Madison Craft Beer Week › Event Guide

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Specials Running All Week

9pm - 11pm - Jac's Dining & Tap House - Late Night Happy Taps Hour - $2 off all taps in the bar area - every night during Madison Craft Beer Week except Sunday nights.

ALL DAY - Vintage Spirits & Grill (University Ave) - $1 Tasters of all 16 draft lines

ALL DAY - Quivey's Grove Stable Grille - Beers and Brats - Enjoy a beer and brat sampling in the Stable Grill at Quivey's Grove where we have been dedicated to craft beer and local products for over 30 years. You get three shorty craft beers from our tap beer list, three mini brats from Bavaria Sausage, Jacobsons Meats, and Knoches Meat Market, served on mini brat buns from Colonial Bakery, with three local mustards, served with Quivey's potato salad. All for just $9.95 served all day, every day during craft beer week. www.quiveysgrove.com/beerweek.

ALL DAY - Eddie's Ale House - Exchange your Macro for a Micro - Eddie's Ale House will offer a limited selection of microbrews for $3.00 per pint to anyone who gives up their macrobrew for a microbrew!

Thursday Pre-Party 5/3

9:30pm - Close - The Alchemy- Scarce Beer Release Craft Beer Week Pre-Party - "Scarce: to be deficient in quantity or number compared with demand." That is definitely the case with the two beers we're releasing; Founders Kentucky Bourbon Stout and Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA. So, swing in, grab a "scarce" one and enjoy the beginning of Madison Craft Beer Week!

Friday 5/4

Fish Fry Events

ALL DAY - Craftsman Table & Tap (Middleton) - Friday Fish Fry - Come out and enjoy our 2-piece haddock fish dinner featuring our New Belgium Fat Tire batter. Served with fries, coleslaw and tarter sauce. $11.99

ALL DAY - The Rigby Pub & Grille - Fish Fry - The best fish, just try it! Served for lunch and dinner. It comes with your choice of potato for lunch and also coleslaw and dinner roll for dinner. We use only micro brews to make our fresh beer batter!

11am - Midnight - The Old Fashioned - Fish Fry with New Glarus Brewing - Enjoy any of our fish fry dinners and get a 16oz. tap of any New Glarus beer for $2.50 or a 7oz. tap for $1.00.

11am - Midnight - Old Chicago - Friday Fish Fry - Join us for our Friday Fish Fry! All you can eat Samuel Adams Beer Battered Cod served with cole slaw & french fries for $12.79. Not up for an all you can eat? We've got a single portion or a tasty sandwich featuring the same delicious cod.

3pm - 10pm - Vintage Spirits & Grill (University Ave) - Friday Fish Fry - Come in and enjoy a delightful basket of Vintage Spirits and Grill fish and chips!

5pm - 8pm - Captain Bill's (Middleton) - Friday Fish Fry - We have a fantastic fish fry every Friday. We use Capitol Amber in our beer batter and serve three haddock fillets with choice of potato, Cole slaw, tartar and lemon wedge. Our bar features multiple bottled craft beers as well as several on tap.

5pm - 8pm - Quivey's Grove - Ale Asylum Fish Fry - Join Ale Asylum for a "Madison Craft Beer Week" kickoff fish fry at historic Quivey's Grove. Quivey's will have four different Ale Asylum selections on tap and will have special pricing on 12oz. glasses and pitchers of each. There will also be a sampler set of all four beers (4oz. each) available. Ale Asylum representatives will also be on hand to answer all your beer/brewery related questions.

5pm - 10pm - Vintage Brewing Company (Whitney Way) - Friday Fish Fry - All you can eat fish fry! Atlantic cod deep fried in our Weissbier tempura batter, served with tartar and slaw, choice of side. We have a baked fish option as well! $14.95

5pm - Close - Gray's Tied House (Fitchburg) - Friday Night Fish Fry - Area's best Wisconsin Fish Fry - Honey Ale battered Cod, Walleye or Blue Gill...served with a cranberry slaw and choice of potato. Grab a seat on our patio or inside. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome.

Non-Fish Fry Events

11am - CLOSE - Dexter's Pub - East Coast, West Coast, No Coast - We will have all 15 taps split evenly between North Coast, Oskar Blues and Southern Tier. Some odd and aged beers to be tapped in the late afternoon!

4pm - 7pm - Star Liquor - Central Waters/Crispin Tasting - Join us as Central Waters and Crispin pour free samples of their fantastic products.

4pm - 7pm - Mickey's Tavern - Pearl Street Brewery on the Patio- Pearl Street Brewery on the patio at Mickey's Tavern from 4pm-7pm. Come try for FREE samples, beer specials and enter for a chance to win FREEBIES!

5pm - 8pm - Argus Bar & Grille - Meet & Greet Tom Porter - Meet Tom Porter, owner/brewer of Lake Louie. Lake Louie will takeover the taps and there will be a special appearance of Dino's Dark.

5pm - 9pm - Whole Foods Market (University) - Madison Gallery Night @ Whole Foods Market - Organized each spring and fall by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery Night features exhibition openings, special events, demonstrations, and refreshments at venues throughout the city, including right here at Whole Foods Market. Join us as we celebrate the creative works of artist Chelsea Browne with a little light music and a craft beer and chocolate pairing. www.mmoca.org/events/gallerynight

5pm - Close - Old Chicago - Friday Tapping Party - We are hosting a tapping party featuring multiple breweries. Create your own flight of four craft beers (4 x 4 oz.) for $4.99! Drafts will change as the night progresses, so come early & stay late!!

5pm - Close - Coopers Tavern - Left Hand Party - Left Hand Brewery Tasting!

5pm - 7pm - Cannery Wine and Spirits (Sun Prairie) - Lakefront Brewery Beer Tasting - Come meet Jim Klisch from Lakefront Brewery while he pours samples from his family owned brewery.

5pm - 8pm -The Malt House - Red Eye Happy Hour - Red Eye Brewmaster Kevin Eichelberger will be at The Malt House showing off his Mexican Maibock "A Cartride to Mexico" along with two other exceptional beers. Rumor has it he's been hiding something sour that'll make it's Madison debut tonight! Red Eye is making some of the most interesting beers in the state these days. Come on in to see what all the buzz is about!

6pm - Close - Sprecher's Restaurant & Pub - Beer Olympics - Come test out your skills involving beer, and not just the drinking of it - Liter Mug Strong Man Competition, Pony Keg Toss, Bottle Ring, and Beer Baseball. Free for anyone to come and try - Sprecher prizes for winners!

7pm - 9pm - Eddie's Alehouse & Eatery (Sun Prairie) - Lakefront Brewing Pairing with Eddie's Signature Sandwiches - Jim Klisch from Lakefront Brewery will be here from 7pm-9pm to talk one on one with our customers and taste some of his delicious beers.

7pm - 11pm - Brickhouse BBQ - Firkin Friday - Enjoy special tappings of beers from New Holland and Founders Brewing Company & help us finish off the firkin!

7pm - Close - Tipsy Cow - Wisconsin Beer Night - For those beer folks who think they have the ultimate palate, its time to put those taste buds to the test. There will be a mystery craft tap, guess the beer and be entered into the drawing to win fabulous prizes. Let's see if you have what it takes to be the ultimate beer aficionado! We will also be featuring a fun night of drinking some of Wisconsin's great brews. A representative from Central Waters will be on-hand to answer all of the beer questions as well as to talk about the great beer they brew.

8:30pm - 11:30pm - Quaker Steak and Lube (Middleton) - Lake Louie Beer & Music - Come meet Tom Porter, owner and founder of Lake Louie Brewing Company. We will have five Lake Louie beers on tap for the night and live music from Screaming Gene and the Lake Louie Growlers. Tom will be sitting in and playing some songs with his namesake group.

