Cork and Fork: Matchbook Wines
Jan
23
6:00 PM18:00

Cork and Fork: Matchbook Wines

On January 23rd we invite Blake from Matchbook Wines to The Coffee Grounds for our Cork and Fork Dinner.

Due to purchases of land in the Dunnigan Hills AVA by corporate wine makes, Matchbook is now the sole family owned estate winery in the Dunnigan Hills AVA. The owners, John and Karl Giguiere, are 5th generation farmers and established Matchbook in 2005 as well as being key movers to getting the land designated as a American Viticultural Area. With its Mediterranean climate, rolling hill at 400ft above sea level, and cool winds from the Sacramento Delta all help to keep the vines cool, preserving acidity in the grapes and extending the growing season.

Come meet with Blake from Matchbook for dinner and great wine where we will learn plenty more about these great wines and where they come from.

 

Come and enjoy their wines paired with food and see why we really do enjoy them.

Menu is subject to change

Welcome Wine - Arsonist Red Blend 2021

Beet, Leek and Walnut Salad with Aleppo and Cider Vinegar Dressing served with Chasing Venus Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Cauliflower Soup with Toasted Pine Nuts and Dried Currants with Matchbook Dunnigan Hills Chardonnay 2022

Roasted Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts in Agrodolce Sauce with Matchbook Petit Verdot 2022

Ribeye Steak and Farro with French Salsa Verde with Herdman Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Almond and Cardamom Cake with Almond Topping*gratuity at your discretion the night of the dinner

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Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry
Jan
31
4:00 PM16:00

Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry

Don’t miss our fantastic Friday Fish Fry in Modicum Brewing! The Walleye is served one of three ways: beer battered, breaded or broiled with homemade slaw and potato chips.

We consistently sell out week after week and hear rave reviews from our customers! If you’re interested, make sure to call ahead of time for a reservation. 715-834-1733

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Fresh Brew Fest
Feb
9
to Feb 15

Fresh Brew Fest

February 9th - February 15th

Fresh Brew Fest

 From 2021-2024 we've received the "Best Roaster in the Chippewa Valley" from Volume One. We hope to continue that in their 2025 reader poll.

After 30 amazing years, it’s time for an upgrade—just after Thanksgiving we unveiled a stunning new Espresso Machine! With this beauty in our shop, we're giving our coffee menu a fresh, exciting makeover. But don’t worry, all your beloved favorites at The Coffee Grounds are still here to stay. Plus, we’re adding some incredible new drinks that are sure to make your taste buds dance. Get ready for a whole new level of flavor!

For 7 days following February 9th, you can drop in and get $1 off any Espresso or Pour Over coffee.

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Bock Fest!
Feb
15
2:00 PM14:00

Bock Fest!

In homage to the great Bock Fest held by Schell's Brewery for over 30 years, we are bringing our own version to Eau Claire.

On Saturday, February 15th, from 2pm-7pm, we'll be beer poking at Modicum Brewing. We have a batch of Bock we will be tapping for the event. We’re also going to have smoked turkey legs, and more. Click through for details.

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Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry
Jan
3
4:00 PM16:00

Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry

Don’t miss our fantastic Friday Fish Fry in Modicum Brewing! The Walleye is served one of three ways: beer battered, breaded or broiled with homemade slaw and potato chips.

We consistently sell out week after week and hear rave reviews from our customers! If you’re interested, make sure to call ahead of time for a reservation. 715-834-1733

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Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry
Dec
20
4:00 PM16:00

Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry

Don’t miss our fantastic Friday Fish Fry in Modicum Brewing! The Walleye is served one of three ways: beer battered, breaded or broiled with homemade slaw and potato chips.

We consistently sell out week after week and hear rave reviews from our customers! If you’re interested, make sure to call ahead of time for a reservation. 715-834-1733

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Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry
Dec
6
4:00 PM16:00

Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry

Don’t miss our fantastic Friday Fish Fry in Modicum Brewing! The Walleye is served one of three ways: beer battered, breaded or broiled with homemade slaw and potato chips.

We consistently sell out week after week and hear rave reviews from our customers! If you’re interested, make sure to call ahead of time for a reservation. 715-834-1733

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Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry
Nov
22
4:00 PM16:00

Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry

Don’t miss our fantastic Friday Fish Fry in Modicum Brewing! The Walleye is served one of three ways: beer battered, breaded or broiled with homemade slaw and potato chips.

