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Enlightened Brewing Company owners discuss decision to close, business highlights, what’s next

Tyler Maas
December 12, 2024
It's a cold and flurry-filled evening in the middle of December, but James Larson and Tommy Vandervort are all smiles. Despite being just days removed from announcing Enlightened Brewing Company—the brewery the...

Enlightened Brewing Company will close January 5, 2025

Matt Wild
December 6, 2024
After nearly 11 years in business, Enlightened Brewing Company will close its doors on January 5, 2025. The popular Bay View brewery, 2020 S. Allis St., made the announcement on social media Friday afternoon. ...

Enlightened Brewing Company’s Summer Block Party returns June 29

Tyler Maas
June 5, 2024
Originally started as an extremely small brewery in a glorified closet in the Lincoln Warehouse back in 2013, Enlightened Brewing Company's reputation and its footprint have both grown considerably in the years...

Meet A Brewer: Get to know Tyler Killips of Enlightened Brewing Company

Tyler Maas
April 4, 2024
broadstreet.zone(160166); In Milwaukee Record's "Meet A Brewer" series, we aim to introduce you to some of the professionals behind the scenes who are responsible for making some of your favorite local beers. ...

Business To Business: Enlightened Brewing Company loves OnTime Promo & Apparel

Milwaukee Record Staff
May 12, 2023
With our “Business To Business” series, we’re offering business owners in and around Milwaukee a platform to acknowledge other local establishments and area entrepreneurs they appreciate. This week: Enlightened...

Enlightened Brewing, Company Brewing to host May 20 anniversary block parties

Tyler Maas
April 24, 2023
Not so long ago, Milwaukee—a city known as "Brew City" to much of the world—had only two craft breweries to its name. However, the early 2000s brought a few more into the fold, which led to a crescendo in the 2...

Business To Business: The Sharpening Company owner Cody Berg says cheers to Enlightened Brewing Company

Milwaukee Record Staff
March 31, 2023
With our “Business To Business” series, we’re offering business owners in and around Milwaukee a platform to acknowledge other local establishments and area entrepreneurs they appreciate. This week: The Sharpen...

Enlightened Brewing Company to host a Summer Block Party this weekend

Tyler Maas
August 10, 2022
Originally started as an extremely small brewery in a glorified closet in the Lincoln Warehouse back in 2013, Enlightened Brewing Company‘s reputation and its footprint have both grown considerably in recent ye...

Enlightened Brewing’s “Anniversary Block Party” brings food, music, beer releases to Allis Street on May 21

Tyler Maas
May 17, 2022
Originally started as an extremely small brewery in a glorified closet in the Lincoln Warehouse back in 2013, Enlightened Brewing Company's reputation and its footprint have both grown considerably in recent ye...

Milwaukee bartenders reveal their “Touchdown Shot” recipes

Tyler Maas
November 7, 2019
broadstreet.zone(72581); In addition to the camaraderie, the snacks, and the entertainment of the actual game itself, the so-called "Touchdown Shot" is one of the most special parts of watching Packers games. ...

The 12 best Green Bay Packers who never actually played a regular season game with the Green Bay Packers

Tyler Maas
October 3, 2019
broadstreet.zone(72581); As arguably the most accomplished and storied franchise in NFL history, the Green Bay Packers have seen their fair share of outstanding players don green and gold over the last 100 yea...

Check out Enlightened Brewing Company’s spacious new brewery and taproom

Tyler Maas
May 7, 2019
Last month, we told you that Enlightened Brewing Company would be moving from its current Lincoln Warehouse spot into a new, improved, and significantly larger space about half a mile down the road. On May 10, ...

Enlightened Brewing Company is closing its taproom May 10…and opening a bigger taproom May 11

Tyler Maas
April 23, 2019
Back in 2016, Enlightened Brewing Company moved from its extremely small (and extremely private) second-floor taproom it had occupied in the Lincoln Warehouse since late 2013. The move was to a significantly la...

On The Record Episode 92: The state of Milwaukee brewing

Milwaukee Record Staff
April 19, 2017
From April 22 through April 29, the 8th annual Milwaukee Beer Week will bring about a ton of exciting events like tap takeovers, beer brunches, rare brew raffles, and interesting collaborations between brewerie...

Enlightened Brewing Company readies taproom for late July open

Tyler Maas
July 12, 2016
// Almost three years ago, Tommy Vandervort and James Larson moved their small arsenal of brewing equipment to a small, secluded room in an upper level of Lincoln Warehouse that had space for about 10 peopl...

Here are some updates for next week’s Wet Hot American Summer screening

Tyler Maas
September 17, 2015
// It’s going to be hard to say goodbye to summer, but at least about 200 of us will be able to do so in one of the best ways imaginable. Last month, we were proud to announce that we convinced Avalon Theater i...
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