Bloomington Brewery Logistics

Thank you for signing up to pour with us at Spring Fest – we’re looking forward to a fantastic event! To ensure a safe and fun event for all please carefully review all the information below and share it with your festival team.  Below are all the details you’ll need to know. If you have any questions and/or need any clarifications, please reach out to Julia at julia@drinkin.beer or by phone/text at 765.620.0153

DATE

Saturday, April 12, 2025

2pm Early Entry Ticketholders  |   3-6 pm General Admission Ticketholders

LOCATION

Historic Woolery Mill

2250 W Sunstone Dr, Bloomington, IN 47403

TICKETS

Unique links were directly emailed to your festival contact with instructions on securing your tickets for the event. This year, we’re offering the following, ALL of which must be secured by your team online in advance of the event:

• Complimentary brewer tickets – 4 available per brewery
• Extra brewer tickets – maximum of 2 per brewery at $25/each
• General Admission discounted tickets – $35 each, maximum 6

PERMIT FOR SERVING ALCOHOL

You need to submit the following information to the ATC to utilize one of your 45 annual “festival” permits. If you have questions about this, please let us know.

List to send to your ATC District officer:

• EXPO / FESTIVAL DAY REQUEST (number out of 45):
  
  • For example, if this is the fourth event that you’ll do this year, you would list this as ‘4 out of 45’
• PERMIT NUMBER/PERMIT NAME:
  • list your permit here that starts with M or MM
• NAME OF CONTACT:
• PHONE OF CONTACT:
• OTHER PERMITS AT EVENT: No
• NAME OF EVENT: Indiana Brewers Guild Spring Fest
• DATE: April 12, 2025
• ADDRESS OF EVENT: Historic Woolery Mill, 2250 W Sunstone Dr, Bloomington, IN 47403
• PUBLIC EVENT: Yes
• WHAT YOU REQUEST TO DO AT THE EVENT: Sampling
  • If you intend to sell carryout product in the final hour of the event, please change this to ‘sampling and carryout sales’
• WEBSITE OR FLYER FOR EVENT: drinkin.beer/springfest

CARRYOUT SALES

New this year – we will allow carryout sales during the final hour of the event. If you participate in this, product must be in its original container/packaging, you must inform the purchaser that the product is for off-premise consumption only, and you must have your own POS to collect your sales.

FESTIVAL MAP

A map will be posted beginning of April with the festival layout. This is where you’ll find your booth location for labeling your beer and to see where you’ll be set up for the event.

LOAD IN AND LOAD OUT

Saturday, April 12  |  10 a.m. – 1 p.m. (vehicles must be out by 12:45 p.m.)

Loading In

• Enter the Mill through the main entrance off of Tapp Road.
• All vendors will be on the will call list at the brewer/vendor check in.
• Vendors will receive wristbands upon check in.

Load-in on Saturday, April 12 is from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., and all vehicles must be out by 12:45 p.m. No vehicles will be allowed in after 12:45 p.m. Two vehicles max may load in will be allowed into the Mill.  Breweries, vendors, and sponsors arriving after 12:45 p.m. will need to carry, cart, or request assistance from volunteers with golf carts to load in. All booths must be set up by 1:30 p.m. To make load-in easier and to minimize confusion, please allow yourself extra time for any delays. Traffic around the Mill can be busy, and late arrival can cause difficulties for you and others.

Loading Out

• Load out will start once the general public has completely exited the festival area.
• Load out will be the opposite of load in.  You will drive in from the back of the building, and exit through the front.

Please plan to send a representative to the Brewers’ Hideout for a brief pre-fest meeting at 1:00 p.m.

AVAILABLE PRODUCT AND STIPENDS

Participating breweries should bring no less than 30 gallons of product to the event, earning a $375 stipend. Stipend checks will be mailed by April 23.

SERVING ALCOHOL

Please ensure that everyone on your team has their valid server’s permit on hand, and that guests visiting your booth are not over-served. Please do not dispense alcohol into any other vessel than the sample glasses given to each attendee.

ELECTRICITY

Electricity will not be provided to your booth unless prior arrangements have been made.

ICE, TABLES, CHAIRS

The Guild will provide ice, an 8′ table, and two chairs for each booth.

TENTS

You’re welcome and encouraged to bring a standard-sized popup tent – up to 10’x10′ to use in your booth space, especially if the weather is at all misty.

 ADDITIONAL NOTES

• If you have a Sprinter booth outside of the main brewery booths and you plan to put up a tent, you must have a fire extinguisher inside.
• If you need assistance at the event, or an attendee has a question which you can’t answer, reach out to one of the Volunteer Captains.
• If there’s an emergency, immediately notify the nearest police officer or ER professional, a Volunteer Captain, or Brewers of Indiana Guild staff member, or call 911.
• Bring pitchers, water kegs, and dump buckets for cup rinsing if you so choose.
• Last pour at 6 p.m. on Saturday will be strictly enforced.
• Please post your beer list, special tapping times, and other fun stuff before and at the event to your social media channels
• The link to the beers on tap that have been submitted is here. If you haven’t submitted your beer and you’d like to in advance, please email your list to Julia@drinkIN.beer