Beautiful Weather is here! Hefeweizen is Back, plus more Brew & Farm News!

The weather forecast looks absolutely beautiful for this weekend! Stop out to enjoy a beer, indoors or outdoors! Overcast, our German-style Hefeweizen, has returned!  We last brewed this beer well over a year ago, so we're happy to see it back again!  This beer is a traditional Hefeweizen, heavy on the yeast, and you'll pick up flavors like banana, clove, and coriander.  Farm CSA Members: Group A half-share members and Full Share members, you are scheduled to pickup your organic vegetable shares this weekend. Scroll down for details on this week's CSA items. Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 12-9, Sundays 12-5.   Tap Room Bar at our Brewery In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 12-9 pm, and Sundays 12-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps: Overcast - German-style Hefeweizen Jalapeno Ale - light colored ale, spiked with fresh Jalapenos. Spicy! Alton - mild brown ale Red Five IPA - red, hoppy, and brewed with 5 hops! Almost gone, last keg! Stop out Friday or early Saturday if you want to be sure to get some! Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking! The Emperor -  Russian Imperial Stout, 13.5% ABV Peach Mango Ale - a sweeter style fruit beer  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:   July 15  (Sunday) - Grill Out with a Food Truck from 12-5 pm!  Most meat items are $5 including chips.  They'll be grilling Beer Brats, Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Pork Chop Sandwiches, and also frying up French Fries and Fried Wisconsin Cheese Curds!  Please note: food truck items are cash only. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News Our recipe database contains cooking ideas for all the vegetables we grow - link here. Farm CSA Members: In your share of organic items this week: Cucumbers - The first cucumbers of the season!  You'll see 3 nice cucumbers in each of your shares. If things continue like they have been, it looks like we might experience a huge bumper crop of cucumbers this year! We haven't seen cucumbers grow this well in at least the past 3 years, so with luck we can look forward to a lot of them this season! Green Beans- This is the first harvest of green beans this season!  Enjoy them boiled, roasted, however you prefer!  A nice sized bag in your share to enjoy.   Broccoli - First of the broccoli for the season!  A nice sized bag for each of you to enjoy - raw, roasted, steamed, however you enjoy your broccoli! Green Pepper - The first small harvest of sweet green peppers. You'll see just one in your share, as the harvest always starts small, but it will increase in amount as we head further into the season! Savoy Cabbage -  Savoy is a wrinkled leaf heirloom variety that originated in Europe hundreds of years ago. Considered a specialty gourmet variety of cabbage, you can use it just like regular cabbage. We've rinsed the whole cabbage on the outside, but you may need to rinse again as you take the leaves apart for cooking. Australian Yellowleaf Lettuce -  This heirloom variety of lettuce originates in Australia!  This lettuce tolerates hot weather better than most, which is why we're able to provide lettuce in your shares this time of year! Zucchini - You'll see at least 2 varieties in your bag, and each bag contains several zucchini. The lighter green is our favorite, it's a Middle Eastern variety of zucchini. You'll also see the traditional dark green zucchini. Radishes - Last of the radishes until fall!  This variety is "Easter Egg", which is a medley of colors. You'll see pink, white, red, and purple radishes in your bag. Sugar Snap Peas- This is the last of the sugar snap peas of the season! Garlic Scapes - Garlic Scapes are a gourmet treat! These are the top of the garlic plant, and can be eaten just like garlic and onions. See our recipe database (link below). Need recipe ideas for the items in your share? Here is a link to the Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery recipe database, with cooking ideas for everything we grow here: http://all-natural-mama.blogspot.com/2015/03/recipes-by-vegetable-type.html    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 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 Cove Restaurant at Apple Canyon Lake, IL Lodi Tap House, Maple Park, IL Mulligans, Lena, IL  Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL Pub 219, Freeport, IL Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL  Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL Woodbine Bend Golf Course, Stockton, IL  Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook!  Here is a link to our facebook page.  Want to stop receiving these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list Thank you & Best Wishes from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery! Open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays, 12-9 pm, and Sundays 12-5 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 © 2018 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