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)

VIEW ALL PHOTOS
from the 2012 Hopyard Harvest in  Dodgeville, WI

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• Follow Simple Earth Hops on Twitter @AnotherDesign

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

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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

2012 Hop Harvest Brewfest Press Release Being Distributed

Marketing for the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest is in full swing. We are sending out the press release below to writers, bloggers and other beer industry news outlets:

Free Event—Sample Beer and Pick Hops in Dodgeville, Wisconsin

Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest Returns to the Farm on August 25, 2012 

F O R    I M M E D I A T E    R E L E A S E

Media Contact
Matt Sweeny | Simple Earth Hops | 262-210-4077 | fattymattybrewing@gmail.com

Media Library/Press Photos→ http://hops.me/54b8

DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN (July 19, 2012)
Simple Earth Hops will celebrate the harvest of their 3rd year crop by hosting the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest–a family friendly beer tasting and hop picking event in Dodgeville, Wisconsin on Saturday, August 25, 2012.

"We are pleased to offer local beer samples from a hand full of talented Southwestern, Wisconsin brewers!" 

This free community event provides a family friendly space with free beverage samples, kids activities and live music for more than 100 attendees who will lend a hand from Noon to 5pm to pick hops at the hopyard (w/ a community potluck at 6pm) on the farm at 4352 State Road 23 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Ticket registration is free and required at http://hopharvest.eventbrite.com

About→ Simple Earth Hops was founded in 2009 to promote sustainable business values through growing local hops in the Midwest for small brewers. Connect on Facebook about this event or register for tickets.

When→ Saturday, August 25, 12pm-11:00pm - CST (w/ a community potluck at 6pm)

Where→ 4352 State Road 23, Dodgeville, WI 53533

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• Media Library/Press Photos→ http://hops.me/54b8
• Free Ticket Registration→ http://hopharvest-efbevent.eventbrite.com/
• Participating Brewers→ http://goo.gl/maps/kXY7

• Hopyard Website→ http://www.simpleearthhops.com/
• Facebook Event→ http://hops.me/54b6
• Merchandise→ $10 pint glass, $25 shirt @ http://hops.goodsie.com
• Press Release permalink→ http://hops.me/54b7

MEDIA PARTNERS

• Heavy Table
• MidwestMicroBrews
• Examiner.com

Tickets Available for Simple Earth Hop Harvest Brewfest

We are excited to announce that the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest will return to the farm in Dodgeville, Wisconsin on Saturday, August 25, 2012.

* Press Release permalink: http://hops.me/54b7
* Facebook Event: http://hops.me/54b6




Order tickets at http://hopharvest.eventbrite.com/ Event Ticket Options option include a commemorative Simple Earth Hops "Cheers To Local Beers" beer tasting glass and/or a Simple Earth Hops "Hopyard Staff" t-shirt.

Commemorative Simple Earth Hops "Cheers To Local Beers" beer tasting glass

Simple Earth Hops "Hopyard Staff" event T-shirts

Participating Brewers

View Participating Brewers at the 2012 Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest in a larger map

Event Media Partners

• Fatty Matty Brewing
• Booking Bands for this event
• Eventbrite.com
• Zvents.com
• LinkedIn.com
• BeerAdvocate.com
• Craftbeer.com
• Chris Drosner @WSJbeerbaron
• WisTravel.com
• FestivalTrek.com
• TheBrewingNetwork
• HomebrewTalk
• LocalCities.com
• NC Alt Crops
• Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild
• Beermapping.com
• Madison Craigslist.org
• MattSweeny.com on Wordpress.com

Hopyard Event Staff Wanted for Aug 25 Brewfest

**JULY 10, 2012 UPDATE**

2012 Staff Registration has now been filled however...

You still have the opportunity to be a part of the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest by registering for free tickets at http://hopharvest.eventbrite.com/. Show your hopyard love by purchasing a Simple Earth Hops "Hopyard Staff" shirt or a commemorative "Cheers To Local Beers" pint glass at http://hops.goodsie.com/

We are stoked to announce that the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest will return to the farm in Dodgeville, Wisconsin on Saturday, August 25, 2012. Tickets for this local beer tasting-hop picking event will be made available in July.

