Milwaukee Concertina Bar

[Jim Besser]

Yes, I know, this isn't OUR kind of concertina (too darned many buttons, and who has arms that long?), but this site is worth checking out anyway:

 

http://www.artsconcertinabar.com/

[Brian Humphrey]

I see the place is for sale....

Edited August 24, 2004 by Brian Humphrey

[Chris Timson]

Has been for a long time. I'm not sure what that says...

 

Chris

[Sandy Winters]

Been there, great fun.

 

Incidentally, most of the chemnitzer players I know are fascinated by "OUR kind of concertina". I know one excellent chemnitzer player who is also quite good on the english system.

Edited August 24, 2004 by Sandy Winters

[Stephen Chambers]

Been there, great fun.

It sounds like it, can you go in and order "Two large Chemnitzers, one small anglo and a packet of pretzels" ?

 

Did you know that there is actually a "Concertina Brewery" in South Yorkshire ? It is located at the old Mexborough Concertina Band Club, and the information below is borrowed from the Beer Mad website:

 

Concertina Brewery, 9A Dolcliffe Road, Mexborough, South Yorkshire S64 9AZ

tel: (01709) 580841

 

Founded 1992. The brewery is in the cellar of a club that was once famous for its concertina band, hence the name.

 

8 beers believed to be regularly brewed

Ariel Four Square 5·3%

 

Bengal Tiger 4·5% (AKA 1994 IPA)

 

Best Bitter 4·0%

 

Club Bitter 3·9%

 

Dictators 4·7%

 

New Imperial 4·6%

 

Old Dark Attic 4·0%

 

One Eyed Jack 4·0%

 

 

 

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1 beer of unknown status

Arkwright's Bitter 4·5%

 

 

 

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41 beers believed to be one-off or no longer brewed

17th GBBF SPecial og1040.0

 

Bandbox Bitter 3·8%

 

Bandsman Strong Ale 5·2%

 

Barnsley Festival Bitter 4·0%

Brewed for the GBBF.

 

Black Button Porter 5·5%

 

Black Button Stout 4·5%

 

Blast Furnace (abv unknown)

 

Brock's Progress 4·5% (Previously: 4.1%)

 

Comet 500cc 4·5%

 

Dark og1040.0

 

Excelsior 4·6%

 

Famous Mouse 4·6%

 

Fitzpatrick's Stout 4·5%

 

Flying Squirrel 4·4%

 

Hackett VC 4·2%

 

Hardy Annual 4·0%

 

IPA 4·5%

 

Jenson's Hop Bitter 4·7%

 

KW Special Pride 4·5%

 

Mexborough & Swinton Trackless 4·0%

 

Mexborough Mild 3·7%

 

Miller's Ale 5·5%

 

Nero Fiddled (abv unknown)

 

No Room At the Inn 5·2%

 

Oakwood Stout 4·5%

 

Paul Hudson's Nithering Northerlies (abv unknown)

 

Raspberry Tipple 5·0%

 

RC Special Pride og1042.0

 

Remembrance 4·3%

 

Remembrance Brew 5·9%

 

RH Special 4·5%

 

Rome's Burning 4·2%

A smoked beer.

 

Shot Firer's Porter 4·5%

 

Smoked Brass 4·5%

 

Smokey Beercon 5·0%

 

Special 4·8%

 

Squeeze Box Festival Ale 4·5%

 

St Amandus 4·6%

 

Tinsley Tipple 4·5%

 

Vincent Comet 4·5%

 

William's Downfall 4·6%

 

Cheers !

[Tom Hall]

It must be about 10 years or more since I was in the Concertina Bar. My wife is from Milwaukee and while there to visiet her family, we decided to stop by.

 

Thursday was open mike night, so we stopped by in the afternoon for a beer and to sign up. This is a classic neighborhood corner bar. Art has every imaginable bar toy, concertina based and otherwise. At the bottom of the snack menu was "Turkey Gizzards." I did not pursue this. Another sign said, "If you wife calls and you're not here, you tell her."

 

When we arrived that evening, Art had advised the regulars about the "strange concertina" that was going to be domonstrated. The man with the number two spot insisted that I take his slot. So fascinated was he that I feared his nose might get caught in my bellows.

 

It was a great time. We wwere not allowed to pay for our drinks. Linn was pulled onto the dance floor for her first polka in thirty years: I found myself in the parking lot listening to a new tape of a local Polish band. And they all seemed to enjoy my offerings of O Carolan tunes and traditional forebitters.

 

No matter what kind of music you play on whatever kind of squeezebox, you will be heartily welcomed there. Say "Hello to Art for Tom and Linn.

[Rod Thompson]

http://www.artsconcertinabar.com/

When I click this link at work, I get the message "The Websense category "Sex" is filtered.".

 

I tried it in the privacy of my own home - quite disappointing. (Clicking the link, that is).

 

On the other hand - it looks like an interesting bar, and worth a visit.