
A tasting event and fundraiser to celebrate Minnesota-made meat, beer, wine, and spirits, and the experts behind the products.
Thursday, August 12, 2021
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Tickets & Additional Details available April, 2021.
Highlights from 2020’s Meat-a-palooza include:
A 21+ event
- Sample lots of different meats, including pork and beef
- NEW! Like your meat sample? Purchase a full serving from the vendors!
- Enjoy local craft beer samples
- NEW! Try local spirits
- New! Like your local wine sample from Trio? Purchase a glass or a full bottle!
- Meet the farmers and experts behind the product
- Watch a butcher talk about the different cuts of pork
- Enjoy live entertainment from Aidan & Jordan, an acoustic duo
- Enter for a chance to take home freshly-cut pork
- Purchase decadent desserts from Lacey’s catering
2020 Vendors:
Beverages:
- Half Pint Brewing Co, Waseca
- LocAle Brewing Co, Mankato
- Ward House Brewing, Waseca
- Harmony Spirits Distillery, Harmony
- Trio Coffee, Wine & Ale House, Waseca
- Fermentals Brew Club, Southern MN
Meats:
- TNT Eats Food Truck, Mankato
- Bummy’s BBQ, Kiester
- 507 Food Truck, Mankato
- Depot Bar & Grill, Faribault
- Lacey’s Catering, Wells
COVID-19 Update: This event primarily will be outside with fresh air, safe social distancing, and plenty of sanitization measures in place to ensure your safety. Masks* will be required when you are indoors visiting two of the vendors/learning stations. Public restrooms, hand-washing stations, and hand sanitizer are all available on-site.
Please bring your own lawn chair to safely social distance with your friends outdoors. And bring a cooler, in case you win free, freshly-cut pork courtesy of the MN Pork Board.
* This is a requirement according to MN Executive Order 20-81. Farmamerica can provide you with a free disposable mask if you forget to bring your own.
Meat-a-palooza is an annual fundraiser for Farmamerica’s educational programming
Sponsored by the MN Pork Board
General Admission
- Non-members
Discount Rate
- Members and Pass Holders