Last updated August, 2025

An unofficial exhaustive list compiled according to these terms.

Microbreweries

A Microbrewery is defined as a brewery that makes less than 15,000 barrels per year, and sells 75% or more of their beer at offsite locations¹. If a brewery has multiple locations, they will only be listed once, in the category with the largest facility.

• 3 Sheeps Brewing Company – Sheboygan
• Alt Brew – Madison
• Ahnapee Brewery – Suamico and Algoma
• Badger State Brewing – Green Bay
• Bevy Brewing – Wisconsin Dells
• Brewster Bros. Company – Chippewa Falls
• Capital Brewery – Madison
• Duesterbeck’s Brewing Company – Elk Horn
• Earth Rider – Superior
• Fifth Ward Brewing Company – Oshkosh
• Gray Brewing Company – Janesville
• Hinterland Brewery – Green Bay
• Karben4 – Madison
• Lake Louie/Wisconsin Brewing Company – Verona and Oconomowoc
• Lazy Monk Brewing – Eau Claire
• Low Daily – Burlington
• Mashtun Brewing – Lake Geneva
• Oliphant Brewing Company – Somerset
• Pearl Street Brewery – La Crosse
• Perspective Brewing Company – West Allis
• Potosi Brewing Company – Potosi
• Rush River Brewing Company – River Falls
• Sand Creek Brewing Company (also the location of Drewrys Contract Brewing) – Black River Falls
• South Shore Brewery – Ashland and Washburn
• Sprecher Brewing Co – Glendale
• Steeltank Brewing Co – Oconomowoc
• Stillmank Brewing Company – Green Bay
• Supermoon Beer Company – Bay View
• Sway Brewing + Blending – Bailey’s Harbor
• The Brewing Projekt – Eau Claire
• The Raven’s Breath Brewery – Iron River
• Third Space Brewing – Milwaukee
• Titletown Brewing Company – Green Bay
• Tyranena Brewing – Lake Mills
• Untitled Art – Waunakee
• Young Blood Beer Company – Madison

Taprooms

A Taproom is similar to a Microbrewery, but sells 25% or more of their beer onsite. So, a Microbrewery = less than 25%, Taproom = more than 25%. Taprooms (or Microbreweries) can also sell food and call themselves “brewpubs”, but they focus more on the beer.

• 608 Brewing Company – La Crosse
• Adventure Club Brewing – Bayfield
• Amorphic Beer – Riverwest
• Balsam Lake Brewery & Market – Balsam Lake
• Bare Bones Brewery – Oshkosh
• Belshire Brewing – Richfield
• Big Head Brewing Company – Wauwatosa
• Black Husky Brewing – Milwaukee
• Bog’s Edge Brewing – Warrens
• Brewery Nonic – Menominee
• Brewfinity Brewing – Ocnomomoc
• Brickfield Brewing – Grantsburg
• Broken Bat Brewing – Milwaukee
• Bull Falls Brewery – Wausau
• Central Waters Brewing – Amherst and Milwaukee
• City Service Brewing Company – Darlington
• Clipper Brewing – Bayfield
• Component Brewing Company – Milwaukee
• Copper Turtle Brewery & Taverne – Milwaukee
• Craft Creek Brewing Company – Manitowoc
• Delta Beer Lab – Madison
• District 1 Brewing Company – Stevens Point
• Door County Brewing – Bailey’s Harbor
• Durand Brewing Company – Durand
• Gathering Place Brewing Company – Riverwest
• Giant Jones Brewing Company – Madison
• Good City Brewing Company (now owned by Explorium) – Wauwatosa
• Good Works – Milton
• Gravity Box Brewing Company – Mauston
• HH Hinder Brewing Company – Waupaca
• Half Fast Brewing Company – Spring Valley
• Hop Garden – Belleville
• Hop Haus Brewing Company – Fitchburg and Verona
• Hop Yard Ale Works – Appleton
• Hubbleton – Watertown
• Indeed Brewing Company – Milwaukee
• Lion’s Tail Brewing Company – Neenah and Wauwatosa
• MT Bottle Brewing Company – Sauk City
• McFleshman’s Brewing Company – Appleton
• Minocqua Brewing Company – Minocqua and Madison
• Modicum Brewing Company – Eau Claire
• Montello Brewing Company – Montello
• Mosinee Brewing Company – Mosinee
• New Barons Brewing Cooperative – Milwaukee
• New Denmark Brewing Company – Denmark
• Noble Roots Brewing Company – Green Bay
• North Pillar Brewing – Waukesha
• OOGA Brewing Company – Beaver Dam
• Ombibulous Brewing Company – Altoona
• Omega Brewing Experience – Omro
• One Barrel Brewing Company – Egg Harbor, Madison
• Ope! Brewing Company – West Allis
• Peach Barn Farmhouse & Brewery – Sister Bay
• Plymouth Brewing Company – Plymouth
• Raised Grain Brewing Company – Waukesha
• Raven’s Breath Brewery – Iron River
• Rock County Brewing Company – Janesville
• Rocky Reef Brewing Company – Minocqua
• Rowlands Calumet Brewing Co – Chilton
• R’Noggin Brewing Company (currently only available at Last Ditch Pub) – Kenosha
• Sahale Ale Works – Grafton
• Skeleton Crew Brew – Onalaska
• Some Nerve Brewing Company – Manitowish Waters
• Starkweather Brewing Company – Madison
• Sway Beer – Bailey’s Harbor
• SwitchGear Brewing Company – Elkhart Lake
• TAQ Brewing – Kaukauna
• The Fermentorium – Cedarburg
• The Garage Bikes + Brews – Riber Falls
• Thumb Knuckle Brewing – Luxemburg
• Timber Tap LLC – Kimberly
• Topsy Turvy Brewing – Lake Geneva
• Torzala Brewing LLC – Milwaukee
• Trap Rock Brewing Company – St. Croix Falls
• Tribute Brewing Company – Eagle River
• Turtle Stack – La Crosse
• Up North Brewing Company – Nekoosa
• Urban Harvest Brewing Company – Milwaukee
• Valkyrie Brewing Company – Dallas
• Vault 202 Brewery and Taproom – Appleton
• Vennture Brewing Company – Milwaukee
• Wizard Works Brewing Company – Milwaukee
• Working Draft Beer Company – Madison
• Yard 65 Brewery and Events – Kiel
• Zambaldi Beer Company – Green Bay
• Zymurgy Brewing Company – Menomonie

