Anna Schweig News Today

Big Thorn Farm and Brewery in Georgetown is one of the latest small businesses to be inducted into the Illinois Made Program.

There’s no shortage of grain in East Central Illinois, and while it can make for good eatin’, plenty of area entrepreneurs have found it can make for great drinkin’, too.

Accompanying the six-page guide to craft beverages in todays print editions: Luke Taylors spotlight on Riggs Beer Company, Artesia Brewing, Treehive Meadery, Big Thorn Farm and Brewery, Tres Rojas Winery,

Big Thorn Farm and Brewery’s Anna Schweig and Aaron Young started thinking about offering igloos for people to drink and eat in a couple years ago to get them through