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Cinnamon Toasted Crunch! Our new beer is on tap here at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-09-05T16:59:00.001-05:00

Cinnamon Toasted Crunch! YES, it's our new beer! We brewed a beer with Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, and it's going on tap this Friday, September 6! We made a light-colored, mild-flavored ale with pounds of lactose sugar (milk sugar!), then added boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch! The result is a mild, cinnamon-laced beer with a slight residual sweetness. It's awesome! Stop out soon for a glass & growler fill, starting his Friday, Sep 6 at 4:00. 7.2% ABV, 12 IBU. Scroll Down to see pictures of when we brewed this beer!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Cinnamon Toasted Crunch - beer brewed with lactose sugar and cereal!
Jalapeno Ale - wheat beer aged with fresh jalapeno peppers - Yes, still some left!
Berry Ale - fruit beer
Coffee Habit - stout
Dubbel Dribble - Belgian Dubbel style ale
Galahad - English brown ale
Howdy Hops IPA - citrus IPA
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Cinnamon Toasted Crunch brew day & finished pint glass full! One of our most unique beers yet! 7.2% ABV, 12 IBU.

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

Sep 6, 7, 8: Cinnamon Toasted Crunch beer release weekend
September 7, Screw City Brewfest, Rockford IL (visit our booth at the brewfest; our taproom will also still be open as usual here at the brewery!)
September 14, Pretzel City Brewfest, Freeport, IL (visit our booth at the brewfest; our taproom will also still be open as usual here at the brewery!)
September 29, 1-5 pm (Sunday), Oktoberfest at Wishful Acres! - We'll have a food truck featuring some German-inspired foods, our radio will be tuned to Oktoberfest music, plus our Oktoberfest beer will be on tap!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

In this week's share:

Tomatoes - The regular-sized slicing tomatoes are reaching peak harvest! In your shares will be mostly red slicing tomatoes, but there will also be a few yellow, orange, or purple tomatoes as well (varieties: Moonglow, Wapsinicon Peach, Early Girl, Celebrity)
Asian Greens Mix - A really big bag of specialty Asian greens, great for eating raw on a salad or lightly saute. The mix contains: Tat Soi, Mizuna, Green Mustard, Red Mustard, and Scarlet Frills. Also great lightly sauteed in a fried rice!
Radishes - Another beautiful harvest of fall radishes. "German Giant" and "Easter Egg" heirloom varieties, with green tops still attached. The green tops are great chopped on to a salad!
Garlic - Store garlic on your kitchen counter. It will stay "fresh" for many weeks!
Broccoli - The fall broccoli is starting to produce some nice broccoli shoots! You'll each see a bag in your share.
Hot Peppers - a bag featuring 2 types: chili (mild/medium) and jalapeno (hot). Great raw, grilled, etc
Sweet Peppers - You'll each receive 5 sweet peppers - both green and yellow! Super fresh & crunchy. Great raw or cooked.
Cucumbers - The last of the season's cucumbers. A couple in each of your shares! Fresh, crunchy, and thin-skinned.
Basil - YUM! There is nothing like fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Kale - Shares a bag with the Swiss Chard this week. Super delicious chopped finely on a raw salad, or lightly sauteed. Have you tried kale chips or kale soup?
Swiss Chard - Shares a bag with the kale this week. Super healthy leafy green! Chop thinly for eating raw on salads, or lightly saute.
Optional - u-Pick Apples to those CSA Members who would like some! This is our only fruit crop that survived to harvest this year. All the rest did not make it through the super-cold spring, late-April heavy snow, and heavy rains (no mulberries, no black raspberries, no peaches this year). We do have some apples, but it looks like maybe only 25% or less than the normal amount. Want some? Pick away, just ask us for a bag while you're picking up your share, and we'll point you on your way!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Our CSA Program (Community Supported Agriculture) is a membership program in which members become "shareholders" in the farm's seasonal vegetable production & receive a "share" of the farm's organic produce for our full 22-week-long season! To learn more: http://www.wishfulacresfarm.com/csa-program .

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Cedar Inn, Cedarville, IL
Eilerts, Freeport, IL
Logan's Bar & Grill, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill, Freeport, IL
Route 73 Brew & Chew, Pearl City, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

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Open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays, 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm
Tap room is located on our farm at 4679 N. Flansburg Rd, Lena IL
You can contact us at:
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Lena, IL 61048

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Jalapeno Ale! Happy Labor Day from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-08-29T16:59:00.001-05:00

A crowd favorite, our Jalapeno Ale is back on tap this Labor Day weekend! This is a small batch, so make sure to stop out this weekend for yours (there may be some left over for the following weekend, but we can't promise)! We'll be serving the Jalapeno Ale by the glass, and you can also take some home in a growler fill! A tip from many of our customers: try mixing the Jalapeno Ale with our Peach Mango fruit beer!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Jalapeno Ale - wheat beer aged with fresh jalapeno peppers
Berry Ale - fruit beer
Coffee Habit - stout
Dubbel Dribble - Belgian Dubbel style ale
Goin' Camping Stout - brewed with graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate
Galahad - English brown ale
Howdy Hops IPA - citrus IPA
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Jalapeno Ale!

Join us this weekend for one of our most-requested beers, Jalapeno Ale! This is a mild wheat beer that we age with freshly cut jalapeno peppers. The beer smells like fresh green peppers, and features a slightly spicy taste! Try mixing it with our Peach Mango fruit ale!

Honey now available for purchase!

Beekeeper Tim has harvested the first load of honey from the beehives he keeps here at Wishful Acres! He has this first batch of raw honey bottled & available for sale here in our taproom. Stop by soon for yours!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

August 30, 31, Sep 1: Jalapeno Ale on tap
September 7, Screw City Brewfest, Rockford IL (visit our booth at the brewfest; our taproom will also still be open as usual here at the brewery!)
September 14, Pretzel City Brewfest, Freeport, IL (visit our booth at the brewfest; our taproom will also still be open as usual here at the brewery!)
September 29, 1-5 pm (Sunday), Oktoberfest at Wishful Acres! - We'll have a food truck featuring some German-inspired foods, our radio will be tuned to Oktoberfest music, plus our Oktoberfest beer will be on tap!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Farm Members, It's peak tomato time! We'll keep your tomatoes out of refrigeration, separate from the rest of your veggie share, because tomatoes should not be refrigerated for best tastte..... however... Please try to pick up your share as soon as possible during the weekend while it's tomato time. We pick the tomatoes super-ripe, and they'll continue to ripen as they sit and wait for you on Friday... Saturday... Sunday... which means they're getting over-ripe & we're inviting fruit flies into the brewery (no!). As a result, all shares not picked up by the end of the day on Friday, the tomatoes will also go into refrigeration with the rest of your share as they wait for you. Thanks for understanding! :)

In this week's share:

Tomatoes - The regular-sized slicing tomatoes are reaching peak harvest! In your shares will be mostly red slicing tomatoes, but there will also be a few yellow, orange, or purple tomatoes as well (varieties: Moonglow, Wapsinicon Peach, Early Girl, Celebrity, Japanese Black Trifele)
Cherry Tomatoes - A bag of mixed varieties of cherry tomatoes. You'll see orange (SunGold), pastel yellow (White Cherry), and purple (Chocolate Cherry).
Radishes - The first harvest of fall radishes. "French Breakfast" heirloom variety, very mild flavored.
Garlic - Store garlic on your kitchen counter. It will stay "fresh" for many weeks!
Green Beans - Over a pound of green beans in each of your shares. Picked fresh, they are crunchy & delicious.
Broccoli - The fall broccoli is starting to produce some nice broccoli shoots! You'll each see a bag in your share.
Hot Peppers - a bag featuring 2 types: chili (mild/medium) and jalapeno (hot). Great raw, grilled, etc
Sweet Peppers - You'll each receive 5 sweet peppers - both green and yellow! Super fresh & crunchy. Great raw or cooked.
Cucumbers - a few in each of your shares! Fresh, crunchy, and thin-skinned. The cucumber harvest is slowing down.
Zucchini / Summer Squash - The summer squash harvest is slowing down, you'll see just one in your share.
Basil - YUM! There is nothing like fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Kale - Super delicious chopped finely on a raw salad, or lightly sauteed. Have you tried kale chips or kale soup?
Swiss Chard - super healthy leafy green! Chop thinly for eating raw on salads, or lightly saute.
Optional - u-Pick Apples to those CSA Members who would like some! This is our only fruit crop that survived to harvest this year. All the rest did not make it through the super-cold spring, late-April heavy snow, and heavy rains (no mulberries, no black raspberries, no peaches this year). We do have some apples, but it looks like maybe only 25% or less than the normal amount. Want some? Pick away, just ask us for a bag while you're picking up your share, and we'll point you on your way!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Cedar Inn, Cedarville, IL
Eilerts, Freeport, IL
Logan's Bar & Grill, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill, Freeport, IL
Route 73 Brew & Chew, Pearl City, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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Food Truck Cancelled for this Sunday, August 25

2019-08-23T08:47:00.001-05:00

Please forgive us for sending out 2 emails in one week, we've never done it before and I sincerely apologize! However, I felt the need to let you all know that I've just received word that the Food Truck scheduled for this Sunday, August 25 has cancelled. Apparently they double-booked themselves. I apologize, and wanted to let you all know before you make the drive out here & end up hungry!

