District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point

Stevens Point has long been known as a brewing town, with Point Brewery there since 1873. More recently – 2019, to be specific – District 1 Brewing Company added their craft brews to the Stevens Point brewery scene and added to the offerings of the Central Wisconsin Craft Collective. District 1 is located right by the UW-Stevens Point campus in a very large space – one that once held a Red Owl grocery store, a furniture store, and more.

The space regularly hosts live music and tons of games and events – and it’s big enough where even if you don’t want to focus on music or games you’ll have an area to just hang with friends and/or focus on the beverages.

District 1 offers up a wide variety of beers, plus a seltzer or two. Their huge bar area has over 25 taps which also include other craft brewery options that rotate on a regular basis. They have several flagship beers and many that are seasonals that rotate; most have names that tie into the community in one form or another.

Flagship beers at District 1 Brewing Company include:

Pointer: Then and Now Lager
Boy With the Boot American Pale Wheat
Red Owl Amber (named after the Red Owl store that once occupied the space)
Stellen Light Wheat
Kevehefewinsteweizen (we don’t know how to pronounce it either) Wheat
Crazy Daze IPA
Eight Ender Scotch Ale

Other brews include:

Wedgehead Wheat
Section 715 Red Ale
Blue Red Blueberry Shandy
Wunder und Funke Altbier
Radler
Congruence IPA (they have a series of these)
Be the Mission Coffee Stout
French Toast Milk Sweet Stout
SISU, a Russian Imperial Stout
Apple Pie Sour
and a hard seltzer called Wonderful Water, named after Stevens Point’s moniker as the “City of Wonderful Water”
plus a March 2022 release, the Sweeney Todd – an English Dark Mild

They also carry a wide variety of other Wisconsin craft brews and a good selection on non-alcoholic options – there is definitely something for everyone.

You’ll find District 1 Brewing on the north side of Stevens Point by the UW-Stevens Point campus along Business U.S. 51, the traditional old U.S. 51 mainline. Locally, it’s also known as Division Street. It’s about two miles north of downtown and Highway 66 and one mile south of I-39/U.S. 10/U.S. 51. Easy access and a huge space for enjoying craft beverages!