MADISON — Discover Wisconsin, the state’s leading media brand and tourism TV show, will shine the spotlight on some of Wisconsin’s craft beverages in an upcoming episode. “Wisconsin’s Craft Beverages — Raise a Glass” airs at 10 a.m. on Sept. 5 on Fox Sports Wisconsin and is available to stream on Roku, Smart TV, Amazon Fire, Chromecast, Apple TV and on DiscoverWisconsin.com.

Co-host Mariah Haberman kicks off the show in La Crosse County where she visits Skeleton Crew Brew in Onalaska and La Crosse Distilling Co., a distillery in downtown La Crosse. Co-host Eric Paulsen then explores two other La Crosse County spots. Paulsen learns about the science behind artisanal brews at Turtle Stack Brewery and gets a history lesson at Pearl Street Brewery located in the former La Crosse Footwear building, which brews beautiful beers both traditionally and in wine barrels.

Haberman and Paulsen then head to the Ripon area to experience the stops along the Mascoutin Valley Craft Beverage Trail. She then visits the Hendricks Family Distillery, which produces hand-crafted potato vodka in small batches. Paulsen stops by Rushford Meadery and Winery in Omro to taste mead, wine, and cider in their unique converted schoolhouse and finishes up his time in Ripon at the Knuth Brewing Company.

The craft beverage adventure continues in Stevens Point with the Central Wisconsin Craft Collective. Paulsen’s first stop is Stevens Point Brewery. The next stop is Sunset Point Winery, a family-owned and operated winery in downtown Stevens Point.. Haberman wraps up the episode at Central Waters Brewery. 

For more information visit discoverwisconsin.com.