Schedule published for #2013HopFest on Aug 24

The official schedule has been finalized for the 2013 Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest. This community event is next week on Saturday, August 24 starting at 11am.

Free to participate Register Now!

Thanks to Ian Bottorff for all your help!

• 8 AM
  ~ Staff Meeting (not attendees)
• 9 -11 AM
  ~ Event Setup
• 11 AM
   ~ Hop Picking Begins [11am-5pm]
   ~ Beverage Samples Tapped
   ~ The EARTHLINGS on Stage [11am-3pm]
• 12 PM
  ~ Staff/Bands Lunch
• 1 PM
   ~ 1st HOPYARD TOUR (Meet at Hop Picking Tent)
• 2:30 PM
   ~ 2nd HOPYARD TOUR (Meet at Hop Picking Tent)        
• 3 PM
   ~ KICK BRICKS on Stage [3pm-5pm]
• 4 PM
   ~ LAST HOPYARD TOUR (Meet at Hop Picking Tent)
• 5 PM
  ~ Hop Picking Ends
• 6 PM
  ~ Community Potluck
• 7 PM
  ~ The Earthlings back on stage
• 9 PM
  ~ Bonfire Lighting
  ~ Special Tapping of two Beers by Ian Bottorff

2013 Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest announced for Sat August 24

Thanks to the many donations from individuals and organizations like BrewFest Partners, Simple Earth Hops is proud to announce the return of the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest on Saturday, August 24, 2013 from 11am-11pm in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

This is a free community event provides a family friendly space with free beverage samples on the farm, kids activities, live music, hopyard tours and a huge community potluck at 6pm for more than 100 attendees who will lend a hand from 11am to 5pm to pick hops at 4352 State Road 23 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

FREE REGISTRATION @ http://hopyard.eventbrite.com

• PRESS / MEDIA PHOTOS
• Download the 2013 Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest event PDF
• Hop Picking @ 11am-5pm
• Beverage Samples @ 11am-11pm
• Community Potluck @ 6pm
• Participating Brewers

SIMPLE EARTH HOPS 4352 State Road 23, Dodgeville, WI CONTACT Simple Earth Hops | Matt Sweeny fattymattybrewing@gmail.com | 262-210-4077 SimpleEarthHops.com

ABOUT

Founded in 2009, Simple Earth Hops provides locally grown hops to brewers in Wisconsin. Connect with them on Facebook at http://fb.me/simpleearthhops or register for free tickets at http://hopyard.eventbrite.com

Additional support provided by BrewFest Partners

Photos from previous Hop Harvest Brewfests

Photo by Rachel Konsella

Photo by Rachel Konsella

Photo by Rachel Konsella

Photo by Rachel Konsella

2012 Dodgeville, WI Hopyard Harvest Event Photos by Rachel Konsella

Special thanks goes out to all the Event Staff that pitched in last August, 2012 for the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest...Thank You. Seriously, thanks! Rachel Konsella volunteered as the Hopyard Event Photographer & Facepainter. Thanks to Rachel and her friend Brian, we are proud to present many beautiful, professional photos featuring the 2012 hop harvest in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

One of many 2012 Wisconsin hopyard harvest photos by Rachel Konsella (link to Facebook photos)

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from the 2012 Hopyard Harvest in  Dodgeville, WI

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Read about our Community Garden Plot project in Dodgeville, WI

Event Map for the 2012 Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest

Part of planning an event is accepting that things will always change.

Below and at this PDF download you will find the Event Map for the 2012 Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest. Ticket sales ended tonight so if you didn't register, just show up at 4352 State Rd 23, Dodgeville, WI and come straight to the event checkin area to register on site.

This year we moved the locations of some of the event features:

1. The beer is now being served off the west side of the market building; 
2. The hop picking tent (which has also been dubbed the "beer garden"--stolen from the Great Taste of the Midwest) is located on a flatter area in "the bowl";
3. We've added the Kids Fun Zone located in front of the house which includes a playground, mister fun swings and face painting;
4. Camping has been added this year (which you can register and pay for on site)
5. The market building has been transformed into a hop head's merchandise heaven where we will be offering pewter hop cone jewelry, dried hop cones, hop candy, Simple Earth Hops "Hopyard Staff" t-shirts, "Cheers to local Beers" Simple Earth Hops pint glasses and more;
6. The performance stage at the beer garden/hop picking tent now has a real stage with a separate but connected tent.

Thank you!

8.25 Brewfest Update-Pig Roast Rejected, Community Potluck Lives on

Unfortunately the pig roast has been rejected by the WI Health Dept who shut down our local pig roast operation due to the pig coming from our hopyard neighbor who is not "licensed to process" --local is not good enough.

My most sincere apologies to any of you who were really looking forward to the pig roast portion of the event. We are sad about this too.

Alternatively and in spite of big brother of us all -- the community potluck lives on where we will be sharing loads of nitrate free smoked brats; cheese brats; polish sausage and other brats with buns, sauerkraut; mustard and buckets of baked beans free of high fructose corn syrup!

Register Online or Wait and Register On Site

Hopyard Brewfest Free Tickets Still Available - SIGN UP NOW!

There are a limited number of free tickets remaining for the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest at 4352 State Rd 23, Dodgeville, WI on Saturday, August 25, 2012. Registration for this event ends Wednesday, August 22.

Adult Activities

• Hop Picking @ Noon-5pm
• Free beer samples @ Noon-11pm
• Free Parking
• Hopyard Tours
• Camping at the event $20 (Fri and/or Sat nights)
• Community Potluck @ 6pm  (bring a dish to pass, sliverwear and plates)
• $10 Pig Roast @ 6pm

Bands Performing

• Before the War
• Earthlings
• MooGrass String Band
• BSJ 

Family Activities

• Bouncy castle
• Hay rides to the hopyard
• Free rootbeer
• Misting funzone
• Free music all day
• Facepainting
• Camping at the event $20 (Fri and/or Sat nights)
• $10 Pig Roast @ 6pm
• Potluck @ 6pm (bring a dish to pass, sliverwear and plates)
• Bonfire at dusk

Event Registration Online for Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest powered by Eventbrite

Links and Media Partners

• Participating Brewers
• Facebook Event Page
• Event Press Release permalink: http://hops.me/54b7
• WI Farm Report
• MidwestMicroBrews
• Media Library
• Heavy Table

Beer Tasting + Camping + Pig Roast + Hop Picking = Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest

The ticket ordering site at http://hopharvest.eventbrite.com for the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest on Saturday, August 25th now has an added ticket option to camp at the event site Friday and/or Saturday nights for a suggested donation of $10-30 for the weekend. You can camp Friday night, Saturday night or both nights near the hop picking tent. Simple Earth Hops is now being required to pay a special camping permit fee to the local Government for camping for the weekend so we are covering costs here. You are also welcome to register for a free event ticket and donate what you can for camping on site.

Also notice that you can register for the pig roast so we know how many attendees we will be feeding.

Media Partners

• Facebook Event
• Wisconsin Farm Report