LAKEFRONT BREWERY\u2019S RIVERWEST STEIN GOES RETRO, READY TO PARTY LIKE IT\u2019S 1987<\/h2>\n
Lakefront\u2019s flagship brew has been around for almost 38 years and has become a defining product for Milwaukee. As an ode to its resilience, Lakefront has produced a limited run of retro 12-packs featuring the original 1987 artwork.<\/p>\n
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Celebrate the legacy of Riverwest Stein with Lakefront\u2019s one-time-only throwback 12-pack!\u00a0 Lakefront Brewery co-founders Russ and Jim Klisch delivered the first keg of Riverwest Stein Amber Lager to the Gordon Park Pub on Weil Street for its official release on December 2nd<\/sup>, 1987. Now called Nessun Dorma, the brothers still celebrate annually at the Riverwest staple for the brewery\u2019s anniversary.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Before the Gordon Park Pub beer release, Jim had taken a photo of Clarke Street looking east with St. Casimir Church in the background to produce table tents for the event. \u201cA quintessential street view of Riverwest\u201d, as Jim puts it, \u201cI think a local artist who went by the name \u2018Peggy Riverwest\u2019 converted it into a line drawing which we used at its grand unveiling.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until 1990 that I built a one-headed filler so we could start to bottle\u201d, said his brother Russ, Owner and President of Lakefront Brewery, \u201cwe had a family friend named Linda Goehre who used the design to create our 16 oz. bottle labels which is more or less what you\u2019ll see on these cans\u201d.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Lakefront is excited to offer this fun tribute to Milwaukee\u2019s favorite craft beer in hopes that it will allow people to feel young again or just look really cool with one in hand. Longtime craft beer advocate Randy Mosher ended up redesigning the Stein label when it moved to 12 oz. bottles. More recently, it was reimagined by Lakefront\u2019s late Brand Manager, Michael Stodola.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI think back to when I first heard of arguments at bars about our Riverwest Stein being the best beer in town, that\u2019s when I started to realize that we might have something special here,\u201d says Owner Russ Klisch.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Grab a 12-pack of Retro Stein in the same spot you normally get your Riverwest Stein fix. Available one time only, while supplies last!<\/p>\n Retro Stein Summer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Lakefront Brewery, Inc. distributes its products to over 30 states, Ukraine, Canada, Sweden, and Denmark. Lakefront Brewery is the first brewery in Wisconsin and 22nd brewery in the world to be certified as a B Corporation. 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