coffey decided to start brewing his own. It didn’t happen right away. In fact, Coffey, co-owner of Madison’s Ale Asylum, didn’t even realize people brewed their own beer at home.

Bittercube was founded by Nicholas Kosevich and Ira Koplowitz in 2009. Bittercube Bitters are developed and created in Milwaukee, WI, by hand with naturally sourced ingredients. No extracts or oils have ever been used in Bittercube Bitters.

It started as an idea; well, more of a dream, really. If beer drinkers weren’t crying out for something better, they deserved something better, at least that’s the way Capital Brewery’s founders, Ed Janus and Anthony Frey, saw things.

If you’re still avoiding Wisconsin wines because of some old bias that only west coasters craft good wines you’re not only missing the boat, you’re missing the creek. Cedar Creek, that is. As in Cedarburg's Cedar Creek Winery, purveyor of numerous award-winning wines.

Really knowing your product means putting years of research into it. 

Spirits from Door County!

What happens when three friends with a background in beer and a love for Milwaukee get together? 

For nearly 30 years, Russ Klisch has helped reshape Milwaukee’s brewing landscape. He’s the founder of Lakefront Brewery, located in Milwaukee, Wis. Russ started the brewery with his brother Jim in a 3,600-square-foot space that had been a bakery.

These aren’t your grandparents’ beers! The good folks at MobCraft have put it to the people to decide what beers they are going to make next.

Raised Grain Brewing Co. was born when two local doctors with a passion for homebrewing met a former professional cyclist and local entrepreneur over some beers, naturally. 

Two Wisconsin natives, Kevin Wright and Andy Gehl have returned home to create some of our favorite new brews. 

Mary Pellettieri and her husband Noah Swanson were experimenting with European brewing techniques and herbs in their home kitchen, looking for a good way to make herb beer without using hops. 

Twisted Path Distillery was founded by distiller Brian Sammons, and it opened in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee in December 2014.

The nature and culture of Northern Minnesota are our inspiration and terroir. The pristine beauty of Lake Superior, the North Woods and the Boundary Waters are distilled in the flavor of everything we make.

Back in 2001, Charles and Milissa McGonegal started thinking about all the amazing beverages that could be made using apples. Not just any old apples, some of the exceptional antique varieties that are still available.