Your 2025 guide to Milwaukee-area beer gardens

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People, places and things around here have unthawed. The ground is looking greener, the sky is looking brighter and winter jackets can probably be put away — fingers crossed.

That all means it's time for something pretty popular around these parts to commence:

Beer garden season.

Quite a few Milwaukee-area beer gardens have already made their season debuts, while others have their opening dates set and some still are working out their deets.

From the uber-popular — and already open — South Shore Terrace to The Traveling Beer Garden Tour, here's your 2025 beer gardens guide: