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Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest

Saturday, August 20, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (CT)

Dodgeville, WI

Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest

Ticket Information

Type Remaining End     Quantity
MORNING SHIFT TICKET / 9am-11am - Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest
MORNING SHIFT TICKET / 9am-11am This ticket indicates that you will help pick hops from 9am to 11am and enables you to free beer tasting throughout the day.
Sold Out Ended Free  
LUNCH SHIFT TICKET / 11am-1pm - Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest
LUNCH SHIFT TICKET / 11am-1pm This ticket indicates that you will help pick hops from 11am to 1pm and enables you to free beer tasting throughout the day.
Sold Out Ended Free  
AFTERNOON SHIFT TICKET / 1pm-3pm - Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest
AFTERNOON SHIFT TICKET / 1pm-3pm This ticket indicates that you will help pick hops from 1pm to 3pm and enables you to free beer tasting throughout the day.
Sold Out Ended Free  
EVENING SHIFT TICKET / 3pm-5pm - Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest
EVENING SHIFT TICKET / 3pm-5pm This ticket indicates that you will help pick hops from 3pm to 5pm and enables you to free beer tasting throughout the day.
Sold Out Ended Free  
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Event Details

Simple Earth Hops of Dodgeville, WI 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 here at Eventbite at http://harvestbrewfest.eventbrite.com

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 community 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 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

You must be 21 or older to sample beer at this event.


**UPDATE - AUG. 16, 2011**

As of Sunday, August 14th, EVENT TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT! and ticket registration has closed.

Follow @AnotherDesign on Twitter and Suscribe to the Simple Earth Hops website feed to recieve immediate annoucements about our next hopyard event (October, 2011 - "Hopyard Mulchfest Beer Exchange").

If you were able to get tickets, see you at the hop-fest this Saturday! This weekend is going to be an exciting time to socialize over local craft beer samples while learn about the "Simple Earth Hops way" of hop farming.

When & Where



Hopyard at Greenspirit Farm
4352 State Road 23
Dodgeville, WI 53533

Saturday, August 20, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (CT)


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Simple Earth Hops



Simple Earth Hops operates a 1/4 acre sustainable hopyard which is used for education, research and demonstration and is located on Wisconsin Hwy 23, 1/2 mile north of Governor Dodge State Park at Greenspirit Farm CSA in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

The small scale community based commercial hopyard is planted with many varieties of hops and was founded on the idea of sharing (with local agricultural entrepreneurs) the economic opportunity that growing hops can provide a much needed local food product for local craft brewers. Currently, hops are available in very limited local markets and are mainly available from a controlling group of hop brokers [read: oligopoly] who operate hop mega-farms located in the Pacific Northwest (USA), China, Europe, New Zealand and from other far away growing regions [read: not local].

Simple Earth Hops was established to demonstrate that local farmers can produce a consistent, sustainable supply of ultra high quality hops by working directly with local craft brewers while still maintaining a focus on ecology, the land and the people involved.