Arts & Entertainment
Craft Beer Tasting benefits history
W.A. McConnell Foundation urges supporters to raise a glass to preserve Richmond's oldest building
RICHMOND – The W.A. McConnell Foundation (WAMF) is hosting a craft beer and bourbon tasting from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, in historic downtown Richmond.
Advanced tickets are available for $35 online at https://www.wamcconnellfoundat... and at Anderson’s CandyShop, 10301 N Main St, Richmond, IL. They entitle those age 21 and older to 10 tastings of beer and/or spirits. Sampling tickets also will be available at the door the day of the event –rain or shine.
Special thanks to following breweries and distilleries who are generously donating their product
for this fundraiser:
Sew Hop'd Brewery Huntley, IL
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Spirit Water Brewery & Distillery Cary, IL
Heaven's Door Distillery Pleasureville, KY
McFleshman's Brewery Appleton, W
Appleton Beer Factory Appleton, WI
The tasting event will take place at 10400 Main St, Richmond, across the street from Olde No.
90. This fun event will also feature talks by historian Kurt Begalka and local award-winning
storyteller Jim May. WAMF volunteers will lead tours showing the work already completed to
stabilize this historic gem.
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Proceeds from this event will be used to rehabilitate Olde No. 90’s porch. Restoration
estimates indicate that it will take $10,000. With public support and grant funding, W.A.
McConnell Foundation intends to save this value piece of history.
The W.A. McConnell Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the
treasured history of the greater Richmond area in Illinois, protecting the legacy of its founders,
and promoting its historic downtown for the benefit of generations to come.
