Saturday I set out for a short brewery trek of three breweries... I was excited to visit my 363rd,…read more4th and 365th breweries! Quite the array my palate experienced! The first brewery.... fine, just fine, nothing great. The last brewery? Off the charts... fantastic!! Balsam Lake? Yikes..... I arrived to a full patio and quite the busy inside. Good omen, right? Once I began tasting through my flight... two words came to mind...not sure if they're correct or... but they were... Tourist Trap....? I built a flight of four, four styles I commonly order, so I'm familiar with them and they're preferred. My flight consisted of #3 Angler's Amber, #7 Stump Bay Stout, #17 Marges Doppleganger Doppelbock & #18 Haugen All The Honey. The Honey beer was delicious and was he only one I could stomach to want to finish. The Angler's Amber? WHAT is that, is that a Bitter Amber? That is NOT a style....for good reason! This beer I could only take three sips of... in disbelief that it was that bad! The stout and doppelbock....just not good. Three days later and I'm still at a loss for words to describe what my palate was dealing with? Being to nearly 400 breweries I wouldn't consider myself a slouch, nor definitely an expert but when three of four beers are unpalatable... it's not me... it's the beer. Such a disappointing experience. Getting the $16.00 tab for what I considered awful beer sure didn't help ease the unfulfilling feeling. Maybe I should have opted for the Boysenberry Blonde that I debated and a beertender said was her current go-to? This brewery is three years old so...maybe they're still working kinks out? New brewer? I may have to peruse untappd for other beer ratings but at this juncture I wouldn't go back, just bummed out by the experience as a whole.

We showed up at the Balsam Lake Brewery & Market thirsty, hungry, and ready to watch football…read more Balsam Lake Brewery checked all of the boxes! The Blood Orange seltzer is refreshing, and my favorite so far. The buffalo wings and steak fries were served piping hot, and well seasoned. There was plenty of TV's to watch BOTH the Packers and Vikings games. We will definitely be back! Super-friendly service, too! Thank you, Balsam Lake Brewery & Market, for an enjoyable Sunday!!

This is a very nice grocery store in Hayward. Small towns often have small grocery stores or a…read morelimited amount of products. This was a fully stocked store with a great variety. It makes it convenient to grocery shop in the area before going to the cabin. The staff was friendly and the store was pleasant to shop in.

best time to get some food and ice cream.love to get some thing and coffee,creamer and etc.....read more

Great selection and good prices! Interesting that they were selling cheddar flavored vodka.read more

A small town grocery store that is open 24 hours a day and offers a full pharmacy, extensive liquor…read moredepartment, a great deli, and plenty of fresh produce and meat! Great place!

Great selection of top quality items, including Anders and Eve Kombuchas, great vegetable and…read moreproduce selection

A great co-op that brings you great choices in a small community. That community, however, is…read moreexpanded because for a lot of miles around you can not purchase the fresh organic foods that are so important to all of us. Good staff that make a great effort to help you find what you need. If they can't find it they offer to order it for you. Thank you!

You have fresh food fresh fruit selection beautiful organic selection good meat good customer…read moreservice I wish we had something even remotely like this in Ladysmith or Bruce Wisconsin we have nothing. However I do wish they would not use Amy's gluten-free because that's made in a week free factory and I've noticed they're gluten-free selection is gone down. I'm sure if I searched more I could probably find some more gluten free items but I really liked it when they had the gluten free but still it's an amazing store too bad I live far from waiting on from it but when I get to Rice lake I try and make it I think it's probably the last real grocery store left in the whole surrounding area. Thank you for that

I love the organic and natural food section. I mostly shop there and the produce area too. There…read moremeat is a little high compared to others. I dislike them making a big deal if I want to package up my own groceries. When raw meat is placed with my fruit, yeah no, you need more training. I do like the self service area when I can do it myself, but most of the time I use cash and have to be forced to repacking my groceries when I get to the car. The best reason to go there is the Caribou Coffee shop. They are the best. Far better in taste compared to the Starbucks one, oh and the service is down to earth and friendly. I'll stop there regardless if I need any groceries or not whenever I'm in Rice Lake.