Again, our apologies for the extra email. We'll be open as usual all weekend long, but the food truck will no longer be coming on Sunday. Thank you! :)

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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Berry Ale fruit beer & Food Truck at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-08-22T17:03:00.001-05:00

Berry Ale is BACK! This Fruit Beer features a blend of 3 fruits: raspberry, strawberry, and blueberry. Pink in color, slightly sweet in flavor, and all-around delicious! On Tap starting this weekend, while supplies last (should be around for at least a few weeks, we hope)!

Don't miss the Grill Out this Sunday! The food truck will be here from 1-5, menu below!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Berry Ale - fruit beer
Coffee Habit - stout
Dubbel Dribble - Belgian Dubbel style ale
Goin' Camping Stout - brewed with graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate
Galahad - English brown ale
Howdy Hops IPA - citrus IPA
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Burgers, Brats, and Beer!

Join us this Sunday, August 25 from 1-5 pm for a Food Truck Grill Out! The food truck will be grilling Burgers, Beer Brats, and hand-cut Pork Chop tenderloin sandwiches, which they'll serve with Mrs. Mike's chips. They'll also be frying up some Wisconsin Cheese Curds!

Honey now available for purchase!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

August 23-25 - Berry Ale fruit beer release
August 25, 1-5 pm Food Truck, Benchwarmers (Grill Out & Fried Cheese Curds)
September 7, Screw City Brewfest, Rockford IL (visit our booth at the brewfest; our taproom will also still be open as usual here at the brewery!)
September 14, Pretzel City Brewfest, Freeport, IL (visit our booth at the brewfest; our taproom will also still be open as usual here at the brewery!)
September 29, 1-5 pm (Sunday), Oktoberfest at Wishful Acres! - We'll have a food truck featuring some German-inspired foods, our radio will be tuned to Oktoberfest music, plus our Oktoberfest beer will be on tap!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Tomatoes - The regular-sized slicing tomatoes are reaching peak harvest! In your shares will be mostly red slicing tomatoes, but there will also be a few yellow, orange, or purple tomatoes as well (varieties: Moonglow, Wapsinicon Peach, Early Girl, Celebrity, Japanese Black Trifele)
Cherry Tomatoes - A bag of mixed varieties of cherry tomatoes. You'll see orange (SunGold), pastel yellow (White Cherry), and purple (Chocolate Cherry).
Garlic - Store garlic on your kitchen counter. It will stay "fresh" for many weeks!
Green Beans - Over a pound of green beans in each of your shares. Picked fresh, they are crunchy & delicious.
Hot Peppers - a bag featuring 2 types: chili (mild/medium) and jalapeno (hot). Great raw, grilled, etc
Sweet Peppers - You'll each receive several sweet peppers - both green and yellow! Super fresh & crunchy. Great raw or cooked.
Cucumbers - several in each of your shares! Fresh, crunchy, and thin-skinned. Awesome! Cucumbers are delicious - sliced onto salads, sandwiches, or in a salad all their own... such as my favorite - a vinegar & sour cream sauce cucumber salad!
Zucchini / Summer Squash - The summer squash harvest is slowing down, you'll see a much smaller bag this week.
Basil - YUM! There is nothing like fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Kale - Super delicious chopped finely on a raw salad, or lightly sauteed. Have you tried kale chips or kale soup?
Swiss Chard - super healthy leafy green! Chop thinly for eating raw on salads, or lightly saute.
Optional - u-Pick Apples to those CSA Members who would like some! This is our only fruit crop that survived to harvest this year. All the rest did not make it through the super-cold spring, late-April heavy snow, and heavy rains (no mulberries, no black raspberries, no peaches this year). We do have some apples, but it looks like maybe only 25% or less than the normal amount. Want some? Pick away, just ask us for a bag while you're picking up your share, and we'll point you on your way!
Optional - Extra cucumbers available for those who want them! Let us know, and we'll include an extra bag of several cukes in your share.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Cedar Inn, Cedarville, IL
Eilerts, Freeport, IL
Logan's Bar & Grill, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill, Freeport, IL
Route 73 Brew & Chew, Pearl City, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Coffee Stout beer release at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-08-15T16:59:00.001-05:00

"Coffee Habit", our mocha coffee stout, is BACK on tap this weekend! Brewed with chocolate & roasted malts and aged with freshly ground coffee beans. The result is a dark, rich-flavored, coffee-spiked stout. Delicious! 5.5% ABV, 25 IBU.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Coffee Habit - stout
Dubbel Dribble - Belgian Dubbel style ale
Goin' Camping Stout - brewed with graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate
Galahad - English brown ale
Howdy Hops IPA - citrus IPA
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

August 16-18 - Coffee Habit beer release
August 25, 1-5 pm Food Truck, Benchwarmers (Grill Out & Fried Cheese Curds)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Tomatoes - The regular-sized slicing tomatoes are finally ripening! In your shares will be mostly red slicing tomatoes, but there may be a few yellow or orange tomatoes as well
Cherry Tomatoes - A bigger bag of mixed varieties of cherry tomatoes. You'll see orange (SunGold), pastel yellow (White Cherry), and purple (Chocolate Cherry).
Garlic - Store garlic on your kitchen counter. It will stay "fresh" for many weeks!
Broccoli - A bag in each share of our broccoli shoots, great with dip or on a salad
Green Beans - Over a pound of green beans in each of your shares. Picked fresh, they are crunchy & delicious.
Hot Peppers - a bag featuring 2 types: chili (mild/medium) and jalapeno (hot). Great raw, grilled, etc
Sweet Peppers - You'll each receive 4 sweet peppers - both green and yellow! Super fresh & crunchy. Great raw or cooked.
Cucumbers - several in each of your shares! Fresh, crunchy, and thin-skinned. Awesome! Cucumbers are delicious - sliced onto salads, sandwiches, or in a salad all their own... such as my favorite - a vinegar & sour cream sauce cucumber salad!
Zucchini / Summer Squash - 4 varieties in your shares, with 1-3 of each variety, it's peak summer squash season, so it's a huge bag! Patty Pan (shaped like a round flower), Middle Eastern Zucchini (my favorite) has a light-green skin, creamy texture, and mild flavor. Yellow crookneck has a beautiful color! And regular green zucchini is a staple! Zucchini is delicious cooked, but it can also be eaten raw on salads & with dips!
Basil - YUM! There is nothing like fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Kale - Super delicious chopped finely on a raw salad, or lightly sauteed. Have you tried kale chips or kale soup?
Optional - Extra cucumbers available for those who want them! Let us know, and we'll include an extra bag of several cukes in your share.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Grilled Cheese Food Truck at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-08-08T16:59:00.001-05:00

Gourmet Grilled Cheese & Hand-Cut Topped Fries! This Sunday from 1-5 pm, Kristi & Sons Food Truck will be here. And she has an extra-special surprise for you this time - one of her sandwiches will feature fresh basil grown right here at Wishful Acres! Details below!

Have you been enjoying our Pineapple beer? It's almost gone! Stop in soon for yours while supplies last.

Lastly, farm members..... Finally, the first tomatoes of the season are in your shares this week!!! Now that's cause for celebration!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Dubbel Dribble - Belgian Dubbel style ale
Pineapple Ale - fruit beer (Supply getting Low)
Goin' Camping Stout - brewed with graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate
Galahad - English brown ale
Howdy Hops IPA - citrus IPA
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Kristi & Sons Food Truck will be back Sunday, August 11 from 1-5 pm! We're **Super Excited** about the Tomato Basil Grilled Cheese on her menu, featuring fresh organic Basil grown right here at Wishful Acres!!!
Kristi also uses all-local cheeses on the sandwiches! The rest of the Gourmet Grilled Cheese & Hand-Cut Topped Fries menu is below!

