The Copper Turtle, Milwaukee

Welcome to stop #125 on the Brews and Choos project.

Brewery: The Copper Turtle, 330 E. Menomonee St., Milwaukee
4 (of 5) stars
Train line: Amtrak, Milwaukee Intermodal Station
Time from Chicago: 89 minutes
Distance from station: 1.3 km

The Copper Turtle started as a microbrewery, and wants to continue making their three micro beers. That said, they want to be known more as a cocktail bar than as a brewery. Still, they brew on site, and their beers are pretty good.

My Brews Buddy had the Lottie Dottie sour (4.0%), a quirky lactose-fermented ale with guava and lychee. I did not try this beer, which will not surprise anyone who knows me. I had the No Fox Given dark lager (4.7%), which had a lighter mouthfeel than I expected (because it's a lager that looks like a porter), with nice chocolate and malt notes. They were out of the Current Rider hazy IPA (7.2%), so we left having had 125 mL of low-alcohol beer each.

This is the kind of place to pull up with a dog and a book outside. As our second stop on our Milwaukee tour, it worked just fine, knowing we had two other stops to go.

Beer garden? Sidewalk
Dogs OK? Outside
Televisions? None
Serves food? Pizza and pretzels
Would hang out with a book? Yes
Would hang out with friends? Yes
Would go back? Yes