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Onopa Brewing Company
Overall: Awesome!    Score: 81.2 / 100
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735 East Center Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
United States
(414) 264-3630
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Listed Since: January 2002
Last Updated: May 2006
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hours of operation
Sun 12:00PM - 02:00AM
Mon 04:00PM - 02:00AM
Tue 04:00PM - 02:00AM
Wed 04:00PM - 02:00AM
Thu 04:00PM - 02:00AM
Fri 04:00PM - 02:30AM
Sat 12:00PM - 02:30AM

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This place has been remodeled and reopened under a new name - Stonefly Brewing Company. There is a separate listing under the new name.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Craig Stichtenoth Craig Stichtenoth, Katy, TX
(05/07/2006)
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Lousy So So N/A So So So So
all i knows is that i've not been able to finish a single pint at this place and i've returned at least a few due to unexpected dreadfulness. uhhh... mr. brewer let's work it out please. nobody wants a cup of syrupy shite. BUT. they have good music. adult. i mean anyone that books adult. has my approval. i just don't want to get sick drinking some half brewed shit. y'know? well it's a little better than i'm leading you to believe. maybe.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Pat Lodge Pat Lodge, new york, NY
(03/28/2006)
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Awesome! Awesome! N/A Great Awesome!
Just down from St. Paul, MN. Went to the Ale House and was disappointed with average to poor beer. Glad I stoped in as Onopa, what a surpise. Outstanding Oatmeal stout. Full body, plenty of malt character to go along with the beautiful, rich black color and the everlasting creamy chocolate head. A great beer from a real brew pub. Food would be nice however. Also had a glass of Imperial Star Destroyer Stout. Wow. Heavy body, heavy malt, light hop finish, very very clean, rich, and decadent. Worth the trip just to drink their Imperial Stout.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from David Buckman David Buckman, St. Paul, MN
(12/29/2005)
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Good Good N/A So So So So
The forgotten brewery, or that it seamed to me. We stopped on a Monday on the way north. The place was totally dead, 4 kids playing pool, all drinking cheep canned beer including the bartender. The place seamed run down, more like some local corner bar. The beer was good, not great, no special brews on tap and no food. There was literally nothing to make us stay and have a second beer, so we went to find the Ale House.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Philip Molloy Philip Molloy, Kalamazoo, MI
(04/06/2005)
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To continue my previous review- this is my second time to Onopa but it has been a couple of years. In my opinion the beer quality has declined. The selection was nice but why do they still have a spiced ale on tap? Has it been here since Xmas? Wasn't bad but tasted a little old. The brown ale was quite hoppy (possibly like a northern brown) but was very cloudy and not malt balanced. drinkable but but more of an american amber. The pale ale which was the star on my previous visit was average but missing something. Less cascade used? I heard that a different owner/brewer is in place now. I didn't try other beers mostly because I started to feel OLD. Everyone there could have been my kid.Time to start concentrating on the brewing and not so much on getting college kids drunk. You can not even find Onopa on most sites and publications.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Todd Folkestad Todd Folkestad, owatonna, MN
(02/03/2005)
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Hey this place is odd. They had six brews on tap. However there were 2 people out of thirty in the crowd drinking the good stuff. Maybe it was the big sign saying Grain belt for 1.50. A beer was only 3.25. Also the crowd appearred to be mostly young starving artist college kids. I'll add more to this later.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Todd Folkestad Todd Folkestad, owatonna, MN
(02/02/2005)
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Awesome! Awesome! Good Awesome! Awesome!
First and foremost, the house beers made there were very good. I sampled all of the eight beers that were on tap but the pale ale and the porter were my favorites. As previous reviewers stated, this place has a very unique atmosphere and is not upscale in the least. The giant mouse trap is a site to see. The bartender Christian was an awesome host and spent a lot of time talking to me about numerous subjects. I was also able to meet the brewer, very nice as well and took the time to talk to me for a bit. I would have to rate this place the best brew pub I've been to in the greater Milwaukee area. Milwaukee has a couple of great microbreweries but is severely lacking in the brew pub area. The food was OK but not outstanding. Menu was very limited. My only knock on this place would be that they don't take credit cards or let you run a tab. Not good for the beer loving business traveler. I will come back next time I'm in Milwaukee.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Beer Boy Beer Boy, Suffield, OH
(12/08/2004)
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I had pretty high expectations from finding this place on pubcrawler. It was decent, but the APA, while solid, did not bring tears to my eyes, as one other pubcrawler described. A unique place with a diverse crowd and better than average beers for Milwukee, but simply average on a national scale.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Todd Clingman Todd Clingman, Centerville, OH
(11/28/2004)
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Here's a brewpub that makes no pretensions of inoffensive tidiness. If that's what you’re about, skip Onopa and head downtown to Rock Bottom. Rather, this place appears to cater to the Berkeley-like eccentric subset of the UW-M student body. (I certainly wasn't expecting a Burning-Man-type freak show clientele, but that's what you get here. Nonetheless they let this out-of-place conservative square drink his beer in peace, so freak show or not, they're OK by me.) The inside is dark and decidedly understated. Walls are black. Ceiling is black. Floor is black. Mood is black. Tables and chairs that looked as if they were salvaged from an abandoned diner were scattered haphazardly about. A 70s-vintage Blatz electric clock complete with ersatz pendulum is the most extravagant bit of decor.