** Hand-Cut Topped Fries:
- Classic
- Cheese
- Garlic parmesan
- Buffalo Blue
- Pad Thai
- Pulled pork

** Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches:
- Classic
- Pulled pork
- Pizza
- Jalapeno popper
- Tomato Basil

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

August 11, 1-5 pm Food Truck, Kristi & Sons (Gourmet Grilled Cheese & Hand-cut Topped Fries)
August 25, 1-5 pm Food Truck, Benchwarmers (Grill Out & Fried Cheese Curds)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Tomatoes!!! - A bag of super sweet orange cherry tomatoes - first of the season! The cool spring & early summer have really pushed the tomato harvest late this year, but we're starting to see them trickle in, starting with the cherry tomatoes.
Garlic - First of the season! Just harvested this week, this garlic will still be super crunchy and won't yet have the full papery outer skin.
Cabbage - Our "Savoy" variety of cabbage is finally ready. The cabbage didn't fare well this spring, but it's finally here!
Green Beans - The green beans are back, you'll each receive a nice big bag full. like summer veggies!
Hot Peppers - a bag featuring 2 types: chili (mild/medium) and jalapeno (hot). Great raw, grilled, etc
Sweet Peppers - You'll each receive 4 sweet peppers - both green and yellow! Super fresh & crunchy. Great raw or cooked.
Cucumbers - several in each of your shares! Fresh, crunchy, and thin-skinned. Awesome! Cucumbers are delicious - sliced onto salads, sandwiches, or in a salad all their own... such as my favorite - a vinegar & sour cream sauce cucumber salad!
Zucchini / Summer Squash - 4 varieties in your shares, with 2-3 of each variety, it's peak summer squash season, so it's a huge bag! Patty Pan (shaped like a round flower), Middle Eastern Zucchini (my favorite) has a light-green skin, creamy texture, and mild flavor. Yellow crookneck has a beautiful color! And regular green zucchini is a staple! Zucchini is delicious cooked, but it can also be eaten raw on salads & with dips!
Basil - YUM! There is nothing like fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Swiss Chard - Super delicious chopped finely on a raw salad, or lightly sauteed. Deer love this crop, but it's super delicious and healthy for humans, too! :)

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

We're Enjoying Summer at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-08-01T16:59:00.001-05:00

The weather has been absolutely beautiful this week, and the forecast for this weekend looks great too! We're trying to enjoy these last weeks of summer with our 3 sons before school starts (which is only a few weeks away)! We hope you're also enjoying summer, it will be over before we know it (and we don't want to think about the ice, snow, & frigid winter yet)! Our outdoor beer garden is always open, feel free to soak up the summer with us!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Dubbel Dribble - Belgian Dubbel style ale
Pineapple Ale - fruit beer
Goin' Camping Stout - brewed with graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate
Galahad - English brown ale
Howdy Hops IPA - citrus IPA
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

August 11, 1-5 pm Food Truck, Kristi & Sons (Gourmet Grilled Cheese & Hand-cut Topped Fries)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Cabbage - Our "Savoy" variety of cabbage is finally ready. The cabbage didn't fare well this spring, but it's finally here!
Green Beans - The green beans are back, you'll each receive a nice big bag full. Last week, there were no green beans as the deer had decided to munch the tops of the new crop of baby plants as they were growing, which resulted in stunted growth for a week or two!
Hot Peppers - a bag featuring 2 types: chili (mild/medium) and jalapeno (hot). Great raw, grilled, etc
Sweet Peppers - You'll each receive a few sweet peppers - both green and yellow! Super fresh & crunchy. Great raw or cooked.
Cucumbers - several in each of your shares! Fresh, crunchy, and thin-skinned. Awesome! Cucumbers are delicious - sliced onto salads, sandwiches, or in a salad all their own... such as my favorite - a vinegar & sour cream sauce cucumber salad!
Broccoli - Great raw, steamed, roasted... you name it! We all know how good broccoli is for us.
Zucchini / Summer Squash - 3 to 4 varieties in your shares! A nice big bag with several summer squash: Patty Pan (shaped like a round flower), Middle Eastern Zucchini (my favorite) has a light-green skin, creamy texture, and mild flavor. Yellow crookneck has a beautiful color! And regular green zucchini is a staple! Zucchini is delicious cooked, but it can also be eaten raw on salads & with dips!
Basil - YUM! There is nothing like fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Swiss Chard - Super delicious chopped finely on a raw salad, or lightly sauteed. Deer love this crop, but it's super delicious and healthy for humans, too! :)
Garlic Scapes - The last of them for the season! A gourmet treat! The fresh top of the garlic plant. Use as you would fresh onion or garlic.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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Food Truck + NEW Belgian Dubbel Beer at from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-07-25T16:59:00.001-05:00

Try a Dubbel Dribble! That's our brand-new beer, which goes on tap this Friday! Dubbel Dribble is our Belgian-style rye Dubbel, delicate, mild, & well-balanced flavors, reddish-brown in color, 7.2% ABV & 14 IBU! Dubbel (meaning "double" in Belgian) is a historic style of strong beer traditionally brewed by Trappist Abbey monks in Europe.

A Food Truck will be here this Sunday, July 28, from 1-5 pm! Burgers, beer brats, pork chop sandwiches, and fried Wisconsin cheese curds!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Dubbel Dribble - Belgian Dubbel style ale
Pineapple Ale - fruit beer
Goin' Camping Stout - brewed with graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate
Galahad - English brown ale
Howdy Hops IPA - citrus IPA
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Food Truck Event!

Sunday, July 28 from 1-5 pm! Burgers, beer brats, pork chop sandwiches (all grilled). Plus fried Wisconsin Cheese Curds!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

July 26, 27, 28: New beer release: Dubbel Dribble (Belgian Dubbel Ale)
July 28: Food Truck Grill out - Burgers, Brats, Pork Chop Sandwiches, Fried Cheese Curds

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Hot Peppers - a small bag featuring 2 types: chili (mild/medium) and jalapeno (hot). Great raw, grilled, etc
Sweet Peppers - First small harvest - you'll find either a green or a yellow pepper in your share.
Cucumbers - several! Fresh, crunchy, and thin-skinned. Awesome! Cucumbers are delicious - sliced onto salads, sandwiches, or in a salad all their own... such as my favorite - a vinegar & sour cream sauce cucumber salad!
Broccoli - Great raw, steamed, roasted... you name it! We all know how good broccoli is for us.
Zucchini / Summer Squash - 2 to 3 varieties in your shares! A nice big bag with several summer squash: Middle Eastern Zucchini (my favorite) has a light-green skin, creamy texture, and mild flavor. Yellow crookneck has a beautiful color! And regular green zucchini is a staple! Zucchini is delicious cooked, but it can also be eaten raw on salads & with dips!
Basil - YUM! There is nothing like fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Swiss Chard - Super delicious chopped finely on a raw salad, or lightly sauteed. Deer love this crop, but it's super delicious and healthy for humans, too! :)
Kale - Super delicious in a kale soup or kale salad, or try a recipe for kale chips! This leafy green vegetable is super healthy.
Garlic Scapes - A gourmet treat! The fresh top of the garlic plant. Use as you would fresh onion or garlic. This is probably the last of the garlic scapes for the season!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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4 NEW Beers on tap, Hot Sauce Tasting & more from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-07-18T17:03:00.001-05:00

We have been waiting patiently for a beer to run out, so we could introduce a new one. And, as we thought might happen, 4 ran out in one weekend. So, rather than spreading out the new beer releases, we have 4 new beers on tap this weekend! Great news for all of you!!!

The 4 new beers will be explained in detail below, but here is a brief listing. Also, these beers are all full-sized batches and will be around for awhile. So, if you don't want to brave this weekend's extremely hot weather forecast, don't worry.... these beers will be around for at least a few weekends!

- Pineapple Ale (new fruit beer)
- Goin' Camping (Stout)
- Howdy Hops (IPA)
- Galahad (English Pub Style that we've brewed before)

Also, read below about the Hot Sauce Event that will be happening in our taproom from 5-7pm on Friday!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Pineapple Ale - fruit beer
Goin' Camping Stout - brewed with graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate
Galahad - English brown ale
Howdy Hops IPA - citrus IPA
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Smart A** - Wit Bier (supply getting low)
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

New Beers On Tap!

We have 4 beers going on tap this weekend!! All 4 are either brand new recipes (3 of them), or one we haven't brewed for awhile (Galahad).Here are the descriptions of each!

- Pineapple Ale - Another of our Fruit Beers! Very mild, slightly sweet, refreshing.
Made with real fruit & juices. A brand-new addition to our rotation! 5.5% ABV, 5 IBU

- Goin' Camping Stout- A dark, malty stout brewed with graham crackers, chocolate,
and marshmallows! S'mores! Delicious. 6% ABV, 35 IBU

- Howdy Hops IPA - This IPA features flavors of citrus hops with a complex malt bill. Made with 6 hops: Mosaic, Warrior, Galaxy, Simcoe, Citra, and Amarillo. 6% ABV, 65 IBU

- Galahad- Welcome to England in the rural Midwest! Galahad is an English pub-style ale. Brown in color, very mild & malty in flavor! 5% ABV, 22 IBU

Hot Sauce Event!