Brewpubs

A once simple concept, suddenly not so simple. Basically, a Taproom that also makes a significant portion of its sales through food.

• 2 Doors Down Brewing Company – Wisconsin Rapids
• 7 Hills Brewing Company – Platteville
• 841 Brewhouse – Whitewater
• AL. Ringling Brewing Company – Baraboo
• Alchemy Brewing – Cashton
• Amery Ale Works – Amery
• Angry Minnow Brewing Company – Hayward
• Appleton Beer Factory – Appleton
• Bavarian Bierhaus – Glendale
• Blue Heron Brewpub – Marshfield
• Bodihow Brewing Company – Oregon
• Bridge Up Brewing Company – Sturgeon Bay
• Bullquarian Brewhouse – Monroe
• Cerci’s Brewing Company – Columbus
• Cheez Head Brewing – Beloit
• Cocoon Brewing Company – De Pere
• Commerce Street Brewery & Hotel – Mineral Point
• Cool City Brewing Company – Two Rivers
• Copper State Brewing Company – Green Bay
• Corner Pub Brewery & Bakery – Reedsburg
• Courthouse Pub – Manitowoc
• Dead Bird Brewing Company – Milwaukee
• Delafield Brewhaus – Delafield
• East Troy Brewery – East Troy
• Emprize Brew Mill – Menasha
• Faklandia Brewing – St. Francis
• FEATS Brewing Company – Whitehall
• Flix Brewhouse – Madison
• Fond du Lac Brewing Company – Fond du Lac
• Footjoy Farm & Brewery – Cashton
• Fox River Brewing Company – Oshkosh
• Foxtown Brewing – Mequon
• Full Mile Beer Company & Kitchen – Sun Prairie
• G5 Brewing Company – Beloit
• Gnarly Cedar Brewery – Wrightstown
• Great Dane Pub & Brewery – Multiple Locations
• Heart of the North Brewing Company – Ladysmith
• Hillsboro Brewing Company – Hillsboro
• Inventors Brewpub – Port Washington
• Kenosha Brewing Company – Kenosha
• Knuth Brewing Company – Rippon
• La Crosse Distilling Co House Brewed Beer – La Crosse
• Lake 11 Brewing
• Layman Brewing – West Allis
• Lucette Brewing Company
• Lucky’s 1313 Brew Pub
• McZ’s Brew Pub
• Mecan River Brewing Company
• Mel’s Micro
• MoonRidge Brewing Company
• Moosejaw Pizza and Dells Brewing Company – Wisconsin Dells
• North of the Bayou – Madison
• Northwoods Brew Pub
• Old Germantown
• O’so Brewing Company – Plover
• Petskull Brewing – Manitowoc
• Pilot Project Brewing
• Pitchfork Brewing Company – Hudson
• Popple River Brewing
• Public Craft Brewing Company (now owned by Lakefront) – Kenosha
• Rail House Restaurant and Brewery
• Rebellion Brewing Company
• Red Eye Brewing Company – Wausau
• Rio Lobo Winery & Brewery
• Riverside Brewery & Restaurant
• Riverstone Brewing Company
• Round Man Brewing Company
• Rustic Road Brewing Company – Kenosha
• Saint Germain Brewing Company
• Sawmill Brewing Company – Merrill
• Sawmill Pizza Brewshed
• Second Salem Brewing Company
• Shipwrecked Brew Pub
• St Francis Brewing Company – St Francis
• Starboard Brewing Company
• Station 1 Brewing Company – Suamico
• Stone Arch Brewpub
• Stoney Acres Brewery
• Stubborn Brothers – Shawno
• Sunshine Brewing Company
• Swinging Bridge Brewing Company
• The Explorium Brewpub – Milwaukee
• The Grumpy Troll Brewpub – Mt. Horeb
• The Lone Girl Brewing Company
• The Runaway Micropub and Nanobrewery – Burlington
• Thirsty Pagan Brewing
• Tumbled Rock Brewery & Kitchen
• Viking Brewpub
• Vintage Brewing Company
• Water Street Brewery – multiple

