Doors Open Milwaukee has its first beer!
In honor of the 15th anniversary of Milwaukee's favorite exploration weekend, Historic Milwaukee Inc. has collaborated with Gathering Place Brewing Company on the limited-edition Doors Open Cream Ale.
“We are big fans of the Doors Open program and have been participating since we opened,” said Gathering Place founder Joe Yeado, who serves on the board at The Pabst Mansion.
“It’s hard to believe the program has been around for 15 years – we’re thrilled to release this collaborative beer to mark the occasion.”
Of course, it was a great time for another Cream City Brick-related beer, too, right?
This ale, said Yeado, is light with notes of biscuit, honey, and a touch of lemon. It is a new recipe created especially for this collab, according to Yeado.
The beer is available in 16-ounce cans at Outpost on Capitol Drive, in Bay View and in Wauwatosa; Gathering Place Brewing in Riverwest and Tosa; Ray's Liquor in Wauwatosa; Discount Liquor in Milwaukee; and Woodman's locations.
It will be on tap at the Swingin' Door.
Gathering Place's Riverwest brewery and taproom, 811 E. Vienna Ave., in taking part in Doors Open this year, so you can enjoy the beer there, too, during the DOMKE weekend.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press. A fifth collects Urban Spelunking articles about breweries and maltsters.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has been heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