Join us this Friday, July 19, from 5-7 pm for a Hot Sauce Event!!! Our friend Sean began his special business adventure with Brandt last year. Brandt, who was born with Williams Syndrome, had a desire to work for himself, and with Sean's help they're making it happen! Visit with both Brandt and Sean this Friday from 5-7 pm here at Wishful Acres, learn about their business, and try their hot sauces!

From Sean: Brandts Wicked Pissah Hot Sauces will be offering a tasting of our 4 hot sauces. We will also be offering up a snack bowl of tortilla chips served with a hot sauce of your choice (with extra options) for just $4. Also available will be Bottles of Sauce for sale to take home and or make a great gift for the hot sauce loving enthusiast.

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

July 19-21: 4 beers release weekend!
July 19: Hot Sauces from 5-7 on this Friday night with Sean of Brandt's Wicked Pissah Hot Sauces
July 28: Food Truck Grill out - Burgers, Brats, Pork Chop Sandwiches, Fried Cheese Curds

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Grean Beans -You'll each get a nice big bag full of these gems, over a pound each! Great steamed, boiled, roasted... fresh green beans are delicious any way you like them!
Cucumbers - 5 each! Fresh, crunchy, and thin-skinned. Awesome! Cucumbers are delicious - sliced onto salads, sandwiches, or in a salad all their own... such as my favorite - a vinegar & sour cream sauce cucumber salad!
Broccoli - Great raw, steamed, roasted... you name it! We all know how good broccoli is for us. :)
Zucchini / Summer Squash - 3 varieties in your shares! A nice big bag with approximately 6 summer squash: Middle Eastern Zucchini (my favorite) has a light-green skin, creamy texture, and mild flavor. Yellow crookneck has a beautiful color! And regular green zucchini is a staple! Zucchini is delicious cooked, but it can also be eaten raw on salads & with dips!
Basil - YUM! There is nothing like fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Swiss Chard - Super delicious chopped finely on a raw salad, or lightly sauteed. Deer love this crop, but it's super delicious and healthy for humans, too! :)
Kale - Super delicious in a kale soup or kale salad, or try a recipe for kale chips! This leafy green vegetable is super healthy.
Garlic Scapes - A gourmet treat! The fresh top of the garlic plant. Use as you would fresh onion or garlic.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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Food Truck BBQ! See you at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-07-11T16:59:00.001-05:00

We hope you all had a happy Independence Day! It's hard to believe that summer is going by so fast!

This Sunday, July 14, from 1-5 pm, stop out for some real smoked BBQ! Hammered Swine BBQ will be here selling their delicious smoked meat creations: BBQ Chicken, Pulled Pork, and Racks of Ribs (details below)!

Members of our farm's CSA Program, you'll start to see summer's first true abundance in your vegetable share this week! The list of items you're receiving is enormous; scroll down to see it!

Lastly, we still have a bit of Jalapeno Ale left! Stop out on Friday if you want to ensure yours... we're not sure how long it will last!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Jalapeno Ale - wheat beer aged with fresh jalapenos (almost gone)
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
Cherry Ale - fruit beer (supply getting low)
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Smart A** - Wit Bier (supply getting low)
Simowa - IPA (supply getting low)
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout (supply getting low)
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Hammered Swine BBQ!

Sunday, July 14 from 1-5 pm, join us for some really delicious smoked meat BBQ! Hammered Swine BBQ will be here selling their delicious meat creations. This time around, they're featuring:

- Pulled Pork Sandwiches
- BBQ Chicken - boneless skinless chicken thighs
- Ribs - sold by the whole rack only, one rack feeds 2-3 people, and there are only a limited number of racks available. (First come, first served on these St. Louis-style spare ribs)

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

July 14: Food Truck Sunday, 1-5 pm - Hammered Swine BBQ
July 19: Hot Sauces from 5-7 on this Friday night with Sean of Brandt's Wicked Pissah Hot Sauces

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Grean Beans - First of the season! You'll each get a nice big bag full of these gems! Great steamed, boiled, roasted... fresh green beans are delicious any way you like them!
Cucumbers - First of the season! Fresh, crunchy, and thin-skinned. Awesome!
Broccoli - The first harvest of broccoli! Great raw, steamed, roasted... you name it! We all know how good broccoli is for us. :)
Zucchini / Summer Squash - The first harvest of zucchini & summer squash, and you'll each receive a nice amount of these beauties! Zucchini is delicious cooked, but it can also be eaten raw on salads & with dips!
Basil - YUM! There is nothing like fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Knob Onions - You'll have both Red & White onions in your share, with the green tops attached as well, so everything is edible. A knob onion is so called because the onion is not yet fully mature, but more of a "knob" size, but harvested now while the green tops are also still growing & edible.
Swiss Chard - FINALLY, the deer have stayed out of the Swiss Chard long enough for it to grow large enough to harvest! Deer love this crop, but it's super delicious and healthy for humans, too! :)
Sugar Snap Peas - This is the final harvest of the sugar snap peas. They have stopped producing for the year.
Kale - Super delicious in a kale soup or kale salad, or try a recipe for kale chips! This leafy green vegetable is super healthy.
Kohlrabi - The last Kolhrabi of the season! Simply peel the skin off the kohlrabi, then slice or chop it. The flavor reminds me of a mix between carrot and cabbage. It's delicious raw, or with a dip or on a salad.
Garlic Scapes - A gourmet treat! The fresh top of the garlic plant. Use as you would fresh onion or garlic.
Dill - The last dill of the season. Fresh Dill! Great in dips, on sandwiches & salads.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Jalapeno Ale! Happy 4th of July from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-07-04T16:59:00.001-05:00

Jalapeno Ale is BACK this weekend, July 5-7! Our Jalapeno Ale is made in very small batches & generally never lasts more than a weekend or two - but don't forget that you can purchase some to take home with you in a Growler! (And YES, we do have our Peach Mango Ale on tap as well, for those of you who enjoy mixing those two. :)

Last but not least, Happy 4th of July! We'll be open our regular hours this weekend, which means we're not open on the 4th of July (Thursday). However, our beer is on tap at many nearby bars & restaurants that you can support on the 4th (see the list at the end of this newsletter.)

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Jalapeno Ale - wheat beer aged with fresh jalapenos
Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
Cherry Ale - fruit beer (supply getting low)
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Smart A** - Wit Bier (supply getting low)
Simowa - IPA
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout (supply getting low)
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Stoutzilla - dark stout (supply getting low)
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Jalapeno Ale!

This weekend, our Jalapeno Ale is BACK! This golden, mild wheat beer is aged with fresh jalapenos. The beer smells like fresh green peppers, and has a mild spicy pepper flavor. This is one of our most popular beers, and it's made in a very small batch that generally only lasts a weekend or two. We do have our Peach Mango beer on tap as well, for those who enjoy mixing the two. Stop out for a pint or two, and get some to take home in a growler fill!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

July 5, 6, 7: Jalapeno Ale on tap!
July 14: Food Truck Sunday, 1-5 pm - Hammered Swine BBQ

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Basil - YUM! The first harvest of the season's fresh basil. So delicious used fresh & raw on sandwiches, salads, pizza, pesto, you name it!
Knob Onions - You'll have both Red & White onions in your share, with the green tops attached as well, so everything is edible. A knob onion is so called because the onion is not yet fully mature, but more of a "knob" size, but harvested now while the green tops are also still growing & edible.
Swiss Chard - FINALLY, the deer have stayed out of the Swiss Chard long enough for it to grow large enough to harvest! Deer love this crop, but it's super delicious and healthy for humans, too! :)
Sugar Snap Peas - The peak harvest of this year's sugar snap peas has arrived! You'll each be receiving a big, double-sized bag-full!
Kale - Super delicious in a kale soup or kale salad, or try a recipe for kale chips! This leafy green vegetable is super healthy.
Kohlrabi - Simply peel the skin off the kohlrabi, then slice or chop it. The flavor reminds me of a mix between carrot and cabbage. It's delicious raw, or with a dip or on a salad.
Garlic Scapes - A gourmet treat! The fresh top of the garlic plant. Use as you would fresh onion or garlic.
Dill - Fresh Dill! Great in dips, on sandwiches & salads.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Celebrate Summer with Us at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-06-27T16:59:00.001-05:00

Summer has officially arrived! The calendar proves it, and we're also seeing some warmer weather along with the official start of summer. We hope to see you soon as we all celebrate summer with a cool handcrafted craft beer here at Wishful Acres!

