Only one house beer on tap at a brewery we drove out to visit, so what do we do? We order it anyway, grab a full guest flight, and turn the whole afternoon into a real-world Wisconsin craft beer tasting with honest scores and zero pretending. This week we are on location at Alchemy Brewing in Cashton, Wisconsin, where the space is beautiful, the food hits the spot, and the small-town surprises just keep coming.

We start with Alchemy’s Orange Kiss, a wine-forward, orange-heavy drink that lands closer to sangria than beer, then we move into guest taps that cover a wide range of summer drinking. We taste Elm Creek Road Trippin’ Hazy Pale Ale and talk about why hazy styles often feel smoother and less bitter than classic IPAs. We also revisit a favorite warm-weather pick, Sand Creek Blackberry Hard Lemonade, including the real-life question of why some hard lemonades bring instant heartburn while others go down easy.

From there, we test Cider Boys Peach County Cider for that peach candy hit, nerd out a bit about how cider is made, and talk about the ups and downs of the craft beer market and why supporting local breweries matters. The back half closes with two bigger swings: Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin, a wheat-forward IPA that surprises us with how smooth it drinks, and a Delta Beer Lab barrel-aged barleywine that opens up with dried fruit notes and a slow-sip dessert vibe at 10% ABV.

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