About Potosi Brewery
Potosi Brewery is a brewpub, museum and beer garden on South Main Street in Potosi. Its website says the brewery was founded in 1852 and became the fifth largest in Wisconsin. It closed in 1972 and reopened in 2008.
The site is home to the National Brewery Museum, according to the website. It also holds a gift shop and the Great River Road Interpretive Center. Brewery tours are listed there too.
The brewpub serves a full menu and calls itself a family-friendly restaurant. Beers named on the website include Haze Break, Cave Ale, Tangerine IPA and a Czech-Style Pilsner. It also makes its own sodas, seltzers and non-alcoholic drinks.
The brewery hosts live music and other events in its beer garden. The website says it is owned by a nonprofit foundation that puts profits toward historical, educational and charitable causes. More people have reviewed Potosi Brewery on Google than any other brewery, taproom or beer shop in Potosi on this site.
From Potosi Brewery's own website and its Google listing, read October 20, 2026.
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Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Map
Questions people ask
Is there a museum at Potosi Brewery?
Yes. Its website says the facility is home to the National Brewery Museum. Google also lists it as a museum and tourist attraction.
Does Potosi Brewery serve food?
Yes. The brewpub menu lists beer-battered Wisconsin cheese curds, burgers, sandwiches and wraps. A Friday fish fry is also on the menu.
Is Potosi Brewery good for kids?
Its website describes the brewpub as a family-friendly restaurant. The menu includes a kids section.
Can I take beer home?
Yes. Its website says it offers growlers to go and crowlers.
Which breweries are close by?
The American Breweriana Association is 0 miles away, and Potosi Brewing Company Production Facility is 0.1 miles away. In Dubuque, Catfish Charlies / Catfish Creek Brew Pub is 11.9 miles away, and Gnome Beard Brewing is 12.1 miles away.
Answers come from Potosi Brewery's website and its Google listing, read October 20, 2026.
Breweries near Potosi Brewery
Before you visit Potosi Brewery
Expect more than a taproom. The site holds a museum, a gift shop and a brewpub, so give yourself time to look around. Tours are listed on the website.
Check potosibrewery.com before you go. It has the tap list, the menu and the events calendar, including live music. Sunday hours are shorter than the rest of the week.
The American Breweriana Association is 0 miles away, and Potosi Brewing Company Production Facility is 0.1 miles away. Both are close enough to fit into the same trip. Dubuque is farther out, and Catfish Charlies / Catfish Creek Brew Pub there is 11.9 miles away.