Wednesday, March 26
Eagle Park Brewing (S64 W15640 Commerce Center Pkwy., Muskego) is pairing four Girl Scout cookies with four beers at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25.
Thursday, March 27
The Springfield Connection, a four-day “Simpsons” pop-up, begins at 1840 Brewing Co. (342 E. Ward St.) with themed trivia from 7-9 p.m. The themed events, culminating with a chili cookoff on Sunday. The “Fudd,” a riff on the Simpsons universe’s Duff beer, will be flowing all weekend.
Perspective Brewing (7508 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis) is throwing a Spring Break Party, which means $5 pours for educators all day, starting at their 3 p.m. opening. Singer-songwriter Julien Kozek performs live music from 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday, March 28
Try beers from the excellent Working Draft Brewing from 4 to 6 p.m. at Discount Liquor Milwaukee (5031 W. Oklahoma Ave.).
Discount Liquor Waukesha (919 N. Barstow St.) has samples of Leinenkugel’s Barrelman Ale, a former Brewers stadium exclusive now in wide release, from 3 to 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 29
Downtown Racine is the site of Soups and Steins from 1 to 6 p.m. There will be 20 soups and 20 beers to sample throughout downtown. Tickets are just $40.
The first Brewery Running Series 5K of the season is at Vennture Brew Co. (5519 W. North Ave.) at 11 a.m. Registration starts at $35.
Component Brewing (2018 S. First St.) is hosting a birthday party to celebrate the third anniversary in its ground-floor Lincoln Warehouse space. The festivities include the release of batch No. 2 of The Full Nelson, a hazy IPA.
Raised Grain Brewing (1725 Dolphin Dr., Waukesha) celebrates the start of the baseball season with Roll Out the Barrel. They’ll have the Brewers/Yankees game on to go with barrel-aged beers, Lonesome Citra IPA pours and tailgate food.
Discount Liquor Milwaukee is pouring samples from Revolution Brewing from noon to 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 30
Women’s Month Revelry at Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Ave.) wraps up March festivities put on by the Women’s Beer and Spirits Collective. Doors are at noon and a drag show begins at 1 p.m. The afterparty starts at 4 p.m.
The chili cookoff at Moe’s Tavern, ahem, 1840 Brewing runs from noon to 3 p.m. It marks the end of The Springfield Connection.
Coming Soon
Saturday, April 5: Urban Harvest Brewing (1024 S. Fifth St.) puts on its 9th Anniversary CeleBrewtion from 1 to 8 p.m. They’ll be releasing PriBock Maibock and Hopsitively Hazy IPA.
Thursday, April 10: The next meeting of the Explorium Library Society is happening at the Third Ward location (143 W. St. Paul Ave.) from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 12: Vennture Brew Co. East (5519 W. North Ave.) hosts its annual Doughnut Don stout release beginning at noon.
Saturday, April 19: Joint Beer Fest returns to Eagle Park Brewing (S64 W15640 Commerce Center Pkwy., Muskego). It’s a day filled with great breweries and great beer.
Thursday, June 19: Sure, this seems like a while from now, but the New Glarus beer dinner at Tess is already taking reservations. Call 414-964-8377 to make one, because it’s sure to sell out.
