Event Listings
Brazilian Night! Samba Music Plus Brazilian Food Pop-Up
Join us at Working Draft Beer Co for a night of samba music and tasty food. Saideira Pagode will be bringing their Brazilian rhythms and Bloom Blaso Cakes will be serving Brazilian food!
Food is served from 5-8ish pm and the samba will fill the taproom from 7-9 pm. And of course, the WDBC taps will be flowing from 3-10 pm.
Working Draft Beer plus Brazilian food plus Brazilian music? Sim por favor!
Yoga on Tap
Can you think of a better way to start a Sunday than yoga and a pint?
Join Emily Weber of The Local Movement for Yoga On Tap at Working Draft. Get an hour of yoga in before enjoying some of the best beer you’ll find anywhere.
You can sign up for this monthly event right here.
Tickets are $25 and yoga mats are available to rent as well in case you don’t have one.
Open Christmas Eve
Working Draft will be open Wednesday, December 24th, from noon to 5pm.
Come on in and share a little bit of the holidays with us 🎄
Meat Raffle at WDBC 12/28 at 2pm
Working Draft is hosting a Meat Raffle the last Sunday of every month!
Starting at 2pm, our Meat Raffles will all be six rounds, $2 paddles, and feature meat from rotating meat purveyors, including Fox Heritage Farms, Jenifer Street Market, and Wells Farms.
We love a good Meat Raffle, and we know that you do too!
Celebrate New Year's Eve with WDBC
We will be open special hours, 12-8pm, on New Year's Eve, 12/31/25.
Start your celebration with us - with drink specials, ringing in the New Year with Europe with a special midnight drink toast. More details to come!
Celebrate the last day of 2025 with us!
Barrett's Bagels Pop-Up
Join us for a New Year’s Day brunch at Working Draft!
Ben from Barrett’s Bagels will be popping up Thursday, January 1st (2026!!!), starting at 10am. We’ll be open until 3, but judging from past pop-ups, the bagel sandwiches will not last that long.
He’ll be serving up delicious bagel sandwiches, such as:
— Egg and cheese
— Bacon, egg, and cheese
— Bagel with cream cheese
— And more
Barrett’s Bagels will be selling bagels to-go as well. Come join us for a sandwich and a beer (and maybe a mimosa!) :)
American Red Cross Blood Drive at Working Draft Beer Co
Help us help others by giving blood at our fall American Red Cross Blood Drive.
Click here to schedule an appointment.
Everyone who donates blood gets a BOGO card for Working Draft and is registered to win a pair of Super Bowl tickets!
We host a Red Cross blood drive once a quarter, so if you can’t give blood this time around, keep your eyes open for future opportunities. Thank you!!!
Cousins Maine Lobster Food Truck & Lobstah Roll New England IPA Beer Release
We’ve got a special treat for you, the traveling Cousins Maine Lobster Food Truck! From 12-4pm on Saturday, 12/13, they’ll be popping up with lobster rolls, lobster and shrimp tacos, clam chowder and bisque, and even lobster tater tots!
And what goes great with New England Lobster? That’s right, New England IPA, which you may know by the name Hazy IPA. We’ll be releasing a special small-batch of Lobstah Roll Hazy IPA to pair with this delicacy.
🦞 Join us Saturday, December 13th, from noon to 4pm 🦞
American Red Cross Blood Drive at Working Draft Beer Co
Help us help others by giving blood at our fall American Red Cross Blood Drive.
Click here to schedule an appointment.
Everyone who donates blood gets a BOGO card for Working Draft!
We host a Red Cross blood drive once a quarter, so if you can’t give blood this time around, keep your eyes open for future opportunities. Thank you!!!
American Red Cross Blood Drive at Working Draft Beer Co
Help us help others by giving blood at our fall American Red Cross Blood Drive.
Click here to schedule an appointment.
Everyone who donates blood gets a BOGO card for Working Draft!
We host a Red Cross blood drive once a quarter, so if you can’t give blood this time around, keep your eyes open for future opportunities. Thank you!!!
Holiday Wreath Making Workshop with Allen Centennial Garden
Tickets are sold out, catch us next year!
The wreath making workshop is back again this year by popular demand!
Join us Thursday, December 11th, as the fine folks from Allen Centennial Garden come in to Working Draft to make holiday wreaths with us.
A $55 ticket includes all supplies to make one wreath, help making the wreath, and a free drink! And if multiple people want to work on one wreath together, you just need one ticket. It’s one ticket per wreath, not participant.