Next weekend, July 5-7, we'll be releasing a small batch of our Jalapeno Ale, so be sure to mark your calendars! Our Jalapeno Ale never lasts more than a weekend of two - but don't forget that you can purchase some to take home with you in a Growler!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
Cherry Ale - fruit beer
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Smart A** - Wit Bier (supply getting low)
Simowa - IPA (almost gone)
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

July 5, 6, 7: Jalapeno Ale on tap!
July 14: Food Truck Sunday, 1-5 pm - Hammered Swine BBQ

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

The season has begun! Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Sugar Snap Peas - The peak harvest of this year's sugar snap peas has arrived! You'll each be receiving a big, double-sized bag-full!
Kale - Super delicious in a kale soup or kale salad, or try a recipe for kale chips! This leafy green vegetable is super healthy.
Kohlrabi - I'm calling this year's kohlrabi harvest "Battle-Scarred". So much rain caused the kohlrabi to crack, and then heal. You'll notice tan-colored marks, or "scars", where the plant cracked open from the excess rain, and then healed. Not pretty, but still delicious!
Garlic Scapes - A gourmet treat! The fresh top of the garlic plant. Use as you would fresh onion or garlic.
Dill - Fresh Dill! Great in dips, on sandwiches & salads.
Cilantro - Fresh Cilantro! Use it to flavor your Mexican or Asian dishes!
Lettuce - Simpson lettuce is light green and very delicate. You'll never see it in a grocery store due to it's delicacy; it's a lettuce that is meant to be enjoyed fresh & local. Great for wilted lettuce salads with warm bacon dressing!
Arugula - The arugula harvest is almost done for the spring. Enjoy! Large leaves of arugula with a beautiful bright green color.
Radishes - Easter Egg radishes - purple, red, pink, white! The leaves are left attached, and are also edible - try some on a salad, the greens taste similar to the radish root itself.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Grilled Cheese & Gourmet Fries! Food Truck at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-06-20T16:59:00.001-05:00

We hope to see you this Sunday, June 23 from 1-5 pm! Kristi & Sons Food Truck will be back that day, serving up their Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches & Gourmet Hand-cut Topped Fries! Details & Menu below.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
Cherry Ale - fruit beer
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Smart A** - Wit Bier
Simowa - IPA
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Kristi & Sons Food Truck!
Sunday, June 23, 1-3 pm
Featuring Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
& Gourmet Hand-cut Topped Fries!

Menu for the Food Truck Day:

** Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches:
- Classic
- Pulled pork
- Pizza
- Jalapeno popper
- Spinach (maybe)

** Hand-Cut Topped Fries:
- Classic
- Cheese
- Garlic parmesan
- Buffalo Blue
- Pad Thai
- Pulled pork
- Greek (maybe)

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

June 23: Food Truck Sunday, 1-5 pm - Kristi & Sons Food Truck featuring Gourmet Grilled Cheese & Hand Cut Topped Fries!
July 14: Food Truck Sunday, 1-5 pm - Hammered Swine BBQ

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

The season has begun! Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Sugar Snap Peas - The first harvest of this year's sugar snap peas! I wonder how many of these bags will last the drive home for each of you... :)
Kohlrabi - I'm calling this year's kohlrabi harvest "Battle-Scarred". So much rain caused the kohlrabi to crack, and then heal. You'll notice tan-colored marks, or "scars", where the plant cracked open from the excess rain, and then healed. Not pretty, but still delicious!
Garlic Scapes - A gourmet treat! The fresh top of the garlic plant. Use as you would fresh onion or garlic.
Dill - Fresh Dill! Great in dips, on sandwiches & salads.
Cilantro - Fresh Cilantro! Use it to flavor your Mexican or Asian dishes!
Green & Red Oak Leaf Lettuce - Delicious green & red leaves of spring Oak Leaf Lettuce; an heirloom variety which features leaves shaped like, you guessed it, oak leaves!
Green Simpson Lettuce - Simpson lettuce is light green and very delicate. You'll never see it in a grocery store due to it's delicacy; it's a lettuce that is meant to be enjoyed fresh & local. Great for wilted lettuce salads with warm bacon dressing!
Arugula - The arugula harvest is almost done for the spring. Enjoy! Large leaves of arugula with a beautiful bright green color.
Radishes - First harvest of the new planting of radishes! The leaves are left attached, and are also edible - try some on a salad, the greens taste similar to the radish root itself.
Asian Greens Mix - A mix of Mizuna and Red Mustard greens. Packs a bit of a peppery flavor, and is nice mixed onto a salad or very lightly stir-fried. Delicious fresh raw or cooked.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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Happy Father's Day! Upcoming Events & more from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-06-13T16:59:00.001-05:00

Happy Father's Day from our family to yours! We'll be open our regular hours all weekend; swing out for a pint with Dad!

Mark your calendars for Sunday, June 23 from 1-5 pm! Kristi & Sons Food Truck will be back that day, serving up their Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches & Gourmet Hand-cut Topped Fries! Details below.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Double IPA - high ABV, hoppy!
Cherry Ale - fruit beer
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Smart A** - Wit Bier
Simowa - IPA
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Kristi & Sons Food Truck!
Sunday, June 23, 1-3 pm
Featuring Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
& Gourmet Hand-cut Topped Fries!

Menu for the Food Truck Day:

** Hand-Cut Topped Fries:
- Classic
- Cheese
- Garlic parmesan
- Buffalo Blue
- Pad Thai
- Pulled pork
- Greek (maybe)

** Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches:
- Classic
- Pulled pork
- Pizza
- Jalapeno popper
- Spinach (maybe)

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

June 23: Food Truck Sunday, 1-5 pm - Kristi & Sons Food Truck featuring Gourmet Grilled Cheese & Hand Cut Topped Fries!
July 14: Food Truck Sunday, 1-5 pm - Hammered Swine BBQ

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

The season has begun! Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Cilantro - The first harvest of fresh Cilantro! Use it to flavor your Mexican or Asian dishes!
Green Oak Leaf Lettuce - Delicious bright green leaves of spring Oak Leaf Lettuce; an heirloom variety which features leaves shaped like, you guessed it, oak leaves!
Green Simpson Lettuce - Simpson lettuce is light green and very delicate. You'll never see it in a grocery store due to it's delicacy; it's a lettuce that is meant to be enjoyed fresh & local. Great for wilted lettuce salads with warm bacon dressing!
Arugula - x 2 - A double-sized bag of arugula! The arugula harvest this year looks amazing! Large leaves of arugula with a beautiful bright green color.
Radishes - A BIG harvest this week of "Easter Egg" radishes in a multitude of colors: red, pink, purple, white. The leaves are left attached, and are also edible - try some on a salad, the greens taste similar to the radish root itself.
Red Oak Leaf Lettuce - Beautiful light red colored lettuce. Try mixing in several of the greens in this week's share for a beautiful salad of many colors & flavors!
Asian Greens Mix - A mix of Mizuna and Red Mustard greens. Packs a bit of a peppery flavor, and is nice mixed onto a salad or very lightly stir-fried. Delicious fresh raw or cooked.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Burgers & Brats Grill Out, NEW Double IPA & more from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-06-06T16:59:00.001-05:00

We're releasing our very first Double IPA this weekend! This Double IPA weighs in at 8% ABV and 96 IBUs - wow! Hoppy IPA fans unite!

This Sunday is the first Grill Out of the season! Join us for grilled Burgers, Beer Brats, Pork Chop Sandwiches, and Fried Cheese Curds! The Food Truck will be here from 1-5 pm on Sunday, June 9, and please note that this food truck is Cash Only.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Double IPA - NEW
Cherry Ale - fruit beer
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Smart A** - Wit Bier
Simowa - IPA
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

June 7-9: New Beer Release: Double IPA
June 9 : Food Truck Sunday - Featuring grilled burgers, brats, & fried cheese curds! Cash only for this food truck.
June 23: Food Truck Sunday - Kristi & Sons Food Truck (food item TBA)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

The season has begun! Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Green Simpson Lettuce - x 2 - A double-sized bag of this heirloom spring lettuce! Simpson lettuce is light green and very delicate. You'll never see it in a grocery store due to it's delicacy; it's a lettuce that is meant to be enjoyed fresh & local. Great for wilted lettuce salads!
Arugula - x 2 - A double-sized bag of arugula! The arugula harvest this year looks amazing! Large leaves of arugula with a beautiful bright green color.
Radishes - Beautiful "Easter Egg" radishes in a multitude of colors: red, pink, purple, white. The leaves are left attached, and are also edible - try some on a salad, the greens taste similar to the radish root itself.
Red Oak Leaf Lettuce - Beautiful light red colored lettuce. Try mixing in several of the greens in this week's share for a beautiful salad of many colors & flavors!
Asian Greens Mix - A mix of Mizuna, Tat Soi, and Red Mustard greens. Packs a bit of a peppery flavor, and is nice mixed onto a salad or very lightly stir-fried. Delicious fresh raw or cooked.
Spinach - The first spring leaves of spinach! Delicious on a salad. (This might be the last of the spinach - all of this rain has taken a major toll on the spinach crop.)

