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

Register for Free Tickets

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Thank you for attending our Wisconsin hops event

The turnout for the Hopyard Spring Training [beeradvocate.com link] this weekend was outstanding. To all weekend hops and beer event attendees-thank you for coming out, sharing and  working in the hopyard with such questionable weather. Also, thanks to Josh Sobo, Chuck Tuura, Rich Joseph, Beckie and D, Renea, John Christianson, Charlie Rhower, Andrew and Jennifer Kerr, the Chicago guys from CHAOS and so many others for your help and attendance. Below are some pictures by Beckie and Chuck of this weekend's Wisconsin commercial hops event.

Home grown episode on Discover Wisconsin

Simple Earth Hops is featured on an episode of Discover Wisconsin which aired the weekend of April 24th. This "Home Grown – Opportunity Wisconsin" episode features Iowa County, WI locals:

• Lake Louie Brewing in Arena at the 9:45 mark
• Simple Earth Hops in Dodgeville at the 13.28 mark
• Innovation Kitchen in Mineral point at the 14:45 mark

Wisconsin maybe known as America’s Dairyland but there are many individual farmers across the state who grow or raise other products that are vital to the state’s agri-economy. Southwest Wisconsin is particularly known for its organic farms especially in the Kickapoo Valley region. There’s the farmer who raises beef cattle who supplies local restaurants so they can serve some of the tastiest burgers around. Or the local hops grower who sells his produce to local micro-breweries for that homegrown flavor. And there are the apple orchards that have been picking locally grown apples for decades and selling them all over the Midwest. We salute the farmers who grow local-sell local to keep the economy fresh and growing.

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Hopyard Spring Training on May 21

Event management for Hopyard Spring Training

Only 40 Free tickets!



The newly formed Simple Earth Hops in Dodgeville, Wisconsin is opening up the hopyard for a Spring activities workshop presented by Matt Sweeny.

Attendance to this free ticketed Wisconsin hopyard event does require registration (except for Charlie and Beckie) via Eventbrite: http://hopyardspringtraining-efbevent.eventbrite.com/Free hopyard workshop event and runs from 11am to around 2pm on Saturday, May 21st, 2011.

This hands-on workshop will show you the Spring time annual maintenance in the hopyard and yes, we will be getting our hands dirty! Be prepared to learn about training hop bines and stringing the hop trellis. This free event is limited to ONLY 40 tickets.


Please Bring:

• work gloves
• warm-ish clothes
• your wide-brimmed learning hat
• a sack lunch or $10 cash for lunch
• a beer or two to sip
• nun-chucks

Connect with us on Facebook for up to date event information and register for free tickets at Eventbrite.

Spring 20111 hopyard event logo

Simple Earth Hops featured in BrewingTV episode

Brewing TV, presented by Northern Brewer, came out to the hopyard by Simple Earth Hops and did some taping on August 11, 2010. These hopyard recordings are now featured on Brewing TV - Episode 17: Hop Madness 2010. Thanks again to Chip, Michael and Jake for coming out to explore the natural depths of the Dodgeville, WI hopyard and for the extra beers you guys left in the farm cooler!


Brewing TV - Episode 17: Hop Madness 2010 from Brewing TV on Vimeo.

Happy Holidays from Simple Earth Hops

What an exciting first year 2010 has been - wow! Thank you to everyone for making time to come to the hopyard to talk about sustainable hops, work together and contribute to the Simple Earth Hops community.

 

Merry Christmas and have a safe and happy New Year!

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