This workshop (or the wreath you create) is a perfect gift idea, date night, or just something fun to do with your family (or solo!).
We have 20 slots available, so snag your tickets here today!
A Perfect Sunday with Packers - Booyah - Meat Raffle
Join us Sunday, December 7th, for A Perfect Sunday!
What makes up A Perfect Sunday? Here’s what’s on our list:
The Packers play the Bears at 3:25. We’ll have the game (and sound) on the TV.
Green and Gold jello shots and other fun drink specials.
A Meat Raffle with meat from Jenifer Street Market starting at 2pm.
A big pot of Green Bay Booyah. BOOYAH!!!
Expect a cozy taproom full of flannels, Packer jerseys, friends, and people bargaining over meat raffle wins. Expect the smell of Booyah drifting through the brewery. Expect loud cheers, louder groans (hopefully not too many!), and probably someone screaming “MEAT!” at least once every 10 minutes. In other words - A Perfect Sunday.
Come hungry, come thirsty, and come ready for some classic Wisconsin fun. See you on December 7th!
Black Friday Makers Market 11/28
Get out and shop local this Black Friday! The Madison Makers Market & Pub-Crawl is taking place Friday, November 28th, 2025 from Noon to 5pm.
This is a family friendly event, with fun holiday shopping for the entire family!
Find gifts within the handmade community and meet the makers who create what you take home in categories like Knit Goods, Candles, Jewelry, Paper Goods, Bath & Body, Baked Goods & Confections, Kids Toys, Wood & Metal Work, Cross Stitch & Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Photography, Live Sketching... and the list goes on!
This event is free and no tickets are needed to come and enjoy the fun! You only pay for the items you want to buy from vendors, and the drinks or food you want to enjoy.
Holiday Wreath Making Workshop with Allen Centennial Garden
The wreath making workshop is back again this year by popular demand!
Join us Saturday, 11/22, as the fine folks from Allen Centennial Garden come in to Working Draft to make holiday wreaths with us.
A $55 ticket includes all supplies to make one wreath, help making the wreath, and a free drink! And if multiple people want to work on one wreath together, you just need one ticket. It’s one ticket per wreath, not participant.
This workshop (or the wreath you create) is a perfect gift idea, date night, or just something fun to do with your family (or solo!).
We have 20 slots available, so snag your tickets here today!
Brewery Casserole Cook-Off
Join us Saturday, November 22nd, for a collaborative Thanksgiving casserole cook-off!
Delta Beer Lab, Karben4, Giant Jones, Young Blood, and Full Mile will each be bringing a house-made casserole and and a guest beer to share. WDBC will also be making a casserole to share.
$20 gets you a casserole flight and a pour of the collab beer. Vote on your favorite casserole at the end, the winning brewery gets a savory trophy!
The six Madison-area breweries are also collaborating on and releasing a Double IPA specially for this event.
Need another reason to be thankful? Besides the casserole cook-off, we’ll have other Thanksgiving-inspired food items for you.
Come find out who makes the best casserole, enjoy some great beer, and most importantly, commune with our fellow brewery friends 🍻
Brazilian Night! Samba Music Plus Brazilian Food Pop-Up
Join us at Working Draft Beer Co for a night of samba music and tasty food. Saideira Pagode will be bringing their Brazilian rhythms and Chef Lorraine will be serving Brazilian food, including Brigadeiros, Coxinha, Pão de Queijo, and Picanha Sandwiches!
Food is served from 5-8ish pm and the samba will fill the taproom from 7-9 pm. And of course, the WDBC taps will be flowing from 3-10 pm.
Working Draft Beer plus Brazilian food plus Brazilian music? Sim por favor!
Pickle Day Palooza
Both pickle-making classes are sold out. We may look to add a similar class in the Spring, so stay tuned 🥒
Friday, November 14th, is National Pickle Day, and that’s a holiday that we can’t not celebrate. So Saturday, November 15th, we are going to party in a way that will bring a smile to every pickle lover’s face 🥒🥒🥒
In honor of the amazing, preserved, fermented cucumber, we have a ton of fun things going on, including:
Two different Pickle-Making classes, one at 1:30 and one at 3:30, that, for $25, includes:
A beer
A pickle flight
Guided lessons on how to make pickles
Ingredients and equipment to make your own jar of pickles, which you get to take home
Release of a one-of-a-kind WDBC Pickle Beer
Pickle flights all day long
Pickle-inspired food menu
Click here to purchase tickets for the 1:30 pickle-making workshop
Click here to purchase tickets for the 3:30 pickle-making workshop
Pickle lovers unite and see you 11/15 🥒🥒🥒
Yoga on Tap
Can you think of a better way to start a Sunday than yoga and a pint?
