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CHEW meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at the Goodman Community Center, (Ironworks Building, Bolz A or Evjue), 149 Waubesa St., Madison, WI, unless otherwise noted in a program’s description.

“From Grain to Glass: J. Henry Bourbon”

Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 7:00 PM

Presenter: Evan Ackers, Madison Market Manager, J. Henry & Sons

Goodman Community Center (Ironworks Building, Room Bolz A), 149 Waubesa St., Madison, WI

Henry & Sons Hand-Crafted Bourbon and Rye owes its genesis to a family’s dedication and its response to the farm crisis of the 1980s. Rather than lose their heritage farm, Joe Henry sought an alternative: to produce bourbon and return to growing an heirloom red corn developed at the University of Wisconsin in 1939. Unique to the J. Henry & Sons’ product line is the use of this red corn as well as farm-grown wheat and rye in its mash bill.

Join us on January 8 to learn more about their grain to glass experience. This presentation is free and open to the public.

Evan Ackers is Madison Market Manager for J. Henry & Sons. Prior to his work with the distillery, Evan was bar and general manager at Bar Corallini before moving to Milwaukee to open the new Food Fight restaurant, Il Cervo.

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Join us for CHEW meetings, which typically meet on the first Wednesday of each month (except August) at the Goodman Community Center (Ironworks Bldg.), 149 Waubesa, Madison, WI. Meetings are free and open to the public and feature invited speakers, lively discussions, sometimes food samplings  and more. See below for info about our newsletter, membership, traveling library and more.

Newsletter – To receive our email newsletter, send us a note at chewwisconsin@gmail.com. To view a sample issue, visit https://static-promote.weebly.com/share/9804d608-547d-4a18-9968-5e24c065c8e7

Membership –  For info about why and how to join CHEW, click here.

bookshelfCHEW Library – One of the benefits of in-person CHEW meetings is access to CHEW’s traveling library. Our collection totals almost 125 titles, ranging from James Beard award winner The Sioux’s Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen to the very drinkable Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin’s Historic Bars and Breweries. To peruse all the book titles in our library, click Culinary. You can put in an “order” for a specific book by emailing chewwisconsin@gmail.com.  The book will be brought to the next in-person meeting (if it hasn’t already been checked out). Several titles will also be featured at each meeting–you’ll hear a short review and will have the opportunity to check one of the featured titles out for a month.

Facebook – We also invite you to join CHEW on Facebook, for fascinating food links, discussions and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chewwis/