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Mascoutin Valley Craft Beverage Trail – A Complete Gastro-Tourism Experience!
Welcome to the Mascoutin Valley Craft Beverage Trail (MVCBT to our friends)!  Along the Trail you will experience the diversity of craft made wines, beers, ciders, mead and spirits all while visiting local, small businesses that are thriving in East Central Wisconsin in an area that once served as the homeland of the Mascoutin Indians.  These businesses create a variety of products using quality local ingredients combined with the love of offering sustainable and enjoyable craft beverages.  We hope you have a great time learning about and visiting the MVCBT.

Cheers!

The Makers
Knuth Brewing Co. – A microbrewery in Ripon, WI specializing in unfiltered and unpasteurized handcrafted artisan beers. Also serving salads, paninis, wood fired pizzas and desserts.  The Knuth Brewing Company’s mission is to bring joy to people through our passion of serving others craft brews made with our own hands with fresh, natural ingredients. We strive to be a good steward of all that He has given us by being a responsible business partner for our community and treating others as we would treat ourselves.
Location:  221 Watson Street Ripon, WI 54971
Phone:  920.748.5188
Hendricks Family Distillery – Hendricks Family Distillery, LLC is located on our family farm outside of Eureka, WI which is just 13 miles north of Ripon.  We proudly hand craft bottles of Pure Class Vodka in small batches using choice potatoes and our product is naturally gluten free.  Pure Class Vodka eloquently bestows a taste that is incomparably smooth and refined, and we offer Wisconsin’s first and only premium Light Vodka.  We distill multiple times until we achieve at least 192 Proof Alcohol.  The higher the proof the smoother the vodka!  We are very proud to offer such high quality products.  Call ahead to book a tour!
Location:  3570 N Cty Road K Omro, WI 54963
Phone:  920.379.4515

Rushford Meadery & Winery – Shane & Laurel Coombs welcome you to the home of fine wine, mead, and cider.  After making his first batch of beer in 1975 Shane followed in his mothers footsteps and began making wine.  During his homemade wine, beer, and mead production Shane has won several hundred awards including multiple national awards.  Laurel has been evaluating wine, mead, cider and beer most of her life and is a National Beer Judge. She is Shane’s best (worst) critic as nothing gets by her on how to improve our products.
Location:  8389 Liberty School Rd. Omro, WI 54963
Phone:  920.468.6323

Vines & Rushes Winery – Vines & Rushes Winery is located on an established family farm in Ripon, WI.  We currently grow five acres of grapes cold hardy enough to survive Wisconsin’s winters.  The grape varieties we grow consist primarily of Marquette, St Pepin and Petite Pearl.  We serve traditional Neapolitan style pizza (the original pizza style from Naples, Italy) and the oven is HOT!  Pizzas cook at around 750° with a bake time of around 90 seconds.  Dough and sauces are made in-house and feature many ingredients grown by local farms and cheeses made in local creameries.
Location:  410 County Rd. E Ripon, WI 54971
Phone:  920.748.3296
Other Partners
Roadhouse Pizza – Roadhouse Pizza came to 102 Watson Street in Ripon in 1978 and has become an iconic location.  Many high school and college kids had their first date here or went to hang out with friends and family. A massive renovation was completed in 2010 and the property expanded to include the 104 Watson Street building.  We now have two floors of a bright and beautiful space. Roadhouse Pizza features a full drink menu offering a wide selection of craft made beers, wines, ciders and spirits.
Location:  102 Watson St. Ripon, WI 54971
Phone:  920.748.3322

Sample Itinerary

12:00 p.m.           Grab some lunch and Beers at Knuth Brewing Company (EAT HERE!)

1:15 p.m.             Sample Wines, Ciders and maybe have a pizza at Vines & Rushes Winery (EAT HERE!)

2:30 p.m.             Stop at Rushford Meadery & Winery for Wine, Mead & Cider

3:45 p.m.             Have a “Jimmy Hendricks” and enjoy some Eureka Moon at Hendricks Family Distillery

5:30 p.m.             Time for some dinner and craft beverages at Roadhouse Pizza (EAT HERE!)

We encourage all participants to drink responsibly and always have a designated driver!