Join Emily Weber of The Local Movement for Yoga On Tap at Working Draft. Get an hour of yoga in before enjoying some of the best beer you’ll find anywhere.
You can sign up for this monthly event right here.
Tickets are $25 and yoga mats are available to rent as well in case you don’t have one.
Gallery Night at WDBC
Join us for MMOCA’s Gallery Night Friday, November 7th!
Our Artist-in-Residence, The Oddity Monger, will be having a small popup selling some additional pieces as well as talking about her process of making her art.
In addition, she will have special interactive art lesson!
Each session starts at the top of the hour (6pm, 7pm, & 8pm)
The class will be $45 and you sign up / pay directly at Gallery Night
It includes a guided spell jar assemblage, with all materials included - jar, components, sealing wax, intention scroll, and discussion.
Available spells will include Gratitude, Empathy, Inspiration, Happiness, Protection, Health, Clarity, Self Love, and Inner Peace.
Make sure to make WDBC a stop on your Gallery Night path!
Kindled Community Sauna Pop-Up at Working Draft Beer Co
Come out to the patio of Working Draft Beer Company for an evening of wood-fired sauna + cold plunge sessions brought to you by Kindled Community Sauna!
For 60 minutes, cycle through hot sauna, cold plunges, rest, rehydrate and repeat at your own pace. Follow your session up with some lounge time on the patio or indoors.
Arrive wearing whatever you feel comfortable getting sweaty/wet in. Some folks wear a bathing suit while others choose light athletic clothing. Bring two towels, a water bottle, and slip on shoes.
An email will be sent out to sauna goers a day or two ahead of time with some details and a waiver to sign.
Booking all 6 seats for a particular time slot will give you/your group a private session.
See you at the sauna!
Day of the Dead Celebration with the Latino Academy of Workforce Development
We’re proud and honored to collaborate with The Latino Academy of Workforce Development to celebrate The Day of the Dead, aka El Día de los Muertos.
El Día de los Muertos, if you’re not familiar, is a holiday originating from Mexico where family and friends gather to honor loved ones who have died.
With much guidance from The Latino Academy, we have put together a day that will help both kids and adults alike honor loved ones in a fun way. Some of the activities you can take part in include:
El Chisme Mexican Food Truck from 1-6pm
Free face painting from 1-4pm
Sugar skull coloring pages
Picture frame decorating
Coco-themed loteria game
Mexican hot chocolate stout release
Special cocktail
A portion of proceeds benefit The Latino Academy and the work they do. Join us, have some fun, and learn about and take part in something beautiful.
Halloween Party
Join us for some creepy, spooky, delicious fun Friday, October 31st as we celebrate Halloween at Working Draft 🎃
We’ve got a lot of fun and tasty things planned for you, including:
The return of fan favorite Gourdinary Warlock Pumpkin Ale
Special Halloween concoctions from Mitch’s cauldron
Costume contest starting at 8pm
Booze-filled piñata following the costume contest
A pop-up from our Artist-in-Residence, Oddity Monger, from 6-9pm
Whether Working Draft is your base of operations or the launching pad for your evening, join us for a fun time 👻
American Red Cross Blood Drive at Working Draft Beer Co
Help us help others by giving blood at our fall American Red Cross Blood Drive.
Click here to schedule an appointment.
Everyone who donates blood gets a $10 gift card, a chance to win $5,000, a Wisconsin Badger t-shirt, and BOGO card for Working Draft!
We host a Red Cross blood drive once a quarter, so if you can’t give blood this time around, keep your eyes open for future opportunities. Thank you!!!
Meat Raffle at WDBC 10/26 at 2pm
Working Draft is hosting a Meat Raffle the last Sunday of every month!
Starting at 2pm, our Meat Raffles will all be six rounds, $2 paddles, and feature meat from rotating meat purveyors, including Fox Heritage Farms, Jenifer Street Market, and Wells Farms.
We love a good Meat Raffle, and we know that you do too!
Dried Flower Wreath Workshop w/ Allen Centennial Garden 10/25
Join us at Working Draft for a dried flower buffet!
Allen Centennial Garden is bringing all the supplies and know-how to create an awesome dried flower wreath. Or, if you want to go crazy, plenty of wire and hot glue to make something different.
We'll have a few samples to kick start your imagination, review the basic steps for making a wreath, and then turn you loose with all the needed strawflower, winged everlasting, rye heads, straw, and more! Supplies included are heavy duty wire, floral tape, floral wire, and, of course, hot glue.
