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Thirteenth Annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival
Vail, Colorado •
January
10-12, 2013
THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER FABULOUS EVENT! SEE YOU IN 2014!
2013 Homebrew Competition Winners and Best of Show!
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"?
Weekend Schedule
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“The Big Beers Fest in Vail is always one of my favorite events of the year. It sells out quick and it rules. ”
- Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery |
“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 13th 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 13th Anniversary celebration promises to live up to your previous experiences and take it one step further. Look forward to more goodies from Executive Chef Todd Bemis and his culinary team at the Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, calibrate with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Avery Brewing Co., enjoy special features by Dry Dock Brewing Co. and Firestone Walker Brewing Co., and sample over 200 amazing creations by breweries from around the globe.
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 “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 |
 The 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, visit www.vvcf.org, email info@vvcf.org or contact Karen Simon, 970-926-9795.
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