J. Leinenkugel's Barrel Yard brewer Corrine Georges will roll out a new brew in honor of 414 Day, Sunday, April 14, at American Family Field.
Brewed on-site in the stadium brewery’s three-barrel pilot brew system, “Fresh, Flavor, Forward” is a Berliner Weisse that Georges says pays homage to the German heritage of both Milwaukee and the Chippewa Falls-based Leinenkugel’s brewery.
Though tasting samples for media won’t be available until next week, we’re assured that the new brew – a collab with VISIT Milwaukee – is, “a pale, refreshing, German wheat beer with low alcohol and clean tartness, with light sour and lightly breaded aromas.”
The beer will be available starting 4-14, but it will also be on tap as the Brewers face the Padres April 15-17 and beyond, until supplies are exhausted.
As has been the case with all the stadium-exclusive Leinie’s beers, the batch is pretty small and so it won’t last forever.
You’ll also be able to get it in 32-ounce crowlers on non-game days, like 4-14 Day, when the Brewers are away to face the Orioles in Baltimore.
Among the other beers Georges has brewed in the stadium brewhouse are the dry-hopped Lead Off Lager and Double Play IPA.
You can read more about Georges and the Barrel Yard brewery here.
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.
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 be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
