Get away to Wisconsin`s Driftless in fall for coffee, beer and unmatched beauty and quiet


Get away to Wisconsin`s Driftless in fall for coffee, beer and unmatched beauty and quiet


The sun had barely risen at the Kickapoo Valley Ranch near La Farge, and I was already tempted to abandon my plans for the day and instead spend it rocking away on my cabin’s porch.

I cradled a cup of coffee and watched the sun slowly cover the hills to the north in golden light, the only sound a couple of birds in trees nearby and horses in the stables below...

...Solar-powered beer

First up: Driftless Brewing Co. in Soldiers Grove.

The village touts itself as the country`s first solar village — a return-to-the earth theme that’s common in the Driftless Area.

Soldiers Grove earned its title in the ‘80s, when they decided to stop fighting the Kickapoo and moved the entire downtown out of the river`s floodplain and closer to Highway 61. They got a federal grant to do so by mandating any new buildings be energy-efficient and solar-heated.

Driftless Brewing is one of those solar-powered buildings. It began in 2013 as a one-barrel facility, recently expanded to a 15-barrel system and opened a tap room earlier this year...
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