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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty good fish fry. I got the Combination Platter(cod, perch, blue gill, and shrimp) and wasn't disappointed. Probably my favorite of the ones I got were the perch and cod. Shrimp could've been a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great tour. For $6 you get 4 6oz samples of beer plus the tour. At the end of your samples, you turn your plastic cup (made out of corn so its biodegradable) and get a free pint glass to take home. We...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
tasty beers and a fun tour makes this place great for the visitor and citizen alike.However, as with most things, Lakefront isn't perfect. While their 2 flagship beers are stellar, they also produce...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great blue gill fish fry! Lakefront Pumpkin Spice beer is now available! Whoo hoo! Polka music will entertain Chicago people like nothing else....eating/drinking here on a Friday night makes...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Beer is goodBeer is goodBeer is good... and Stuff!Sorry about that...where was I? Well, I can tell you I was getting drunk...err...having a few adult beverages last Saturday in Milwaukee. The tour...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
beautiful spot here. nice people. nice service. great food. my friend got married here and my friends band played the weeding. a beautiful magical night indeed.
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I seem to be doing a lot of alcohol touring lately. Yay, summer! Lakefront offered us a funny/drunken tour guide, free pint glasses, and four drink tokens for six bucks. Plus, they do a very cute...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Interesting tour. There's not much to see, but you do get to learn a bit about beer making and local history. I appreciated the beer samples and the pint glass included in the $6 tour price. They...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The tours and staff do not do this beer justice. Right off the bat I was insulted by the rude woman working the cash register to sign up for tours. EFF you lady, I dunno how your operation works,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow. Probably the best tour of this kind that I've been on! First of all, it's hilarious, and you actually learn some cool stuff about beer and brewing.For six bucks, you get the tour, 4 drink tokens,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It has been awhile but this was a very solid brewery and the tour is informative and funny. When I went it was $5 you got 4 tokens which got you 4 pint glasses full of beer and they usually have 5-6...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love the tour and the beer!
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Have been to the brewery twice- once, about 2 years ago, for the tour, and another last summer on their outdoor patio when the tour was sold out. I had a great time on the tour. When I went it was $5...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you are in Milwaukee, this is a must stop event. The beers are great and they do a brewery tour how it should be done. I've been on quite a few tours and this one was the best by far! If they...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This tour was so much fun. It's so much different than tours of larger breweries. It is very personal, and the "sampling" was extremely generous. We combined it with the Friday evening fish fry....
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I suppose this is a good, relatively cheap way to spend a Saturday afternoon, but I definitely, definitely wouldn't do it again, if only because the beer really isn't very good. I guess it's better...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My boyfriend and I drove up for the night from Chicago. Our first stop was the Lakefront Brewery.(yeah that is how we roll) It was so much fun. It was relatively inexpensive. We got four drink...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have been many times on this tour and cannot imagine one way in which they could make it better other than having more tours.This is one of the best places to kill some time in Milwaukee. Their...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This is the only food I have returned to a kitchen because it was inedible. There replacement was just as bad. The fish fry was hard and chewy. Its too bad because the beer is great and they keep...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A must-do when in Milwaukee, it's not just dinner, it's an experience. Get there early or be prepared to wait in line. Seating is family style at big round tables. Choose the type of fish you want...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Another place that used to be awesome, and now sucks. The tour used to be very free-wheeling, guided by someone who appeared to be drunk and allowed you to fill up your cup as many times as possible...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been on a handful of brewery tours over the years, and this one is certainly memorable. It's the only brewery tour that lets you start drinking before and during the tour itself. You pay five...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great fish fry, great beer andn quintessential polka music. Can't get any more WI than this!
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
our planned Milwaukee day trip turned into an overnight affair in which we crashed at a friend's place. we asked him what to do in sunny Milwaukee town and he said to take the tour at the Lakefront...
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yea all im going to say is if you look at my college transcripts it will tell you I got my degree here. Look for a glass in my kitchen you will only find Lakefront pint glasses
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2009
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The guy who ran the tour was awesome! The fact that you only pay about $6 for 4 beers is great! It was my first time in Milwaukee and I cannot wait to go on another Lakefront Brewery Tour!
citysearch.com - user review - 12/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The only reason I'm not doing anything further than giving this place 5 stars, is since I cannot think of much I would otherwise say that would differ from the past 30 reviews. Except that I highly...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I lived in the mid-west for the last year and right before I left to return to California I visited Lakefront Brewery. One word: AWESOME! It was a great time with great beer! The tour was good and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I stopped by at four o'clock for an early take-out fish fry. Their service was super fast and friendly. The beer-battered cod was some of the best fish I've ever had; light and crispy on the outside...
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We drove up from Chicago to buy some of Lakefront's wonderful Pumpkin Beer. The staff were really friendly and gave us lots of tips about fun things to do in Milwaukee as well as where to buy...
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After tasting Lakefront Pumpkin Lager a few weeks ago at a friend's apartment, I was determined to find a way to Milwaukee to buy my own. I'm finally happy to say that last night I ventured into the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you live in or visit Milwaukee, you just haven't lived until you go to the Fish Fry here and listen to the Polka Kings with their bubble machine, while getting cheery (and more and more rosy!)...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
EAT EAT SEX POOP!That's the theme of the brewery tour. And apparently how a good brew is brewed. The guy was crude. And I love poop jokes. What more can I ask for?!For $6 I got drunk. They also had us...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ha, yelp strikes again. Thanks for the tip on this gem. I have been on many a beer tour, but this ranks up there. As many have pointed out, this is not Miller. Great for those that have been on tours...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Milwaukee is known for beer, but when it comes to beer tours... the king is NOT Miller. Lakefront Brewery takes the crown.Lakefront is by far the most fun brewery tour this city offers... plus the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
by far one of the best brewery tours i have ever been on. i liked that some actual learning occurred during the tour, and i didn't feel like i was being force-fed some marketing propaganda. being able...
