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Experience Mount Vernon after-hours and taste craft beers from across the region.

Your ticket includes a commemorative tasting cup and 8 tasting tickets. Additional tastings are available to purchase for $2 each on-site.

Tickets will go on sale to members on Jan. 1, 2024, and the public on April 1, 2024.

Add to Calendar 06/07/2024 18:00:00 06/07/2024 21:00:00 America/New_York Mount Vernon Summerfest

Experience Mount Vernon after-hours and taste craft beers from across the region.

Your ticket includes a commemorative tasting cup and 8 tasting tickets. Additional tastings are available to purchase for $2 each on-site.

Tickets will go on sale to members on Jan. 1, 2024, and the public on April 1, 2024.

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Doors open at 6 p.m. This event takes place rain or shine. Pets are not allowed. All sales are final with no refunds. No outside food or beverages are allowed, except bottled water.

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Cost

$40 Members
$48 General Public

Located At

12-Acre Field

Sample Craft Beer

Sample craft beer from local breweries, hear live music, and explore the historic area after hours.

12-Acre Field

  • Beer Tasting – craft beers and hard seltzers available for tasting and purchase
  • Fresh bread from Half Crown Bakehouse will be available for purchase
  • Concessions from the Mount Vernon Inn Food Truck

Bowling Green

  • Live music by The Fly Birds (6 p.m. to  8:30 p.m.)

Mansion and Outbuildings

  • Mansion will remain closed during this event
  • Outbuildings will be open (Blacksmith Shop closed)

The Shops at Mount Vernon

  • Shop at our gift shop until 8:45 p.m.

Doors open at 6 p.m. each night.

No outside food or beverages are allowed, except bottled water.

Concessions by the Mount Vernon Inn will be available for purchase. Credit cards are accepted for concessions.

Sample Mount Vernon's Historically-Inspired Beers

Our Mount Vernon beers, produced in collaboration with Dynasty Brewing Co., pay homage to George Washington’s love of porter.

RULES OF CIVILITY #73 ENGLISH BITTER

A bright, sparkling beverage, pale amber in color and a delicate hop flavor, brewed with English and Virginia barley malt and Golding Hops.

MOUNT VERNON VIRGINIA PORTER

A creamy, full-bodied ale, this porter was brewed with Virginia-grown malt and imparts notes of caramel and chocolate.

Featured Beers and Hard Seltzers

  • Aslin Clear Nights IPA T2
  • Aslin Volcano Sauce Milkshake Sour
  • Beale's Peach Tea Blonde Ale
  • Beale's Lemon Drop Berliner Weisse
  • Crooked Run Coast Pilsner
  • Crooked Run Raspberry Empress
  • Evolution Pine'Hop'Le Pineapple IPA
  • Mustang Sally No Folk'n Way IPA
  • Mustang Sally pHreak Mango Kiwi Sour
  • Right Proper Raised By Wolves DH Pale Ale
  • Right Proper Senate Beer Lager
  • Solace Lil Bit Cloudy IPA
  • Solace Suns Out Hops Out
  • Fair Winds Mizzen Mosaic IPA
  • Fair Winds Hells Navigator Maibock
  • Old Ox Hoppier Place Frazz IPA
  • Old Ox Ernest American Ale
  • Old Bust Head Shore Runner IPA
  • Old Bust Head Suspension of Disbelief Imperial IPA
  • Three Notched 40 Mile IPA
  • Three Notched Ghost of the James American Pale Ale
  • Virginia Beer Company Gorgeous American Pale Ale
  • Virginia Beer Company Tropical Contact American Sour Ale
  • Atlas Blood Orange Gose Ale
  • Atlas Dance Of Days Ale
  • 2 Silos Main Street Lager
  • 2 Silos Triple Dare Ale
  • DC Brau El Hefe Speaks Ale
  • DC Brau Pils Lager
  • Dynasty Brewing Distorted Vision DIPA
  • Dynasty Brewing Mosaic Vision DIPA
  • George Washington's Rules of Civility #73 English Bitter
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon Virginia Porter

Hard Seltzers and Mixed Drinks

  • Coastal Cocktails Gin Blackberry Bramble
  • Coastal Cocktails Whiskey Lemonade
  • Dogfish Head Lemon Lime Gin Crush
  • Dogfish Head Strawberry Honey Vodka Lemonade
  • Dogfish Head Vodka Cranberry
  • Evolution Tea-ki Torch Hard Iced Tea

Food Menu

Half Crown Bakehouse

  • Brown Bread – $12
  • Piece of Brown Bread with Salt Pork Butter – $5
  • Oat and Barley Sugar Cakes – $5
  • Spiced Treacle Cake – $5
  • Tavern Fare Plate: Bread with Salt Pork Butter, Clothbound Cheddar, Indian Pickles – $10 

All grains are from Anson Mills and are traditionally milled at George Washington’s Gristmill.

Hot Items

  • BBQ Pork Sandwich – $8
  • ¼ LB All Beef Hot Dog – $6
  • Corn Dog – $6
  • Bratwurst Sandwich with Peppers and Onions – $9
  • Fried Pickles – $5
  • Buffalo Chicken Dip with ½ Baguette – $7
  • Jumbo Bavarian Pretzel – $12; cheese - $1

Cold Items

  • Chicken Caesar Salad – $8
  • Turkey & Cheese Sandwich – $8
  • Chicken Salad Sandwich – $8
  • Veggie Wrap – $7
  • Fruit Cup – $5
  • Charcuterie Box – $12
  • ½ Baguette – $3

Daily Snacks

  • Bagged Chips – $2
  • Trail Mix – $3
  • Cookies – $3
  • Beef Stick – $3
  • Candy – $2
  • Assorted Ice Cream Bars – $4
  • Homemade Mini Apple or Cherry Pie – $5

Beverages

  • Canned Soda – $2
  • Bottled Water – $3
  • PowerAde – $3
  • Juice Box – $3
  • BTL Fanta – $3
  • BTL Iced Tea - $3
  • Craft Beer – $6
  • Canned Beer – $5
  • Wine – $8

Must be at least 21 years old to order alcohol.

Seating

Seating

Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or small lawn chair to sit on the 12-Acre Field or Bowling Green. Seating is not provided.

Tents, tables, pop-ups, grills, beach or free-standing umbrellas, coolers, and glass containers are not permitted.

Face Coverings

Fully vaccinated individuals are not required to wear a face covering. 

Those who are not vaccinated are required to wear face coverings indoors and when social distancing is not possible outdoors.

This policy applies to both staff and guests.

Mount Vernon can be accessed from the Washington, D.C. metro by car or by public transportation.

This event takes place rain or shine, and all sales are final with no refunds.

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