Prizes, New French-style Beer, Lettuce & Spinach, and more Brew & Farm News!

Enter to win prizes on our Facebook page - one day left to enter here. Also in brewery news, we're unveiling a NEW beer this weekend - Stormtrooper's Saison, a French-style beer - learn more about it below, and see a picture of our French stormtrooper!  In Farm News, we harvested more beautiful organic lettuce & spinach this week from the greenhouse, stop in to purchase some!  Our CSA Program is now SOLD OUT for the season and will begin in mid-May, thanks to all the members who signed up for our 2017 season!  Lastly in farm news, Winter CSA Micro-Greens members: Group B is scheduled to pickup their micro-greens this weekend. Visit our Taproom & Store!!!  Now Open - Fridays 4-8 pm, and Saturdays 12-8 pm - visit our web site for location, directions, and more: www.WishfulAcresFarm.com.   Tap Room & Store In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-8 pm and Saturdays 12-8 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps: Stormtrooper's Saison - our French-style saison (see below for more details)! Coffee Habit - our popular mocha coffee stout has returned!!! Milk Stout - a slightly sweet-flavored stout due to the addition of lactose sugar at brewing Leia's I.P.A. - a relatively mild I.P.A., featuring citrus-flavored hops, has returned! Unicorn Tears - Copper colored, malty, unique! Honey Wheat Ale (Mild, very drinkable, organic wheat ale) Berry Wheat Ale - fruity wheat ale loaded with raspberry & blueberry  Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic) In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growlers & bottled beer available for carry-out on select styles of beer!  We're Family Friendly - bring the kids, we have homemade root beer!   NEW BEER - Stormtrooper's Saison   We're unveiling a **NEW BEER** this weekend!!! Stormtrooper's Saison is a French-style Saison beer, brewed with French & German hops, spiced with sweet orange peel & grains of paradise, then oak aged for nearly 2 months! Saison style beers are fermented with a special yeast strain that creates a natural tart flavor. We hope you enjoy this one, Oui Oui!!! "Beer Share" News: Our CSB, "Beer Share" program is now SOLD OUT for 2017.  Thank you to all the members!   Unicorn Tears & Leia's IPA will not be available for growler fills this weekend due to low quantities.  Current "Beer Share" Community Supported Brewery (CSB) Members, fill your growlers Fridays 4-8 pm, Saturdays 12-8 pm!   Remember, you may fill as many growlers as you like during your visit - you're not limited to just one.  Bring in your empty growlers, and we'll mark off your punch cards.   Our "Beer Share", aka CSB Program (Community Supported Brewery) is an ongoing membership program that offers members a 1-year supply of our beer at discounted prices, plus additional discounts & benefits.  Learn more on our web site: http://www.wishfulacresfarm.com/csb-program We have NEW T-shirts!!!  Unicorn Tears t-shirt, Ringer t-shirt, and more items!  Printed locally in Freeport, these t-shirts are available for purchase in our taproom as well as our online store here: http://www.wishfulacresfarm.com/online-store  .  Orders in our online store can be shipped anywhere in America, with low-cost first class USPS mail shipping. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) News Our CSA Program is SOLD OUT for 2017.  Thank you to everyone who signed on as members in this year's season!   Our 30-member 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 USDA Certified Organic produce for our full 30-week-long season! 2017 CSA is now open for enrollment.  To learn more: http://www.wishfulacresfarm.com/csa-program  Farm & Brewery Tours Tours of our Farm & Brewery are available on Saturday mornings from late March through late November. Tour includes a guided walking tour of our entire farm and brewery, and lasts about 45 minutes. Tours must be scheduled in advance, which can be done right here on our web site Tours page! 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 bar & restaurant, Freeport, IL - 4 of our beers on draft VFW bar & restaurant, Freeport, IL - 4 of our beers on draft Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL - 2 of our beers on draft Mulligans Bar & Grill, Lena, IL - on draft The Wagner House, Freeport, IL - on draft Hogs & Hydrants, Durand, IL - on draft Royal Liquor Store & Royal Pub Bar, Freeport, IL - in bottles Choices Natural Market, Rockford, IL - in bottles Recipe Corner Visit the Recipe section of our farm blog, and you'll see hundreds of recipes!  This was put together by us to showcase recipes for every single type of vegetable & herb that we grow here at Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery!   Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook!  Here is a link to our facebook page.  Thank you & Best Wishes from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery! Open Fridays 4-8 pm, Saturdays, 12 - 8 pm Tap room & store located on our farm at 4679 N. Flansburg Rd, Lena IL You can contact us at: wishfulacres@gmail.com or 815-990-2380            Copyright © 2017 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. Our mailing address is: Wishful Acres Farm 4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States Lena, IL 61048 Add us to your address book Want to stop receiving these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list Subscribe here! Were you sent a copy of this email newsletter, and want to sign up for your own subscription?  You can sign up here on our web site