Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison, WI

Matt F · Post by **Matt F** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:53 pm

The Great Taste of the Midwest is August 9th at noon this year. Tickets are $35 and very hard to get.

You can also try to get on the bus trip from Millstream. http://www.millstreambrewing.com/events.html

Great Taste of the Midwest website.
http://www.mhtg.org/content/category/9/37/57/

Ticket Sales

Tickets for the 2008 Great Taste are $35 each.

There are two ways to obtain tickets for the Great Taste of the Midwest: mail order or advance in person sales. Tickets are NOT sold at the gate. There are no phone orders, no credit card orders, and no internet sales. In order to keep this a high quality event, only 5000 tickets are sold.

In Person Ticket Sales:
In person ticket sales for the August 9th, 2008, festival will be held at noon on Sunday, May 4th, 2008. A total of 3000 tickets will be sold at the following Madison locations:

Star Liquor
The Cork and Bottle
The Wine and Hop Shop
Steve's Liquor (both locations)
J.T. Whitney's
Capital Brewery

Wonder's Pub, a longtime ticket sales location, has been sold, and we will no longer be holding ticket sales there.

In person ticket sales sell out very quickly. If you aren't in line early, chances are good that you will not get a ticket. There is a limit of four tickets per person.

Mail Order Sales:
2000 Tickets will be sold via mail order using a lottery. There is a limit of four tickets per household. If you do not live in Madison and would like to participate in the lottery, please send a self addressed stamped envelope and a check for the correct amount (payable to MHTG) to:

Great Taste!
Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild
P.O. Box 1365
Madison, WI 53701-1365

Envelopes must be postmarked on May 1st. Orders sent postmarks other than May 1st will be returned to you unfulfilled. Please allow 6-8 weeks for ticket processing, since we are a homebrewing club and not a professional order fulfillment company. We know you want your tickets, but please respect that we have our own family and work responsibilities too.
Other questions? See our FAQ or email greattaste@mhtg.[/url]

Matt F · Post by **Matt F** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:43 am

Anybody going to try to get tickets? If you are trying by mail, they must be post-marked this Thursday, May 1. I may try to send in for some. I will probably order four in case I actually get them. They usually are not too hard to get rid of if you have extra.

BrewHound · Post by **BrewHound** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:15 pm

I am going to try to get 4. Seriously doubt from what I have heard that I will, but hey why not. If I don't they just don't cash the check!

Oh by the way. I emailed Teressa at Millstream. The bus is full

and has been for some time now.

If anyone knows someone in Madison who could get me a couple of tickets I would be glad to pay for the tickets plus a nice bottle of Belgian ale for their troubles, just throwing it out there.

Matt F · Post by **Matt F** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:10 pm

I have a buddy in Madison, but I don't know if he will be in town that weekend. We have a bachelor party in Davenport Saturday, so he would have to get back to Madison in time to get tickets. I will give him a call to see what he might do. Otherwise, yeah, I plan to send in my request today but it is a crap shoot to get tickets. Maybe if enough of us send in somebody will get some. On that note, if somebody does get tickets and they have an extra, I am interested.

Smed · Post by **Smed** » Fri May 02, 2008 7:24 am

I'll be in Madison on Monday - my hotel is close to J.T. Whitney's.
I am willing to bring some back if someone is sure they want them.

I may also lay in a large suppy of IPA from the New Glarus Brewery - mmm mmm.

BrewHound · Post by **BrewHound** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:24 am

Smed wrote:I'll be in Madison on Monday - my hotel is close to J.T. Whitney's.
I am willing to bring some back if someone is sure they want them.

I may also lay in a large suppy of IPA from the New Glarus Brewery - mmm mmm.

I am sure that I would want some (at least 2), even if by some chance that I do get some in the lottery, I have plenty of friends that would like to go.

Jeremy

Smed · Post by **Smed** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:51 pm

I'll grab 2 - I would think they would still be available Monday.

Smed · Post by **Smed** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:10 pm

I tried - they were definitely gone by Monday though. Must be a good party....

Matt F · Post by **Matt F** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:45 am

I figured they would be. I heard they are usually gone on Sunday within a few hours and people are left wating in line that never get tickets. It is a great party. There are beers served at that event that you can't get anywhere else. They even have an all cask tent.

BrewHound · Post by **BrewHound** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:45 am

Yeah I have heard the same thing. However, thank you very much for trying it was greatly appreciated. I guess its the lottery or scalpers for me.

Jeremy

Smed · Post by **Smed** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:01 pm

The guy at JT Whnitneys I spoke with was kinda like chukkling - as in - "you think you are going to get tickets for that without waiting in line for hours?"

Sounds to me like they need a bigger venue... or, even better, an Iowa version.

BrewHound · Post by **BrewHound** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:00 am

Looks like I got tickets in the Lottery (4). Bet you all want to be my friend now. Just looked at my bank statement and saw that my check to "MHTG" had been cashed.

Bring on the beer. Let'em know to hide their daughters!

Jeremy

Matt F · Post by **Matt F** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:11 pm

Congratulations buddy. I don't care what they say, you are a hell of a guy!

I did not get any tickets.

BrewHound · Post by **BrewHound** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:07 pm

My tickets arrived in the mail today!

I booked my room yesterday.

Just need to go pick up my beer goggles tomorrow and I am all set to go!

Now that I have tickets in hand I expect some serious sucking up to commense immediately. Any volunteers to buy me beers this Friday?

Score: Matt 1
all the rest 0

Matt F · Post by **Matt F** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:57 am

Wish I could go Jeremy but our family is headed out on a vacation for a week starting August 9th. Unfortunately for me, it was the only time this summer that fit the schedule. Have fun at the fest. It is one of the best!