Saturday 5/5

7:30am-1pm - Stalzy's Deli - Tyranena 3-Course Beer Breakfast - Join Tyranena and Stalzy's Deli for a 3-Course Beer Breakfast. We were inspired by the tradition in Germany known as "Second Breakfast", a meal of sausage, pretzels and beers. Dive in and kick off Madison Craft Beer Week, get a bite to eat before you head to the farmer's ...market or maybe you need something to help you from the night before. Breakfast includes 3 perfectly paired courses of breakfast delights and Tyranena beers. You can start your meal anytime from 7:30 am - 1 pm. Conrad Tufte, the esteemed Tyranena Beer Ambassador, will be available to answer questions throughout the morning. Tickets are available April 16th for $17 or $19 at the door the day of. Just stop into Stalzy's to purchase a ticket. BEER, IT'S WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST!

9am - 2am - The Old Fashioned - Mystery Beer Buckets - 5 Beers for $5 - We will be hand selecting five different great Wisconsin bottled beers all loaded in a bucket with ice for only $5.00. All buckets are pre-built which makes it a mystery to all!

11am-5pm - The Malt House - Bike Pub Crawl - Join us for a bike pub crawl! We'll be meeting at the Malt House at 11am, followed by the following stops: 11:30 - 12:15 The Old Fashioned for the $5 Mystery Beer buckets; 12:30-1:15 The Great Dane (Downtown); 1:30-2:30 The Brass Ring for the Grill Out with Ale Asylum; 2:45-3:30 Old Sugar Distillery; 4:00-4:45 Trixies for the Potosi tasting; 5pm back to the Malt House

11am - Close - Old Chicago - Cinco de Mayo - Celebrate Cinco the OC way! We will have eight Mexican beers available for you purists, but are also featuring some great local craft brews as well, including the tapping of Capital Dark Dopplebock @ 3pm. Stop in and enjoy a great beer on our patio!!

12pm - Dusk - The Brass Ring - Brass Ring Grill Out - The Brass Ring will be hosting a summer grill out with Ale Asylum beer from noon till dusk. Come join us on the patio and enjoy all sorts of summer grilling fair. We'll have plenty of eats and two types of Ale Asylum beer, all right on the patio. Come rain or shine as we can move indoors if mother nature gets nasty. There will be special beer pricing and swag giveaways throughout the afternoon.

1pm - 5pm - The Great Dane (Downtown) - Tour de Dane Beer Bus - $30 includes a luxury double-decker coach tour to all four Madison Great Danes hosted by our head Brewer Eric Brusewitz. Enjoy a free pint at each stop! Grill out lunch at our eastside location. Starts and finishes at the downtown Dane. This event is limited and will sell out quickly. Be sure to make your reservations today! Call 608-284-0000

2pm-6pm - Kick-Off Celebration and Cask Ale Festival - Join Madison Craft Beer Week for the start of the Week! This year's celebration takes us to Pooley's on Madison's East Side (5441 High Crossing Blvd). Featuring the musical stylings of Classical Revolution and a beer festival featuring a dozen cask ale offerings from Craft Beer Week participants, it will be an enjoyable afternoon get-together. Wristbands for unlimited sampling are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. You will also have the opportunity to purchase beer by the half ($4) or full pint ($5), if you just want to stop in and say hello. The celebration will begin promptly at 2pm; Classical Revolution is providing a Brass Quintet that will knock your lederhosen off with German drinking songs and polka arrangements. A full lineup of the casks on offer can be seen at the event page, here.

3pm - 7pm - Gray's Tied House (Fitchburg) - PLINKO for Prizes! - Come try your luck at PLINKO - you know you've always invisioned yourself on on stage with Bob Barker, now you can do it at the Tied House for only $1 a try! Win FABULOUSE PRIZES!

4pm - 6pm - Trixie's Liquor - Potosi Brewing Tasting - Free beer sampling of Steamboat Shandy, Snake Hollow IPA, Cave Ale, Fiddler Oat Stout, plus some special surprises. Build your own 6 pack! Mix different Potosi bottles at our Mix n Match station. $1.00 off all 6 packs all day.

4pm - 7pm - Star Liquor - House of Brews Tasting - Join us as Madison's newest brewery House of Brews pours free samples of many of their products.

5pm - Close - Coopers Tavern - Belgian Night Party! - A night of tasting Belgian beers!

7pm - 10pm - Drackenberg's Cigar Bar - Sand Creek Rare Beer Night - Great beers from one of Wisconsin’s Premier Micro-Breweries. Join Nate Peck, Lead Brewer from Sand Creek Brewing Company as he pours some unique cask conditioned beers along with some unique twists on some old favorites. Great beer, great cigar’s and great munchies!

7pm - Close - The Malt House - Hop Rockets in the Tallgrass - Join us as we run two different Tallgrass brews through "hop rockets", small inline containers designed to add fresh hop (or other) flavor to draft beer. This event is cosponsored by Gorst Valley Hops. Tallgrass reps will be here from Manhattan, Kansas to show off two of their beers, 8-bit Pale Ale and Buffalo Sweat Stout. The 8-bit will be served through a hop rocket filled with fresh Gorst Valley hops. The stout will be served through a hop rocket loaded with cocoa and chilies. It's going to be FUN! Blast-off time is 7PM.

7pm - Close - Tipsy Cow - An Evening with Sam - Who's Sam, you ask? Well Sam Adams of course! An evening with Sam is sure to whet your whistle. Sam Adam's takes pride in their beer and this event will show you just how good their beer can be. Featured will be a limited engagement IPA as well as a few seasonal items. Trust me, you don't want to piss Sam off. Head over to the Tipsy Cow and enjoy a pint.

7pm - Close - Gray's Tied House (Fitchburg) - Name our Maibock (Win a Month of Free Beer!) - Enter your entry form - get creative, be weird, funny or even naughty...if we pick your name to name our Maibock - you win free beer for a month at the Tied House!

9pm-11pm - Jac's Dining and Tap House - Founders Event - Three Founders beers on tap! Chances to win prizes! Samples & fun!

Sunday 5/6

Great Taste of the Midwest Tickets on-sale for $50. Get 'em while they're hot! Find a retailer, stand in line, trade some beer.

9am - 10pm - The Old Fashioned - Mystery Beer Buckets - 5 Beers for $5 - We will be hand selecting five different great Wisconsin bottled beers all loaded in a bucket with ice for only $5.00. All buckets are pre-built which makes it a mystery to all!

10am - 2:30pm - The Great Dane (Hilldale & Fitchburg) - Brunch N' Beers - Visit our Hilldale or Fitchburg locations for our all you can eat Sunday brunch buffet with half-priced Common Thread California Common Ale Pints. Voted the city’s best brunch buffet in Madison Magazine’s reader’s poll. You will see why when you choose from the more than forty food options including made-to-order omelets and a prime rib carving station.

11am - Close - Dexter's Pub - A Little Bit of Founders - We will have 8 to 10 taps from Founders with the highlight being a tapping of Better Half at 3pm! The Better Half is an old ale brewed with Molasses and aged in Maple Syrup Bourbon Barrels!

12pm - 3pm - Vintage Brewing Co (Whitney Way) - Great Taste Beer Lunch - You waited in line all night- you must be hungry! Show your Great Taste of the Midwest ticket for a free pint of VBC beer or soda with your lunch (limit one free pint per person with lunch purchase).

3pm - 7pm - Brasserie V - A Special Big Beer Tasting - We will be offering a flight of five unique and hard to find big beers. Three beers from the Belgium Brewery Malheur - the champagne like Biere Brut Reserve and Bier Brut Noir, and on tap the Malheur 12. Also on tap, the 12.9% ABV, North Coast Grand Cru, and finally a unique sour beer from New Holland, Blue Sunday. We will do a special tasting from 3-4pm before we open for those who want to arrive early at 3pm and talk about the beers in more detail. From 4pm to 7pm, you will be able to purchase a flight of all five to try.

