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“You should absolutely grind your own beans,” said Ryan Castelaz of Discourse Coffee. “If there’s one thing that you can do to increase the quality of your coffee at home, once you’ve bought the right beans for you, is to grind fresh at the time of brewing.”

Meditation practices have been shown to reduce stress, relieve hypertension and even contribute to weight loss. Can the practice also help people in recovery bring more balance to their lives? Producer Morgan D. Stewart caught up with devoted meditators in Madison to find out.

Schlitz once dominated the beer market and helped make Milwaukee a thriving, working-class town. A corruption scandal and a questionable marketing strategy led to the brewery’s downfall in the 1970s.

Alcohol sales in American communities go up after a public mass shooting and persist for about two years, according to a recent study by researchers at UW-Madison. 

In the past few months, City Lights Brewing Company, Enlightened Brewery Company, MobCraft Beer and Company Brewery all closed in the Brew City.

Cleo’s Brown Beam Tavern in downtown Appleton has a unique calling card: all Christmas, all the time.

Nick Weber, CEO and founder of La Crosse Distilling Co., joined WPR’s “Morning Edition” to talk about the partnership.

New Glarus Brewing is adding a fifty-five million dollar addition, which will include doubling the size of their brew hall, adding a smaller pilot brewery to feed a spirit distillery and more parking. 

Over 40 union members are striking at Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee.

“Being a dairy family and living in the dairy state, we want to make sure we do those products justice,” said Heather Mullins, who uses milk byproducts to craft award-winning spirits.