Beer, Brats, and Cheese: A Wisconsin Road Trip was recently named a 2026 IBPA Book Award Silver winner in the Travel category!
NATJA Honorable Mention
This spring, the North American Travel Journalists Association selected Beer, Brats, and Cheese as an Honorable Mention in the Travel Book category during its 34th Annual NATJA Awards Competition!
Wisconsin People & Ideas – Summer 2025
A little sneak peek of my interview in the summer 2025 issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas:
“Heather Kerrigan traveled more than 2,600 miles across Wisconsin to sample as many of the state’s beer, brat, and cheese delicacies as her stomach could handle. Her debut book, Beer, Brats, and Cheese: A Wisconsin Road Trip (University of Wisconsin Press, 2025), is a guidebook for those hungry to follow in her footsteps. We sat down to discuss her research—i.e. sampling hundreds of rounds of food and beverages—and why it’s more important than ever to support the state’s butchers, farmers, cheesemakers, brewers, and chefs.”
Read the full article here.
Beer, Brats & Cheese on WPR
Want a behind-the-scenes look at the epic 2,600-mile Wisconsin road trip that led to Beer, Brats & Cheese? Listen now as I join WPR’s Wisconsin Today!
ICYMI: WORT-FM Interview
Listen in as I join WORT-FM’s Andy Moore on the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk all things Wisconsin beer, brats, and cheese!
