Jay Honeck wrote:
Okay, before ANYONE says anything about how irresponsible it is for a pilot
to be (*gasp!*) drinking beer, the qualifying rules a

1. Fly in to a nearby airport -- preferably within walking distance.
2. Stay the night somewhere.
3. THEN drink beer.

That should be:
1. Fly in to a nearby airport -- preferably within walking distance
2. Drink beer
3. THEN stay the night somewhere

2. Milwaukee's "SprecherFest". Formerly held every Labor Day, it's now a
summer festival, sponsored by the best brewery anywhere, Sprecher Brewing.
Held this year on July 16th and 17th, at Old Heidelberg Park in nearby
Glendale, WI (5 miles from downtown Milwaukee), they have oompah bands
during the day, and blues bands at night. See more about it at
http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/sprecherfest.html . Timmerman Field (MWC)
is located less than ten miles away.

Too bad it is not the weekend immediately preceeding AirVenture.
It would make an excellent one-day stopover enroute to The Big Event.