5pm - 7pm - Brickhouse BBQ - Central Waters Beer Dinner - Chef Brett Myrland and the Brickhouse BBQ team craft a unique beer dinner by utilizing spent bourbon barrels used at Central Waters brewery for aging their bourbon barrel beer lineup to smoke meats and more for this one-of-a-kind Brewery to Table event! Prix Fixe menu and beer lineup will be announced during the week of April 15th, and seats will be sold in advance. For more information, please contact Brickhouse BBQ at brickhousebbq.info@gmail.com or visit www.thebrickhousebbq.com

5pm - Close - Coopers Tavern - Samuel Smiths Party! - Samuel Smiths Tasting

5pm - 8pm - Drackenberg's - Come Back Wisconsin - Catch a screening of the latest movie from Directors Caitlin Iverson and Tim Tynan about the comeback of Wisconsin beer from its early days as a world leader, to its demise in the late 70s, to its modern resurgence. Question and answer to follow.

6pm - ? - Glass Nickel Pizza (Atwood) - Tallgrass Firkin & Pizza - Tallgrass brewery from Kansas is bringing a firkin and a few other selections. We will be pairing them with our specialty pizza- what's better than a beer and a slice?

6pm - 7pm - Whole Foods Market (University) - Specialty Favorites: A Madison Craft Beer Week Tasting - Join the Specialty Team members at Whole Foods Market for a taste of their favorite Wisconsin brews and a few delicious edible companions. $10 – please register 24 hours in advance by calling the store at 608.233.9566.

7pm - 10pm - Merchant - Six Point Brewery (Brooklyn, NY) Dinner - Six Point Brewery (Brooklyn, NY) and Merchant are teaming up for a four-course beer dinner to kick off Madison Craft Beer Week 2012. Merchant Co-Owner Patrick Sweeney and Six Point's Shane Welch go back several years, where they worked at The Angelic Brewing Co. together; an establishment that fostered the ideas such as Six Point, Ale Asylum, Merchant and numerous others. Merchant's chef, Jon Nodler, will be preparing a four-course meal inspired by four of Six Point's brews. Each course will be paired with a beer and there will be tasting in between courses. Reservations can be made at www.merchantmadison.com We are opening the dinner up for 60 people initially. Be sure and select 7:00pm for your reservation time. Tickets are $45 per person, or $80 for two. This will be a dinner not to be missed. We look forward to a long and healthy relationship with Six Point Brewery, and we welcome them to the Madison market.

Monday 5/7

ALL DAY! Brickhouse BBQ - $1 off all Central Waters taps! - Enjoy $1 off all Central Waters taps, including some special releases tapped the night before for our beer dinner event. These won't last long!

11am - 10pm - The Great Dane (All Madison Locations) - Half-Priced Beer Steamed Mussels - Half priced Beer Steamed Mussels. Fresh Prince Edward Island mussels steamed in an aromatic broth of light Pilsner and garlic sauce. Served with fresh kettle chips and garlic french bread.   No chance of overdoing it or mussel fatigue!

4pm - 10pm - The Old Fashioned - Wisconsin Beer Cocktails Night - We will be creating some new, exciting cocktails using great Wisconsin craft beers. All cocktails will be $5.00 - complete list of the cocktails will be available on our website May 1st - www.theoldfashioned.com.

4pm - Close - Vintage Brewing Co (Whitney Way) - $2.50 Pint Night - Select Vintage Brews are $2.50 per pint from 4:00 until close!

5pm - Close - Dexter's Pub - Beers with Six Point - Six Point Brewery from Brooklyn, New York is finally coming into Wisconsin and Dexter's will feature a handful of these great beers on tap!

5pm - Close - Coopers Tavern - Tallgrass Tasting - Try Oasis, Buffalo Sweat, Velvet Rooster, 8 Bit Pale Ale

5pm - 10pm - Brocach (Monroe St.) - Founders Brewery Pairing Dinner - Join us for a three course pairing dinner, featuring the beers of Founders Brewery ($30 per person), 5:00pm-10:00pm. Reservations required. Please contact Sam at sam@brocach.com to reserve your space.

5:30pm - 7:30pm - Come Back Inn - Beer History Pub Crawl - Come join us for a beer history pub crawl downtown where craft beer lovers can gather to listen, learn, ask questions, drink good beer, and mingle with fellow beer enthusiasts. We will start at the Come Back Inn at 5:30 and work our way up to Brocach Irish Pub on the Capital Square. We will finish around 7:30, arriving at Brocach on the Square at 6:30pm, though folks are welcome to stick around afterward! The tour is free, but drinks are Buy Your Own Beer. Space is limited. Please contact Andrew Erickson at andrewerickson83@gmail.com to reserve your spot!

6pm - 9pm - Barriques (Fitchburg) - Beer Cellar Seminar - Small group seminar with tasting and discussions regarding cellaring beer. Topics will include types of beer to cellar, methods of cellaring, monitoring progress and results. $20/person includes tasting, food pairings and discussion notes. Seating is limited.

6pm - 10pm - Tipsy Cow - Monday Trivia with New Glarus - In addition to our already great Monday night special of inexpensive Spotted Cow pitchers, we will also be featuring $3 New Glarus bottles and taps all night. Trivia starts at 8:00 and there will be New Glarus giveaways for those smarty pants who can answer our emcee's tough questions.

6pm - 11pm - The Malt House - Follow Your Folly: Lips of Faith Night - Treat your lips to some "Lips of Faith"! Featuring Cocoa Molé, Bière de Mars and Prickly Passion Saison. Meet New Belgium brewery reps, and learn why the Lips of Faith beers are raising an army of faithful followers. Bière de Mars: Brewed with barley, oats and wheat malt, Biere de Mars' earthy tones of ripe mango and lemon verbena lead into a refreshingly sour flash across the palate. Cocoa Mole: Say Hola to a spiced up ale full of cocoa and ancho, guajillo, chipotle peppers. But don’t fear the heat, because plenty of caramel and chocolate malts bring a smooth, complex flavor to our Cocoa Molé. Scents of cinnamon when poured will have you saying, “¡Olé for molé!” Prickly Passion Saison: The combination of passion fruit and prickly pear juices with the tropical esters of a traditionally earthy Saison yeast create a wonderfully broad and reaching mango-like character. Ostentatiously amber, this Prickly Passion Saison is sure to provoke the palate.

6pm - 10pm - The Bayou - Mother Shuckin' Monday - Abita Brewing Co. and The Bayou present an evening of fresh shucked oysters and Abita Beer. The Bayou will be serving up a variety of fresh oysters from around the country along with eight Abita Beers on tap, including some of their rare Select Series beers. Abita Representatives will be on hand to answer any questions. Kick the week off right with a New Orleans tradition, oysters and Abita Beer. The first 25 through the door will receive a free Abita pint glass.

7pm - 9pm - Up North Pub - Summit Meet the Brewer - We will have Summit Summer Ale and Summit Unchained Dunkel Weizen samples and a meet and greet with the brewer Joe.

7pm - 9pm - The Cannery (Sun Prairie) - Beer and Cheese Pairing - Beers paired with Wisconsin-made cheeses. Featuring the Sun Prairie Wort Hogs home brew club. $15 sign up in advance, $20 at the door.

7pm - 9pm - Harmony Bar - The Clash of the IPAs - It is IPA night at the Harmony Bar!!! IPAs will be sampled from several breweries including: Potosi, O'so, Titletown, Frankenmuth, Upland, Tallgrass, Wasatch, Squatters, and Grand Teton. The hops will be bursting from the Harmony Bar.

7pm - 10pm - Old Chicago - Port Huron Draft Takeover - Try the brews of Wisconsin's newest brewery!! Port Huron's Brewery Chief Tanner Brethorst will be on hand starting at 7pm to talk craft beers. Port Huron's beers will "take over" our draft lines for the day--try a pint, or a flight of all four! Anticipated brews are Honey Blonde, Hefe Weizen, Amber Alt and Porter.