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Cherry Ale, First Farm Harvest & more from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-05-30T16:59:00.001-05:00

Cherry Ale is BACK on tap this weekend! This fruit beer is mild, fruity, and sweet/tart in flavor. It replaces Raspberry Lime, which has run out.

This week is the first harvest of our organic vegetables for our Farm Members! Members of our CSA Program (Community Supported Agriculture), please refer to your pickup schedules... the season has begun!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Cherry Ale - fruit beer
El Dorado - Pale Ale
Smart A** - Wit Bier
Simowa - IPA
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

June 9 : Food Truck Sunday - Benchwarmers Food Truck will be Grilling Out! Featuring grilled burgers, brats, & fried cheese curds!
June 23: Food Truck Sunday - Kristi & Sons Food Truck (food item TBA)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

The season has begun! Farm Members, please refer to your pickup schedules. In this week's share:

Green Simpson Lettuce - x 2 - A double-sized bag of this heirloom spring lettuce! Simpson lettuce is light green and very delicate. You'll never see it in a grocery store due to it's delicacy; it's a lettuce that is meant to be enjoyed fresh & local. Great for wilted lettuce salads!
Arugula - x 2 - A double-sized bag of arugula! The arugula harvest this year looks amazing! Large leaves of arugula with a beautiful bright green color.
Radishes - Beautiful "Easter Egg" radishes in a multitude of colors: red, pink, purple, white. The leaves are left attached, and are also edible - try some on a salad, the greens taste similar to the radish root itself.
Red Oak Leaf Lettuce - Beautiful light red colored lettuce. Try mixing in several of the greens in this week's share for a beautiful salad of many colors & flavors!
Asian Greens Mix - A mix of Mizuna, Tat Soi, and Red Mustard greens. Packs a bit of a peppery flavor, and is nice mixed onto a salad or very lightly stir-fried. Delicious fresh raw or cooked.
Spinach - The first spring leaves of spinach! Delicious on a salad.

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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2 new beers! Our Story & 11th year in business! Happy Memorial Day Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-05-23T16:59:00.001-05:00

We have 2 New Beers on tap this weekend! Smart A** is a Belgian-style Wit Bier, light in color and body, with flavors of coriander and sweet orange peel. El Dorado is an American Pale Ale, crisp & clean, with a slightly hoppy flavor.

We're celebrating our 11th year in business! How well do you know "Our Story"? Ready the history of WIshful Acres below!

Happy Memorial Day! We'll be open our regular hours this weekend.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

El Dorado - Pale Ale
Smart A** - Wit Bier
Raspberry Lime - Fruit Beer (supply getting low)
Simowa - IPA
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Doomwing - IPA
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

New Beer: Smart A**!

We've had our Belgian-style wit beer, Smart As*, on tap a couple of times in the past, and it's always been a crowd-pleaser! Light in color and body, and mild in flavor, featuring flavors of coriander and sweet orange peel. 4.5% ABV, 12 IBU

New Beer: El Dorado!

El Dorado is an American Pale Ale that we brewed once before, over a year ago. American Pale Ale, or APA, is a style of beer that is slightly less hoppy than it's cousin India Pale Ale (IPA). El Dorado is golden in color with a slightly hoppy flavor. Brewed with plenty of malted grains and El Dorado Hops. 5% ABV, 35 IBU

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

Memorial Day Weekend (May 24, 25, 26) we will be open our regular hours: Friday 4-9, Saturday 1-8, and Sunday 1-5. (Closed Monday through Thursday as normal).
Memorial Day Weekend - 2 New Beer Releases: Smart A** & El Dorado APA
June 9 : Food Truck Sunday - Benchwarmers Food Truck will be Grilling Out! Featuring grilled burgers, brats, & fried cheese curds!
June 23: Food Truck Sunday - Kristi & Sons Food Truck (food item TBA)

Our 11th Year in Business! The "Wishful Acres" Story!

As we celebrate our 11th year in business, we'd like to share our story with all of you! You may recognize us only from pouring your beer in our taproom, or you may know our story very well. Here is our story, the story of Wishful Acres!

Who we are: Meet the Petersons! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery is a small family farm and craft brewery owned & operated by Nate & Penny Peterson. Nate is the brewer and Penny is the business manager & farmer, and we've combined our passions into one business!

Our farm began as a dream, or "wish", in the early 2000s. We lived in the city of Freeport with our young children and Penny began growing with a small, organic, backyard vegetable garden. This garden was expanded in 2009, when we rented a half acre plot of farmland just outside of town and dubbed the business "Wishful Acres Farm" (since we "wished" for our own farm!). Penny sold the veggies at local farmer's markets for a few years & then started the CSA Farm Membership program. Then we made the big move! In early 2011, we found and purchased our own 10-acre farm nearby, where we live & work now! Wish "fulfilled"! 2019 marks our 11th year in business.

Our brewery also began as a "wish" way back in 2008, when Nate began homebrewing & crafting his own unique beer recipes. Nate has been brewing as a hobbyist for nearly 10 years. After nearly 6 years of "wishful" thinking & planning for our own brewery... in 2016, we expanded the farm business by adding our own on-site small artisan craft brewery, where we create new, exciting, and drinkable beers! We also feature an on-site tap room, bar, and beer garden that is open to the public. We're celebrating 3 years of business with our brewery!

In 2017, our family business finally became large enough that we could both make it a full-time job! Nate left his 17-year commute to Rockford behind. Wishful Acres is now our family's full-time job! Thank you, all of you, for making our years of hard work worthwhile!

Our family of 5 (we also have 3 school-age sons) now lives in the country on our family farm, over 5 miles from the nearest small village. We raise several acres of organic vegetables, herbs, hops, and some fruits for our farm membership program & beer-making. Our artisan craft brewery produces unique beers in a unique place, all handcrafted in small batches.

Wishes can come true!
Best Wishes from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, and we hope to see you soon! Thank you for your 11 years of support of our small family business!:)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Just 1 week until the first veggie pickup of the season for CSA Farm Members!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Lake Summerset, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Pulled Pork Day, Nate @ Mort's, Happy Honeybees, & more from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-05-16T14:59:00.001-05:00

This Sunday, May 19, from 1-5 pm, Grand Champion BBQ company "Hammered Swine" will be here selling their delicious smoked Pulled Pork sandwiches! More Details below!

Today, Thursday May 16 from 8-10 pm, we'll be at Mort's Bar & Grill! Visit Nate there for the "Wreck Room", a monthly event, and we're this month's guests. Our beer will be on tap at Mort's during the event... scroll down for more details.

Our small orchard is in full bloom this week, and boy oh boy are the Wishful Acres honeybees happy! Honeybee news below.

We're getting low on a couple of our beers. Check the list below to see if your favorite is one of them. If so, be sure to stop out early Friday for one last taste!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Raspberry Lime - Fruit Beer
Simowa - IPA
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Jalapeno Ale - made with spicy fresh jalapeno peppers (Almost Gone - stop out Friday!)
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Doomwing - IPA
Schnitz & Giggles - German Kolsch style (Almost Gone!)
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Pulled Pork Sandwich Day!

**Pulled Pork Day**!!! Get a taste of a Grand Champion BBQ master's creations! This Sunday, May 19 from 1-5, we welcome "Hammered Swine BBQ". They will be serving up their large 6 oz smoked Pulled Pork BBQ sandwiches, served on a Hawaiian bun, with Mrs. Mike's local-made potato chips!

Hammered Swine Pulled Pork begins with a homemade BBQ rub (they have their BBQ dry rub available for purchase), gets smoked, then ends with homemade BBQ sauce. They will have 2 homemade BBQ sauces for you to add if desired: a Carolina-style sauce(tangy & peppery) & a Kansas City-style sauce (sweet & spicy). The cost per plate will be $8.50 (includes chips), and Hammered Swine BBQ accepts both cash and credit card.

A couple of their more recent awards:
"Northwest Illinois BBQ Fest" 2018, Grand Champion & "Route 66 Backyard Smoke Out" 2018 & 2019, Grand Champion in both! This is just a brief sample of their many awards.

There is a fun story behind their upcoming appearance here at Wishful Acres! When our customer Chris Misler brought us a sample of his homemade pulled pork a few months ago, we were blown away - it was the best we'd ever tasted! So we asked him... "Have you considered starting your own BBQ business?!". The rest is now history. Chris is now fully licensed, with food permits in hand & ready to share his creations with the world... starting right here at Wishful Acres this Sunday!!! Let's show him some support in his brand-new business venture!

