August 13, 2011 Olin Park | Madison, WI 25years of Great Taste MEMORIES FOR SALE! Be sure to pick up your copy of the limited edition full-color book, The Great Taste of the Midwest: Celebrating 25 Years, while you’re here today. You’ll love reliving each and every year of the festi- val in pictures, stories, stats, and more. Books are available TODAY at the festival souve- nir sales tent, and near the front gate. They will be available online, sometime after the festival, at the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild website, http://mhtg.org. WelcOMe frOM the PresIdent elcome to the Great taste of the midwest! this year we are celebrating our 25th year, making this the second longest running beer festival in the country! in celebration of our silver anniversary, we are releasing the Great taste of the midwest: celebrating 25 Years, a book that chronicles the creation of the festival in 1987W and how it has changed since. the book is available for $25 at the merchandise tent, and will also be available by the front gate both before and after the event. in the forward to the book, Bill rogers, our festival chairman, talks about the parallel growth of the craft beer industry and our festival, which has allowed us to grow to hosting 124 breweries this year, an awesome statistic in that they all come from the midwest. we are also coming close to maxing out the capacity of the real ale tent with around 70 cask-conditioned beers! someone recently asked me if i felt that the event comes off by the seat of our pants, because sometimes during our planning meetings it feels that way. after all, we are a diverse social club that gets together for our love of beer, and it is amazing that this motley crew can put this event together. it is even more amazing that we’ve been able to do it, and do it well, for twenty-five years! take a look around you, and if you see someone with a tie-dyed shirt on with an organizer badge, take the opportunity to introduce yourself, have a beer with them, and give them some feedback. finally, please enjoy yourselves responsibly and make this a non-driving event by taking advantage of the shuttles, a one-dollar taxi or a metro bus. Pace yourself, eat some food, and drink some water between samplings. Prost! eric schoville President madison homebrewers and tasters Guild 1 2011 festIvAl OrganIzers And stAff MusIc At the GreAt Taste it takes a lot of people to present this festival, not just the hundreds of enjoy our diverse lineup of music while you sample craft beer. there is volunteers the day of the festival, but those who are involved with planning no stage, no amplification. like the old proverb about smelling roses, stop the event throughout the year. on this occasion, the 25th Great taste of the and enjoy the bands as you wander the event! thanks to mhtG member ted midwest, we give special recognition to the organizers and staff. Gisske (and the musicians, of course) for making it possible. these musi- cians are playing for beer and good community karma today, but if you like BoB Drousth (25): Chairmanbob Emeritus and Purchasing what you’ve heard and are in a position to help them land paying gigs, take “LittLe steve” KLafKa (25): Go-to Guy note of the booking information listed next to some of the groups. “tux” tom Griffin (22): Master of Ceremonies GLenn schuLtz (22): Mr. Bread anonYmice Bryan BinGham (21): Festival Grounds Mentor forward marchinG Band mitch GeLLy (20): City Relations the Pints | www.myspace.com/thepints BoB PaoLino (20): Editor Emeritus (12 years, 1997-2008) and Large Format old cool | http://oldcoolmusic.com Mass Communications Specialist (Signs, signs, everywhere a sign!) whiskeY squirrel GreG younKin (19): Presentation Tent and Weather Manager the rollinG waves freD swanson (18): Brewery Liaison PortaBle quartet Don mccreath (18): Brewery Liaison Assistant croaker | http://croaker.bandcamp.com/ “miDDLe steve” anDrusz (17): Tent Signs and GT Quartermaster the kissers | [email protected]. “BiG steve” ensLey (15): Volunteer check-in and King Gambrinus Emeritus the siGourneY weavers | www.sigourneyweavers.com PauL Kinas (15): Brewer Check-in sPent hoPs michaeL BaLL: Real Ale Yid vicious | www.yidvicious.com 10-14 years of service mama diGdowns Brass Band | www.mamadigdown.com BiG sPrinG | [email protected] marK Garthwaite (13) | Bryan Koch (13): Keg Command ma and PoP teD GissKe (13): WORT/Music tony Jacques (13): Media Liaison Dave PeGeLow (13): Vendors TaxI servIce | unIOn cAb | 242-2000 BiLL roGers (13): Festival Chairman union cab of madison cooperative has been the official cab company of marK morrison (12): Festival Vice Chairman & Club President the Great taste of the midwest for over a decade. mhtG subsidizes fares carL Durocher (11): Shuttles