Gathering In The Wood Festival 2020

Join Little Thistle Brewing and Forager Brewery as they host the second annual Gathering In The Wood Festival! This outdoor festival that hosts over 30 breweries from Minnesota and all over the nation featuring beer aged or fermented in wood.

The festival will be held outdoors at Little Thistle Brewing. There will be food trucks, a free shuttle from Forager Brewery, Little Thistle and our partner hotel Fairfield Inn by Marriott running from 1-3pm and 5pm-7pm. This shuttle is free and can transport you from Forager Brewery’s bottle release (begins at 10am), to the festival grounds at Little Thistle Brewing.

Full Festival and Hotel Information Available Here: https://foragerbrewery.com/gathering-in-the-wood-festival/

VIP hour at the festival starts at 2pm and General Admission at 3pm. The festival ends at 6pm.

Tickets will go on sale March 20, 2020 at 5:30pm CST. Full event details here:

𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙄𝙋𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝙒𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙎 𝙄𝙉𝘾𝙇𝙐𝘿𝙀:
608 Brewing Company
Back Channel Brewing
Barrel Theory Beer Company
BlackStack Brewing
Cerebral Brewing
Dangerous Man Brewing Co
Drastic Measures Brewing
Drekker Brewing Company
Eagle Park Brewing Company
Equilibrium Brewery
Fair State Brewing Cooperative
FINNEGANS
Forager Brewery
Funk Factory Geuzeria
Hidden Springs Ale Works
@horusagedales
J. Wakefield Brewing
Junkyard Brewing Company
Little Thistle Brewing
LTS Brewing Company
Lua Brewing
Lupulin Brewing Company
Mikerphone Brewing
Modist Brewing Company
Parish Brewing Company
Phase Three Brewing Company
Browar PINTA
Steel Toe Brewing
Surly Brewing Company
The Brewing Projekt
Thesis Beer Project
Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.
Transient Artisan Ales
Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
Untitled Art

𝙁𝙊𝙊𝘿 𝙏𝙍𝙐𝘾𝙆𝙎: TBD

𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙈𝙐𝙎𝙄𝘾: TBD

Tickets available in link below or here:

𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙏 𝘿𝙀𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙇𝙎:

𝐕𝐈𝐏 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐀𝐆𝐄 $375.00 (Tickets are NON-Transferable. Purchasing name must match ID at Festival)
-One hour early access to Festival (2-3pm)
-One bottle of Nillerzzzzz, Grove, Double Goggle Vision, Pudding Dribbles, Gathering in the Woods and Contours Blend #2 for pickup at the beer dinner on May 8th. (VIP Package price includes all 6 bottles)
-One Seat at Forager Brewery’s curated beer dinner on May 8th featuring food pairings with all six beers listed above.
-Festival glassware
-Plus All of General Admission Perks

𝐕𝐈𝐏 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 ONLY (NO FORAGER BOTTLES) $85.00
-One hour early access to Festival (2-3pm)
-Festival glassware
-Pours from over 30 breweries. Let the unlimited tasting begin!!

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐃𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 $60.00
-Festival glassware
-Pours from over 30 breweries. Let the unlimited tasting begin!!

𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑 $15.00
-Entry to Festival

Tickets will go on sale March 20, 2020 at 5:30pm CST. Full event details here:

𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙇𝙔 𝘼𝙎𝙆𝙀𝘿 𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎

What if it is still snowing? Or raining?
The Festival will go on! The Festival will be outdoors regardless of weather so please dress accordingly. There will be some tents.

Can I purchase tickets for someone else?
You may purchase General Admission tickets for someone else (must be 21 years of age or older). VIP tickets are limited to one per person. I.D’s will be checked at the Festival.

Does my ticket include pours from each participating brewery or do I have to pay separate for those?
Gathering In The Wood Festival tickets include pours from participating breweries. Let the unlimited drinking begin!

Will there be any growlers or crowlers available at the Festival?
No. However, if you would like to purchase Forager Brewery or Little Thistle beer you may do so before or after the festival, just not during.

Is there a hotel nearby?
We have partnered with Fairfield Inn & Suites to offer a group discounted rate available May 8 – May 10. Rooms must be booked by April 10th.

