Stomp & Brew 2025 Participant Registration

Event is Saturday, September 13, 2025

• 11am-12pm – VIP hour tasting
• 12pm-4pm – General admission tasting
• 4pm-5pm – Private participant/volunteer fun hour - this will provide an opportunity forparticipating breweries/wineries/cideries, as well as those working the event, tosocialize and try each other’s amazing creations!

Event Details:

In an effort to make this event a profitable and fun event for you and your staff we allow the following:

• Sales of products in closed containers will be permitted, however, customers CANNOT consume these products on festival grounds.   (For your convenience Stomp and Brew events will provide and bottle check booth for sold product for participants to hold their purchases until they are ready to leave the premises)
• Sale of swag (hats, glasses, mugs, shirts, etc.) is also permitted during the event.  (Vendors are encouraged to bring their branded swag to sell at the event.)
• Set-up the day of the event
  • From 8:00am to 10:30am
  • All vendor vehicles must be removed from venue space by 10:30am
• Participant Fun Hour
  • 4:00pm to 5:00pm – participants in the event can turn their shirts inside out and have a little fun tasting each other’s creations
• Tear down
  • From 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Stomp & Brew Events will provide the following for vendor participants:

• $400 reimbursement for products offered at the event. A check will be mailed within 30 days of the day of the event.
• An approximate 10’x10’ booth space
• One (1) folding table
• Sample cups for tasting
• Rinse water and 5 gallon buckets will be placed periodically throughout the tasting area
• Ice

Participant recommended items:

• Jockey box/equipment needed to dispense product
• Tent/pop-up/EZ-up (event is rain or shine) – the event is on pavement so please use sandbags/weights to minimize the risk of your tent moving.  We cannot make holes in the surface of the parking lot for stakes.

Please be aware that Stomp and Brew Events is a 100% volunteer festival.  ALL proceeds from the event are donated to Shoes For Kids in Ashe County.  If you wish to donate to Shoes For Kids by waiving the $400 payment the event provides your business we will provide you with a donation form for tax purposes.

Legal compliance as required by North Carolina ABC and NC Brewers Guild

Legal compliance: By signing this form you understand and agree to comply with verbiage below outlining legal procedures with respect to the festival.

• No beer over 15% alcohol by volume will be allowed.
• All products sold, served, or donated in NC must have label/product approval. All brands must have a distribution agreement filing form on file with the ABC.
  • Sales of closed containers (bottles, cans, bombers, etc) will be permitted as long as the vendor has the proper permits/liability.
  • All applicable permits must be displayed during the event.
  • Any sales of closed containers will not be permitted to be consumed on festival grounds.
• NC holds a zero-tolerance policy on any vendor staff or volunteer drinking any amount of alcohol before or during the event while working at the vendor booth; if you are behind a vendor table you will be assumed to be working; between the hours of 11:00am and 4:00pm.
  • Staff, volunteers, and vendor staff will be permitted to participate in the designated volunteer/staff tasting for one hour, after the event is over, between 4:00pm and 5:00pm.
• While a vendor employee is allowed to wear branded attire, if they do, they will be considered working and a representative for that vendor and will be held responsible for violations.
• Special care should be taken to not make test pours available (i.e. setting them on the serving table) as this could be viewed as service and consequently a violation.
• If you are serving customers, quality control tasting is not allowed. However, if the vendor representative(s) believe something is wrong (e.g. a compromised keg, or line) they should notify on-site staff who will then notify the on-site ALE agent (if available) and receive permission before taking a quality control sample.
• Do not serve someone who is obviously/visibly intoxicated. If you are not comfortable making this decision please notify a staff member who will then contact on-site security to assist.
• Guidelines with regard to service to a minor:
  • NC hold a zero-tolerance policy on serving to minors.
  • Vendor staff are required to ask for an acceptable form of ID (see below) if they have any suspicion. This holds true even if the event is 21+ age festival and ID’s are checked at the gate.
    • Wrist-bands are not an acceptable form of ID and are not considered to be proof of age.
    • If you provide a sample to someone who is under-age, without requesting or verifying ID, it will be considered a criminal violation.
  • An expired ID must have an accompanying receipt of renewal to be accepted
  • Once in the venue it is illegal to take any alcohol, in a tasting glass, outside of the venue space – closed bottles/cans/bombers/etc. CANNOT be opened/consumed on festival grounds.