home from the festival to any residence, hotel or campground in dane Bruce Garner (11): Brewery Liaison Data Base county. our event patrons pay $1.00. Please be sure to tip the nice driver 0–10 years of service, and we hope many more.. who got you home safely! stefan BerGGren, GaiL ProPsom, scott reich, Kate staLKer: Masters union cab provides three staff members to help load passengers safely of Tickets and efficiently. Get a cab at the bottom of the hill on the frontage road. miKe sProuL: Volunteer Coordinator catch a free shuttle to one of several area craft beer establishments. the Dan heDtcKe anD Larry waLKer: Brewer Load-in shuttles, too, load and unload at the bottom of the hill on the frontage road. Jesse swinG: Head Keg Jockey shuttle sites are listed on the back of your ticket, and here: capital eric schoviLLe : Grounds/Festival Layout Brewery on the far west side, all Great dane locations, vintage Brewing Les hoffman: Real Ale Czar company, alchemy café, the weary traveler, dexter’s Pub, ale asylum on charLey KrieGer: Cellarman the far east side, and Gray’s tied house in verona. shuttle buses begin Keith symonDs: Go-to Guy operating from each site to olin-turville Park at noon. the festival grounds PaGe Buchanan, Jamie cowLes: Ice Crew open at 1 p.m. shuttles run continuously to and from each site from noon chris schuLte, anD miKe DereszynsKi: Real Ale Assistants until 7 p.m. charLie taLBot, Brett meyers, John harrinGton anD Joe frattinGer: Parking, Traffic Control, Security, Safety, Fire Control WebcAstInG Jason waLters anD marK Leitermann: Front Gate and Wristbanding we will again be live webcasting from the festival, broadcast on saturday. caroL BraceweLL: Graphic Arts Go to mhtg.org for the links to the webcast, where you’ll also find links to meG maDecKy: Trucking archived coverage after the festival. our goal is to give the viewers a taste Pat ProPsom, PatricK hutton: Hydration Specialists and Site Mechanics of the Great taste. we will interview brewers, mhtG members, and lucky JuDy KuseK: Club Headquarters, Treasurer and Club Mom ticket holders. we’ll check out the beer, the award-winning tent booths, and marK aLfreD anD Jeff folgert: Feeding of Brewers and Festival Staff catch some of the music of the festival. we hope to have as much--or more-- Jeremy rintz: Webcasting fun than last year, and even better coverage. tell your friends, and smile marK schnePPer , tim wonG: Post Event Clean-up for the camera! special thanks go to renewaire, LLC and wYou community Jason Penn: Brewer Check-in Assistant television for their support and technical assistance. Jaquie rice: Advertising Sales tom Brown: Port-a-Potty Patriarch and Friday Set-up mary eLLen rieLanD: Presentation Tent Assistant fIRST AId | lOST And fOund scott maurer: Program Editor/Designer the club operations tent, located just outside of the festival area near Dan Gustafson: Brewery Liaison Assistant the “barn”, is festival headquarters. Brewers who need assistance should BoB harvey : Recycling and Garbage visit the tent or speak with any staff member on duty. (staff members will ranDy wise: Meat Smoking be wearing purple tie-dye staff shirts and organizer name badges.) fIrst Jim mayhew: Program Printer and Finance Comm. Chair AId And the Lost And Found are located here. if you need to summon Dan Bush: Economic Impact Study aid in an emergency, contact a staff member, madison police officer, or scott cLiPPinGer: Sunday Park Cleanup security officer on duty, or go to the tent to arrange for assistance. raLPh Kuehn: Presentation Tent Assistant matt BeneKe, teD fisher, casey Kohner, waDe oLson, Barn rintz: In-Person Ticket Sales 2 3 vendOrs order of the madison fire department. those with lit smoking materials under the tents (yes, even those holding cigars) may be asked to leave the festival. Good eaTs we discourage smoking anywhere in the festival. if you wish to smoke, 1) MIlIO’s | sub sandwiches ham / turkey / Beef / italian / veggie, $5- | please do it outside the festival grounds; we accommodate those who want chips, pickles, cookies-$1 | water to smoke by allowing re–entry with your valid and intact wristband. 2) GlAss nIckel PIzzA | cheese-$3, | Pepperoni, sausage, fetalicious, thanks for your cooperation! deluxe-$4 | water $1 3) PeOPle’s bAkery | Gyros | Beef, chicken and lamb ka–bob | falafel MhtG In the cOMMunIty sandwich $6| stuffed grape leaves-$5 | Baklava-$3 most people are aware that we donate a substantial portion of the net 4) MIke Losse CaterInG | Brats, chicken sandwiches, cheese curds and water. $3 proceeds of the festival to community radio WORT–fm/89.9. mhtG also makes charitable donations throughout the year to support worthy efforts 5) FIb’s Of MAdIsOn | “TONY Bennett” italian Beef $6.50 thinly sliced locally and beyond.