They had 8 of their brews on tap, a pretty decent variety for such a small-scale operation. All the ones I sampled were very well-crafted. Tried the wheat first. Seemed more Belgian than German in style. Tart though it was, it was also surprisingly sweet and rather intense -- almost as though they had taken some Hoegaarden and concrentrated it. Probably the most unique wheat beer I've had. Not so unique was the "Moustache Ride" pale ale, your standard boilerplate West-Coast style American IPA. Well-done but not terribly original. Their House Ale almost seemed like “American IPA Lite.” Well hopped but without the telltale Cascade bite, which allowed the malt character to surface better than in the WestCoastBoilerplate. Their Special Bitter was an excellent English-style bitter (though unfortunately not on hand-pull) with a perfect balance of sharp but not intrusive hop bitterness and generous warm caramel malt. The oatmeal stout was the best of the bunch, and one of the best I've had anywhere. Starts out unusually sweet, then the dry-roast flavor mows you down, until alas the slight oatmeal sweetness makes a small comeback. Didn't try the porter or the brown -- maybe next time.

So with all the praise, why the "So-So" overall rating? Because while my visit started out as a quiet, contemplative beer-pondering experience, that serenity was soon shattered by a band so goddamned loud I thought my ears were going to bleed. Can someone tell me why bands that play in 2,000 square-foot bars feel the need to turn their amps up as if they're trying to fill Madison Square Garden with their dreck? What's worse is that they sucked horse’s ass. Loud + Sucky = Insufferable. No wonder there was a grand total of about 25 patrons on a Saturday night. Even the bartender told us, "I'm so sick of these bands, I just wanna take a big-ass airhorn up on stage, blast it right in their ears and say, ‘that’s how much I'm enjoying your music.'" I'm with you, pal. It didn't take long for this aural bombardment to chase my date and me the hell out of there, promptly reducing the patron count to 23.

