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Eleventh Annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival
Vail, Colorado • January 6-8, 2011


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All About Beer MagazineVail Cascade Resort & Spa

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Host: Vail Cascade Resort & Spa

Imagine a World Class Winter Wonderland of fun activities in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado…and then top off your trip with a World Class International Beer Festival, complete with Brewmasters’ Dinners and Seminars by some of the world’s most innovative Brewers…

Could it be the ultimate beer vacation?
Your bucket list "beercation"?

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“It’s one of the best festivals in the country. The sheer diversity and availability of such exotic beer styles all in one location really gives the consumer a great opportunity. Plus it’s got a nice educational component that Bill Lodge has dreamed up, which encourages people to try different styles and not just stick to one thing.”
- John Carlson, Colorado Brewers Guild Executive Director

Join us for the 11th Annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival Weekend! Come up to Vail to experience the event that beer connoisseurs are raving about. Homebrewers, Professional Brewers and Industry Gurus alike speak highly with regard to the unique format, the unusual international collection of beers, the organization and the overall quality of the event.

For those of you who are Big Beers Festival veterans, this 11th Anniversary celebration promises to live up to your previous experiences and take it one step further. Look forward to more goodies from Chef Votaw at the Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, calibrate with Dogfish Head and Avery, enjoy special features by Boulevard & Duvel-Moortgat, and sample over 200 amazing creations by breweries from around the globe.



Beer“So here’s the prescription: Take a couple of hundred beers, most 7% alcohol or greater with hardly a dud in the lot, add not one but two beer dinners, mix in a handful of seminars and tastings, and season with some of the best craft brewers in the land. Put it all in an idyllic mountain setting and offer some of the lowest hotel prices and shortest tow lines Vail will see all season, and you have the fest in a fairly compelling nutshell."
Stephen Beaumont, “Big Beers & Bigger Mountains”,
Ale Street News

“Ocean liners and dust particles aside, the Big Beers Festival is big in the ways that matter – the flavors of its brews, the dedication of its organizers, and the passion of its fans.”
- Rick Matsumoto, Rocky Mountain Brewing News

“I think this festival is a really important festival for Colorado…There are very few festivals where you can have the diversity of beers that Bill puts together.”
- Adam Avery, Avery Brewing Company


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vail valley charitable fundThe Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival actively supports the efforts of the Vail Valley Charitable Fund, a local organization that helps individuals who live and work in the Vail Valley that have critical financial need due to medical catastrophes, accidents or long-term illnesses. For more information about the VVCF, see our website at www.vvcf.net or contact Karen Simon, 970-845-6339.


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Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival is organized by
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