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!

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!!!

Thursday, August 28th should be a real party! So much fun to be had, including:

• We’re releasing the 2025 version of Stackenblochen Oktoberfest Lager!

• We’re tapping a 1/6bbl unfiltered preview of HellerFest Festbier, which will debut for real at Oktoberfest (September 12th - 14th), right at 5pm. It’ll go fast, so get there early!

• Cinn City Smash Burgers is popping up from 5-8 or 8:30! (You’ll have to search long and hard to find a better burger in town)

The first taste of this year’s Oktoberfest Lager. A preview of this year’s Festbier. A tasty smash burger. Let’s do this!!!

Join us for an afternoon of fun and fundraising! This family-friendly event is open to the public and has something for everyone, including a food truck!

There will be bags, giant Jenga, and giant Connect 4. Simply relax and enjoy your time, learn a little about FLYY, or take part in one of many fun ways to support our mental health initiatives for young adults in Dane County.

We can't wait to see you there! A big thank you to our sponsors: Working Draft Beer Company, Badger Popcorn, Festival Foods, Rutabaga Paddlesports, and Summit Credit Union!

$1 of every full pour will be donated to FLYY!

We are celebrating National Cuban Sandwich Day Friday, August 22nd!

The Sandwich Hub will be popping up at 5pm to bring back their ridiculous Cubano Sandwich.

Want more? We’ll be serving house-made Mohitos and Cuba Libres!

Still not convinced? Baked Lab will be providing special Cuban treats.

Man, you are a tough sell. Ok, we’ll also do a special listening to the Buena Vista Social Club on vinyl.

Great food, great music, and great drinks? Sounds great!!!

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 Andreza 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!

!! Due to weather, Cinn City will not be able to come today !!

Look for a Cinn City Smash Burger popup soon!

Join us Sunday, August 10th, has we host one of our favorite food trucks, Cinn City Smash Burgers.

You’ll have to search long and hard to find a better burger in town.

Cinn City will be at WDBC from 12:30 - 5pm smashing their burgers. What a way to wake up after the Great Taste of the Midwest!

Come on back to WDBC on Friday, August 8th, as we really get down before Saturday’s Great Taste of the Midwest Beer Festival!

We have a lot of fun on tap for you all weekend, including this exciting Friday lineup:

• Release of our collaboration with Cellar West Brewery, a Dry-Hopped Wheat Lager brewed with Wild Rice

• Miller High Life on a Side Pull faucet

• Limited tappings from the WDBC vault, including Pocket Brat Smoked Helles Doppelbock and Primo Pivo Czech-Style Pale Lager

• Spaghett’s and a Special Cocktail

• Great Taste of the Midwest Ticket Raffle

• Special Food

We can’t wait for the weekend. See you Friday!

Join us Thursday, August 7th, as we start to get ramped up for the Great Taste of the Midwest Beer Festival!

We have a lot of fun on tap for you all weekend, including this exciting Thursday lineup:

• Release of our collaboration with Lupulin Brewing, a Munich Dunkel brewed with Wild Rice

• Limited release / preview of an unfiltered Stackenblochen Oktoberfest

• Food Truck

Sign me up and sign me in. See you Thursday!

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 Andreza 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!

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!

Working Draft is participating in Make Music Madison again! We’ll be hosting seven different local musical acts throughout the fun-filled day, including:

• 12 - 1pm - SA-X Quartet - A sax quartet started in 2025 based in Madison, WI that performs chamber music, jazz, film & video game scores, and modern music including the likes of Disney Musicals, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Aerosmith, and Billie Eillish.

• 1:15 - 2:30pm - Parting Blue - Formerly known as Depression Glass, they have been playing together for almost 30 years and play a mix of originals and covers influenced by rock and alternative styles from the 1960's to the present.

• 2:45 - 3:45pm - Troye Shanks - Over 42 years has performed thousands of shows all over the Midwest with almost that many songs at his finger tips, including original music influenced by such artists as The Jayhawks, John Hiaat, Bruce Springsteen, Blues Traveler and Bob Dylan. There are plenty of cover songs to please almost any crowd. Troye is a five time Madison Area Music Award nominee and also the founding member of several successful groups including, "LIVE WIRE" "Gary & the Gators" " The Jessi Lynn Band" and my current groups, "Trailer Kings" "The Grooving Needles" & "The Back Pages."

• 4 - 5pm - The Night Painters - The Night Painters are an indie rock trio based in Madison. They recently released their sophomore album, Fence of Perfect Lines, that explores life's shifting landscape, the push and pull between security and passion, and the question of whether we're truly in control of our own future

• 5:15 - 6:15pm - Too Sick Charlie - “Some people play music like a lotta people don’t…” Too Sick Charlie and his genuine one man band have gained a reputation of playing uncompromising, no-nonsense roots music that spans Folk blues to American street harmonica and more… With his 3 string cigar box guitar he picks out foot tappin’ licks and lays down some solid beats with his drum kit. And throw in some soulful harp for good measure. Winner 2021 Paramount Music Association Blues Challenge (solo/duo). Quarterfinalist International Blues Challenge, Memphis. Too Sick regularly performs in the upper Midwest.

