Port Washington – which has a brewing history dating back to the 1847 opening of Lakeside Brewery – celebrates that sudsy tradition with Port Washington’s Beer Week, March 1-9.
The week kicks off with Flannel Fest Beer & Trivia Walk on Saturday, March 1 from 2 until 6 p.m.
Participants get a custom beer glass to sample brews and food at 17 participating stops in town. Along the way there will be trivia questions and winning team and individual will get a trophy.
Plus, there will be lumberjack games, raffles, flannel sales and more.
All week long there will be Beer Bingo, too.
Pick up a bingo card from any of the participating locations for $5 cash beginning March 1 and collect 24 stamps from locations around downtown Port (each location has multiple stamps).
Winners can grab merch, prizes and more.
You can purchase bingo cards online with your Beer & Trivia Walk tickets here.
Beer & Trivia Walk tickets are $40. Just the trivia walk with no beer costs $25.
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.
