Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild

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.

Ticket price for the August 14th, 2010, Great Taste of the Midwest is $40.

In Person Ticket Sales

In person ticket sales for the August 14th, 2010, festival will be held at noon on Sunday, May 2nd, 2010. A total of 3000 tickets will be sold at the following locations:

• Star Liquor (600 Tickets)
• The Cork and Bottle (300 Tickets)
• The Wine and Hop Shop (400 Tickets)
• Steve's Liquor (400 Tickets at Steve's University, 500 Tickets at Steve's Mineral Point)
• Tyranena Brewing Company (400 Tickets)
• Capital Brewery (400 Tickets)

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 two tickets per person, which is a change from previous years. You must be 21 to purchase tickets.

Mail Order Sales

Three thousand tickets are sold via mail order using a lottery. The mail order lottery is open to everyone. If you would like to participate in the lottery, please send a business-sized SASE and a check or money order for the correct amount (payable to MHTG) to:

Ticket orders must:

• Be postmarked on May 3rd, 2010. Orders sent with postmarks other than May 3rd will be returned to you unfulfilled.
• Include a business-sized, self addressed stamped envelope (SASE).
• Include a check or money order for the correct amount, payable to MHTG.
• There is a limit of one mail order request and two tickets per household.

If your order is not selected in the lottery, your uncashed check or money order will be returned to you in the SASE that you sent with your order.

Any order that does not meet the requirements will be automatically removed from the lottery in favor of those orders that did. We will also return any mail orders that we feel are attempting to unfairly influence the outcome of the lottery.

Due to the enormous number of mail orders we receive, we are only able to fulfill about 25% of all mail orders, so not receiving a ticket is the norm, not the exception. 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.

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