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Beer, Food, Fun

Whether you’re looking to have a beer while you “work from home” or a space to meet up with friends, we’ve got room for you. And beers for you. With 16 tap lines, we always have classics like Fantasy Factory and Midwesty but also one-off options that are exclusive to the taproom. We’ve got in-house trivia on Thursdays, Sal’s personal pizzas, and Batch pretzels every day.

Local Eats

What pairs well with beer? Tater tots, corn dogs, pretzels and pizza!  We always have Batch Bakehouse soft pretzels and Salvatore’s Tomato Pies personal 10’’ pizzas available. Also, a wide variety of snacks… think Addicting Pretzels, cheese and sausage platter,  Slide Potato chips and more.

What's On Tap

Year Round Flagships

K4 - American IPA
Hopheads crusade on a heroic quest for the holy grail of India Pale Ales. The subconscious composes paradisiacal scenes of malty waves crashing on a ripe lupulin landscape cascading hop flavors and aromas in profuse abundance. With humble confidence we offer this brew as fantasy made reality. Balanced in every detail and gushing resinous, exceptional citrus flavors and aromas that collaborate with soft bready notes surrendered from premium English golden malted barley, this beer is a tropical dreamscape. Epic.

Hawk Jones

4.5%
Session IPA
Clean and crisp Session IPA brewed in memory of Major Rocky "Hawk" Jones and dedicated to all servicemen and women, in particular, the airmen and families of the 115th Fighter Wing. Thank you for your service.
K4 - Pilsner
Pilsner malt, flaked rice, and Cascade hops complete this super crushable, effervescent beer that will be sure to go with you everywhere an easy-drinkin' beer is meant to go.

Hopalicious

5.7%
Ale Asylum - American Pale Ale
Eleven separate additions of Cascade hops give our flagship beer bold hop flavor and lush citrus aroma without crazy bitterness. This American Pale Ale is available year-round both packaged and on tap.

Ambergeddon

6.8%
Ale Asylum - Red Amber
Our West Coast-style Amber is aggressively hopped, with a strong malt backbone and a mild hop bitterness in the finish.

K4 Hard Seltzer

4.0%
mango, huckleberry, black cherry or cucumber melon - CAN ONLY
Taproom Exclusives

DAMe Thyme

5.6%
Fruited Sour
Challenges come in different shapes and sizes. For a certain NBA postseason legend, it's shouldering the weight of a franchise while Giannis is injured and Doc Rivers is...well...Doc Rivers. For our R&D Brewer Joe, the challenge was to take the dumbest idea from our diehard Bucks-fan bartenders, Zak and Greg, and turn it into a palatable sour. You'll have to be the judge. Working backwards from the name (we told you...dumb), thyme was obvious. But Dame? More brainstorming than you might think. Date, Apple, and Melon round out this fruity ale that's sure to pucker your lips while the pressure of the playoffs puckers our you-know-whats.

Thank You, Come Again

5.5%
Fruited Sour w/ raspberry, blackberry, lemon and lactose
Raspberry, blackberry, lemon and lactose

NeurodiverCity: Peach Wit

6.1%
Fruited Peach Wit - K4 Project - Portion of sales will be donated to Camp Createability
Peach wit brewed to celebrate Neurodiversity. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Camp Createability.

Madtown Nutbrown

5.5%
Brown Ale - American
A blend of seven unique malts give this Brown Ale an earthy aroma and a flavor reminiscent of caramel with a slightly creamy finish.

This Beer Is Bee-Nanas

6.8%
K4 Project - Hefeweizen
A collaboration with Honeybee Cannabis! There’s nothing quite like a German-style wheat beer in March... At 6.8% ABV, it’s more like a Honey Hefe Malt Liquor – but with its soft body and gentle fruity/spicy flavors, you wouldn’t have known it was a strong beer if we hadn't told you.

Priest Prophet & King (2024)

9.7%
K4 - 11 Year Anniversary Special Release - Barrel Aged Barleywine
Welcome to this year's offering of Priest Prophet & King. The barrels used for this batch are: rum, cinnamon whiskey, maple syrup, grand Marnier, port wine, and rye whiskey Though the blend creates a vintage experience, the familiar promise of a lavishly malty barley wine is held true.

Tripel Nova

9.8%
Belgian Tripel
A bouquet of spice and a touch of sweetness belies the potency of this refreshing Belgian-style Tripel Ale.

Contorter Porter

4.8%
Porter - English - CANS ONLY
English chocolate malts give our Porter Ale a complex, rich flavor that is surprisingly soft on the palate with a silky smooth finish.