Visit us at Mort's Tonight for "Wreck Room"

Today, Thursday May 16 from 8-10 pm, visit us at Mort's Bar & Grill! Mort's is located at 114 S. Chicago Ave in Freeport (right across the street from the Lindo movie theater). Mort's is a small pub known for their handmade hamburgers. Visit Nate there for the "Wreck Room", a monthly event run & DJ'd by an old friend of ours. During this event there is music & games, and Nate will be interviewed about Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery and will participate in some fun games (even we are not sure exactly what these games will be....!) :)
Mort's Bar & Grill will have our beer on tap during this event!

Happy Honeybees!

Our small orchard is in full bloom! The honeybees are in heaven, flitting & buzzing from apple blossom to apple blossom! In more honeybee news...

Our youngest son donned his beekeeper's suit & assisted our neighbor, Beekeeper Tim, with the Wishful Acres honeybees! Tim is increasing the # of beehives here this year from 1 hive to 5 hives! We are sold out of last season's raw honey but will have more available from Beekeeper Tim this summer. :)

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

Sunday, May 19 - 1-5 pm! Hammered Swine BBQ will be here selling their award-winning pulled pork sandwiches!
Memorial Day Weekend (May 24, 25, 26) we will be open our regular hours: Friday 4-9, Saturday 1-8, and Sunday 1-5. (Closed Monday through Thursday as normal).

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Just 2 weeks until the first veggie pickup of the season for CSA Farm Members!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Lodi Taphouse, Maple Park, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Raspbery Lime, IPA & Hefeweizen - 3 new beers this weekend at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-05-09T17:03:00.001-05:00

It's a Triple-Beer-Release weekend at Wishful Acres! We're putting 3 new beers on tap this weekend for you to enjoy:

Raspberry Lime -

Simowa IPA - This IPA features a complex malt profile complimented by 3 hops: Simcoe, Mosaic, and Warrior (Simowa)! The incredibly hoppy flavors of grapefruit, citrus, and stone
fruit are all featured. 5.5% ABV, 70 IBU

"Overcast" is a German Hefeweizen-style beer. Brewed with plenty of malted barley, German-grown hops, and a special German yeast strain! True to style, this Hefeweizen is cloudy and features flavors of clove, banana, and yeasty bread. Delicious! 4.5% ABV 12 IBU

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Raspberry Lime - Fruit Beer - NEW!
Simowa - IPA - NEW!
Overcast - Hefezeizen German-style
Jalapeno Ale - made with spicy fresh jalapeno peppers
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Doomwing - IPA
Schnitz & Giggles - German Kolsch style (almost gone)
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Raspberry Lime!

Meet "Raspberry Lime"! A brand-new addition to our collection of Fruit Beers! Raspberry Lime is made with real fruit, and features a fruity sweet-tart flavor. On Tap starting this weekend! Delicious! 5.5% ABV, 5 IBU (Raspberry Lime will replace Berry Wheat, which ran out last weekend. Peach Mango will remain on tap!)

SIMOWA IPA!

**NEW IPA** beer release this weekend! Simowa IPA features a complex malt profile complimented by 3 hops: Simcoe, Mosaic, and Warrior (Simowa)! The incredibly hoppy flavors of grapefruit, citrus, and stone fruit are all featured. 5.5% ABV, 70 IBU. On tap this weekend, Friday 4-9, Saturday 1-8, and Sunday 1-5!

Overcast - Hefeweizen!

Join us this weekend for a **Beer Release**! "Overcast" is a German Hefeweizen-style beer. Brewed with plenty of malted barley, German-grown hops, and a special German yeast strain! True to style, this Hefeweizen is cloudy and features flavors of clove, banana, and yeasty bread. Delicious!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

May 10, 11, 12 - Triple Beer Release weekend! Raspberry Lime, Simowa IPA, and Overcast Hefeweizen!
Sunday, May 19 - Save the Date! Hammered Swine BBQ will be here selling their award-winning pulled pork sandwiches! More details in next week's newsletter!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Thank you Members, you've now all received your Group A & Group B Pickup Dates & Group Assignments! First Pickup for Group A is the weekend of May 31!

The First Seeds of the Season have been PLANTED!!! Spring is here!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Lodi Taphouse, Maple Park, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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Jalapeno Ale & Star Wars Day - this weekend at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-05-02T14:59:00.000-05:00

We have a lot going on this weekend! Our 3rd annual Star Wars Day will be this Saturday, May 4th, from 1-8pm (May the Fourth Be With You)! Costumes are welcome, and we'll have plenty of Star Wars-themed things going on. Details below!

Also, a customer favorite, Jalapeno Ale, will be back on tap this weekend in honor of Cinco de Mayo! This new batch is a bit spicier than the last version, yowza! We make our Jalapeno Ale as a mild beer, then we age it with fresh hot jalapeno peppers. It smells & tastes like fresh peppers, and has some spicy flavor as well!

While many of our customers like to blend our beers (mixing more than one in a glass), one of the most popular combinations is our Jalapeno Ale & Peach Mango Ale. People really enjoy the spicy jalapeno ale & fruity peach mango ale! Thought we'd pass this along!

Last but not least, we're doing a Tap Takeover at Rosati's Pizza in Freeport this Thursday, May 2 from 5-7 pm! Rosati's will have several of our beers on tap, and brewer Nate will be on hand to pour them for you! See you there for some pasta, pizza, and Wishful Acres beer!

See you soon! :)

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Jalapeno Ale - made with spicy fresh jalapeno peppers
Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Berry Wheat - fruit beer (almost gone)
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Blueberry Milkshake IPA - hoppy, real fruit & lactose sugar IPA (almost gone)
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Doomwing - IPA
Schnitz & Giggles - German Kolsch style (almost gone)
Unicorn Tears - copper ale
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Jalapeno Ale is BACK!

Jalapeno Ale will be back on tap this weekend in honor of Cinco de Mayo! This new batch is a bit spicier than the last version, yowza! We make our Jalapeno Ale as a mild beer, then we age it with fresh hot jalapeno peppers. It smells & tastes like fresh peppers, and has some spicy flavor as well! (We made enough of this batch of jalapeno ale that we expect to make it through the weekend with no problem at all, PLUS we will allow carry-out growler fills as well)!

Star Wars Day! May the Fourth Be With You!

Oh my gosh, it's hard to believe so much time has gone by, but this marks our 3rd Annual Star Wars Day! We hope you'll stop out to visit us on Saturday, May 4th from 1-8pm & celebrate all things Star Wars. We'll have Star Wars themed beers, costumes welcome, and Star Wars board games will be available for you to play. May the Fourth Be With You!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

May 3, 4, 5 - Jalapeno Ale Beer Release weekend
May 4 - Star Wars Day - Saturday May 4th from 1-8pm (May the Fourth Be With You) - celebrate all things Star Wars with us! Costumes welcome!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Members, your group pickup assignments & pickup dates will be sent to you soon via email!

The First Seeds of the Season have been PLANTED!!! Spring is here!

Our 2019 upcoming season is sold out. We'll begin pickups the weekend of May 31 for Group A of our CSA Members (Group assignments coming to you in early May). Thank you!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Lodi Taphouse, Maple Park, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout! Visit us at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-04-25T16:59:00.001-05:00

Why eat your donuts when you can make a beer with them?! That's right, our new beer is made with dozens of real chocolate donuts, and it's delicious! Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout will be on tap starting this weekend - a dark stout, strong at 10% ABV - served in sampler glasses, tulip glasses, and carry-out in growler fills. View pictures of this donut-filled brew day below!

In addition to the Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout this weekend, we have some upcoming events - our annual Star Wars Day is Saturday, May 4th (May the Fourth Be With You), and our Jalapeno Ale will also be back that weekend for Cinco de Mayo weekend (May 5th).

See you soon! :)

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Berry Wheat - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Blueberry Milkshake IPA - hoppy, real fruit & lactose sugar IPA
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Doomwing - IPA
Schnitz & Giggles - German Kolsch style
Unicorn Tears - copper ale
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout!

See the pictures above for the donut-filled brew day when we brewed the Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout! Yes, we really did use real chocolate donuts!

This weekend we'll be unveiling our NEW beer - Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout! Here are pictures from the day we brewed this special beer! 10% ABV, brewed with dozens of chocolate donuts, and delicious! On Tap this weekend, Fri 4-9, Sat 1-8, Sun 1-5!

Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

Chocolate Donut Imperial Stout Beer Release weekend - April 26, 27, 28
Jalapeno Ale Beer Release weekend - May 3, 4, 5
Star Wars Day - May 4th (May the Fourth Be With You) - celebrate all things Star Wars with us! Costumes welcome!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

2019 CSA Members: Final payments are due by May 1.

The First Seeds of the Season have been PLANTED!!! Spring is here!