We consistently sell out week after week and hear rave reviews from our customers! If you’re interested, make sure to call ahead of time for a reservation. 715-834-1733

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Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry
Nov
8
4:00 PM16:00

Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry

Don’t miss our fantastic Friday Fish Fry in Modicum Brewing! The Walleye is served one of three ways: beer battered, breaded or broiled with homemade slaw and potato chips.

We consistently sell out week after week and hear rave reviews from our customers! If you’re interested, make sure to call ahead of time for a reservation. 715-834-1733

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Wicked Wine Weekend!
Nov
1
to Nov 2

Wicked Wine Weekend!

Wicked Wine Weekend is your chance to try through wines you wouldn’t have normally picked up off the shelf but are fantastic, wines from unexpected regions, wines from grapes you may not know. We’ll have over 40 of them for you to taste.

On checking in you'll get a list of all the wines, spirits and cheese available and which table they are being sampled at. We'll have wines from Uruguay that are of great quality and value, Tooth and Nail from Paso Robles will be showcasing their small production delicious varieties, and Point Reyes cheese will be with us sampling their blue and Toma cheeses. Plenty of other classic varietals from around the world at great prices. Our barrel picks of bourbon will be showcased alongside other mouth watering spirits. All items being sampled will be discounted.

Click through to purchase tickets and see the list of wines and cheeses being sampled.

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Cork and Fork: Sicily and Mt Etna with Tom Loup
Oct
24
6:00 PM18:00

Cork and Fork: Sicily and Mt Etna with Tom Loup

Off the coast of mainland Italy is a lesser known, but hugely important wine region: Sicily’s Mt Etna. An active volcano is a hard place to grow wine grapes, but the payoff is fantastic. Harsh and difficult environments produce fantastic wine grapes. The volcanic soils, seaside windswept mountain scape, and long sunny days are just that for Mt Etna.

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The Science of Beer with Eric Rykal
Oct
14
7:30 PM19:30

The Science of Beer with Eric Rykal

In this presentation, Eric Rykal of Modicum Brewing will be diving into the technical details of brewing a great beer.

Topics covered range from botany, to chemistry, microbiology, and physics, because world-class beer isn’t possible without a thorough understanding of a wide range of scientific fields.

Join Eric for some serious beer nerd-ery, as your ticket will get you one Modicum beer of your choice to enjoy during the converstions.

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Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry
Oct
11
4:00 PM16:00

Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry

Don’t miss our fantastic Friday Fish Fry in Modicum Brewing! The Walleye is served one of three ways: beer battered, breaded or broiled with homemade slaw and potato chips.

We consistently sell out week after week and hear rave reviews from our customers! If you’re interested, make sure to call ahead of time for a reservation. 715-834-1733

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Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry
Sep
27
4:00 PM16:00

Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry

Don’t miss our fantastic Friday Fish Fry in Modicum Brewing! The Walleye is served one of three ways: beer battered, breaded or broiled with homemade slaw and potato chips.

We consistently sell out week after week and hear rave reviews from our customers! If you’re interested, make sure to call ahead of time for a reservation. 715-834-1733

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Starlight Distillery Barrel Pick Tasting
Sep
21
6:00 PM18:00

Starlight Distillery Barrel Pick Tasting

Long awaited! The Starlight Tasting is finally here! Dan Steffen, who we purchased our barrels through, will be there to taste through the Starlight Whiskeys with us.

Carl T Huber Bourbon

Ukranian Cherry Wood Finish

Toasted Barrel Finish

Cigar Batch - Brazilian Amburana Wood Finish

PX Sherry Wood Finish

Blackberry Whiskey

Starlight started as Huber Winery in Indiana and recently blew up as a grain to glass distillery as well. They've been farming their land since around 1850 and had grapes and the largest fruit orchards in Indiana. In 2000 they decided to add distilling to the brand and make brandies and whiskey.

There will also be a drawing to purchase the allocated whiskeys below:

2 btls of Blantons

1 btl of Weller 12 yr

1btl Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond 8yr

1btl Eagle Rare 10yr.

Ways to enter:

Purchase a ticket to the tasting!

Purchase a bottle of Starlight at the Tasting!

Must be present to redeem allocated bottles

Finally, Starlight was generous enough to send a Pineau de Charentes barrel with our order. It has been filled 2x with bourbon. Eric at Modicum will be filling it with a beer and we'll have a Starlight Barrel Aged Beer release party down the line!

