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.

This free community event provides a family friendly space with free beverage samples, camping on the farm, kids activities, live music and a pig roast with potluck at 6pm for more than 100 attendees who will lend a hand from Noon to 5pm to pick hops on the farm at 4352 State Road 23 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Ticket registration is suggested to attend or you can sign up at the "Check-In" booth when you arrive on site.

This year, we've added the option to camp at the event site Friday and/or Saturday nights for $20. The Wisconsin Department of Health has taken notice of this event and is making us pay a special camping permit fee of for the weekend so we are covering costs here. If you don't want to pay the $20 online, bring cash to the event to pay on site and sign up for the free ticket here.

Come enjoy the hop harvesting while tasting local craft beer in our friendly community space. This community event will also feature tours of the hopyard with live music and beer samples from Noon - 8:00p.m. A community potluck (dish to pass required) will begin at 6:00 p.m. 

A Health Inspector from the Wisconsin Department of Health came yesterday to the hopyard brewfest event site at 4352 State Road 23 in Dodgeville, WI - to issue the temporary restaurant license (for the pig roast) and special event camping permits and he concluded that because we were planning to get the pig for the pig roast from a neighbor down the street that we can't go forward with the pig roast-because my neighbor is not a licensed processor. We will continue to promote and enjoy the community potluck at 6pm but the PIG ROAST IS CANCELED this year.

BANDS ON STAGE

• Before the War 12-2pm
• Earthlings 2-6pm
• Blue Calico Band 7-9pm
• BSJ 9pm-midnight

You have the opportunity to be a part of the Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest by registering for these free tickets.

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/

Commemorative Simple Earth Hops “Cheers To Local Beers” beer tasting glass

Simple Earth Hops “Hopyard Staff” event T-shirts

• Visit the official Facebook event

What to Bring:

• Lawn chair
• Lunch to eat while you are at the farm
• A dish to pass for potluck dinner
• Bug spray and sunscreen

Other activities at this family-friendly local beer-lovers event include:

• *Homebrewing Demos
• *Inflatable Bouncy Castle
• *A Water Sprinkler Fun Zone
• *Hay Rides up to the Hopyard
• *Live Music 
• *Rootbeer on tap for the little ones
• *A community potluck (pls bring a dish to pass) will begin at 6:00 p.m.

When: Saturday, August 25 - Noon-8:00 pm - CST

Where: Simple Earth Hops / 4352 State Road 23, Dodgeville, WI
Contact: Matt Sweeny at fattymattybrewing@gmail.com / SimpleEarthHops.com
You must be 21 or older to sample beer at this event.

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