{"id":802957,"date":"2020-01-10T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T00:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=377119"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T00:29:00","slug":"summit-suds-whats-pouring-at-big-beers-belgians-and-barleywines-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-suds-whats-pouring-at-big-beers-belgians-and-barleywines-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Suds: What\u2019s pouring at Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A tasting glass from last year at the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival. The 20th anniversary festival officially began Thursday, Jan. 9, and the grand tasting is Saturday, Jan. 11.<\/strong>
The Brewtography Project<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Prep your tasting glasses and palates for the annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge. More than 160 breweries will be present to serve beer that is higher than 7% alcohol by volume, brewed in a Belgian style or sets trends with its experimental nature.<\/p>\n

The 20th anniversary festival officially began Thursday, Jan. 9, with a dinner highlighting the craft of WeldWerks Brewing Co. and Casey Brewing & Blending \u2014 and tap takeovers have been happening all across town \u2014 but Saturday\u2019s commercial tasting is the main event.<\/p>\n

Though the festival is a great time to sample rare beers from all over the world, there\u2019s also plenty to explore from Summit County establishments. All local breweries except for Pug Ryan\u2019s Brewery are attending the festival. Here is what the breweries are planning to pour, though it is subject to change.<\/p>\n

Angry James Brewing Co.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This marks the second year Silverthorne\u2019s Angry James Brewing Co. has attended, and it\u2019ll be pouring its Norwegian Farmhouse, Angry Buffalo Whiskey Dream and a barrel-aged chocolate milk stout. <\/p>\n

The 7.2% ABV farmhouse was brewed with honey malt and Kveik yeast while Angry Buffalo Whiskey Dream is an imperial Brown aged in Breck Bourbon Barrels.<\/p>\n

The Bakers\u2019 Brewery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like their Silverthorne neighbor, The Bakers\u2019 Brewery is also bringing a trio of beers. Likely the lightest local beer is Buzzbird Belgian Wheat, which has an ABV of 4.7%.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuzzbird is named for the hummingbirds that frequent the feeders at my home, and the sound that announces their arrival,\u201d brewery co-owner Cory Forster said. \u201cThis beer is very light and crisp with subtle notes of honey up front, gently balanced with a bit of orange and the peppery notes of our Belgian Gnome yeast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bakers\u2019 will bring the malty, 7.5% Sasquatch Scotch Ale and the imperial dark saison Winter is Coming aged in a 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirits rye barrel that is 8.5% ABV.<\/p>\n

Breckenridge Brewery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breckenridge Brewery is still in the holiday spirit and will be serving up four different beers to warm up in winter. Along with pouring its 7.1% Christmas Ale featuring roasted malt and Chinook and Mt. Hood hops, it\u2019ll have a spiced version and one aged in whiskey Barrels. Called Holidale, the aging process brings the ABV up to 10.5%.<\/p>\n

Speaking of aging, the brewery also will pour its signature Vanilla Porter brewed with split Mexican vanilla beans and aged in rum barrels for three months, giving the imperial beer a 12.5% ABV.<\/p>\n

Broken Compass Brewing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breckenridge\u2019s Broken Compass Brewing will have a golden strong ale aged seven months in a merlot barrel, the Snow Blind double IPA and potentially some Imperial Fabulously Delicious Finely Hopped Brown Ale aged 11 months in tawny port barrels.<\/p>\n

The brewery also might have a few surprises in store, such as other barrel-aged beers made in collaboration with Denver\u2019s Woods Boss Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

Dillon Dam Brewery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guests can find three beers from Dillon Dam Brewery at the festival. The first, Spruce Tip, is a 8.5% double IPA made with Colorado Blue Spruce tips in addition to East Kent Golding, Cascade and Simcoe hops. The brewery also will have two beers aged in Breckenridge Distillery bourbon barrels.<\/p>\n

One is a 12.5% barleywine while the other is Chocolate Oatmeal Imperial Stout. Brewed with rolled oats and chocolate added after fermentation, the stout is has an ABV of 11.5%<\/p>\n

HighSide Brewing<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the first year HighSide Brewing will attend the festival. The brewery was not even 2 years old the last time around and felt it didn\u2019t have an ideal selection for the festival. This year, they\u2019ll be bringing two beers. One, called Log Jam, was made in collaboration with Guanella Pass Brewing Co. and is a 9% Belgian golden strong ale dry hopped with gin botanicals. The brewery is also pouring Eighth Night<\/a>, an imperial White Russian stout made with lactose that clocks in at 16.2% ABV.<\/p>\n

\u201cBig Beers is a fantastic event,\u201d head brewer Jon Zatkoff said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s the brewers reception, pairing dinner, general tasting or additional classes, the community of learning and sharing \u2014 Big Beers is really a representation of the beer community at large.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outer Range Brewing Co.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frisco\u2019s Outer Range Brewing Co. specializes in big and Belgian beers so they naturally fit right into the festival. Two of their anniversary imperial stouts<\/a>, Timber and Atlas, are making a return. This version of Timber was aged for a year in Breckenridge Distillery bourbon barrels with 1 1\/2 pounds of Madagascar vanilla beans per barrel.<\/p>\n

A third imperial stout, Work From Work, is a collaboration with Denver\u2019s Cerebral Brewing. It was made with marshmallows, coconut, vanilla and lactose. For IPA fans, they\u2019ll be serving the double dry-hopped IPA Leave a Trail brewed with Mosaic and Hallertau Mittelfruh hops.<\/p>\n

Along with the tasting, Saturday is full of seminars. Guests can learn about beer blending, malt, Belgian styles, do yoga and more. Visit bigbeersfestival.com<\/a> for the full schedule and to purchase event tickets.<\/p>\n

Jefferson Geiger is the arts and entertainment editor for the Summit Daily News and managing editor for Everything Summit. Have a question about beer? Send him an email at jgeiger@summitdaily.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A tasting glass from last year at the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival. The 20th anniversary festival officially began Thursday, Jan. 9, and the grand tasting is Saturday, Jan. 11.The Brewtography Project Prep your tasting glasses and palates for the annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge. More […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-802957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-28 21:54:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}