Recently
I had the opportunity to head to Milwaukee to perform a show with my band,
Marked 4 Deletion. Milwaukee is one of my absolute favorite cities. The water,
the architecture, the festivals, and of course the BEERS!
(The taps!)
This
time I decided to hit up The Milwaukee Ale House with my drummer and our
beautiful wives for lunch. I had read the menu online a bit earlier, and
honestly I will have to admit that what sold me was how great the food sounded!
(Brewery at MKE Ale House)
To
set the stage, let me tell you about the place itself. Milwaukee Ale House is a
restaurant/taproom/brewpub in Downtown Milwaukee along the river. Inside the
Ale House there are tons of taps, lots of wood, and tons of space. There is
even a nice sized stage for entertainment. This is a really nice clean place
perfectly decorated that tiptoes the lines between taproom, restaurant, and
night club.
(MKE Stage)
We
sat outside on their beautiful second story deck overlooking the Milwaukee
River. I have had a lot of beers at a lot of places in Milwaukee, but this
patio has to be one of the best spots to enjoy a cold one and a bite to eat. You
can even go straight from the patio down to the river walk and work off your
extra calories after dinner. Heck, they even have a few boat slips if you are
on the river and want to stop in for a beer or some food.
For
my first beer I tried a Sonne Weisse, while Vicky had the Columbian Siason. The
Sonne Wiesse is a hazy berliner style weisse beer that had a nice tartness to
it from the lactobacillus that was balanced by a sweetness that was achieved by
the use of strawberries during this beer’s cellaring, which interestingly came
across only as sweetness, not actual strawberry taste. I will say, this beer
had significantly less bubbly carbonation than I am used to a berliner weisse
having. This was a great tasting, refreshing, easy drinking beer. As is I would
drink it again for sure, with a touch more sparkling carbonation I would drink
it by the bucket!
(Columian Saison on the left, Sonne Weisse on the right)
Next,
the food came. I ordered the Duck Sliders. Hot damn these were good! BBQ duck confit
using Louie’s Demise BBQ sauce on local mini pretzel buns with apple slaw and
goat cheese. First off, I am a sucker for anything on a pretzel bun. I’ve never
even seen mini pretzel buns. They were dynamite! Kudos, Milwaukee Pretzel Co.
The duck was perfect, the apple slaw worked with the BBQ sauce awesomely, and
goat cheese was the absolute correct cheese pick for these mini pieces of
heaven!
(Duck Sliders and Sweet Potato Fries)
I washed
down my sliders with a Pull Chain. Pull Chain is a citrusy, hoppy IPA. It wasn’t
a bitey hoppy, but instead had a nice smoothness to it. Carbonated perfectly.
This was a really good IPA and my favorite beer of the visit.... Not just the
visit to Milwaukee Ale House, but my favorite from the whole trip to Milwaukee!
(Increased Wheat on the left, Pull Chain on the right)
Vicky
opted to stay on the healthy side of things and had a hummus wrap, which she
said was really good. Hummus just ain’t my thing, but she loved it! She had the
increased wheat with it, which is a berliner weisse with gooseberries. I didn’t
try this one, but it sounds great. Wheaty, tart, sweet... What’s not to like?
(Hummus Wrap)
Great
view, great place, great food, and great tasting beer all in an awesome city!
Milwaukee Ale House; come for the food, stay for the beer... wait... come for
the beer, stay for the food... wait... ummm... Either way just go there and you will love it!
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