Sprecher Brewery to Have Fun Celebrating Dads on Father’s Day

Glendale, Wis. – Sprecher, Milwaukee’s original craft brewery, in operation since 1985, is planning a bunch of fun ways to celebrate dads this Father’s Day, Sunday, June 16.

The Brewery, located at 701 Glendal Avenue in Glenda will be open from 11 am to 6 pm on Father’s Day for brewery tours. Tours cost $12 for adults over 21. Minors cost $5 and children under 5 are always free. All tours are 45 minutes and include a commemorative glass, 4, 8-ounce beer samples for those 21 years of age or older, and unlimited craft soda. To schedule one visit: https://sprecherbrewery.com/pages/brewery-tour

Sprecher’s beer hall will also have the Brewer’s game on its televisions starting at 1:10 pm.

At 2 pm, the brewery will be hosting the “World’s Shortest Book Reading and Signing” of the board book Daddy Likes Beer by local author (and dad of three girls) Mike Lukaszewicz in the brewery’s gift shop.

At 3 pm, the fun will continue when Sprecher hosts a Root Beer Mug Holding Contest similar in concept to the traditional Bavarian Steinholding contests. Teams, consisting a dad (or father figure) and a child will compete against each other. Dads will have to stick our their arms holding a glass liter full of root beer for as long as they can while their kid teammates will have to stick out their arms holding a full glass root beer mug or plastic root beer mug depending on their heat and heat.  All heats will be age-based. The entry fee is $10 per team with all fees benefiting Feeding America. The winning team will receive root beer for a year (a 12 pack of root beer monthly for 12 months) and a cooler full with Sprecher goods.

All dads visiting the brewery on Father’s Day will receive a Sprecher swag bag with 2 drink tokens for a future visit; a Friday Family Date Night free root beer float add on coupon; a Sprecher bottle opener; a brew good things koozie; Milwaukee flag sticker; and one custom label bottle of Father’s Day Root Beer.  The taproom bar and snack kitchen will be open to all visitors. Guests do not need to go on a tour or participate in any competitions to visit Sprecher.

Sprecher also has a bunch of great Father’s Day gifts available for purcahse, including two Father’s Day gift packs online, their Dad Thanks for Always Rootin’ For Me Root Beer bottles and custom “World’s Best Pop Root Beer” labels where customers can add their favorite image of their dad to the label. For more information visit: https://sprecherbrewery.com/collections/fathers-day-gifts or stop by their local gift shop.

From its Glendale headquarters just north of Milwaukee, Sprecher Brewery currently brews more than 20 different craft sodas (including WBC, Black Bear, Caruso’s and Green River) and its world-famous award-winning Sprecher Root Beer. Sprecher’s sodas are made with superior, locally sourced ingredients, including pure raw honey, that is uniquely fire-brewed in small batch kettles to deliver its “Best in Class” bold flavor. Sprecher Brewery also produces 12 craft beers, and owns Juvee energy drinks and Ooh La Lemin Lemonade Natural Beverages. Since 2020, Sprecher’s sales are up more than 300 percent. Thanks to Sprecher’s 175+ employees its craft sodas are now available in 49 states and at SprecherBrewery.com.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.