How do you get into Copper Bell Venue & Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Copper Bell Venue & Speakeasy is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
Drinks of the era
We have not seen this venue’s own list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Sazerac, Ward Eight, and Scofflaw are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Copper Bell Venue & Speakeasy sits
Copper Bell Venue & Speakeasy is in Burnett, Wisconsin, in Dodge County, in the Midwest of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Burnett. If you know another, tell us.
Wisconsin holds 44 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Wisconsin speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Wisconsin
Wisconsin came under national prohibition on 17 January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol — a threshold strict enough to close breweries that had expected to survive.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Wisconsin.
What the newspapers recorded in Wisconsin
Searching the Library of Congress run of Wisconsin newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Wisconsin:
- The Telegraph-courier, November 4, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Milwaukee leader, July 26, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Grant County herald, December 14, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Milwaukee leader, November 11, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Copper Bell Venue & Speakeasy by phone on (920) 210-0196 and on Facebook.
The address is N8542 2 St, Burnett, WI 53922. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Copper Bell Venue & Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, and social accounts. We do not yet hold official website, opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.