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 8th, 2009, festival will be held at noon on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009. A total of 3000 tickets will be sold at the following Madison 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)
• J.T. Whitney's (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 four tickets per person.

Mail Order Sales

Two thousand tickets are sold via mail order using a lottery. The mail order lottery is for people outside of the Madison area who do not have the opportunity to buy tickets in person. If you do not live in the Madison area and 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 1st. Orders sent with postmarks other than May 1st 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 four tickets per household.

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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