Onopa's got a good thing going with the beer. But if you want to sample it without incidental hearing loss, make sure to check their schedule and patronize the place when there isn't a Hellforsaken noise factory on the stage.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from The Enemy The Enemy, Chicago, IL
(11/07/2004)
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Great Great N/A Good Great
The former owner, (Paul?) Onopa, has sold the brewery. Two local woman have purchased it. This according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. From what I have seen and heard nothing has immediatly changed. A very unique place. I went dressed in a polo shirt and jeans and definately stuck out, but the staff was nice and the beer was worth it.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Ken Ken, Oak Creek, WI
(08/24/2004)
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(07/27/2004)
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they only had the 3 specialty beers available of which I had the Belgian Dubbel style. It was pretty good. They'd run out of their regular brews and for some reason didn't get the empties changed out. The bartender was friendly and answered my questions. We were there yesterday, Sat 3 July which is of course Summerfest. So, there were only two other customers and it was pretty mellow even with the hard guitar playing on the sound system. Great funky style to the place with some H. Bosch style line drawings. Would've bought a t-shirt with the art on it if the beer it referred to was available to try. Place is a perfect compliment to the Fuel Cafe coffee shop accross the street. Looking forward to going again next time that I can.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Jeff Hotson Jeff Hotson, La Crosse, WI
(07/04/2004)
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Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Geo. Miller Geo. Miller, Plymouth, CT
(06/30/2004)
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i've always found erin to be a great bartender! she hates the world so much that she always makes me feel better about me life. the only thing that i don't like about her is that she moved away and doesn't work at onopa anymore.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Gabriel Gabriel, Milwaukee, WI
(06/09/2004)
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Very strange place! Younger more eclectic crowd made me feel a little uncomfortable. I was probably the only person without multiple piercings. However the first sip of APA brought tears to my eyes. God I love the smell of Cascade in the evening! They also had a nice Belgian Strong Gold. Next time I'll wear my Grateful Dead T-shirt and doo-rag and I may never leave. I even tracked down the brewer and thanked him but did not get much of a response. Maybe it was my dockers and polo shirt. Hey I'm a democrat! Can't wait to return.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Todd Folkestad Todd Folkestad, Owatonna, MN
(03/16/2004)
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A gem of a brewpub with real potential located in a somewhat questionable neighborhood. Best beer in Milwaukee.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Grant T. Averill Grant T. Averill, Louisville, KY
(02/17/2004)
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Awesome! Awesome! N/A Awesome! Awesome!
This is the best bar in milwaukee if you care about beer and social issues, they have numerous benefits, which Paul the owner is all about, benefits, for the community, the beer is excellent i've been going since the very first day they opened and because they only have good beer i never get a hangover, Overall its a 10 out of 10.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Millersucks Millersucks, milwaukee, WI
(09/04/2003)
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What a GREAT spot. Although the other patrons make me feel about 100 years old, the beer is excellent and the genuine funkiness is a refreshing antidote to the yuppie sameness elsewhere. Very friendly service.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Hal Hackett Hal Hackett, Milwaukee, WI
(08/04/2003)
Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Awesome! N/A Awesome! Awesome!
Very tasty beer. Pale ale is my beer of choice, and the APA there is amazing. Fresh and lots of hops. The seasonal Sömmer ale is equally delicious. $2 pints on Thursdays. Keep up the good work!

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Emily Emily, Milwaukee, WI
(07/29/2003)
Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Awesome! N/A Great Awesome!
Onopa is truly a unique place. The fine beers, eclectic ambience and local patronage all help give the place an old school beer hall feel, yet remains quite contemporary. No T.V.'s. People drink and speak here. The house brew's are all top notch and priced right. The beer garden still needs work, but is already a comfortable place to hang out. I've always found the bartenders to be on the ball, with or without attitude. Go there.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Orson Gordon Orson Gordon, Milwaukee, WI
(07/12/2003)
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Awesome! Great Great Great Awesome!
I am king of beer! So it Onopa!

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Justin Justin, twin cities, MN
(07/10/2003)
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Awesome! Good N/A Good Awesome!
Very cool place. By cool I mean Sinatra's corpse meets 3.5 tons of ice.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Braden Braden, mount prospect, IL
(07/10/2003)
Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Awesome! N/A Good Awesome!
Can you believe it? Guys... I'm on TV!!! PHENOMENAL BEER - quite a compliment coming from an experienced brewmaster.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Jason Jason, Neenah, WI
(07/10/2003)
Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Awesome! N/A Great Great
The beer is excellent, both their own brews (APA! ESB!) and the non-Onopa selections(Bells!). I've been going there with some regularity (once a month or so) since it opened, and I've found everyone there to be friendly and helpful. The only "attitude" I've detected from Erin the bartender is that she's smart, funny, and pleasant to be around.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review Milwaukee, WI
(07/10/2003)
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Most of the bartenders have total attitude, especially the white girl with black dreadlocks. The place would be ALOT cooler with a different, less self righteous, and downright inconsiderate bar staff. I've tried coming in there for happy hour a few times and walked right back out when upon entering blaring, screaming grindcore at 5 int he afternoon, gimmie a break what is this high school? Anyone whose just finished a long, hard days work just wants to unwind. This staff is NOT properly representing the Riverwest community.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Sarah Sarah, Milwaukee, WI
(07/09/2003)
 
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