• 6:30 - 8pm - Tapestry - Tapestry has been performing American Roots and more since 2019 across Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and Illinois. Each show includes weaving strong vocal harmonies and utilizing an arsenal of instruments to create a unique sound all their own.

• 8 - 9pm - Lochanside - Lochanside is a Scottish folk band consisting of a shuttle bagpipe, guitar, fiddle, Celtic flute, and a bodhran. This Madison-based group plays Scottish music, everything from centuries old traditional songs and upbeat dance tunes, to new Celtic music coming out of Scotland today.

We also plan on having a food truck popping up, as well as Working Draft’s delicious beer. We also have a good amount of gluten-free and non-alcoholic options available, so come one, come all to support live local music!

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 Andreza 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!

There are lots of reasons to make Working Draft a stop on your Spring Gallery Night route Friday, May 16th:

• Check out the art on the walls :)

• Our Artist-in-Residence, Koz & Effect Artistry, will be doing a live painting demonstration in the taproom

• Mi Casa Es Tu Casa will be slinging tacos from 4-9pm

• Delicious WDBC lagers and ales

See you Friday, May 16th from 5-9pm for the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s Spring Gallery Night!

Join us as we host our second Blind Tiger Night Market. Between 5-9pm, there will be something for everyone, including:

— Over a dozen Madison- and Milwaukee-area artists and makers are bringing their crafts
— Opportunities to DIY crafts yourself
— Common Pasta food truck will be feeding us
— Ice Cream Social is bringing dessert
— DJ Dudley Noon will be spinning records
— Working Draft is releasing the Blind Tiger Amber Alt!

Enjoying great beer and food, listening to great tunes, browsing amazing one-of-a-kind crafts, all under the moonlight? Sounds perfect!

Working Draft is hosting ticket sales for the Great Taste of the Midwest again this year!

Here are all the details:

• Tickets are sold Sunday, May the 4th. The Fest is Saturday, August 9th, and is held at Olin Park.

• The line can start forming at 7am.

• Wrist-banding begins at 8am.

• Tickets go on sale at noon and are sold by the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild.

• Tickets are $70 each, each person can purchase two tickets, and we will be selling 300 tickets. Ticket prices listed are cash prices, there may be fees if paying with a card.

• Sabor Regio will be popping up with breakfast tacos.

• We are brewing a special Star Wars-themed beer, which will be tapped at 8am.

For more ticket sales details, check out the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild website.

We had a blast last year selling tickets, and this year promises to be even more fun. May the Fourth Be With You!

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’s Lorraine Frossard and Vania 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!

We’re celebrating International Women’s Month Saturday, March 29th!

We’ll be pairing four beers with four different Girl Scout cookies, including A Woman’s Place is in the Brewhouse White IPA:

• Serpent’s Blood Dry Irish Stout and Thin Mints

• A Woman’s Place is in the Brewhouse White IPA and Lemonades

• Klosterade Doppelbock and Caramel DeLites

• To Those Who Wait Czech Pilsner and Shortbreads - Trefoils

The WDBC beer / Girl Scout cookie flight is available all day for $18.

Miranda, one of our brewers and the wizard behind A Woman’s Place is in the Brewhouse (the second highest rated White IPA in the country on Untapped in 2024!), will be leading a guided tasting of this flight at 2pm.

And if you can’t get enough of Girl Scout cookies, a local troop will be selling cookies during the day in the taproom!

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 Andreza 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!

Join us as we host our friends from the Marquette Neighborhood Association and the Weary Traveler for some fun and deliciousness.

The MNA will be taking over the taproom and hosting a fun game of bingo, complete with prizes. Add in delicious food from Weary Traveler (and some WDBC beer), you’re looking at a great Tuesday evening.

Come hang with your neighbors and hold friends. Hopefully make some new friends as well.

East Side Pride!!!

Throw on your green, come to Working Draft Beer Co, and celebrate your Irish heritage. Even if you don't have any!

Working Draft will be partnering up with The Weary Traveler for a day of fun, including:

— Four different versions of WDBC’s Serpent’s Blood Dry Irish Stout
— Food from Weary from 2-8pm
— Lots of other fun

Delicious beer, tasty food, great vibes, and great friends. Erin Go Bragh!

Are you interested in learning more about great art and how it’s made? If so, then join us Thursday, March 13th between 6-8pm as our Artist-in-Residence, Dominique Taquet, pops up in the taproom.

Dominique will be bringing engraved wood and copper plates, loose prints, and a poster board highlighting how he makes is masterpieces. And he’ll be around to answer any questions about his art and processes. What an opportunity!

And don’t miss Sabor Regio, who will be popping up with delicious tacos!

Come celebrate the (almost) beginning of Mardi Gras at Working Draft!

We will be welcoming Bekah from Rue Bourre, who will be popping up in the taproom from 1-6pm with such Cajun favorites as:

— Voodoo Egg Rolls
— Jambalaya
— King Cake
— and more!

We’ll be playing Cajun / Brass Band / Mardi Gras music all day and will have some delicious drink specials, including:

— New Orleans-style Brown Ale
— Hurricane cocktails

See you Saturday, March 1st, to celebrate Fat Tuesday!

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’s Lorraine Frossard and Vania 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!