7:30pm - 9pm - Vintage Brewing Company (Whitney Way) - Females Enjoying Microbrews (FEMs): Beer for Wine Lovers- Hey ladies! Do you love craft beer? If so, come join Vintage Brewing Co's women-only beer tasting group, the FEMs (Females Enjoying Microbrews)! This month's topic will be "beer for wine lovers." So bring your wine-loving friends, grab a beer at the bar and head to the back room for a fun and educational night! Reserve your spot today! $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

9pm - Close - Vintage Spirits & Grill (University Ave) - $1 Wisconsin pints & $2.50 Vintage Brewing Company pints

9:30pm - Close - Alchemy Cafe - Hoppy Beer Night - Kick off the beginning of the week with hoppy beers from 3 Floyds Brewing, Ale Asylum Brewing, Lagunitas Brewing, and O'so Brewing. Appetizer specials will geared to hoppy beers.

Tuesday 5/8

11am - Close - Old Chicago - Big Bay Draft Takeover - Join us to celebrate Milwaukee's up and coming brewery---Big Bay Brewing! We will put up all four of their beers--try a pint of each or a flight of four, 4 oz samples for $4.49. Brewery representatives will be on hand from 6pm - 8pm to talk with you one-on-one and answer all your beer questions. Try one of our great food pairings to match up with each of their brews.

3pm - 5pm - Trixie's Liquor - Lagunitas Tasting - Free beer sampling of everything Lagunitas carries in the state! Build your own 6 pack! Mix different Potosi bottles at our Mix n Match station. $1.00 off all 6 packs all day

4pm-Close - Vintage Brewing Company (Whitney Way) - Common Thread Collaboration Brew Release Party! - Join us for the release of Common Thread, the collaboration beer brewed specifically for Madison Craft Beer Week by Madison’s own rock star brewers! Starting at 4:00, we’ll be offering $3 pints of Common Thread. Go Madison!

5pm - 7pm - Barriques (Park Street) - Craft Beer Basics - A free tasting of craft beers with David, the Barriques beer buyer on hand to answer questions about ingredients, production, distribution, tasting...pretty much anything to do with beer. This is a casual tasting from 5pm - 7pm.

5pm - 10pm - The Malt House - Dark, Fiery, and Sensual - A Night of Dark Beer Delights - We've been saving some stellar dark beers for you! Now you can try these rare, dark, sensuous beers all in one night. Your taste buds are gonna love you. Ommegang Seduction: this Belgian-style chocolate ale is blended with Liefman's (cherry) Kriek. Central Waters Peruvian Morning: you've got to try this Bourbon Barrel aged Imperial Stout made with freshly roasted Emy J's Coffee. Alaskan Smoked Porter: winner of 19 GABF awards, this is the king of American smoked beers. Tyranena Down 'N Dirty Chocolate Oatmeal Stout: lighter than it appears, this rich beer balances chocolate malt and firm roasted malts with the smoothness of oatmeal and the sweetness of cocoa nibs.

5pm - Close - Craftsman Table & Tap (Middleton) - Belgian Beer Dinner - Come enjoy a Belgian-inspired dinner showcasing Duvel and Ommegang breweries. Brewing in both Belgium and the US, these breweries highlight some of the best in Belgian-style craft brewing. Stop in to sample amazing craft beers alone or paired with food specials.

5pm - Close - Coopers Tavern - Founders Party - Founders Beer Tasting

6pm - 7pm - Whole Foods Market (University) - Cheese + Beer = Love: A Madison Craft Beer Week Tasting - What goes better than cheese and beer? We’re hard pressed to find. Join the Specialty Team Members at Whole Foods Market for a decadent pairing of the best of the worst and the best of the curd. $10 – please register 24 hours in advance by calling the store at 608.233.9566.

6pm - 8pm - The Cannery (Sun Prairie) - Big Bay Summer Kick-Off - Big Bay beer tasting for their Long Weekend IPA and their brand new Hefe - Summer Tide. Free beer samples all night. All Big Bay pints for $3.

6pm - 8pm - Jordan's Big 10 Pub - Lake Louie Meet and Greet - Jordan's Big Ten Pub is proud to be hosting a Lake Louie meet and greet with owner Tommy Porter. There will be food prepared using various Lake Louie beers and we will be tapping kegs of Louie's Reserve Scotch Ale and Milk Stout.

6pm - 9pm - The Old Fashioned - Blind Taste Testing Competition with Frank Beer - You will receive 12 different 4oz. samples of some of Wisconsin's finest beers. You will be giving a list of the beers to try to match them correctly. Popcorn, crackers and water will be available to cleanse the palate. Prizes will be given to the top three. $15 per person. Sign up will be available May 1st on our website wwww.theoldfashioned.com or by stopping in. 50 contestants max.

6:30pm - 8pm - Brasserie V - Old World/New World Beer Tasting - Brewers in England, Germany, and Belgium have spent centuries perfecting beers: American brewers have been inspired by them and made fine beers in a much shorter history. Compare and contrast as we enjoy each delicious flight of five different styles from Scotch Ales to Tripels. Each flight will be one European beer compared to an American beer of the same style. This event will be sponsored by and feature beers from the excellent importer Merchant du Vin. One of their reps will be leading the tasting. Reservation for a spot can be made by calling Brasserie V at 255-8500.

7pm - 10pm - Brickhouse BBQ - Craft Beer Palooza - You will be in craft beer heaven when 18 breweries from around Wisconsin and the world team up to offer you a memorable craft beer tasting experience. The Wisconsin breweries include House of Brews, Potosi Brewery, O'so Brewery, Titletown Brewery and St. Francis Brewery. Some exciting and unique firkins will also be showcased. Beer and cheese/meat pairings will also be featured. Experience the wonder of craft beer on the third floor/outside deck of the Brickhouse BBQ. Admission is free.

7pm - 10pm - Tipsy Cow - An Evening on the Lakefront - Come join the fun as a representative from Lakefront Brewery comes for a visit. We will be featuring a few seasonal taps from them and a representative will be on-hand for questions. To accompany, we will have 2-for-1 cheeseburgers (like we do every Tuesday, lunch and dinner). Burgers and craft beer, never a better combination!

7pm - Close - Sprecher's Restaurant & Pub - Cigar & Beer on the Patio - Come meet our Cigar expert and learn how Craft Beer has become the perfect complement to enjoying these beloved smokes. Various styles will be available for purchase and you can learn about the many cigar and beer pairings that are becoming popular. So whether you are a novice cigar smoker, or have had the pleasure for years - come see for yourself how beer can make something so good even better. We'll have a large space reserved on our Garden Patio just for the occasion - so come, smoke, drink, and be merry.

7pm - Close - The Mason Lounge - Left Hand Jazz - Treat yourself to a rare Tuesday night out! Come by The Mason to sample some Left Hand Brewery products while taking in the some of the best Jazz around. Madison's own "Five Points Jazz Collective" graciously fills the room with their richly-textured melodies from one of the most unassuming stages in town. Don't be surprised if you find yourself feeling decidedly hip, this one night of the week when The Mason morphs into a Chicago-style underground Jazz club! ...the bass player is left-handed, by the way. ;)

8pm - 10pm - Up North Pub - String Cheese Incident - Marc and Katina Buttera will be showcasing their beers from O’so Brewery and answering your questions. A live bluegrass band will set the mood while we pair multi-wood smoked string cheese with the O’so Beer lineup.

8pm - 10pm - Glass Nickel Pizza (Atwood) - New Holland & Pizza Pairing - We will have several selections from New Holland paired with our pizza.

8pm - 10pm - Dexter's Pub - Trivia with Summit Brewing - Summit will have three beers on tap including the release of the Summer Seasonal and the Dunkel Wiezen! Beercentric trivia from 8pm to 10pm!

8pm - 10pm - Vintage Spirits & Grill (University Ave) - Fresh Hopped Beers! - Gorst Valley will join us this evening with a selection of hops from the Gorst Valley farm! Select which hops you would like added to your beer and our staff will be happy to fresh hop the beer of your choice!

