Off Base: 11 Milwaukee Brewers beer pairings

Tyler Maas
As Milwaukee Beer Week nears its bleary and drunken conclusion, it’s only natural to turn our attention to the obvious connection between beer and the Milwaukee Brewers. After all, unless the Philly Phanatic wh...

Brew Ha Ha! crafts comedy with local ingredients

Tyler Maas
The connection between stand-up comedy and alcohol is undeniable. Though the former doesn’t necessarily require the latter, “two-drink minimum” is a term firmly implanted in the vocabulary of anybody who’s ever...

Nobody cares what you think about Ryan Braun

Tyler Maas
When Ryan Braun stepped to the plate for his first at-bat this season—his first Miller Park plate appearance since serving a 65-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s performance enhancing drug p...

First Impression: Who’s On Third

Tyler Maas
If Research & Development Pub taught us nothing else, we learned that sometimes a bar can overcome a stupid-ass name to prove itself a worthwhile establishment for one to spend time and money. April 19 mark...

First Impression: Cream City Swirl

Tyler Maas
Bay View is in the midst of a restaurant renaissance. The chunk of southeast Milwaukee—which already has such feathers as Odd Duck, Guanajuato, both DeMarinis, Palomino, Classic Slice, and Hué proudly stuck in ...

Milwaukee Bucks’ end is just the beginning

Tyler Maas
It was like the last days of Rome…if the empire’s decline featured a t-shirt bazooka, a senior citizen dance squad, and Dippin’ Dots kiosks. After a brutal 81-game stretch that already ensured the team would...

First Impression: Wild Bill’s Sports Saloon

Tyler Maas
Milwaukee’s south side isn’t for want when it comes to chain restaurants. The airport-adjacent slice of the city has no shortage of dining establishments to welcome visitors to town with a corporately standardi...

Joke Thief Night brings open mic to taboo places

Tyler Maas
In the world of stand-up comedy, there’s no worse crime than stealing another comedian’s material. Even the implied heist of another comic’s jokes has pretty much sunk Carlos Mencia (not that we’re complaining)...

Off Base: Putting down Hank The Dog

Tyler Maas
Don’t look now, but the 7-2 Milwaukee Brewers are currently in first place in the National League Central, and are tied with the Washington Nationals for the best record in all of baseball. While the team’s ret...

Chris Chuzles joins Hot Coffin

Tyler Maas
Lineup changes among bands aren’t all too uncommon an occurrence, but it’s worth noting the rare occasion that bands swap out a singer—especially when the new singer was the voice of an established Milwaukee ba...