Can I bring my kids?
Not unless your kids are 21 years of age or older.

Can I bring my dog?
Pets are NOT allowed at the Festival. (Despite their age)

Where can I park?
Parking is available at Little Thistle, Forager Brewery, and Ability Building Center (near Little Thistle). If you are staying at the Fairfield Inn & Suites, there will be a shuttle that will continuously run from 12pm-2pm and 5pm-7pm. The shuttle will stop at Forager Brewery, Little Thistle and Fairfield Inn & Suites.

Will there be any food available at the Festival?
Yes, there will several food trucks serving up delicious food for purchase. (Food not included in ticket price)

Can I bring in outside food and/or drink to the Festival?
Outside food and drinks are NOT permitted. Food will be available for purchase from the food trucks and there will be water stations throughout the Festival grounds.

What’s included in the VIP Beer Dinner?
A coursed beer dinner on May 8th featuring food pairings with all six beers forager is releasing in the VIP package.

How do I get my VIP bottles?
VIP bottles will be handed out at the VIP Beer Dinner on May 8th at Forager Brewery.

𝙁𝙊𝙍𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙍 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝙒𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝘽𝙀𝙀𝙍 𝘿𝙀𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙇𝙎 (VIP Dinner 6 Pack Bottles)

𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐳𝐳𝐳𝐳𝐳- Vintage 2020 13% ABV
Nillerzzzzz is our barrel-aged, vanilla bean, double stout. We selected a Woodford Reserve rye whiskey barrel, a Woodford Reserve bourbon barrel, a Eagle Rare bourbon barrel, a Wild Turkey bourbon barrel and a RockFilter Distillery whiskey barrel for this blend. Four of the barrels aged for seventeen months and one for twenty four months. Our extended aging process fosters a warming spirit character, rich malt layers, oaky vanillin, and a thick luscious mouthful. We conditioned the blend on freshly scraped vanilla bean caviar from five different growing regions. This years blend sourced from Tahiti, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Ecuador and Madagascar. Blended to enjoy with your most adventurous friends.

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 13.5% ABV
Grove is a barrel-aged blended imperial stout from bourbon and whiskey barrels which aged for between fifteen and twenty four months. We roasted piles of hazelnuts, toasted mountains of coconut, scraped the caviar from Madagascar, Ugandan and Indonesian vanilla beans and ground fresh Mostra Coffee into this dessert style stout. Rich, nutty, mocha flavors swirl with candied coconut and smooth vanilla. Sip this ale alongside your buddies within six months.

𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 12% ABV
We took our imperial pastry porter base, thickened it up, and added double the toasted coconut, double the oily vanilla beans, double the roasted cocoa nibs and a dash more toasted cinnamon. Aromatics of Samoas cookies drenched in chocolate pudding and flavors of spiced chocolate macaroons topped with vanilla cream. Double the pleasure, double the fun.

𝐏𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬11.3% ABV
Pudding Dribbles is brewed using fresh maple sap from Miller’s Maple Farm in Cashton, WI in place of water. A medley of specialty roasted malts whirl into layers of syrupy goodness. Post fermentation, we treat this complex ale with house-toasted coconut, roasted cocoa nibs, sticky maple syrup, oily vanilla beans, aromatic cinnamon and fresh ground coffee beans. Brewed for trips off the beaten path to your favorite sugar shack.

𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 Blend #3 – 6% ABV
A new season brings transitions, some familiar, some irregular. Gathering in The Woods is one such experience. Now 100% spontaneous, we age this fruited lambic style on whole local red raspberries and Minnesota grown tart cherries for 3 months before bottling conditioning for 12 months. Aromas and flavors of raspberry chutney and cherry tarts are coupled with dry funk and mild minerality. Pop this bottle with roasted duck, buttered sourdough or vanilla ice cream during a celebration.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 Blend #2 – 5.4% ABV
Contours is our dry hopped blended saison, fermented with mixed cultures in oak casks. Blend #2 is a selection of two barrels. The blend was thoughtfully dry hopped with New Zealand Nelson Sauvin. A lengthy bottle conditioning bonded the flavors and aromas while producing lively carbonation. Treat yourself to this saison after a long day of raking leaves.