By Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer Published Sep 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM

Beer hunting season is here and there are few, if any, places more suited to a beer scavenger hunt than the five-story 1877 Italianate brewing “castle” that is the former Pabst Brewing Co. brewhouse at 1215 N. 10th St. in the Brewery District.

The building – with its remnants of the copper brew kettles, King Gambrinus stained glass window and curving staircase, and that iconic street-spanning sign outside  – is the scene of the Yelp Beer Hunt at Brewhouse Inn & Suites, Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 6 to 9 p.m.

The free event includes a scavenger hunt in the former brewhouse – now home to the Brewhouse Inn & Suites hotel – during which participants will discover seven breweries and samples their wares.

Use your pass to find the breweries – 1840, Urban Harvest, Dead Bird, Big Head, Third Space, Pilot Project and Pabst – and once its filled, you can head over to the after-party at On Tap, the hotel’s beer-focused restaurant, where there will be free food and drink, DJs, photo ops and more.

Admission is free to guests 21 and over, but you have to have a Yelp profile with your real name and photo and your location set to Milwaukee to participate.

RSVP online here. Each participant must RSVP individually.

For more information, call (414) 810-3350.

Happy beer hunting.

Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer

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.