Tickets are $40, which includes a beer!
We’ll be doing this event two dates, Saturday Sept 27 @ 1:30 & Saturday Oct 25 @ 1:30. So if this one doesn’t work, check out our other date.
Great beer and making great art with Allen Centennial Garden. Sounds like a perfect Saturday day-date!
Let’s Link Permanent Jewelry Pop-Up
Let’s Link Permanent Jewelry will be popping up in our taproom for a special event on Friday 10/24/25 from 5-8pm. Featuring bracelets, rings, special Halloween charms, and more!
Madison Astronomy On Tap
https://astronomyontap.org/event/aotmadison/
Join us for our October 2025 edition of Madison Astronomy on Tap at Working Draft Beer Company!
Enjoy fascinating talks from Graduate Students Tayt Armitage and Evan Linck!
We will have some astronomy trivia, SPACE BINGO, and plenty of Q&A time to ask astronomers your burning questions about space!
RSVP on Facebook and follow us on instagram for update!
Brazilian Night! Samba Music Plus Brazilian Food Pop-Up
Join us at Working Draft Beer Co for a night of samba music and tasty food. Saideira Pagode will be bringing their Brazilian rhythms and Chef Lorraine will be serving Brazilian food, including Brigadeiros, Coxinha, Pão de Queijo, and Picanha Sandwiches!
Food is served from 5-8ish pm and the samba will fill the taproom from 7-9 pm. And of course, the WDBC taps will be flowing from 3-10 pm.
Working Draft Beer plus Brazilian food plus Brazilian music? Sim por favor!
Yoga on Tap
Can you think of a better way to start a Sunday than yoga and a pint?
Join Emily Weber of The Local Movement for Yoga On Tap at Working Draft. Get an hour of yoga in before enjoying some of the best beer you’ll find anywhere.
You can sign up for this monthly event right here.
Tickets are $25 and yoga mats are available to rent as well in case you don’t have one.
Meat Raffle at WDBC 9/28 at 2pm
Working Draft is hosting a Meat Raffle the last Sunday of every month!
This month’s meat purveyor is Jenifer Street Market!
Starting at 2pm, our Meat Raffles will all be six rounds, $2 paddles, and feature meat from rotating meat purveyors, including Fox Heritage Farms, Jenifer Street Market, and Wells Farms.
We love a good Meat Raffle, and we know that you do too!
Homebrewing Class Presented by the Wine and Hop Shop
Want to learn more about brewing? The Wine and Hop Shop's Homebrewing classes can be the perfect place to learn!
Lasting about two hours, this beginner homebrewing class covers everything that goes into the brewing process, from brewing the beer to bottling the beer. We'll also discuss the ingredients that go into beer.
This class is held right in the brewhouse of Working Draft Beer Co. Which means you may even get to taste some beer while you're there :)
You even get a $5 certificate for the Shop. How do you beat that? Sign up two people for a class and save $10!
And don't forget that classes make a great gift idea.
Dried Flower Wreath Workshop w/ Allen Centennial Garden 9/27
Join us at Working Draft for a dried flower buffet!
Allen Centennial Garden is bringing all the supplies and know-how to create an awesome dried flower wreath. Or, if you want to go crazy, plenty of wire and hot glue to make something different.
We'll have a few samples to kick start your imagination, review the basic steps for making a wreath, and then turn you loose with all the needed strawflower, winged everlasting, rye heads, straw, and more! Supplies included are heavy duty wire, floral tape, floral wire, and, of course, hot glue.
Tickets are $40, which includes a beer!
We’ll be doing this event two dates, Saturday Sept 27 @ 1:30 & Saturday Oct 25 @ 1:30. So if this one doesn’t work, check out our other date.
Great beer and making great art with Allen Centennial Garden. Sounds like a perfect Saturday day-date!
Make a Mosaic Candle Tray w/ Savannah Roy
This event is sold out
Interested in mosaics?! Join our current Artist-in-Residence, mosaic artist Savannah Roy, for an afternoon of mosaic fun.
Savannah will guide you through the basics of making mosaic art using glass. The class includes materials, tools, and tips. And, of course, your first beer!
After Savannah teaches you what you need to know, you will get firsthand mosaic experience by making your own candle tray!
Once you create your mosaic candle tray, Savannah will take the trays with her to put the finishing touches on, then you come back the next week to pick up your treasure. (Participants must be able to come in / send someone to pick up their candle tray the next week)
Be aware that you’ll be working with glass, so you’ll want to keep your wits about you. We’ll also ask you to sign a waiver stating that you know the risks involved (don’t get too scared though!).