In the mean time...

We are looking to fill the following volunteer event staff positions:

• Hopyard Staff Manager
• Tasting Glass distribution
• Hopyard event registration/reception 
• Hoppy Merchandise
• Server / Pourer
• Designated driver
• Hop Picking Manager
• Setup/ tear-down/ clean-up
• Parking & Hopyard Bouncers
• Master of Ceremonies/Announcer
• Face Painting
• Hopyard Harvester
• Band Roadie
• Hop Drying
• Hopyard Photographer

→ SIGN UP HERE ←

Benefits to being a event staff member

• Participation and experience from being a part of a beer festival event
• Moderated sampling of beer while you are at this event while you work (except for some team members like the designated driver).
• Warm fuzzy feelings of knowing that are helping to spread the good word about local craft beer and local hops.
• A tasting glass for you to enjoy local beer with.
• A chance to meet other hop growers and new friends.

Important Info

• Staff members are requested to volunteer from 8am to 5pm at this event. 
• You will receive your team/shift assignment by email.
• This event takes place at 4352 State Road 23, Dodgeville, WI 53533 on Saturday, Augus t 25, 2012.
• All the information you provide here is strictly confidential! We promise not to share it with anyone.
• All event staff volunteers must be a minimum of 21 years of age before the event to volunteer. 
• Be aware that volunteers represent Simple Earth Hops and we don't like mean people. 
• Volunteering for this hopyard event may not be for you. We want friendly, fun, warm and dedicated volunteers only who don't mind being around people who are consuming beer and possibly being loud.

→ SIGN UP HERE ←

**Waiver of Liability

By submitting the Hoppy Registration Form, staff volunteer agrees to bear full responsibility and full liability for any and all damage or injury which might result from volunteering at this Simple Earth Hops farm event. Staff volunteers also releases and agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the Sweeny family and the Kerr family, event sponsors and their insurance carriers from any and all claims, actions or damages without any limitation whatsoever, whether consisting of personal injury, property damage or death that results in any way from any act of the volunteer while attending or volunteering at this Simple Earth Hops event.

NOTICE!

Completing this volunteer application does not guarantee your participation in the volunteer program. We will confirm your volunteer involvement as soon as possible so that you can enjoy some other fun, local event if you need to.

Poster Art Approved for Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest

Simple Earth Hops of Dodgeville, WI is proud to announce the 1st release of poster artwork for the 2012 Harvest Brewfest which will be on Saturday, August 25, 2012.

More details will be available in the coming weeks for this “Brewing Up The Community” celebration - an all day beer tasting environment for 100+ VIP attendees who will participate in hop picking at the hopyard farm in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

Event tickets will be required and available after July 1. Keep your hoppy palettes open for this family-friendly event which will also feature hopyard tours, live music and beer samples and a community potluck with bonfire in the evening.

Stay tuned to the Simple Earth Hops Facebook page for the most up-to-date news.

Wisconsin hops past seasons photos and links

Slower. Smaller. Local.

We did it. Hops were sold locally! Yeah!

With the 2010 and 2011 hopyard seasons complete and behind us, our Dodgeville, Wisconsin grown hop plants now lay dormant in the hopyard.

Thank you to all the past Simple Earth Hops event attendees for your help in the hopyard and for your contribution to our Brewing up a Community efforts. Special thanks also goes out to John Christiansen, Greenspirit Farm, the Wisconsin Hop Exchange, Weber Organic and the Brewery Creek Brewpub in addition to Northern Brewer, the gracious musicians, volunteers and local brewers who donated beer to our past seasons' hopyard events and Bob Bero of B-Hoppy Hop Candy co.

Below is a wrap-up of some of our most memorable hopyard/farm event moments from the past two season and a list of where you can follow Simple Earth Hops.