8:30pm - 10:30 - Merchant - New Belgium Sour Blend Tap Takeover And "Presentasting" w/ New Belgium Brewer Eric Salazar - Presented by Assistant Brewmaster Eric Salazar of New Belgium Brewery; he will be doing a presentation at 9:00pm on New Belgium sour blends. $25 for two hours of open taps from 8:30-10:30, or pay as you go and stay for the presentation. The New Belgium take-over will last through Wednesday night, or until the product is gone.

9pm - 12am - Argus Bar & Grille - Argus' Two for Tuesday - Plain and simple, great beer at a great price. The Argus has always been known for reasonable prices but is out doing themselves with pints of Ale Asylum beer for just $2.00 each. Representatives will be on hand from 9pm to midnight with Ale Asylum swag to give away. Get a chance to win something with each pint.

9:30pm - ? - Alchemy Cafe - Wisconsin Beer & Cheese Night - What does everybody ask for when the visit Wisconsin? Beer and cheese, of course! Join us for a sampling of beer and cheese with the Lakefront Brewery, Tyranena Brewing and Central Waters Brewing.

Wednesday 5/9

***** 4pm - 11pm - FREE SHUTTLE BUS ***** Organized by the Hop Head Beer Tour Co. and co-sponsored by: Alchemy Cafe, Coopers Tavern, Dexter's Pub, Drackenbergs Cigar Bar, Glass Nickel Pizza East, Harmony Bar and Grill and Natt Spil. The bus will be stopping at each of our sponsor locations at least once per hour. So ditch your car and hop on! www.hopheadbeertours.com

3pm-10pm - Vintage Spirits and Grill (University Ave.) - Artisinal Grilled Cheeses with Beer and Cheese Pairings - Representatives from Cedar Grove and Clock Shadow Creamery will be on hand from 7pm-9pm for beer and cheese pairings. Their cheeses will also be available all evening as a part of our artisinal grilled cheese menu. Cost is $8 for the beer and cheese pairing.

4:30pm - 7pm - Brocach (on the Square) - FREE Ale Asylum Tasting - Come on in and sample the beers of Ale Asylum Brewery and talk with a brewery representative. FREE tasting Samples, with $3 Ale Asylum Imperial Pints and FREE appetizers.

5pm - 6pm - The Sett (Union South) - Beer Class: History of Wisconsin Craft Beer - Who said class is boring? Come to The Sett and learn all about the history of Craft Beer in Wisconsin! From Leinie's & Point to Lake Louie & Central Waters we'll talk about where craft beer has been to where it's going. The event will feature tastings as well as a Sett pint glass to take home. Tickets are $5 at the door.

5pm - 7pm - Trixie's Liquor - Big Bay Brewing Tasting - Free beer sampling of Wavehopper Kolsch, Boatilla Amber plus new seasonals! Build your own 6 pack! Mix different Big Bay bottles at our Mix n Match station. $1.00 off all 6 packs all day.

5pm - 7pm - Lucky's Bar and Grille - Mustard and Beer Pairing - We will be pairing 5 different mustards from the Mustard Museum in Middleton with 5 different craft beers.

5pm - 9pm - The Brass Ring - Go Big or Go Home - WARNING: This craft beer event is not for the faint of heart. All these Big Beers are over 8% and bursting off the charts in IBUs. Eight different beers represented from Wisconsin to Belgium will be sampled with unique cheese pairings to accompany this explosive experience.

5pm - Close - Natt Spil - New Belgium Tap Takeover - New Belgium Tap Takeover. Offering New Belgium's Lips of Faith series.

5:30-7:30pm - Harmony Bar - Capital Brewery Tasting - Capital Brewery will be joining us for a tasting.

5:30pm - 8pm - Steenbock's on Orchard - Specialty Hors d'Oeurves - Chef Michael from Steenbock's and Brewmaster Marc Buttera from O’so Brewery will be hosting a specialty hors d'oeuvres event, pairing the beers from O’so Brewery. Come on down and meet the brewer.

5:30pm - 8pm - The Library Cafe & Bar - Summit Tasting - We will be featuring Summit's newest Summer Ale, released for the first time this year. We will also feature their most recent unchained series, the Dunkel Weizen and the popular Horizon Red on tap. A rep will be on hand to share some samples and talk about their great beer.

6pm - 8pm - Brickhouse BBQ - August Schell - Enjoy some of August Schell's finest!

6pm - 8pm - The Cannery (Sun Prairie) - Leinies & Batch 19 Tasting - Free beer samples of Leinie's Summer Shandy and Batch 19. Specialty Keg tapping of Limited release - Leinie's Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch at 7pm.

6pm - 8pm - Wilson's Bar - Frankenmuth Brewery - The newest brewery from Michigan to enter the Wisconsin market will be introducing their German-Style Hefeweizen. The Frankenmuth brewery rep will be available to answer your questions. Come celebrate the 150th anniversary of Frankenmuth Brewery!

6pm - 8pm - Barriques Wine Cave (Monroe St.) - Wine v. Beer - Beer and Wine head-to-head tasting. 6pm-8pm. $10/person for five beers, five wines and food pairings. Taste at your own pace and see what you prefer.

6pm - 9pm - The Old Fashioned - An Evening with Three Sheep Brewing - Come check out Wisconsin's newest brewery! All taps will be $2.50 during the event. We will be tapping Black Sheep (Black Wheat), Enkel Biter (Abbey single) & Really Cool Waterslides IPA.

6pm - 10pm - Coopers Tavern - House of Brews Tasting - House of Brews, the newest brewery from Madison, will be featured. Brewmaster Page Buchanan will be providing four different beers from the House of Brews. Come meet Page and enjoy some food samplings prepared by Coopers Tavern using beer from House of Brews.

6pm - 9pm - Eddie's Alehouse & Eatery (Sun Prairie) - Ale Asylum Beer & Food Pairing - Eric from Ale Asylum Brewery will be here to help pair their great beers with our Signature Sandwiches. We will tap our last keg of 2011 Triple Nova for this event. This is the last of the Triple Nova until July 2013!

6:30pm - 9pm - Sprecher's Restaurant & Pub - Barley's Angels (First Chapter Meeting) - BARLEY'S ANGELS is a growing collection of worldwide chapters of craft-beer focused breweries, brewpubs, restaurants, and alehouses dedicated to creating education for FEMALES interested in becoming craft beer enthusiasts and support for FEMALES in beer and brewery-related careers. This first meeting of the Madison Barley's Angels Chapter will have a 'Beer Cocktail' Topic and all females are welcome! Cost will be $10 for this first meeting - please RSVP by Monday, May 7. www.barleysangels.org

6:30pm - 9pm - Vintage Brewing Co (Whitney Way) - Farm to Table Beer Dinner - Think globally and eat locally at our Farm-To-Table beer dinner! Enjoy a multi-course dinner prepared with local, farm fresh ingredients and paired with our award-winning beers! Perfect for locavores, this dinner is inspired by the farmers who grow our food and the land where it is grown. $60 per person, includes meal, beer, tax and tip. Call or stop by the brewery to reserve your seat today! 608-204-BREW

7pm - ? - Glass Nickel Pizza (Atwood) - Founders Tasting - We are going to have some compare and contrast opportunities on tap. Breakfast Stout and Kentucky Breakfast Stout will be on tap, as well as Curmudgeon and Better Half.

7pm - 9pm - Brasserie V - Grand Teton Tasting - Grand Teton Brewery from Victor, Idaho will be featured. A variety of year round offerings will be showcased along with a couple limited releases and a cellar reserve. The midwest brewery rep will be available to talk beer with you.

7pm - 10pm - Tipsy Cow - A Night With Sierra - A hot girl she is not but a great couple of beers she is! We will be featuring the awesome Hoptimum as well as a very limited release IPA with a few other surprises. This event is definitely for the hop head in all of us.

