Cheers to community: S.D. brewery, Farm Bureau collaborate on beer to celebrate agriculture

Janelle Atyeo
Jun 19, 2020
Jun 19, 2020 Updated Jun 19, 2020

Camden Cornell, left, and lead brewer Tyler Wasberg clean the brew house at Remedy Brewing in Sioux Falls. The brewery created Country Gold, left, with South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation and started distributing it in cans this summer. Farm Bureau leaders hope it can serve as a celebration of agriculture as well as an introduction to locally made beer and to Farm Bureau’s services.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Hot summer days call for a crisp, refreshing drink, and one Sioux Falls brewery is hoping its easy-sipping brew will be embraced as “South Dakota’s Beer.”

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Country Gold is designed to be a lighter, easy-sipping beer and a good introduction to craft brews.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Brewery — Tyler Wasberg, lead brewer at Remedy Brewing in Sioux Falls, places a seal on a bright tank.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Matt Hastad and Tyler Jepperson — Matt Hastad, left, and Tyler Jepperson, two out of three co-founders of Remedy Brewing, pose in the Sioux Falls tasting room.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Brewing grains — Matt Hastad shows some specialty grains set to be used in a new beer at Remedy Brewing in Sioux Falls.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Janelle is editor of the Tri-State Neighbor, covering South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at jatyeo@tristateneighbor.com or follow on Twitter @JLNeighbor.