This is a pretty unique opportunity, we recommend that you take advantage of it while you can. Tickets are $45 and there are only eight slots, so reserve yours ASAP!
Brazilian Night! Samba Music Plus Brazilian Food Pop-Up
Join us at Working Draft Beer Co for a night of samba music and tasty food. Saideira Pagode will be bringing their Brazilian rhythms and Bloom Blaso Cakes will be serving Brazilian food!
Food is served from 5-8ish pm and the samba will fill the taproom from 7-9 pm. And of course, the WDBC taps will be flowing from 3-10 pm.
Working Draft Beer plus Brazilian food plus Brazilian music? Sim por favor!
Madison Astronomy On Tap
https://astronomyontap.org/event/aotmadison/
Join us for our September 2025 edition of Madison Astronomy on Tap at Working Draft Beer Company!
Tonight’s speakers are Andrew Nine, who will be giving us an elemental tour of the universe, and Sebastian Heinz, who will teach us how black holes shape their host galaxies. The event is emceed by Keni Arnold.
We will have some astronomy trivia, SPACE BINGO, and plenty of Q&A time to ask astronomers your burning questions about space!
RSVP on Facebook and follow us on instagram for update!
Oktoberfest 2025 at Working Draft
It’s time to celebrate all things German at Working Draft’s annual Oktoberfest!
During the weekend of September 12th through 14th, we’ll be celebrating the only way Working Draft knows how to do: with tons of great beer, food, and fun!
Here’s a taster of what you can expect at our Oktoberfest Weekend:
16 German-style WDBC beers on tap, including Stackenblochen Oktoberfest Lager and HellerFest Festbier Lager (releases at noon on Friday)
WDBC-made Treberwurst and wurst platters from Bavaria Sausage
Potato pancakes, German potato salad, and sauerkraut from Stalzy’s Deli
Big, soft pretzels from Batch Bakehouse
WDBC branded 1 liter steins
Mike Schneider polka band on Saturday
Hammerschlagen all weekend long, a stein holding competition on Sunday, and other games
Special schnapps flight and an Underberg cocktail
Get your lederhosen and dirndl out from storage, practice your polka, and get ready for some German gemutlichkeit, Working Draft style. Prost!
Bike Between WDBC, Giant Jones, and Delta Beer Lab - Sunday, September 7th
Join us for a bike ride between three great breweries, Working Draft Beer Co, Giant Jones, and Delta Beer Lab!
A group of riders will meet at Delta Beer Lab, one at Giant Jones, and another at Working Draft.
Each group will leave at 1pm and head towards another brewery.
Shockingly, each place will have beer!
After a beverage, groups will head out to a different brewery and have a brew.
After having a beer at the second brewery, groups will head back to homebase. And maybe have one more?
Make sure to wear your helmet with your Bike Benefits sticker, since all three breweries will be giving discounts!
There is no cost to enter and you don’t have to pre-register. And you don't have to be a part of the group ride to participate, you can just ride as you wish!
Let’s Ride!
Madison Makers Summer Market
The Madison Makers Summer Market at Working Draft Beer is coming on Saturday, September 6th!
Sandwich Hub is popping up 1-6pm!
We are still working on the details but hope to be able to offer tons of entertainment!
Celebrate Working Draft's Underversary
Come celebrate our Underversary, when we celebrate one full year of all things Underberg at Working Draft!
We have a ton of fun and delicious ways to celebrate this tasty German digestive bitter, including:
We will have Underberg ice cream made specially for this event by Stellie's Ice Cream.
One of a kind root beer floats with Sprecher Root Beer and Underberg ice cream.
We are going to debut our Underberg chess set.
An Underberg toast at 6pm.
Ampersand flowers will be selling Underberg flower arrangements
Third Lake Sausage Company will be serving up his Underberg-infused pickled eggs
A special Underberg cocktail by Mitch
Underberg birthday cake
A special food option to be named soon!
My taste buds are getting fired up already. See you celebrate one year of Underberg delicousness at Working Draft Beer Co!!!
Meat Raffle at WDBC 8/31 at 2pm
Starting in August, Working Draft is hosting a Meat Raffle the last Sunday of every month!
Starting at 2pm, our Meat Raffles will all be six rounds, $2 paddles, and feature meat from rotating meat purveyors, including Fox Heritage Farms, Jenifer Street Market, and Wells Farms.
We love a good Meat Raffle, and we know that you do too!