This is a great little natural food store in a town with only large box stores for competition…read more Buy local.

Yes yes I still feel very strongly about loving HyVee…read more TOP quality FRUITS and vegetables -- bananas especially tasty and last almost a full week BIG daily restocked selection of nice green generous sized fruit. LOVE love SUMO ORANGES - - my most favorite of all fruit. We lived last 5 years in Florida ( moved back to MN in January) and had incredible fruit / became enamored especially with the deep especially juicy rich flavor of the Sumo orange. There's nothing like them. Now can't eat other oranges- - nothing compares, highly addictive! Amazing with bananas and sweet pineapple cut up and eaten with 4 % milk fat cottage cheese with a generous teaspoon of mayo on top of the cottage cheese. Amazing! Fresh fruit and fresh veggies provide our bodies with the VERY best nutrients and vitamins of all other food groups. Steaming not boiling veggies also preserve the highest level of vitamins. ( Dad was a Prof of Biochemistry at a med school.). We are basically what we eat. Fresh meat fresh chicken fresh seafood cooked at home are the most nutritious way of eating . Vitamin A found in the greatest level in fresh apricots and beet green tops helps fight and prevent cancer. Lunds is a gorgeous store but way way too expensive for me. Target is a great option for super low prices but stock/ variety are VERY limited and fruits veggies are extremely limited/ manhandled a lot by customers. Flavor is lacking in potatoes yams and in a lot of Targets fruit which is picked when green. Target runs after the cheapest resource. Their quality is not great. Then CLEANLINESS is essential to me. HyVee aces this. I love the WIDE spacious aisles, the extremely high ceilings and non glaring softer lighting. Thus you have a calmer more relaxed ambiance - - rare today in grocery stores. I come EVERY week here. Their daily sales on beef chicken and pork in special cases, some seasoned thus ready to cook, are excellent FRESH QUALITY! GREAT SALE PRICES too. Their homemade giant variety of FRESH BRATS are pure heaven - - cheddar and original are my FAVORITES! Their " drug store". Cosmetics Liquor store and kitchen dining products are beautiful with a wonderful selection. GIANT selection of tiny hand held liquor bottles at $.99 each too! ENJOY!!!!!!

We had a birthday to celebrate and had originally ordered cupcakes from another bakery--but…read moreunfortunately, they were a big disappointment. Hy-Vee Oakdale Bakery truly saved the day. With less than 24 hours' notice, Kayla made the most beautiful cupcakes for us. The cake she decorated exceeded our expectations, and we were genuinely impressed by the craftsmanship and attention to detail in the design. 10/10 experience--huge thanks to Kayla and the Oakdale Hy-Vee Bakery!

This organic health food store and deli is probably my favorite venue in Pine City. The item…read morechoices are plentiful. The owners are super friendly. They have delicious sandwiches and soup made fresh daily. If you go in, remember to grab a sandwich card; you get credit for each sandwich you buy and earn a free sandwich after 10 purchases. They have an assortment of teas, organic coffee beans, Kombucha, holistic medicine, essential oils and so much more. One of the greatest aspects of this place is their sit down eating area. If I could give this amazing place more than 5 stars, I would!!

Excellent store for your nutritional needs and sandwiches. Heidi offers a variety of health goods…read morefor your dietary needs. A strong believer of local produce and distribution, you can find the best offerings of natural food around. They also have a store in North Branch that is fully stocked with quality goodness.

I went in specifically to find new-to-me artisan cheese, and I succeeded. The overall cheese…read moreselection was great, too, and arranged neatly. I didn't explore the entire store, but what I saw was well-stocked and clean. I'd definitely stop in here again on another trip to Hudson!

Hudson Grocery Co-op has great organic fresh options ! Deli is amazing and local bread makers are…read moreselling fresh breads.