7:30pm - Close - The Mason Lounge - Boulder Beer & Bluegrass Jamboree - ...If you had to pick one city that you most associate with bluegrass music what would it be? ...we were kinda thinking Boulder. Come sample some of the most satisfying and "unpretentious" beer available anywhere. Boulder Beer will provide the liquid refreshments, and Madison's own bluegrass band, "Driftless", will provide the musical refreshments. Laid- back disposition mandatory... footwear optional.

8pm - 10pm - Up North Pub - Lagunitas Libation Lapping Luau - We will be offering samples of six of Lagunitas beers on draft. We will be having live music as well with a local band called Moonhouse. Also, we will be raffling off two brewer tickets.`

8pm - 10pm - The Great Dane (Downtown) - After-Hours Collaborative Beer Party - Purchase your commemorative Craft Beer Week Pint glass ($10) and pour your own free refills of Common Thread California Common Ale from our Beer Tap Table. (8pm-10pm). Free pool, shuffleboard and free appetizer spread! Hang out with the GD brewers and sample a variety of superbly crafted brews. Great company and great food guaranteed. Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. 123 East Doty St.

East Coast vs. West Coast Night!

Who's going to win??

4pm - Close - Craftsman Table & Tap - West Coast Brewery Tasting - East Coast vs West Coast?!?! Who reigns supreme in the world of beer?!? Come in a try some of the finest West Coast breweries are offering this spring. Checkout features from Lagunitas, North Coast, Anderson Valley and New Belgium, along with some West Coast inspired dinner specials.

9:30pm - ? - Alchemy Cafe - East Coast Beer Night - East Coast v. West Coast? East side v. West side? We representing the East Side by hosting East Coast Breweries Southern Tier, Ommegang and Victory. Come in to sample beers and have East Coast themed appetizers!

Thursday 5/10

11am - Midnight - The Old Fashioned - Big Bay Brat Day! - Enjoy our Meisfeld Market Brats from Sheboygan cooked in Big Bay Boatilla Amber beer which a choice of fries or salad, $7.95. Get a bottle of Big Bay Boatilla for only $2.00 when enjoying your brat.

3pm - 5pm - Trixie's Liquor - Milwaukee Brewing Tasting - Free beer sampling of Love Rock, Polish Moon, Louie’s Demise, Booyah Hop Happy and Pull Chain! Will there be Godzilla??? [ed note: my guess is yes!] Build your own 6 pack! Mix different Big Bay bottles at our Mix n Match station. $1.00 off all 6 packs all day. $ 2.00 off of 12 packs.

4pm - 7pm - Star Liquor - Utah Brewers (Wasatch & Squatters) Co-op Tasting - Join us as our good friends from the Utah Brewers Coop (Wasatch and Squatters) make just their second visit to Star Liquor to pour free samples of their products.

5pm - 7pm - Drackenberg's - Happy Hour Goose Island Vertical Tasting - TBD

5pm-7pm - Steenbock's on Orchard - Hinterland Tap Takeover - Join us for samplings of six different brews from Hinterland Brewery, including two very limited releases. In addition, enjoy some outstanding happy hour fare from Chef Michael Pruett.

5pm - 7pm - Mickey's Tavern - Beer & Brats - Join us on the patio for O’so Beer and Mickey’s delicious homemade brats. Marc from O’so Brewery will be out on the patio to serve you up an O’so Beer. Enjoy a great day out on the patio with live music.

5pm - 8pm - Maduro - Sausage and Great Lakes - Great Lakes Brewery and Osteria Papavero's housemade sausage pairings! Will include 4 taps of Great Lakes, including the Rally Drum Red Ale. Each beer paired with a sausage from the kitchen at Osteria Papavero. Stop by any time between 5 and 8!

5pm - Close - Coopers Tavern - Lagunitas Party! - Taste Lagunitas!

5pm - Close - The Great Dane (All Madison Locations) - All-Store Belgian Dark Strong Ale Tapping Party - Make it to your closest Great Dane as we pull something special from the vault! Tapping party at all Great Dane locations featuring our “Special Strong Belgian Dark Strong Ale.” Experience an artfully balanced, complex, and powerful Belgian Ale. Hobnob with the brewers as you pour your own beer (Downtown only) at our self-serving Beer Tap Table.

5:30pm - 7:30pm - Essen Haus - Beer History Pub Crawl - Come join us for a beer history pub crawl downtown where craft beer lovers can gather to listen, learn, ask questions, drink good beer, and mingle with fellow beer enthusiasts. We will start at the Essen Haus at 5:30 and work our way up to Brocach Irish Pub on the Capital Square. We will finish around 7:30, arriving at Brocach on the Square around 6:30pm, though folks are welcome to stick around afterward! The tour is free, but drinks are Buy Your Own Beer. Space is limited. Please contact Andrew Erickson at andrewerickson83@gmail.com to reserve your spot!

6pm - 7:30pm - Whole Foods Market (University) - Legendary: A Madison Craft Beer Week Tasting - It is said that in a place between Madison and Milwaukee, history and legend meet. Whole Foods Market is delighted to be joined by their friends at Tyranena Brewery for a guiding pairing of legendary Wisconsin beer and extraordinary Whole Foods Market delicacies. $25 – please register 24 hours in advance by calling the store at 608.233.9566.

6pm - 8pm - Jordan's Big 10 Pub - League of Libations - League of Libations (RSVP League of Libations on Facebook) - offering a complimentary tasting of the Nation's finest craft beers.

6pm - 8pm - The Malt House - Beer Wars - Join Ale Asylum at The Malt House for another epic battle of beer vs. beer in this chapter of "Beer Wars". Help decide the winner as The Malt Minions try to redeem themselves after a crushing loss to The Hop Heads in the last episode. Voting will be from 6-8pm. Each pint purchased is a vote for either side with the winning beer being discounted form 8pm until the keg kicks.

6pm - 8pm - Barriques (Middleton) - Dry Hop Single Hop Tasting - We will be dry-hopping a neutral beer with four different hop varieties and letting you taste the difference. We'll also be tasting a couple of single hop beers. $5/person includes tastes of six hop infusions.

6pm - 9pm - The Old Fashioned - Central Waters Tasting Flight Night - Join us in our upstairs dining room to enjoy tasting flights of some of Central Waters best offerings. We will even have some special beers not available to the general public. Four board tasting flight for $5.00 or eight board tasting flight for $10.00 - ONLY available in our upstairs dining area. Special appearance by Central Waters. Music, Snacks and tons of fun!

6pm - 9pm - Nostrano - Goose Island Beer Dinner - Goose Island Reserve Beer Dinner hosted by a Goose Island Brewer.

6pm - 10pm - Dexter's Pub - New Glarus Beer Crawl - New Glarus will be having a little beer crawl with Dexter's Pub included. Join in for a couple of different taps of New Glarus and a little something different from New Glarus!

6:30pm - 9pm - Vintage Brewing Co (Whitney Way) - Beer Appreciation: Rags to Rags with Lake Louie's Tom Porter - An historic retrospective on the growth of Lake Louie from a humble homebrew operation to a booming microbrewery. Enjoy a beer tasting as Tom Porter waxes nostalgic and regales us with tales of the delights and challenges of growing a business out of a passion. Stop by or call the brewery to reserve your seats today! $20 per person. 608-204-BREW

7pm - 9pm - Glass Nickel Pizza (Atwood) - Potosi & Pizza - We will have several selections from Potosi Brewery on tap! Come on down and meet Potosi Brewmaster Steve Buszka for Potosi and pizza night.

7pm - Close - Old Chicago - It's Firkin Thursday! - Join us as we tap a firkin of Boulder Double Dry Hopped Mojo! A brewery representative will be on hand to officiate the tapping and talk about beer to your heart's content.

