The back of Lakefront Brewery (and Brewers' Point Apartments) along the Milwaukee River.
Lakefront Brewery, Inc. is a brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The brewery is based in the Beerline B neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1987 by brothers Russ and Jim Klisch, several of its brands are named after Milwaukee neighborhoods, such as Riverwest Stein Beer and East Side Dark. The brewery was the first in the U.S. to bottle fruit beer since prohibition was repealed, starting in 1992 with the seasonal Lakefront Cherry Lager. The brewery often uses Wisconsin-grown ingredients, including Door County cherries.
In 1996, Lakefront became the first certified organic brewery in the country and produced the first organic beer to be bottled in the U.S. - their Organic E.S.B. (extra special bitter).[1] The ale is brewed using 100% organic malt and hops. President, owner and founder Russ Klisch started a partnership with Wisconsin farmers to grow organic hops in his home state.[2]
In May 2007, The Wisconsin Department of Tourism announced that Lakefront Brewery had become the first brewery in the state and the first business in the City of Milwaukee to receive the Travel Green Wisconsin certification.[3] Travel Green Wisconsin recognizes tourism-related businesses that are reducing their environmental impact through operational and other improvements. To achieve Travel Green certification, businesses must meet several goals including demonstration of how they encourage staff and vendors to be environmentally aware and how they reduce their waste and energy consumption.
The brewery is noted for its gluten-free brand, New Grist, which is brewed using sorghum and gluten-free yeast. The brewery successfully petitioned the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to allow this product to be called a beer despite not having the previously required 25% malted barley content, thus creating the first gluten-free beer in America.[4]
Growth of the brewery has been strong in recent years, especially due to the gluten-free product. The brewery shipped 8,863 barrels of beer to wholesalers in 2006, a 2,571 barrels, or 41% increase from the 2005 total.[5] The success of the gluten-free product has attracted competitive interest from other brewers, large and small.[6]
^"Our Story - Lakefront's History". Lakefront Brewery. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
^"Area farmers find niche' in rebirth of hops industry - the Courier - Waterloo and Marshall, Wis". Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
^"Lakefront Brewery - History". Retrieved 23 September 2011.
^Carolyn Smagalski. "Barley free - Gluten Free Beer for Celiacs from Lakefront Brewery". BellaOnline.com. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
^"Gluten-free beer fuels growth for Lakefront Brewery". Small Business Times. 2007-01-26. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
^Tom Daykin (2006-07-03). "Brewing up a niche: Lakefront Brewery finds success with New Grist". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
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