Dried Red Tart Cherries and Blueberries GROWN IN MICHIGAN

Urban Processing, our favorite producer of dried sweetened WISCONSIN cranberries, has some fairly new goodies just in time for seasonal baking.
Dried sweetened red tart cherries grown in MICHIGAN have been so well received that they are flying off the bulk shelf! Drew recommends pairing them with our carob covered almonds, and with a glass of red wine, but you can also add them to your favorite homemade granola, holiday cookies and breads or just enjoy them by the handful right out of the bag.

Dried sweetened blueberries grown in MICHIGAN are just awesome in homemade blueberry muffins. Think about it, colder mornings, hot homemade blueberry muffins. We just made your weekend morning, right? Or, you can add them to your favorite cereal or homemade granola. The internet has a great plethora of recipes out there. Look up recipes for dried cherries or blueberries and let your stomach lead your imagination!

Uncle Pete's Mustard

New to our packaged grocery shelves!

Uncle Pete sold a few cases of Mustard at the International Fall Festival a few weeks ago. One of our worker/owners gave it a try and we made a connection. Now we've got it in our store! Here's an excerpt of a description from Stephanie March at MspMag over in Minnesota:

...First the Feel-Good: Uncle Pete's is locally made by a family in which, at one time, there was an actual Uncle Pete. According to the jar: Uncle Pete was born in 1875 in Silver Lake, MN as a child of Polish Emigrants. He was known for his sense of humor and excellent mustard making skills.The kids now making his mustard are a Facebook savvy third generation working from a Rice, MN farm just north of St. Cloud.

Now for the Feel-So-Bad-It's-So Good: That stuff is wicked hot.

The first dip of the pretzel gave me the sweet and tangy side, almost a bit fruity on the back. The second dip rather hit me in the nasal passage with a Skidoosh! that was almost wasabi clean in nature while still carrying the mustard flavor. I hate using the word piquant, but there it is...

Only $3.99 a jar. Try some today!

Just Local Meat Sale

All of our Local Meats are on sale for the month of October, 15% off our regular low prices.

Check out your favorite supplier or try a new one.

Beaver Creek Ranch - uncured bacon, chicken breasts and thighs, ground chicken and turkey, pork and turkey apple brats, italian sausage and chorizo, pork chops and tenderloins, beef hot dogs, and a new item Keta salmon - line caught in the upper Copper river in Alaska.
Beeler's - uncured bacon and wieners.
Coon Creek Family Farm - whole or cutup chicken, wings and legs..
Crescent Meats - bacon, ham, pork roasts, bologna, elk and pork bratwursts, elk and beef summer sausages, elk and beef jerky.
Deutsch Family Farm - bacon, ground italian and pork sausages, breakfast links, pork chops and ribs.
Gingerbread Jersey - bacon, ground pork sausage, bratwursts, deli ham.
Golden Hill Buffalo - ground and patties.
Lamb A Lot - lamb brats, ground lamb, kabobs, gyro, french rack, chops.
Little Spring Valley - beef steaks, roasts, burger, and patties.
Werlein Family Farm - beef steaks, roasts, and burgers.. (ask about the Bundle)
Wheatfield Hill Organics- beef steaks, roasts, and burger.

Thank you for shopping at your local downtown grocer..

October 2010 Brew News

October 2010 Brew News

Welcome back to another installment of Brew News.

1. October Sales!
2. New Beers on the Shelf
3. Oktoberfest Beers

1. October Sales!
For the month of October, we will be running 3 sales.

Dave's BrewFarm Select 12 pack for $10.69
BrewFarm Matacabras 6 pack for $8.19
Northwoods Floppin' Crappie 6 pack cans $4.99

2. New Beers on the Shelf
We have been adding quite a few new products over the last 6 months.

Here is a smattering of them...
Seasonals/Limited Releases
*Furthermore Fallen Apple
New Belgium Hoptober
*Brau Brothers Rubus Black 22oz
New Belgium Lips of Faith La Folie 22oz
New Glarus Unplugged Abt

Year Round
Brau Brothers Pale Ale
Brau Brothers Pilz
Brau Brothers Scotch Ale
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Old Milwaukee
Horny Goat Red Vixen
Horny Goat Honey Blonde
Horny Goat Exposed
Potosi Good Ole Potosi
Potosi Snake Hollow IPA
Potosi Cave Ale

*Jordan recommends that you don't wait to try these beers because they will be gone soon.

3. Oktoberfest Beers
We stocked up with a ton of local Oktoberfest beers this year.
Unfortunately we sold out of Summit and Bell's already.

What we still have...
Tyranena, Capital, Leinenkugel's, New Glarus' Staghorn, Point, and our own pre-mixed 6 packs.

Stop in while you can still get them.

As always,
Cheers,
Jordan & Drew a.k.a. the BEER DUDES

October is Fair Trade Month

October is
FAIR TRADE MONTH

Check out these FAIRLY TRADED delicious nuggets

Just Cashews Justly Traded Cashews

“Just Cashews is committed to alleviating poverty, malnutrition and exploitation by creating a fair trade market for organic, fair trade, cashews and working to develop standards for fair trade cashew production throughout the world. By purchasing Just Cashews, you have a direct impact on the quality of life for peasant farmers and their families in Central America.”

Our bulk section is proud to offer roasted/salted, roasted/unsalted and raw cashews. Pledge your support to this cause today by purchasing fairly traded cashews and other fairly traded products.