A little more than a year after we reported that Neenah’s Lion’s Tail Brewing was seeking to build a brewery and taproom in the former Wisconsin Garden and Pet Supply, 8520 W. North Ave., in Wauwatosa, the taproom, at least, is now set to open.

Once the brewery had drawings from Tosa-based Galbraith Carnahan Architects and received approvals from the City of Wauwatosa in mid-September, construction began to convert the two buildings and create a connector corridor that also includes restrooms.

Construction inside sped along but for passersby it might’ve seemed like an October opening was out of the question.

“It’s been a crazy couple of weeks,” says Lion’s Tail Vice President of Operations and Marketing Nick Leak, who is supervising the project from his home nearby.

“We quite literally did a month or two of construction in two weeks; kicked it into high gear.

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