Milwaukee-Area Traveling Beer Garden 2018 Dates And Locations

MILWAUKEE, WI — Some say there are two seasons in Milwaukee, winter and beer garden season. On Thursday, April 5, Milwaukee County officials announced the 2018 area-wide beer garden season, along with new features, partnerships and cool stuff.

Beer garden season begins in April with the opening of South Shore Terrace Beer Garden, and will move into top gear on May 16 with the return of the Traveling Beer Gardens. The two, simultaneously running, tours will travel to fourteen stops in Milwaukee County parks in 2018, and this year they’ll feature a few exciting changes – including the ability to take credit cards. Other new features include:

New Roll Out the Barrel format
New format for the Roll Out the Barrel tour – this year each stop will be for three weeks, which allows for the addition of a fifth stop. The Roll Out the Barrel tour will end at Juneau Park on Labor Day weekend – during the Harley Davidson 115th Anniversary

New Food Partnership with Iron Grate BBQ
Beer garden favorites including pretzels, bratwurst and Polish sausage will be available every night, and on opening nights, special events, and weekends throughout the summer, the Iron Grate BBQ food truck will also visit the beer gardens.

New ‘Oak Leaf’ Flight
Our exclusive beer partner, Sprecher, offers an ever-changing selection of craft beer and hard sodas at each of the stops on the tour – served from the unique Sprecher fire trucks and new this year will be the option to purchase a flight of all twelve beers available on the fire truck. The ‘Oak Leaf’ Flight will be served on a unique Oak Leaf shaped sharing board.

New Beer Gardening Gifts
New gifts for beergardeners will also be available to purchase at the Traveling Beer Gardens – including limited edition metal pints, a new design for the souvenir pint glass and a new Beer Garden gift card. Gifts, food and beer can all be purchased with a credit card this year too.

Roll Out the Barrel Tour Schedule.

• Greenfield Park, West Allis: May 16 - June 3
• Bender Park, Oak Creek: - June 6 - 24
• Grant Park, South Milwaukee: June 27 - July 15
• Doctors Park, Fox Point: July 18 - August 5
• Juneau Park, Milwaukee: August 8 - September 3

Pass Me a Pint Tour

• Juneau Park, Milwaukee: May 16 - 28
• Kletzsch Park, Glendale: May 30 - June 10
• Froemming Park, Franklin: June 13 - 24
• McCarty Park, West Allis: June 27 - July 8
• Jackson Park, Milwaukee: July 11 - 22
• Lake Park, Milwaukee: July 25 - August 5
• Hales Corners Park, Hales Corners: August 7 - 19
• Currie Park, Wauwatosa: August 22 - September 3
• Trimborn Farms (pop-up), Franklin: September 7 – 9

The Traveling Beer gardens open from 5 p.m.to 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends- with last call at 9 p.m. There will be live music on Friday and Saturday nights.

For more information visit www.mkebeergardens.com

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