Client Brewers

Ohhh boy. According to RateBeer.com: “A Client Brewer is business entity that does not own its own brewing equipment but instead arranges to use existing brewing facilities to produce their owned-recipe beers. They can sometime also have a physical location (waiting for their brewing licenses for example)”²

There are many client/contract breweries in Wisconsin, but these are the ones we deemed “Count” in the overall list, for the following reasons: 1) Their beer is brewed in Wisconsin and 2) It is sold on tap in a dedicated location that we as Drinkers can visit in person.

• 3 Dachshunds Beer Company – they brew their beer at Stone Arch Brewpub in Appleton, and you can order their beer on tap at that location. Counts.
• Essers Cross Plains Brewery
• Hacienda – They have* a Milwaukee location but brew their beer at Door County Brewing. Counts. (*The Milwaukee location closed in summer of 2025).
• Herbiery
• Kurth Brewery – Technically a bar and not a brewery (they do not brew any beer onsite), but there is a beer dedicated to Kurth that is sold at this location and it’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its history as a brewery, so…Counts.
• Fountain City Brewing Company – only found at Monarch Public House
• Milwaukee Brewing Company – recently purchased by Eagle Park, which still brews their original recipes and branding, and sells on tap at their locations. Counts.
• Old Bavarian Brewing Company – This location has both a traditional restaurant and a night club (yes, you read that right) and while they don’t brew their traditional German beer onsite, it is brewed at the Fox River Brewing Co and is available only at this location on tap. Counts.
• Rhinelander Brewing Company LLC – They do brew their own beer, just not onsite at their current taproom. But they DO have a dedicated taproom, so Counts.
• Rookery Brewing Company – This brewery looks like it is transitioning to the old MobCraft location, at least during part of the year. We will eventually investigate, but for now it Counts.
• Sassy Girl Micro Brew (Trout Springs Winery) – Their beer is sold on tap in the Trout Springs Winery.
• Tank 8 – It’s unclear why this is listed as its own brewery instead of just being a part of Fermentorium where it’s brewed, but it is a beer that you can get on tap at Fermentorium in Cedarburg so…Counts.

Regional/Commercial

• City Brewing Company
• Eagle Park
• Lakefront Brewery
• Minhas Craft Brewery
• New Glarus Brewing Company
• Stevens Point Brewery
• Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
• Molson/Coors Miller Brewing Company

Recently Closed Breweries

• 1 of Us Brewing Company – Mount Pleasant
• 1840 Brewing Company – Milwaukee
• 8th Street Ale Haus – Sheboygan
• Barrel 41 – Neenah
• Biloba Brewing Company – Brookfield
• Bloomer Brewing Company – Bloomer
• City Lights Brewing – Milwaukee
• Company Brewing – Milwaukee
• Driftless Brewing Company – Soldiers Grove
• Enlightened Brewing Company – Milwaukee
• Funk Factory Geuzeira and Black Rose Blending Co.
• K Point Brewing
• Hop & Barrel Brewing Company – Hudson
• Latte Stone Brewing Company
• Littleport Brewing Company – Racine
• MobCraft Beer – Milwaukee
• Parched Eagle Brewpub – Madison
• Sabbatical Brewing Company – Manitowoc
• The Borough Beer Co. & Kitchen – Madison
• Whitewater Music Hall – Wausau

1. https://thompsonislandbrewing.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-a-craft-brewery-microbrewery-brewpub-amp-gastropub ↩︎
2. https://community.ratebeer.com/t/brewer-types-clarifications-and-needed-rework/15722 ↩︎