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Less than two months after announcing it was creating a Wisconsin Brandy Old Fashioned Hall of Fame, Central Standard Craft Distilling has named the first group of inductees.
Central Standard Craft Distillery co-founders Evan Hughes and Pat McQuillan said they received more than 90 nominations from across the state, as well as far-flung locations like Colorado and Missouri...
- Tony Berg (Milwaukee)
- Charlotte Berndt (Raymore, Missouri)
- Karl Klatt (Madison)
- Tim Vertz (Milwaukee)
- David Lardinois (Pewaukee)
- Eugene Kasprzak (Sussex)
On Thursday, Verona-based Wisconsin Brewing Company (WBC) not only announced that its Lake Louie brand will become the company`s only consumer-facing brand, but that its new pilot brewery at Wisconsin Brewing Company Park should be up and running in late October.
The changes follow the May announcement that Paul Verdu – who had led
Molson Coors’ craft beer division – would become WBC’s new president.
Verdu said that he immediately got busy talking with WBC employees and distributors to get a grip on the brewery’s business. That led to efforts to boost growth in Wisconsin via a simplified approach. Hence, the distilling of WBC’s products into a single brand name.
“Once WBC bought Lake Louie in 2019, we had two distributors in 25 counties within the state of Wisconsin,” said Verdu. “One of the first things I noticed was the need to be a lot more consumer focused and a lot easier to work with for our distributor and retail partners. We are too small to be complex or confusing...
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Ken Notes: I hope the partnership with the UW stays. In fact every UW campus should have a private label contract brew crowd sourced by the outgoing seniors...
In addition to the wine and spirits - to say nothing of the family tradition - this is what makes Wollersheim special: a long history that is treasured and built upon for the future, but also preserved.
For generations, farms and wineries would roll out the still to extend the life and boost the value of grains, and distill brandy to enjoy to fortify and preserve wines.
When Wollersheim Winery & Distillery in Prairie du Sac, north of Madison, bought a Portuguese still in 2010, that was the approach.
“We started distilling in the winery building,” says distiller Tom
Lenerz. “This still here, on the right, the way it was set up, we could
actually fire it with a natural gas burner. Cooling water was just like a
garden hose hooked up to it to cool it...
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Family roots run deep at Wollersheim Winery
Lion`s Tail, on North Avenue, officially opened Friday
WAUWATOSA, Wis. —A new brewery in Wauwatosa is back open after a busy opening weekend led to a shortage of beer.
"It was everything we dreamed this place could be and thought it could be in a couple years," said Nick Leak, Lion`s Tail Brewing Co. vice president of operations and marketing. "It was like that on weekend one. It was outstanding, a great problem to have," he added...
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Long journey to WaupacaWaupaca is the new United States headquarters for distributing a rare European wine that recently gained approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) for sale in the U.S.
The first shipment of 500 bottles of Wine of the Sea arrived in Waupaca on Sept. 30.
The wine is aged 100 feet under the Adriatic Sea. During that period, the bottles become encrusted with coral and the underwater pressure intensifies aging.
The constant cool temperature, complete darkness and the gentle rocking of the ocean current forms its final taste.
(WFRV) –Grape harvest is wrapping up in Wisconsin and Retired Rambler Steve stopped by Local 5 Live along with Jim from Duck Creek Winery with a look at how that leads to other local products in our area.
Duck Creek Vineyard & Winery is located at 5046 CR-R in Denmark. Visit them online at duckcreekwine.com.
Trout Springs Winery is located at 8150 River Road in Greenleaf, see more online at troutspringswinery.com.
To learn more about Wisconsin Ledge, a truly unique section of Wisconsin, head to wiledge.org.
...moreKen Notes: Great Video at the link...
all isn’t just for pumpkin spice lattes, Oktoberfest celebrations and other spooky season antics. For us lucky Midwesterners, it’s a time to ogle the morphing of color and seasonal change across our landscape.Here in Madison, Giant Jones received a bronze medal for Doppelsticke Altbier in the Other Strong Beer category and Great Dane’s downtown brewpub received bronze for their Great Dane Oktoberfest in the German-Style Märzen category. And it wasn’t just bronze medals Wisconsin took home: Working Draft’s Klosterade brought home gold in the German-Style Dopplebock or Eisbock category....
Ken Notes: READ THIS ARTICLE!
Best German Kölsch: Gaffel Kölsch, Privatbrauerei Gaffel Becker & Co
“Gaffel is wonderfully effervescent with a slight minerality thanks to the water in [Cologne]. It has a beautiful breadiness as well as a bright floral hop aroma,” says Corey Blodgett, brewmaster of Gathering Place Brewing in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
“Like all kölsch, Gaffel is crisp and refreshing with enough sweetness at the finish to keep you drinking stange after stange.”...
Ken Notes: Nice, Wine Enthusiast selects a Wisconsin brew as one of six!
How To Make An Old Fashioned
Dubbel Dutch hotel opens new coffee shop and cocktail loungeThe new Gülden Room in the Dubbel Dutch hotel, 817 N. Marshall St., is both a cocktail lounge and coffee shop, operated by F Street Hospitality. The related F Street Dubbel LLC bought the 17-room boutique hotel in summer, two years after it opened.
The Gülden Room’s cocktails feature house-made syrups, gold-flake garnishes, and wood-smoked old fashioneds. The bar also serves Gulden Draak ale and other Belgian and Dutch products.
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When it comes to putting on nature’s brilliant fall color show, Walworth County, Wisconsin, knows exactly how to do it. Luckily for families in Chicagoland, just a half tank of gas will put you right in the midst of that spectacular fall beauty and small-town charm where locals love to roll out the red carpet.3. Enjoy all the fruits of the fall harvest.
Apple Barn Orchard and Winery in Elkhorn is a popular destination for many Chicagoland families. In addition to pick-your-own apples, its bakery is packed with fresh pies and apple cider doughnuts, plus it has a country store and also a master winemaker on-site with wine tastings from its own winery — with apple wine, of course — for adults...
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