Big Beers Brings it Big Time

January 10, 2018 Guest User

Big Beers 2018

Black Project Spontaneous and Wild Ales brought their highly anticipated brews such as the double barrel fermented and aged Cat Sabbath.

Local Denver liquor store Mr. B's Wine and Spirits, Marble Brewing and Telluride Brewing collaborated on The Unit Monster, a hefty barrel aged Imperial Stout.

The Good Bugs seminar explored the intersection between fermentation and culinary flavors found in beers from breweries such as Casey Brewing and Blending and Crooked Stave.

Throughout the festival, several breweries released special beers. Cerebral Brewing from Denver had a lineup headlined by their New England Style IPA's.

Pastry stouts were the name of the game at Big Beers 2018. Cellar West Artisanal Ales featured a fully loaded breakfast stout.

Brewery owners such as Adam Avery (pictured) could be found front and center, discussing their beers with enthusiasts.

Nate Nicklas from Tivoli Brewing pours one of their new barrel aged offerings.

Meeting the expectations of beer makers and drinkers from near and far, the Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival also brought snow to Breckenridge over the weekend.

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Photos from the 2017 Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines festival
by Neill Pieper

Brewers, fans looking forward to Breckenridge festival celebrating strong, heavy-hitting beers

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Lone Tree walks away from GABF with gold and silver; Colorado takes 38 medals overall

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Black Shirt Brewing's music themed brews were a huge hit this year at GABF, headlined by a Pistachio & Lavender rye pale ale

The Tivoli Brewing crew takes a quick reprieve from pouring, their booth payed homage to their brands history in Colorado.

Andy Klein from Alaskan Brewing shows off some of the fresh spruce tips that are used in a Spruce IPA brew from Alaskan Brewing.

The Holidaily brew crew was decked out for all three days of GABF. Yellow headbands sporting their Holidaily logo were a huge hit with festival attendees.

Jason Ford, Co-Founder and brewmaster at Broken Compass looks on as eager drinkers look for their popular Coconut Porter.

Avery Brewing production manager Bernardo Alatorre tells an attendee a little more about their barrel aged offerings.

As years go on, the booth's at GABF get bigger and better. Ska Brewing's booth was complimented by neon signage and large cut outs of their Ska "ambassadors".

Tim Myers from Strange Craft Brewing scouts the crowd. Tickets for this years festival sold out in approximately 4 hours.

Melvin Brewing continued its dominance this year by winning Brewery Group of the Year along with a gold for their pale ale.

Wibby Brewing from Longmont was shown some Lager love through a silver medal for their Moondoor Dunkel.

A special tapping occurred at the Avery Brewing and Odell Brewing end cap of the Mountain region area. Both breweries created a stout that was tapped at the same time and was poured through the same line, creating a mixture of both beers.

Upslope brewer Mark Maitland prepares for the hordes of beer lovers as Saturdays member-only session kicks off.

Liquid Mechanics Brewing from Lafayette held a special "crowling" release. Only several crowlers of this specialty beer were poured.

The Great American Beer festival featured some 3800 beers from over 800 breweries.

The silent disco area at GABF this year was a major hit. Attendees had a lot to do besides drink beer with games (corn hole) and sponsor booths to explore.

- Photo Angie Wright

The 38th state was awarded 38 medals, the second most of any state in the competition. Medal winning is never taken lightly at a competition in which each category includes an average of 81 competitors. California, which has nearly twice as many breweries as Colorado, took home the most medals at 56.

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