2010-11 Wisconsin Hop Photos

• 2011 Harvest Party
  
• 2011 Testing hop ripeness
• 2011 Midseason in the Hopyard 
• 2011,Hopyard Spring Training 
• 2010 Hop Harvest 
• 2010 Trellis setup 
• Press kit Pictures 
• 2010 Moving hop trellis poles 
• 2010 Hop trellis poles selection

Simple Earth Hops social media profile

• Simple Earth Hops on Facebook
• 2010 Hopyard establishment press release
• Simple Earth Hops Press Kit
• Layered mulch (lasagna gardening) instructions
• Madison Hop Examiner
• Follow us on Twitter @anotherdesign
• Hop sales from Simple Earth Hops
• Subscribe to our website

Mulchfest, hop sales and surveys, oh my

2011 Mulchfest Beer Exchange
If you missed the fun at the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest or just didn't have enough time to really sit down and talk about growing hops, here is your chance. We are excited to offer just 12 tickets for the 2011 Hopyard Mulchfest Beer Exchange. Ask about on site overnight accommodations - I'll provide tasting glasses to use, dinner and working gloves and you bring your favorite local beer to share. Tickets for this 2nd annual networking opportunity are at http://mulchfest.eventbrite.com/

Short URL to register for tickets: http://hops.me/7da
Short URL to view this event on Facebook: http://hops.me/7d9

Two weeks of whole leaf hop sales
Now that all the hops have been dried, whole leaf hop orders are being accepted at http://hops.goodsie.com/ - these will be pelletized an no longer available as whole leaf hops in less than 2 weeks.

Short URL to order hop products: http://hops.me/6zn

Attendee and Staff Survey
(from the 2011 Simple Earth Harvest Brewfest)
We don't know everything about event planning (let alone horticulture or how to run a sustainable business). If you attended or volunteer at the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest, please give us some feedback using this survey platform to help narrow marketing campaigns and focus our community efforts.

Short URL for the event survey: http://hops.me/7d4
This questionnaire will not give you "survey burnout" and will take you less than a few minutes to fill out.

Subscribe via Email
You can now subscribe to updates about hop sales, hopyard events and other website posts via Feedburner, this service will send you an email every time we update the website. Subscribe to our website updates via email now!

Short URL to subscribe for email updates: http://hops.me/7d8

Photos from the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest
Below is a link to some of the photos taken at this year's Harvest Brewfest. You can also view and comment on the photos on Picasa.

Short URL for Harvest Brewfest Pics on Picasa: http://hops.me/7db

Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest Tickets Available

Simple Earth Hops is proud to announce the Harvest Brewfest on August 20, 2011 from 9am to 8pm.

This “Brewing Up The Community” celebration provides an all day beer tasting environment for 160 VIP attendees who will lend 2 hours throughout the event day to pick hops at the hopyard at Greenspirit Farm CSA in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Event registration is required at http://harvestbrewfest.eventbrite.com or using the free ticket registration form below.

When registering for free tickets, attendees will indicate which 2 hour shift (between 9am-5pm) they will be available to help pick hops at the event.

Attendees will not only get hands-on experience harvesting the plants, but will learn about the benefits of growing local hops while tasting local craft beer at a friendly community space. This event will also feature tours of the hopyard with live music and beer samples from 9:00a.m. - 8:00p.m. A community potluck (dish to pass required) will begin at 6:00 p.m.

What to Bring:

• Lawn chair
• your favorite tasting glass
• snacks to cleanse your palette
• a dish to pass for the potluck
• bug spray and sunscreen

When: Saturday, August 20 - 9:00 am-8:00 pm - CST

Where: Simple Earth Hops / 4352 State Road 23, Dodgeville, WI

Contact: Matt Sweeny at fattymattybrewing@gmail.com / SimpleEarthHops.com

Hop Sales
Wet, fresh/green hops from this Dodgeville area hopyard event are now available for pre-sale here until August 18th here: http://hops.goodsie.com/

This Event in the News:

• Great Lakes Brewing News
• Official Event Press Release
• Call for bands/musicians to perform at this event
• BeerAdvocate.com
• Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)
• Upcoming (by Yahoo!)
• Local Sounds
• Facebook Event Page
• Event Logo Permalink
• Heavy Table - Upper Midwest Food Magazine and Blog
• CraftBeer.com
• MidwestMicroBrews
• Stephen Beaumont's World of Beer

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