Our 2019 upcoming season is sold out. We'll begin pickups the weekend of May 31 for Group A of our CSA Members (Group assignments coming to you in early May). Thank you!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Lodi Taphouse, Maple Park, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Beautiful Weekend, Closed this Sunday! News from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-04-18T16:59:00.001-05:00

The weather for this Friday & especially Saturday looks beautiful!!! We hope you can stop out to enjoy a beer - inside our brewery, or outside in our beer garden. The grass is turning green, crops are starting to sprout, and best yet - there are no bugs outside yet! :)

We will be closed this Sunday for Easter!

Lastly, thanks so much to everyone for packing our place last Sunday for our Grilled Cheese Day! The Kristi & Sons Kitchen food truck was a delicious success. We'll be featuring more food days throughout the year - stay tuned!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Berry Wheat - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Blueberry Milkshake IPA - hoppy, real fruit & lactose sugar IPA
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Doomwing - IPA
Snow Day - pilsner-style lager
Schnitz & Giggles - German Kolsch style
Unicorn Tears - copper ale
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Our outdoor beer garden is open!

The weather for this Friday & Saturday looks beautiful!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

2019 CSA Members: Final payments are due by May 1.

The First Seeds of the Season have been PLANTED!!! Spring is here!

Our 2019 upcoming season is sold out. Thank you!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Lodi Taphouse, Maple Park, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery LLC

4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

Add us to your address book

Grilled Cheese Day & more news from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-04-11T16:59:00.001-05:00

Join us for Grilled Cheese Day!!! This Sunday, April 14 from 1:00-5:00 pm, Kristi & Sons Kitchen will have their Food Truck here! Kristi will be serving up several varieties of fresh, made-to-order Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (scroll down for the complete menu & more info)!

A big Thank You to everyone who packed our place last weekend for our Thin Mint Stout beer release. We sold out of the beer by Saturday night; our apologies to those who didn't get to try it. We only make these really small, special batches a few times a year.... and they do tend to go quickly! Thanks again!

We will be closed on Sunday, April 21 for Easter Sunday. Thank you!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Snow Day - pilsner-style lager
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Berry Wheat - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Blueberry Milkshake IPA - hoppy, real fruit & lactose sugar IPA
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Doomwing - IPA
Schnitz & Giggles - German Kolsch style
Unicorn Tears - copper ale
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Grilled Cheese Day!

Grilled Cheese Day!!! This Sunday, April 14 from 1:00-5:00 pm, Kristi & Sons Kitchen will have their Food Truck here! Kristi will be serving up several varieties of fresh, made-to-order Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, including:
- Jalapeno Popper (cream cheese & jalapenos)
- Spinach & Feta (spinach, feta, mozzarella)
- Pulled Pork (pork, cheddar, bbq sauce)
- Pizza (pepperoni, marinara sauce, mozzarella)
- Ham & Cheese
- Classic

Kristi's Kitchen will be charging $5 for the standard grilled cheese sandwich, and $6 for the gourmet versions. She uses local-made cheeses and makes everything from scratch - yum! Plus she accepts both cash & credit card.

The weather this Sunday is predicted to be a bit cold & gloomy - perfect weather for a warm grilled cheese sandwich from Kristi & Sons Kitchen, and a Wishful Acres beer!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Lodi Taphouse, Maple Park, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL
Wagner House, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

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Thank you & Best Wishes from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!
Open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays, 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm
Tap room is located on our farm at 4679 N. Flansburg Rd, Lena IL
You can contact us at:
wishfulacres@gmail.com or 815-990-2380

Copyright © 2019 Wishful Acres Farm, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you signed up at a farmers market, opted in at our website, or participated in a program with our family farm.

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Lena, IL 61048

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Thin Mint Stout, Peach Mango, PLUS Snow Day beer this weekend at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-04-04T16:59:00.001-05:00

We have 3 new beers ON TAP this weekend!

Thin Mint Stout is back for it's annual appearance, and we think this year's batch is our best ever, by far. Made with Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies! More details below.

Brand new this weekend is "Snow Day", a pilsner we brewed with real snow back in late Janaury! Remember that? It's finally ready! Pictures below!

Everyone's favorite fruit beer, our Peach Mango Ale, is back this weekend as well!

Don't forget, our outdoor beer garden is open, and this weekend's weather forecast looks AWESOME! :)

We will be closed on Sunday, April 21 for Easter Sunday. Thank you!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Thin Mint Stout - very small batch, sorry no growler fills
Snow Day - pilsner-style lager
Peach Mango Ale - fruit beer
Berry Wheat - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Blueberry Milkshake IPA - hoppy, real fruit & lactose sugar IPA
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Doomwing - IPA
Schnitz & Giggles - German Kolsch style
Unicorn Tears - copper ale
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Thin Mint Stout!

Our "Thin Mint Stout" is BACK this weekend! This dark stout is brewed with roasted & chocolate malts, and real Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies! We think this year's batch is our best yet, it really tastes just like the cookie! This is a super-small batch of just 15 gallons. We'll be serving it in tulip glasses, and sorry no growler fills. April 5, 6, 7. Cheers!!!

SNOW DAY!!!

Remember back in January, during the "Winter That Wouldn't End", with all the snow? Remember that we brewed a beer with that snow?! That beer is now ready!! **SNOW DAY** will be released this Friday! Snow Day is a Pilsner-style lager beer featuring a golden color, mild flavor, and a slightly bitter finish, true to style! We hope you stop out for one soon! Cheers!!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Lodi Taphouse, Maple Park, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL
Wagner House, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

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Thank you & Best Wishes from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!
Open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays, 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm
Tap room is located on our farm at 4679 N. Flansburg Rd, Lena IL
You can contact us at:
wishfulacres@gmail.com or 815-990-2380

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You are receiving this email because you signed up at a farmers market, opted in at our website, or participated in a program with our family farm.

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4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States

Lena, IL 61048

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Happy Spring from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

2019-03-28T16:59:00.001-05:00

It was a long, cold winter..... Boy, that phrase seems more appropriate than ever after this winter! We're SO happy that the calendar reads spring!!!

Out here at Wishful Acres, the grass is slowly beginning to green up, some of the hardy bulb flowers are poking through the soil, and the Garlic crop is sending it's shoots through the straw mulch layer that kept it warm all winter long. Yes, spring really is here!

We unofficially opened our outdoor Beer Garden last weekend. Whenever the weather is warm enough for you, feel free to use our outdoor seating! Our beer garden is connected to our taproom & brewery, and overlooks our beautiful farm & gardens. It's a great place to enjoy a mild spring day!

Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 1-8, Sundays 1-5.

Tap Room Bar at our Brewery
In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps:

Berry Wheat - fruit beer
Kilted Tartan - Scotch Ale 70-Shilling style
Blueberry Milkshake IPA - hoppy, real fruit & lactose sugar IPA
Barleywine - supply getting low - high ABV beer
Stoutzilla - dark stout
Doomwing - IPA
Schnitz & Giggles - German Kolsch style
Unicorn Tears - copper ale
Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking!
Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic)

In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!

Spring is Here!

New spring t-shirts have arrived! Women's soft-style V-Necks in "Berry" and men's Ringer r-shirts in "Heather Navy" with a gray stripe at the collar & sleeves (and matching Wishful Acres logo also in gray)! Each t-shirt also have a small Wishful Acres logo on the back at the top of the neck. $20 each in our taproom!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News

The First Seeds of the Season have been PLANTED!!! Spring is here!

Our 2019 upcoming season is sold out. Thank you!

Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here.

Where to Buy our Beer:

Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations:

Our Taproom! Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info
Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL
Best Dam Bar, Durand, IL
Booties, Pecatonica, IL
Eilerts, Freeport, IL
Lodi Taphouse, Maple Park, IL
Mulligans, Lena, IL
Pub 219, Freeport, IL
Rock City Tap, Rock City, IL
Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL
Route 20 Bar & Grill,Freeport, IL
Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL
Royal Pub, Freeport, IL
This Is It Eatery, Freeport, IL
Wagner House, Freeport, IL

Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook! Here is a link to our facebook page.

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Thank you & Best Wishes from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!
Open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays, 1-8 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm
Tap room is located on our farm at 4679 N. Flansburg Rd, Lena IL
You can contact us at:
wishfulacres@gmail.com or 815-990-2380

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Lena, IL 61048

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Beautiful Weekend, Closed this Sunday! News from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

Grilled Cheese Day & more news from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

Thin Mint Stout, Peach Mango, PLUS Snow Day beer this weekend at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

SNOW DAY!!!

Happy Spring from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!

Food Truck Cancelled for this Sunday, August 25