Buy your tickets for a behind the scenes tour of craft breweries, craft beer sampling, stop at a hop yard, and a visit to a historic hop house. Reservations required by Sept. 9.
The weekend event concludes with a Brewery Hop Tour on Sunday, Sept. 18. During the tour we will visit four craft breweries for a first-time behind the scenes tour of two of these breweries and enjoy samples of some of the finest craft beer.
Stops include Seneca St. Brew Pub located in Manlius that opened April 29, 2016; Empire Farmstead Brewery located in Cazenovia that opened its doors in 2016; Critz Farm in Cazenovia; Henneberg Brewing Co. in New Woodstock; Foothill Hops, a family-owned hop yard established in 2001 in Munnsville.
The tour will conclude with a final stop through the Stockbridge Valley that was once covered with fields of hops at an 1867 limestone English Oast house. The last crop of hops grown on the farm was in 1911.
Dot Willsey will guide the tour sharing Madison County’s proud hop heritage during the tour’s journey. Lunch will be at Empire Farmstead Brewery. Attendees receive a complimentary 5 oz. glass. We ask that attendees dress accordingly. Closed-toed shoes are required to tour the breweries. The tour will start at 9 a.m. at the Madison County Historical Society located at 435 Main St., Oneida, and ends there at 5 p.m.
For more information and tickets, contact the society at 315-363-4136, or visit www.madisoncountyhopfest.org or email Sydney at sydney@mchs1900.org.