Chris Drosner

Milwaukee

Executive Editor at Milwaukee Magazine

Executive editor, @milwaukeemag; beer writer for @WiStateJournal; Badger Beer Hour. Will not always stick to beer. Same handle on Bsky #wibeer #craftbeer He/him

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Beer Baron: The death of craft brewing has been greatly exaggerated

2 days ago | lakegenevanews.net | Chris Drosner

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Beer Baron: The death of craft brewing has been greatly exaggerated

2 days ago | madison.com | Chris Drosner

I closed my 2024 wrap-up column five months ago with a not-that-rosy outlook for the brewing industry. Several breweries had closed at the end of the year, and I wrote that I expected more in January. Since that writing — and, I must say, it’s good to be back! — one egg after another has plopped onto my face. The Wisconsin industry has had a fantastic run of good news that I certainly did not expect: openings, expansions and additional locations.
Beer Baron: The death of craft brewing has been greatly exaggerated

2 days ago | lacrossetribune.com | Chris Drosner

I closed my 2024 wrap-up column five months ago with a not-that-rosy outlook for the brewing industry. Several breweries had closed at the end of the year, and I wrote that I expected more in January. Since that writing — and, I must say, it’s good to be back! — one egg after another has plopped onto my face. The Wisconsin industry has had a fantastic run of good news that I certainly did not expect: openings, expansions and additional locations.
What’s Next for Molson Coors’ Tenth Street Brewery?

2 months ago | milwaukeemag.com | Chris Drosner

We’ve already poured out a Summer Shandy for the 157-year-old Leinenkugel’s brewery in Chippewa Falls, shuttered this winter by corporate parent Molson Coors. A play by the Leinenkugel family to buy back their historic brewery seems like not much more than a Hail Mary. But what will come of that brewery’s also-closed younger cousin in Milwaukee? The Tenth Street Brewery along I-43 on the edge of Downtown was not long ago a big piece of Molson Coors’ craft beer plans.
The Touching Story Behind This Beautiful Snowscape

Feb 13, 2025 | milwaukeemag.com | Chris Drosner

Mike and Marshia Crowley had been avid hobby photographers for years before launching the Life in the Northwoods website and Facebook page in 2012 to share their perspectives of the beauty of the region. “I loved it for the fun of it and something to do together, while Mike got more serious and technical,” Marshia says. After Mike died in 2022 at age 76, Marshia has continued posting wildlife and scenic photography to Life in the Northwoods.
Beer Baron: This guy is the 50-state road warrior of breweries

Jan 28, 2025 | madison.com | Chris Drosner

Everyone’s got a number, whether you know it or not. I’m not sure how many breweries I’ve visited — 200-some? Maybe a bit more? Joel Geier knows his number, and as of Jan. 17, it was 1,379. Visiting that many breweries — stacked end to end, it would be more than three years of daily visits — requires a love of breweries, of course, but also requires a unique confluence of circumstances and a certain Pokemonesque “catch ’em all” mindset.
A Moment of Serendipity Became This Stunning Winter Sunrise Photo

Dec 19, 2024 | milwaukeemag.com | Chris Drosner

A photographer’s eye is always looking, noticing. Joe Garza was passing through the countryside near Deerfield, east of Madison, when this scene began to take shape outside his car windows. He spoke with us about how he captured the shot. What is your favorite thing about this photo? What “makes” it?
Beer Baron: 4 things about the closure of Leinenkugel’s Chippewa Falls brewery

Dec 3, 2024 | madison.com | Chris Drosner

November’s news that Molson Coors is closing the 157-year-old Leinenkugel’s brewery in Chippewa Falls was the biggest Wisconsin beer news of 2024. Here are my four top takeaways:1. Ouch. This was a gut punch for just about everyone involved. You have to feel for Chippewa Falls, a town of about 15,000 that is nevertheless known across the Midwest and beyond because the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. has been making beer there for six generations.
How a Photographer Captured this Perfectly-Timed Sunset Shot

Nov 26, 2024 | milwaukeemag.com | Chris Drosner

Spillover II, artist Jaume Plensa’s 8.5-foot figure made of steel letters, seems to ponder the expanse of Lake Michigan from its pedestal atop Atwater Park in Shorewood. The sculpture has long intrigued Oconomowoc-based photographer John Hart, who has captured a series of images of celestial objects behind Spillover II’s letter-latticed form – a rising sun suggesting a heart, a moon creating a halo effect behind its head.
Coach Talk: A Conversation With Doc Rivers and Shaka Smart

Nov 25, 2024 | milwaukeemag.com | Chris Drosner

When the Milwaukee Bucks hired Doc Rivers last January, it was a homecoming for the longtime NBA coach whose retired Marquette jersey hangs from the rafters of Fiserv Forum. But it also opened a new chapter in a lesser-known relationship between Rivers and Marquette coach Shaka Smart. The two met in 2008, when Rivers was coaching in Boston, the same year he led the Celtics to their 17th NBA championship.