Event: Beer and Wing Festival at Okemo August 4th - Aug 4 @ 1:00pm

July 25, 2012

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Ludlow, VT - Okemo Mountain Resort will host its fourth annual
Hops in the Hills Beer Festival and Chicken Wing Championship
from 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4.

The southern Vermont ski and snowboard resort's Jackson Gore base
area will be the outdoor setting for sampling a variety of beers
from local and regional brewers. Chris Kleeman and The Tony Lee
Thomas Band will provide live musical accompaniment to the beer
tasting and chicken wing chomping. Several local restaurants will
vie for the coveted title of Okemo Valley Chicken Wing Champion.

An entry fee of $20 will include admission to the Hops in the
Hills Beer Festival, a logo pint glass and four tickets for beer
samples. Additional beer tickets will be sold at $5 for four
samples. Some of the breweries expected to attend include Otter
Creek, Wolavers, Woodchuck Cider, Blue Moon, Switchback, Lake
Placid, Long Trail, Saranac, Harpoon, Magic Hat, Dogfish Head,
Smuttynose and McNeills. IDs will be checked at the gate. Entry
is free for designated drivers and attendees under 21.

The Cool Moose Cafe was the winner of Okemo's Chicken Wing
Championship last year and they will be returning to defend their
title against this year's lineup of contenders: The Killarney,
Outback Pizza and Stone Hearth Inn. Wings will be priced at 12
for $10 or 6 for $5 and wing tasters will determine the champion.
The winner will be named at the end of the day.

Okemo has been a busy site this summer for live concerts and
festivals. On Friday nights throughout the summer season, the
lawn in the courtyard at Okemo's Jackson Gore Inn is transformed
into an outdoor concert venue featuring popular regional
entertainers. Admission to the Jackson Gore Outdoor Music Series
is free and the grounds open at 5 p.m. Concerts are slated to run
from 6 to 9 p.m. Families are welcome and all attendees are
encouraged to bring lawn chairs or picnic blankets. In case of
rain, the concerts will move indoors.

In addition to the Jackson Gore Outdoor Music Series and Hops in
the Hills Beer Festival, Okemo will host its annual Parrothead
Party with Jimmy Buffett tribute band, Changes in Latitudes, on
Oct. 6.

Jackson Gore's Coleman Brook Tavern.

Okemo's ever-evolving Adventure Zone is open to concert-goers
with mountain coaster rides, trampoline bungee jumping. miniature
golf and disc golf, plus, new this summer, zipline tours, Segway
Personal Transport tours, the Amp Energy Big Air Bag and a
climbing pinnacle.

In addition to the Jackson Gore Outdoor Music Series and Hops in
the Hills Beer Festival, Okemo will host its annual Parrothead
Party with Jimmy Buffett tribute band, Changes in Latitudes, on
Oct. 6

If you are looking for the perfect place to stay during your
holiday at Okemo

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