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Ashton Night at Modicum Brewery
Sep
19
6:00 PM18:00

Ashton Night at Modicum Brewery

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This is your night to explore the Ashton collection
Ashton is among the most revered premium cigar brands in the world. Their cigars are handmade in the legendary Tabacalera A. Fuente factory in the Dominican Republic from only the finest aged tobaccos and have been a perennial “Top 3” brand in the U.S. for more than thirty years.

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Modicum Brewing Oktoberfest Release Party
Sep
14
12:00 PM12:00

Modicum Brewing Oktoberfest Release Party

Don your Dirndl and dust off your Lederhosen, and join us for the long-anticipated release of our Oktoberfestbier!

Don't miss one of our favorite days of the year, complete with steins of Oktoberfest, a special German-inspired menu of Fest Foods, our ever-popular Stein Holding Competitions, and Gemütlichkeit galore!

We'll tap the ceremonial Holzfass at Noon.

See it on Modicum’s Website

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Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry
Sep
13
4:00 PM16:00

Friday Night Walleye Fish Fry

Don’t miss our fantastic Friday Fish Fry in Modicum Brewing! The Walleye is served one of three ways: beer battered, breaded or broiled with homemade slaw and potato chips.

We consistently sell out week after week and hear rave reviews from our customers! If you’re interested, make sure to call ahead of time for a reservation. 715-834-1733

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Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Tasting
Sep
5
6:00 PM18:00

Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Tasting

It’s Willamette, DAMMIT!

Just in case you were confused on pronunciation, it rhymes with dammit. Now you got it.

I (Will) recently had the pleasure of going out to the Willamette Valley in Oregon for an industry event called “Oregon Pinot Camp.” It was four days of quickly travelling from vineyard and winery to the next one and taking classes about the soil, climate, grapes, etc. And then tasting through about 150 wines per day.

We’ll be mimicking one of the tastings I did in Oregon at Alexana winery. It will be a “Sense of Place” tasting. We will go through the Pinot Noirs from different sub-AVAs of the Willamette Valley and discuss how the soils, climates, and elevations of those wines affected them.

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Crux Cigar Event at Modicum Brewing
Aug
8
6:00 PM18:00

Crux Cigar Event at Modicum Brewing

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Crux is committed to building cigars of the highest quality and craftsmanship that begins with only the finest premium tobacco and highly skilled cigar rollers. As a result, their cigars have been honored with praise and high ratings from publications, peers and cigar fans alike. .

We’ll pair that with some of Eric’s beers for a great event.

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Ron Swanson Wagyu and Whiskey Dinner
Aug
8
6:00 PM18:00

Ron Swanson Wagyu and Whiskey Dinner

SOLD OUT!

Ron Swanson knows how to eat and drink.

“Never been hungover. After I’ve had too much whiskey I cook myself a large flank steak, pan-fried in salted butter. I eat that, put on a pair of wet socks, and go to sleep.”

This nights meal will be a dedication to Ron Swanson, and those of you out there that just enjoy a good steak and some whiskey.

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Fish Fry
Jul
19
4:00 PM16:00

Fish Fry

Our fish fry in Modicum Brewing will be every other week. The best way to ensure you get our amazing walleye is to call ahead and reserve yours today 715.834.1733. We’ll be serving from 4-8pm in the brewery.

Fresh Walleye fish fry

Beer battered, Breaded, or broiled

served wtih coleslaw and chips, substitute french fries for $3.

See you all on Friday!

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Diesel Cigar Event at K Point Brewery
Jul
18
6:00 PM18:00

Diesel Cigar Event at K Point Brewery

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THEY PUSH BOUNDARIES

From advanced tobacco aging to ingenious fermentation techniques, our blenders stop at nothing to ensure every cigar is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced, or ever will.

From A.J. Fernandez to Rabbit Hole Distillery, they partner with next-level brands and artisans because of the belief that competition makes better.We’ll pair that with some of Tom’s beers for a great event.

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Ron Swanson Dinner
Jul
15
10:00 AM10:00

Ron Swanson Dinner

Ron Swanson lives on a pretty strict diet of meat and whiskey. Well, we plan to do the same. We’ll be hosting a dinner with all three of Nick Offerman’s Lagavulin whiskeys and plenty of meat. I have also know Ron to eat potatoes when cooked in plenty of bacon fat.

Details coming soon.

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