2013 Hop Growers Roundtable Event June 22 in Dodgeville WI

Our first farm event this year will be on Sat., June 22 where we are hosting the Simple Earth Hops 2013 Hop Growers Roundtable. This summer hopyard event will feature 2 hoppy presentations in the morning, a reception at lunch time and a forum discussion with hop growers Rich Joseph from Joseph Staudt Hop's and David Buss of Davali Ridge Farm both of the Wisconsin Hop Exchange.

ORDER TICKETS NOW for $45 per person at http://2013hops.eventbrite.com/ - Cheers to local beers!

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2013 Hop Rhizome Pre-Orders Online

Do you want to grow hops? Want better ingredients for your homebrew?

Finally, pick your own hops!

Simple Earth Hops is now selling hop rhizomes which you can plant in your backyard to grow your own hops! Hop rhizomes are easy to order at http://hops.goodsie.com

There's 7 varieties of hop rhizomes to choose from including:

• CASCADE
• CENTENNIAL
• COLUMBUS
• GALENA
• MOUNT HOOD
• NUGGET
• WILLAMETTE 

The hop rhizomes are disease free -- they come from a clean hopyard and are sold in sets of 2. Order your hop rhizomes now online at hops http://hops.goodsie.com

Orders will begin to ship out in April! Cheers!

Wisconsin Hopyard Photo by Rachel Konsella

2013 Hopyard Volunteer Opportunities in Dodgeville, Wisconsin

Hopyard Volunteer Openings Available in Dodgeville, Wisconsin

2013 Volunteer Opportunities Available at Simple Earth Hops in Dodgeville, Wisconsin

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

Contact:  Matt Sweeny, Simple Earth Hops / fattymattybrewing@gmail.com

Dodgeville, WI--Simple Earth Hops (http://www.simpleearthhops.com/) announced today that Matt Sweeny is recruiting commercial hops volunteers for the 2013 growing season. The volunteer opportunities are available by contacting Matt Sweeny via email at fattymattybrewing@gmail.com … Hopyard volunteer opportunities include stringing the hopyard in April, 2013, weeding throughout the year, running the irrigation and hopyard care. And beer might be a topic of discussion. Learn how we marketing local hops, see the Simple Earth Hops established commercial hopyard and share in how to use earth-friendly growing practices. Volunteer gigs will be scheduled from April 2013 on through the season into August at the hop harvest event and into September, 2013.

When:        Volunteer Openings run from April, 2013 through September, 2013

Where:        At the hopyard! 4352 State Road 23, Dodgeville, WI 53533

About: Simple Earth Hops was founded in 2009 to promote the business of hops and sustainable agriculture methods in the Midwest.  Connect with them on Facebook

* Simple Earth Hops blog: http://www.simpleearthhops.com/.

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Photos below by Rachel Konsella from the 2012 Simple Earth Hops Harvest Brewfest

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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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!

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