Pax Vobiscum - Blackberry (2023)

4.9%
K4 wine barrel-aged fruited sour - CAN ONLY
Barrel-aged fruited wheat beer with blackberry

Pax Vobiscum - Tangerine (2023)

4.9%
K4 wine barrel-aged fruited sour - CAN ONLY
Barrel-aged fruited wheat ale with Tangerine

Copperhead - Alt Brewing

5.1%
Copper Ale - GLUTEN FREE - Bottle only
Copper Ale - 5.1% - GABF SILVER & WBC BRONZE MEDAL WINNER With a striking copper color this Copper Ale is made with roasted millet for a malty, chocolaty, supremely drinkable beer. Gluten-Free

Hiking Boots - Alt Brewing

4.7%
Alt Brew - Blonde Ale - GLUTEN FREE - Bottle only
IPA - 7.2% - A balanced hop profile with a clean herbal flavor and beautiful blonde color. Citrus notes balance the smooth bitterness for an amazing finish. Gluten-Free
Malt Bombs & Hop Grenades (Rotating Seasonals)

Disaster Artist

7.5%
K4 Hop Grenade - Hazy Oat IPA
This Oat IPA is a hazy with a super smooth finish
K4 Malt Bomb - Porter
As the weather gets colder, we thought it would be a good time to turn our packaging manager loose on our pilot brewing system and let him brew what he loves: the darkest of dark beers – but without outrageous amounts of alcohol, or artificial flavors meant to taste like a pastry chef quitting their job in a blaze of glory. Instead, we reached back in time and cherry-picked what we thought would add a nice layer of flavor to a modern Porter: brown malt. This beer will be heavy on the roast, but light on the sweetness and just right on the alcohol at 5.3%.

Plush Crush

4.7%
Ale Asylum - Hazy IPA
A Session IPA in the New England-style, with a hazy juiciness at a crushable 4.7% abv.

Sticky McDoogle

7.2%
Ale Asylum Malt Bomb - Scotch Ale - CANS ONLY
This traditional Scotch ale is full-bodied with an earthy aroma. It has a smooth malt presence, with just the right touch of hops for a balanced, clean finish.
Non-Alcoholic

ginger, lime or lemon sparkling water. Made with organic fruit
cherry, strawberry, ginger or grapefruit soda. Made with organic fruit
Strawberry or regular lemonade
Ask bartender for available options
Cannabis

4.20 mg THC ginger lime or strawberry lemonade sparkling water
2.5 mg THC lime or wild berry

Visit Us

Location

3698 Kinsman Blvd.
Madison, WI 53704
Get Directions
1 (608) 241-4812
[email protected]

Hours

Monday
2pm – 9pm
Tuesday
2pm – 9pm
Wednesday
2pm – 9pm
Thursday
2pm – 9pm
Friday
12pm – 10pm
Saturday
12pm – 10pm
Sunday
12pm – 6pm

Taproom FAQs


Tom Kowalke – Fredrik – Impulsism – For every beer released in the first couple of years of Karben4, Fredrik created a painting to go with the beer. We weren’t packaging at the time, so we loved the idea of having this visual connection to the beer. We would host a party every time we released a beer to show off the new art. We also used the painting as sound panels. We loved the way that we could have different ways for guests to plug into the brand, visually with the paintings, reading the colorful beer descriptions that Ryan wrote, as well as tasting and smelling the beer.


Maybe…Make us an offer!


Yes. We are exploring other taproom locations and hope to maybe someday build a new production facility.


A lot of reasons. Quality of product is a big reason. First, cans keep the beer away from light contamination. That is just not something that bottles can do as efficiently. Glass failure is also a deciding factor. When glass “fails” it is a lot more dangerous than when aluminum fails. Cans are also easier to package and store, more efficient spatially, and are more efficient in recycling. Finally, we have made the move to a more automated packaging process and simply didn’t have the room to install a packaging line for both cans and bottles.


After almost dying of “humane methane” (farts) we decided that shelling thousands of eggs wasn’t worth it anymore. We’ll let those continue to be holiday treats.


Tom Kowalke – Fredrik – Impulsism – For every beer released in the first couple years of Karben4, Fredrik created a painting to go with the beer. We weren’t packaging at the time, so we loved the idea of having this visual connection to the beer. We would host a party every time we released a beer to show off the new art. We also used the painting as sound panels. We loved the way that we could have different ways for guests to plug into the brand, visually with the paintings, reading the colorful beer descriptions that Ryan wrote, as well as tasting and smelling the beer.


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