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not a beer drinker, but my boyfriend is... and we both had a great time at this brewery tour! When you first get to the brewery, it looks like a run-down old warehouse surrounded by developing...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
In the early planning stages of my Milwaukee trip, we might have had "Miller tour" and "wander downtown" on our to do list. Then *everyone* we talked to encouraged us to hit up Lakefront. Whatever,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think I read something about Paula Radcliffe, the current world record holder for women's marathon, that said, "She starts fast, continues fast, and finishes fast. She has no weaknesses." This is...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I think I would've given this tour a 5, if I hadn't been on the Anchor Steam Brewery tour in San Francisco before. That was just so great that Lakefront can't beat them. Nevertheless, I really...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We recently traveled to Milwaukee on vacation and had pegged the Lakefront Brewery as our location of choice for the local tradition of Friday fish fry. It was rated tops in local polls. It had its...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Due to an idiotic bus driver, we arrived too late and our tour was sold out. But we were told we could enjoy some drinks in the beer garden anyways. What followed would have been far less tolerable...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
we got there too late for a tour on a Saturday (4pm, they were having a wedding, or something, there), but the lady in the gift shop was nice enough to go steal us a Maple Root Beer for us to sample...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I see no reason to go to any other brewery tour but theirs. Lakefront's beer is good and flows copiously on the tours. It's actually a sort of charming place, compared to the ginormous big-name...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome tour. Whereas at Miller you start out with a propaganda video pumping up their crappy beer-flavored water, at Lakefront you start out with a couple of samples from the bar (you're then...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The BESTEST brewery tour EVER. Not just for the cute beers like cherry beer, but the fact that everyone who works here is super neat-o. Russ is the most entertaining host. Walking around the brewery...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The very first thing that you should know is that $6 gets you 4 beers to sample, PLUS a free pint glass, PLUS a free beer of theirs somewhere else in the city by 6pm on the day you go. That insane....
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is honestly the best brewery in the world! The beer is amazing and they get you completely tanked on the tour. The tour is short but fun and half the time the owner of the brewery is either the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I hate to admit it, but, despite going to college in Milwaukee, I had never been to a fish fry until last Friday. I don't know why I waited so long. The atmosphere at Lakefront Brewery is really fun...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I do enjoy a good brewery tour now and again, and this place does it extremely well. $5 for four beers and a glass? Such a good deal. The tour guide was pretty funny and genuinely loved his job,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh, who in Milwaukee doesn't love this gem. I'll make this quick because I could write about this for hours.I agree with Dave, the tour has gotten 'watered down' since it got super popular. In fact,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Outstanding brewery tour... lots of fun, great beer. And some suprise Milwaukee artifacts. A must see!
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best brewery tour in Milwaukee, hands down, although it used to be much better back about five years ago, when it was just starting out and it wasn't as well-known. Back then there would...
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went here with a bunch of friends after the Sprecher Tour. Tours at lakefront run every 30 minutes and cost $5. You get a 6 / 8 oz cup and four beer tokens. For lakefront being around for 20 years I...
yelp.com - user review - 10/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you want a beer tour where you receive the beer before you begin the tour, you sing the Laverne and Shirley theme, and you might even get to yell "I LOVE BEER!" at the top of your lungs, then the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely the most fun you will have at a brewery tour in Milwaukee!There have been some recent changes. 1) Apparently there were too many glasses being dropped inside the brewery, so they now give...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm deducting one star for the following reasons:1. Our tour guide Nitro2. The beer is now served in 6 oz. plastic glasses vs. 16 oz. glass pints3. The tour is now confined to two rooms, the first...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had my first fish fry ever here and quite enjoyed it. I tried the "sampler", which was fine, though next time I'd likely just get the cod or perch. The potato pancakes are awesome, crispy and hot...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best brewery tour EVER!!!! The staff is really nice and they give you a lot of beer to taste. It's been a few years since I've done this tour, but I remember the highlight being that they...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I miss the tours! They give you a NICE beer glass too!!!
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have to admit that I couldnt get in to the actual tour, it was sold out. But the location and building alone get 2 stars. Plus their brewery souvenirs (glasses, shirts, etc.) are very nicely done...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been dying to hit the Lakefront Brewery tour and fish fry for months now, and my friends weekend in Milwaukee seemed like a perfect excuse. I was told over the phone once that if you arrive at...
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Lakefront Brewery Tour has got to be the deal of a century. Five bucks gets you four beer tokens, a souvenir pint glass and a more-entertaining-than-I-could-have-imagined tour. Not only was the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Best brewery tour in Milwaukee? Probably.Cost $5, you get to take home a souvenir pint glass and a nice buzz. The tour guides who may be drunk already are very entertaining and actually know how beer...
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2005
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The Lakefront Brewery Tour is by far the best in Milwaukee. From begining to end you have a beer in hand enjoying the history and future of Wisconsin beer making. Being a small brewery in comparison...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/15/2005
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A pair of brothers run Lakefront Brewery and keep the atmosphere fun and friendly. You sort of think that it's an extension of their frat days, but they're not pretentious enough to have ever been frat boys....
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2002
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