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Black Fly Beer Camp - Overnight Program & Day Pass

Friday, June 27, 2025 4:00 PM
Sunday, June 29, 2025 10:00 AM

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All Inclusive* 2-night Program Starting At:

$390/person - Double Occupancy

$540/person - Single Occupancy

* Includes lodging, meals, program activities and access to optional daily activities and recreational equipment. Learn More about the Great Camp Sagamore experience.

Program Overview

Stay at historic Great Camp Sagamore for a weekend of classes, tastings, excellent food, fireside entertainment, and great regional craft beers. Professional brewers, dedicated home brewers, and beer aficionados sample and discuss what they love, in a stunning Adirondack setting.

Program Activities

Beer pairing dinner cruise on stunning Raquette Lake with dinner specially prepared by Executive Chef, Jim Pohl, and crew from Raquette Lake Navigation (nsportation and ticket prices included in registration)
Presentations on beer brewing, tasting, the brewery business and more
Beer tasting throughout camp, featuring craft brews from regional breweries
Saturday evening dinner and music by the campfire
Opportunities for home brewers to share their brews and discuss them with professional brew masters and fellow participants
All meals and beer included

Program Presenters & Instructors

**John Holl**
*Editor, Podcast Host, & Author*

For more than 20 years John Holl has been covering the beer industry as a reporter and editor. He is the co-owner and editor of All About Beer. On-air he hosts the Drink Beer, Think Beer podcast, the the BYO Nano Podcast, and co-hosts Steal This Beer. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and NPR. He is the author of several books including *The Craft Brewery Cookbook*. In 2019, John was "enthroned" by the Knights of The Brewer's Fork of Belgium, descendants of the ancient brewer's guild.

**Em Sauter**
*Author, Cartoonist, Certified Beer Judge*

Called the “Bob Ross of beer” by *Imbibe* magazine, Em Sauter is an award-winning cartoonist based in Connecticut and is the founder of the website Pints and Panels which teaches visual drinks education. She has an MFA in cartooning from the famous Center for Cartoon Studies, is an Advanced Cicerone®, has her WSET Level 2 in Spirits and is an BJCP certified international beer judge, judging in high profile competitions all over the world. She co-hosts the “All About Beer’’ podcast and has contributed to Forbes, Brewers and Distillers International, Craft Beer and Brewing, Vinepair, Outside, The Alcohol Professor and more. She is the author of four books on beer.

Program Partners

**All About Beer**

All About Beer offers engaging and in-depth articles and interviews covering every aspect of brewing, from the process and ingredients to styles, trends, recipes, business, and the social pleasures of drinking.

Participating Breweries

**Common Roots Brewing Company**
South Glens Falls, NY

Common Roots Brewing Company is a family-owned craft brewery with multiple locations in upstate NY. They offer a rotating selection of fresh beer on tap, to-go sales of packaged beer, a wide array of spirited merch, and a locally sourced scratch kitchen that features salads, handhelds, snacks, and pizzas.

**Drop-In Brewing Company**
Middlebury, VT

Focused on creating top-shelf beers that are unique, worldly, crisp, and always drinkable. There are a lot of cloudy, unfiltered beers out there. That’s fine, but it takes a special level of expertise to produce a crisp, drinkable brew that is properly filtered. We do a little bit of everything here at Drop-In, but we especially pride ourselves on our best in class clear beers.

Eastwood Brewing Company
Syracuse, NY

Established in 2013, Eastwood Brewing Company, previously known as "Double Barrel", is a family-run nano brewery located in the Eastwood neighborhood of Syracuse, NY. Eastwood produces a distinctive range of classic styles, only available on-site. The tasting room, open every day of the week, offers samples, pints, and growler fills.