7pm - Close - Sprecher Restaurant & Pub - President Bartender ($3 taps!) - Sprecher Brewing Company's President Jeff Hamilton will be here from Milwaukee to show off his very own bartending skills and talk craft beer. As a longtime member of the Wisconsin Brewer's Guild, Jeff not only knows Sprecher Beer, but will love talking with anybody about Craft Beers and their importance, especially in Wisconsin. He might be behind the patio bar, inside bar, or we may even set up his very own beer station for the night - $3 SPRECHER TAP BEERS ALL NIGHT LONG.

7pm - Close - Tipsy Cow - The Horse's Goose - Dark Horse and Goose Island together under one roof. Join us in welcoming some great brews from these great breweries. Both breweries will have surprises on tap including Dark Horse's Double Crooked Tree IPA. Don't miss the chance to try this excellent IPA from our friends in Michigan.

8pm - 10:30pm - Brickhouse BBQ - Summit Summer Ale Launch Party - Brickhouse BBQ is hosting the launch party for the new Summit Summer Ale! Join us for a taste of Summit's newest Kolsch-style ale.

8pm - Close - Mason Lounge - Release the Hounds! - Join Abita Beer for a Turbodog inspired Release Party. Abita and The Mason Lounge will be tapping three versions of their infamous Turbodog Brown Ale, with a fourth available in the bottle. On deck for the evening are current favorites, Vanilla DoubleDog and Turbodog, along with exclusive one off tappings of Bourbon Barrel Aged Vanilla DoubleDog and an Espresso Bean Infused Turbodog. Be the first in the area to try these rare beers. Abita Representatives will be present with plenty of prizes and fun for all.

8pm - 11pm - Drackenberg's Cigar Bar - Beer & Beef Jerky - Tallgrass Brewery will be teaming up with beef jerky for a unique tasting experience. A special firkin from the brewery will also be tapped. Come on down and enjoy some Tallgrass beer and beef jerky. A bluegrass band, Mexican Coke Band, will also be performing.

9pm - Close - Whiskey Jack's - Rock the Bock - It’s the National Release Party for the Wild Hare Pale Ale from Shiner Beer. Four Shiner beers will be featured on draught including their flagship brand, Shiner Bock. Come Rock the Bock as the “The Mighty Short Bus” takes the stage to celebrate the arrival of Wild Hare Pale Ale.

9pm - Close - Merchant - Oskar Blues-Grass $3 Tap Takeover featuring The Big Bang String Thing - Oskar Blues and Merchant present "Oskar Blues-Grass" tap takeover night. $3 pints of your favorite Oskar Blues on tap starting at 9pm. Big Bang String Thing (featuring Bob Westfall, Mary Gaines, Chris Wagoner, and Micah Olsan) will be jamming out the tunes starting just after 9:00. This event will close Madison Craft Beer week at Merchant and is GUARANTEED to be one hell of a party. Admission is free. http://www.bigbangstringthing.com/

10pm - Close - Vintage Brewing Co (Whitney Way) - Beer Themed Karaoke - Beer-themed karaoke! Get a group of friends together and come on over to the Vintage to sing your favorite drinking songs! Don’t worry- a couple of beers will help calm the nerves and build your confidence. Added bonus: it’s $3 pint night starting at 4:00pm! (Select taps only.)

Friday 5/11

Fish Fry Events

11am - Midnight - The Old Fashioned - Fish Fry with Hinterland Brewing - Enjoy any of our fish fry dinners and obtain a pint of any Hinterland beer for $2.50 or a 7oz. mini for $1.00.

11am - 1am - Old Chicago - Friday Fish Fry - Join us for our Friday Fish Fry! All you can eat Samuel Adams Beer Battered Cod served with cole slaw & french fries $12.79. Not up for an all you can eat? We've got a single portion or a tasty sandwich featuring the same delicious cod.

3pm - 10pm - Vintage Spirits & Grill (University Ave) - Friday Fish Fry - Come in and enjoy a delightful basket of Vintage Spirits and Grill fish and chips!

4pm - 7pm - Chico's Villa Tap - Chico's Fish Fry - Ale Asylum is proud to partner with its soon-to-be neighbor, Chico's Villa Tap, for one of the area's best fish fries. Ale Asylum will be there early (4-7pm) as this great neighborhood bar is packed every Friday for great fish. There may be a wait, but Chico will add a second tap line of Ale Asylum beer so you can satiate your taste buds until your table is ready. The wait will be worth it, and with Ale Asylum beer, even more enjoyable.

5pm - Close - The Great Dane (All Madison Locations) - Friday Night Fish Fry - Got a date? We can fix you up with Madison’s best Friday Night fish fry. Featuring Pan Fried Walleye, Fried Cod, Baked Cod, and our award-winning local favorite: Pilsner battered Walleye Fry! All four Madison locations.

7pm - 9pm - Eddie's Alehouse & Eatery (Sun Prairie) - O'so Brewing at Eddie's - We will be pairing some of O'so best with our Friday Fish Fry, when Marc Buttera, O'so Brewing brewmaster, joins us for the evening.

8pm - Close - The Tipsy Cow - Tipsy Fish Fry - Join Ale Asylum downtown for a Tipsy Fish Fry. The Tipsy will have three Ale Asylum lines and as every Friday and Saturday night will have them at $3 a pint. Yes, they have Ale Asylum pints and bottles for $3 EVERY Friday and Saturday night after 8pm. This Friday there will also be three draft options and Ale Asylum representatives on hand with swag giveaways.

Non-Fish Fry Events

4pm - 6pm - Trixie's Liquor - Shorty Day - Rhinelander Shorty Tasting. We will also be featuring Rhinelander craft bombers like Chocolate Bunny, Thumper IPA, Mystical Jack and Imperial Jack IPA.

4pm-7pm - Star Liquor - Pearl Street Brewing Free Tasting - Come sample our brews! DTB, Pale Ale, El Hefe, Stout and Dankenstein IIPA. In honor of Madison Craft Beer week, we'll also smuggle in some of our limited and special release beers!

4pm - 7pm - Brickhouse BBQ - New Glarus & Leinie's - New Glarus and Leinenkugel's will be featured on our taps with some of Leinie's craft-focused beers and some New Glarus specialties!

4pm-8pm - Olin Park - Isthmus A La Carts - Isthmus is serving up Isthmus a la Carts, the first Madison-area food cart festival. Madison’s diversity of food cart vendors, culture of foodies and adventurous eaters will all be served in this flavor fest! Leave work early and come hungry! Isthmus is lining up some of Madison’s finest food carts including - Caracas Empanadas, Fib’s, Blowing Smoke, Banzo Madison and many more. The carts will offer sample size portions of their fabulous fare, so patrons can try lots of local flavors. Your ticket gets you in the gate to try as much as you’d like. What’s a food fest without beer? Beverages will be available from Leinekugel’s and Pepsi. Isthmus is pleased to partner with Madison Magnet, a local non-profit young professionals group, that will serve beverages and share in the proceeds. The dinner bell rings, rain or shine, at 4p.m., and the music and refreshments run until 8. This is a tasty way to kick-off a great spring weekend. Buy at Isthmus Office at 101 King St. Madison, WI or online at: http://isthmusalacarts.eventbrite.com/. Watch www.Isthmus.com/alacarts for more info.

5pm - 7pm - Cannery Wine and Spirits (Sun Prairie) - O'so Brewing Tasting with Brewmaster Marc Buttera - Come join us for O'so Brewing Beer Tasting and get a chance to meet O'sos very own brewmaster Marc Buttera!

5pm - 7pm - The Library - Tyranena Happy Hour - Tyranena Brewing stops by to feature their current Brewer's Gone Wild release, the Dirty Old Man Imperial Rye Porter, Bitter Woman, and another brew yet to be determined (something delicious) on tap as well as talk a bit about the beer and answer any questions. This should make for a tasty Friday Happy Hour.

5pm - 8pm - Maduro - Tall Grass and Gail Ambrosius Chocolates - Gail Ambrosius has sampled some beers from Tall Grass brewery out of Kansas, and specially chosen some of her fantastic chocolates to accompany each beer. Stop by any time between 5 and 8pm!

