Explore your vegan food options with Dead Bird Brewing

Based out of Madison, last November, Dead Bird Brewing opened its first taproom in Milwaukee.

IN TODAYS WE'RE OPEN SERIES -WE'RE FEATURING A POPULARBREWERY THAT HAS REVAMPED ITSMENU TO CONTINUE SERVINGCUSTOMERS DURING THE PANDEMIC.DELANEY BREY TAKES US TO DEADBIRD BREWING.BASED OUT OF MADISON - LASTNOVEMBER - DEAD BIRD BREWINGOPENED ITS FIRST TAP ROOM INMILWAUKEE.

"Thing were goingreally well, we were lookingforward to a rocking springand summer.

And that kindachanged half way through MarchWHEN COVID-19 REACHED THEBADGER STATE - CO-FOUNDER ANDBREWMASTER NICK KOCIS HAD ANIDEA OF WHAT WAS TO COME.

:"We as a company took itreally seriously.

Mybackground is in biochemistryand molecular biology so Ibelieve in a lot of thescience thats out there andthe statistics and numbersASTHE SAFER AT HOME ORDER TOOKAFFECT - DEAD BIRD BREWINGSHUT DOWN ALL OPERATIONS FORTWO MONTHS.

NOW THEY ARE BACKWITH ONLINE ORDERING OFFERINGVEGAN FOOD AND BEER OPTIONSFOR CUSTOMERS.

: "We've revampour entire menu.

We do stillhave some of the favorites onthere but it was more of ashift toward things that weremore to go friendly.

We'vealso rethought the beer aspectof things.

We've never had togo beer that wasn't in a canbefore.

Cans became incrediblyhard to find so we switch toglass growlersWITH MEALS ANDDRINKS HEADING OUT THE DOOR -THE TAP ROOM STILL REMAINSEMPTY.

"We'll see how itgoes, we have twenty-twoarcade games that are rightnext to each other.

We weretalking this morning aboutmaybe we space them out, maybewe get rid of some of them.

Soour interior is still verymuch up in the airBUT FOR NOWNICK IS JUST HAPPY TO SEE -MILWAUKEE MISSED DEAD BIRDBREWING.

: "One of the nicethings with online ordering isthere is a note box for peopleto leave little messages.

Sowe've got a lot of we missedyou guys and we're glad yourback kind of thing.

We have alot of regulars to the pointwhen they call us to tell usthey are here to pick up theirorder I recognize their voice.So it's been really nice toreconnect with those peoplewho are our bread and butterDELANEY BREY TMJ4 NEWS.HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES ACROSSSOUTHEAST WISCONSIN HAVEDRAMATICALLY CHANGED THEIRLOOK AND STANDARDS TO HELP YOUFEEL SAFE.

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