Yes and while they sat on one maybe two craft breweries Denver, Chicago, Portland, and most major cities built up dozens of established solid brands.
To be fair, Denver, Chicago, Portland are all larger than MKE but a fair point that MKE was a slow starter (except that Sprecher and Lakefront are older than most craft brewers), but there has been an explosion in recent years although some have already gone out of business (Brenner, Horny Goat).
Here's the BA list:
•Third Space Brewing - 1505 W St Paul Ave, Milwaukee
•Black Husky Brewing - 909 E Locust St, Milwaukee
•Eagle Park Brewing - 823 E Hamilton Street, Milwaukee
•3 Sheeps Brewing - 1327 Huron Ave, Sheboygan
•1840 Brewing Company - 342 E Ward St, Milwaukee
•Raised Grain Brewing Company - 2244 W Bluemound Rd, Waukesha
•Good City Brewing - 2108 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee
•Rustic Road Brewing Company - 5706 6th Ave, Kenosha
•Like Minds Brewing Company - 823 E Hamilton St, Milwaukee
•City Lights Brewing Co. - 2200 W Mt Vernon Ave, Milwaukee
•Silver Creek Brewing Co. - N57 W6172 Portland Road, Cedarburg
•Lakefront Brewery, Inc. - 1872 N Commerce St., Milwaukee
•Biloba Brewing Company - 18720 Pleasant St, Brookfield
•Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery - 740 N Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee
•The Fermentorium - 7481 Highway 60, Cedarburg
•The Explorium Brewpub - 5300 S 76th St, Ste 1450A, Greendale
•Delafield Brewhaus - 3832 Hillside Dr, Delafield
•MobCraft Beer - 505 S 5th St, Milwaukee
•Brewfinity Brewing Company - N58W39800 Industrial Rd Ste D, Oconomowoc
•Public Craft Brewing Company - 716 58th St, Kenosha
•Milwaukee Brewing Company - 613 S 2nd St, Milwaukee
•Company Brewing - 735 E Center St, Milwaukee
•Enlightened Brewing Company - 2018 S 1st St, Milwaukee
•Urban Harvest Brewing Company - 1024 S 5th St, Milwaukee
•Big Head Brewing Co. - 6204 W State St, Wauwatosa
•St. Francis Brewery & Restaurant - 3825 S. Kinnickinnic Ave, St. Francis
•Sprecher Brewing Company - 701 West Glendale Avenue, Glendale
•District 14 Brewery & Pub - 2273 S Howell Ave, Milwaukee
•Water Street Brewery - 1101 N. Water Street, Milwaukee
•Milwaukee Ale House - 233 North Water Street, Milwaukee
•Water Street Brewery - 3191 Golf Road, Delafield
•R' Noggin Brewing Co - 6521 120th Ave, Kenosha
•Lithia Brewing Company - 825 Schoenhaar Dr., West Bend
•Bavarian Bierhaus - 700 W Lexington Blvd, Glendale
•Pabst Milwaukee Brewing - 1037 W Juneau Ave, Milwaukee
•Riverside Brewery And Restaurant - 255 South Main St., West Bend
•Chameleon Brewing - 701 West Glendale Avenue, Glendale
•Miller Brewing Co. - 3939 West Highland Boulevard, Milwaukee