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—The Date—
Saturday, September 24, 2011
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—The Timing—
12-5pm
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—The Place—
Mad River Glen on Route 17 in Fayston, VT. Click here for directions.
NEW! We will have a FREE shuttle service from Alpine Limo running all day. More details will be announced soon.
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—The Tickets—
Tickets are $25 each and include ten tasting tokens and a souvenir glass. They will be sold online and at Hostel Tevere in Warren and Three Penny Taproom in Montpelier while they last. **You must have a valid ID in hand when you enter!**
Tickets for chairlift rides can be purchased in the ticket office of MRG or at the SIP ticket booth. Adults are $10, kids $5.
Designated drivers and underagers are free!
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—The Beneficiaries—
The Mad River Path Association – with the mission to to build, maintain, support and conserve a system of continuous public pathways from Warren to Moretown to foster a healthy community by connecting the people, schools, businesses and special places of the Mad River Valley.
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—The Breweries—
Click here for our 2011 SIPtemberfest Printable Brew Menu!
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—The Food—
Food will be available at SIPtemberfest but it is not included in your ticket! Please bring a little cash or use our on-site ATM! Thanks!
Three Penny Taproom/Mad Taco/ Joey the Sausage Guy
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—The Music—
12:30 – 2:30 – The Gulch
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—The Shuttle—
Alpine Limo will be running a FREE Shuttle Service for the SIP:
- SIPtemberfest Loop > Hostel Tevere & the Big Picture & MRG Inbound 11am – 1pm Outbound 4pm-6pm
- Apres Loop > Hostel Tevere & Big Picture Apres 6pm-8pm
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—The Foliage Chair Rides—
From 10am to 2:30 pm, get your very own private viewing of Vermont’s foliage by riding up Mad River Glen’s historic Single Chair. Enjoy the peace and quite as you are slowly ushered to the top of Stark Mountian. Make sure to bring your camera and someone to enjoy the view with! Rides $10 for adults, $5 for kids.
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— Area Resources —
Looking for a place to stay? Or a place to eat on your way home? The Mad River Valley and surrounding areas have lots of great places for you to check out. The SIP is a great chance to check out our local flavor with first rate Bed & Breakfasts, incredible little restaurants, the best kept secret bars, gorgeous camping and more. Make a weekend out of it!
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—Wanna Get Involved?—
Whether you are a Brewery or Food Vendor interested in a booth, a company interested in Sponsorship or just a regular beer-lover interested in volunteering, please contact Meg: megsevents@gmavt.net!
sweet! I can’t wait!
Hi,
I’m really psyched about all the breweries you have put together this year. I was told that there might be limited tickets and that they may sell out. Is that true and can one buy tickets in advance if so?
Glad to hear more about Gluten free beers. If someone could bring some my fiance would really enjoy going.
Thanks
bill
Hey Bill –
Thanks for your post – sorry not to reply sooner! If you haven’t seen it already, please check out our post about the ticket situation!
http://siptemberfest.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/omg-will-the-sip-sell-out/
Hope to see you there!
cheers,
meg
My wife is pregnant. Do I have to buy a ticket for her? She just wants to hang out as she cannot drink. Please let me know thanks!
Hey Brooks -
Anyone can come and that’s totally free – it’s only the tasting that you’ll need a ticket for. So kids, designated drivers, and pregnant wives are all welcome! thanks for the question! cheers! (and congratulations too!)
Hey – I’m thinking about camping in the Stark’s Nest Warming Hut. What time is the last chairlift ride?
Hey Dayne -
I’m pretty sure MRG stops uploading at 2:30. (the lift will still spin to bring folks down, but they will not be letting people up.)
The hike up isn’t too bad though – 2 hours at a drunken stumble?
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I was wondering if there are any places to camp close to the festival. I am reading all different things online about camping in Camel’s Hump State Forest and I wanted to know if anyone could clear that up for me or recommend somewhere better to camp. Thanks and looking forward to drinking some great beers this weekend!
That is an excellent question. And I don’t really have a great answer for you. I think that the camping around here is pretty much restricted to lean-tos and huts close to the trails, but I don’t know for sure. I will see if I can find someone who does have the answer though! Thanks!
Thanks, that would be very helpful.
Sorry for the late reply – the Little River state park in waterbury is the place that was recommended to me! I hope you find a place! thanks