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Been there many times, my favorite place in the area!McFleshman’s, Appleton, Wisconsin
Four cask ales.
A Yorkshire Round for open fermenting, she says.
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Any recommendations around West Bend?
Brujos in Portland, OR
Currently, Triple Sixes
Currently, Triple Sixes
1840 has a spot in WB.....Any recommendations around West Bend?
I installed several cell sites and switch equipment for Nortel Networks several years ago in Appleton. Nice little town and a nice golf course.
Went down to Tacoma, WA to drop off my kettle for some welding and while we were down there we visited 7 Seas Brewing. 7 Seas is based out of Gig Harbor, a short throw across the Sound on the peninsula from Tacoma, and opened back in 2009, with the Tacoma location opening with a taproom and barrel aging cellar in 2016 (https://washingtonbeerblog.com/7-se...d-location-tacomas-historic-brewery-district/). Eventually they expanded brewery operations to that location increasing their capacity ten fold.
The Tacoma facility is the old Heidelberg Brewing Company (née Columbia Brewing) building which shut down operations in 1979 due to "consolidation in the industry" (sound familiar?). With 80,000 sq ft they had a lot of room to work with.
(Photo from 7 Seas website)
Heidelberg started in the early 1900s, survived the Great Depression, at least one World War, but not anti-trust regulations (at least according to https://www.brewerygems.com/columbia.htm).
But I don't care about Columbia Brewing or Heidelberg (although 7 Seas now makes and sells the latter). 7 Seas rehabbed the place and it looks great. Lots of space, vertical AND horizontal so no one is crammed together.
The tables and bars are mostly natural wood, while planed and highly polished they retain their natural look. The building reflects the industrial heritage of the area and maintains the warehouse feel of the building. The windows along the far wall are just slightly too high up to really be able to see anything aside from the tops of buildings and sky, for instance.
It has shuffle board, some vintage and modern pinball machines and a "canteen" kitchen that is run by another local brewery from Vashon, Camp Colvos.
It also has an event space for rental.
The brewery itself is separated by a window wall but you can sit at the bar and watch the brewers operate.
We could smell something mashing at the time but all they were doing close to us was cleaning out fermentors. I couldn't see all of the vessels but they had at least two rows of 75 and 50 barrel fermentors.
They make about a dozen beer styles with maybe double that in individual beers, although some of those are seasonal. I've had their IPAs, sours, stouts, and a barley wine and they are all solid, although I wouldn't consider the sours or barleywine to be world beaters. The IPAs are very good, consisting of WC, hazy, black, red and doubles.
They have a large selection of merch but also a nice collection of Columbia and Heidelberg swag from up to a century ago. I thought it was odd that they also had some Rainier memoriabilia but makes sense if the previous owner had to divest from Heidelberg after buying Rainier. They have some one-off growlers made for their anniversaries that made me very envious.
I'm not a big fan of the restrooms. The men's restroom is somewhat exposed and not great for shy bladders. Parking could also be an issue. Both times I've visited I have found street parking, but during an weekend evening it would probably be a bit of a walk.
This is a great beer joint with a fun history, well worth the drive down from Seattle. Next time I go I will have to wait for better weather and see if they have a patio.
The Tacoma facility is the old Heidelberg Brewing Company (née Columbia Brewing) building which shut down operations in 1979 due to "consolidation in the industry" (sound familiar?). With 80,000 sq ft they had a lot of room to work with.
(Photo from 7 Seas website)
Heidelberg started in the early 1900s, survived the Great Depression, at least one World War, but not anti-trust regulations (at least according to https://www.brewerygems.com/columbia.htm).
But I don't care about Columbia Brewing or Heidelberg (although 7 Seas now makes and sells the latter). 7 Seas rehabbed the place and it looks great. Lots of space, vertical AND horizontal so no one is crammed together.
The tables and bars are mostly natural wood, while planed and highly polished they retain their natural look. The building reflects the industrial heritage of the area and maintains the warehouse feel of the building. The windows along the far wall are just slightly too high up to really be able to see anything aside from the tops of buildings and sky, for instance.
It has shuffle board, some vintage and modern pinball machines and a "canteen" kitchen that is run by another local brewery from Vashon, Camp Colvos.
It also has an event space for rental.
The brewery itself is separated by a window wall but you can sit at the bar and watch the brewers operate.
We could smell something mashing at the time but all they were doing close to us was cleaning out fermentors. I couldn't see all of the vessels but they had at least two rows of 75 and 50 barrel fermentors.
They make about a dozen beer styles with maybe double that in individual beers, although some of those are seasonal. I've had their IPAs, sours, stouts, and a barley wine and they are all solid, although I wouldn't consider the sours or barleywine to be world beaters. The IPAs are very good, consisting of WC, hazy, black, red and doubles.
They have a large selection of merch but also a nice collection of Columbia and Heidelberg swag from up to a century ago. I thought it was odd that they also had some Rainier memoriabilia but makes sense if the previous owner had to divest from Heidelberg after buying Rainier. They have some one-off growlers made for their anniversaries that made me very envious.
I'm not a big fan of the restrooms. The men's restroom is somewhat exposed and not great for shy bladders. Parking could also be an issue. Both times I've visited I have found street parking, but during an weekend evening it would probably be a bit of a walk.
This is a great beer joint with a fun history, well worth the drive down from Seattle. Next time I go I will have to wait for better weather and see if they have a patio.
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