5pm - Close - Coopers Tavern - Goose Island Party! - It's a Goose Island Reserve tap takeover!

6pm - 8pm - Barriques (West Washington Ave) - House of Brews Night - House of Brews will take over the tap lines at Barriques - West Wash. Special pricing on all taps and some special beers not available anywhere else.

7pm - 9pm - Up North Pub - Mama Let Us Firkin - We will be offering samples of Oskar Blues Mamas Little Yella Pils firkin. We will be having happy hour music from 5-8pm. There will also be samples of Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale and the unveiling of Deviant Dales.

7pm - Close - The Malt House - Battle of the Barleywines- East Coast, West Coast, or No Coast ... who makes the best draft barleywines? No matter, you'll be the winner when you come out for the Battle of the Barleywines. Representing Wisconsin will be New Glarus Thumbprint Barleywine. The West Coast will be represented by Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. And representing the East Coast we have Weyerbacher Insanity. New Glarus and Sierra Nevada reps will be here to help you make up your mind -- which is the best on draft?

9pm-11pm - Jac's Dining and Tap House - Soul Cider Party: Crispin Marvin Tapping - Rare chance to try Marvin, the soul cider-Oak aged with stout yeast, molasses, honey, dark chocolate & black cherries.
Soul music & vibe, chances for freebies!

Saturday 5/12

9am - 12pm - The Old Fashioned - Wild Ride Brunch with Sand Creek Brewery- We will be developing a special egg scrambler to pair with Sand Creek Brewing's Wild Ride IPA. Purchase Wild Ride all morning long for $2.50 a pint or $1.00 for a 7oz. mini.

11am - Close - Old Chicago - A Capital Patio Party! - Take part in our pre-summer celebration with Capital Brewery. We will have brats and cans of Capital Supper Club available all day. Enjoy our patio with two classics of summer!

1pm - 4pm - Vintage Brewing Company (Whitney Way) - Big Barrel Tararrel!- Barrel-aged beer fans, this is the event for you! We’ll be serving up tastes of our own barrel-aged beers, as well as barrel-aged beers from Central Waters, O’so, Pearl Street Brewery, The Great Dane, Capital Brewery, and more! Cost is per taste. Come early- these beers are bound to go quickly!

2pm - The Malt House - Monks in a Barrel - Sample and compare five rare barrel-aged La Trappe Quadrupels alongside the unoaked version. Explore how barrel aging can add even more complexity to what is already one of the most sumptuous beer styles available. Participants will receive a complementary La Trappe glass, filled with Quad upon completion of the sampling. Join Adam Schulte of Artisanal Imports for this guided sampling of rare Trappist abbey ales. Advance ticket purchase suggested. $20 in advance; $25 day of event.

2pm - ?? - Dexter's Pub - Bell's Circus - Bell's will be back again for a tap takeover at Dexter's Pub this year for Madison Craft Beer Week, but with a Bell's twist! Small beer garden with circus theme, games, prizes and even a dunk tank? Inside will be 15 Bell's taps with, I am sure, something a little odd and crazy!

4pm - 7pm - Star Liquor - Lake Louie Tasting - Join us as Tom Porter, owner/founder of Arena, WI's Lake Louie Brewing pours free samples of his products.

5pm - 8pm - Gray's Tied House - Beer & Cheese Workshop - Fred Gray (Owner and Brew Master of Gray Brewing) and Bruce Workman (Wisconsin Master Cheese Maker) of Edelweiss Creamery will be in attendance talking about beer and cheese pairings and the endless compliments, contrasting, and new flavors that can be created.

5pm - 8pm - Up North Pub - Goose Island Summertime Party! - SUMMERTIME BEACH PARTY Featuring Goose Island Brews. Raffling off great prizes (Mallards Tickets, Brewery Prizes, etc…) for best "beachwear" dress

5pm - 8pm - Coopers Tavern - Potosi Tasting - Meet Potosi Brewmaster, Steve Buszka. Six Potosi beers will be featured on draught, including a couple brews not offered in 6pks. Coopers Tavern will also be featuring some incredible food dishes made with Potosi Beer.

6pm - 8pm - Brennan's Market (Watt's Road) - Brennan's Craft Beer Tour - Join owner of Millstream Brewery (Amana, Iowa) Teresa Albert, our very own beer and cheese guru Chris Luken and the Watts Road team for a night of craft beer, cheese, food pairings and fun. We'll be sampling Millstream's best and some of our other favs, including a surprise or two. $5 admission fee will be donated to Gilda's Club of Madison. Free Brennan's Wine Glass included (while supplies last). We hope you can join us!

7pm - 10pm - The Malt House - House of Brews Tap Takeover - Meet Brewmaster Page Buchanan from Madison’s newest brewery, House of Brews. We’ll feature six of Page’s brews on our Wisconsin draft tower. This is your chance to try just about everything he's making, and he's making some great brews.

7pm - 10pm - Sprecher Restaurant & Pub - Black Bavarian Dinner - The Award-Winning Sprecher Black Bavarian was named one of Men's Magazine's 2012 "24 Best Beers in America" and we want to throw a dinner in its honor! Come enjoy a dinner of four courses each designed to be enjoyed specifically with Black Bavarian. Light and dark beer lovers alike always enjoy the unique characteristics of our Black Bavarian, so why not enjoy it for one whole night and make the food do the work of pairing up to the beer?! Reservations Please by Saturday, May 5th. Limited Seats Available. $45 per person.

7pm - Close - Tipsy Cow - Oskar Meets The Founder - A night of Oskar Blues and Founders. If you ask us, it's a match made in heaven. Not only will be featuring these breweries great brews including Founders' Double Trouble and Oskar's Gubna, but we will also be tapping a firkin of Devilish Dale, a new IPA from Oskar Blues. We guarantee you won't find anything as limited as this. When it's gone it's gone. Come early, come often!!!

Sunday 5/13

9am - 2pm - Coopers Tavern - Ommegang Mother's Day Brunch - Ommegang Mother's Day Brunch!

10am - 2pm - Gray's Tied House (Fitchburg) - Mother's Day Brunch - Join us for a Mother's Day Brunch to impress! Moms get a mimosa or beer on us! Chef carved beef and ham, omelet station, bakery goodies, pastas, salads, potato dishes, and desserts. Adults $18.95, ages 5 to 11 $7.95, 4 and under FREE. Reservations recommended.

10am - 2:30pm - The Great Dane (All Madison Locations) - Mother's Day Brunch - A free pint for each Mom! Whether you're honoring Mom or seeking respite from a hectic week, plot a relaxing getaway-at your favorite Great Dane location. Enjoy our award-winning buffet brunch at our Hilldale or Fitchburg location, or our a la carte brunch menu at both Downtown and Eastside. Outdoor seating available weather permitting. Buffet Locations: Fitchburg Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. 2890 Cahill Main; Buffet Location: Hilldale Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. 357 Price Place; $22.95 for buffet (Hilldale & Fitchburg); A la Carte brunch menu (Downtown & Eastside)

11am - 2pm - Vintage Brewing Co (Whitney Way) - Mother's Day Beer Lunch - Treat Mom to Mother's Day brunch specials at your favorite west side destination and we’ll treat her to a complimentary pint of our delicious hand-crafted beer or soda (or mimosa, if she prefers). Limit one free drink per “Mom” with brunch special purchase.

2pm - 6pm - The Brewers Olympics - Demetral Park (601 N 6th St (Across Packers Ave from Oscar Meyer); Come join us for an afternoon of fun and frivolity as area brewers compete for glory in the Brewers Olympics! Olympic events will include, but are not limited to, grain sac races, target gravity discus, a home run derby and a distribution/beer server obstacle course. Come cheer on your favorite brewery! (This is event is BYOB, but no macros allowed! You are also welcome to picnic!)