What better way to begin the new year than with a beer festival at 9,600 feet of elevation? I skipped the typical resolutions and drove straight up to the ski town of Breckenridge, CO to participate in the 18th anniversary of the Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival held the very first weekend of 2018. […]
The Great American Beer Festival Experience 2017
There’s a certain caution that accompanies first time experiences. For me, it means making mental and physical lists, checking them multiple times, and assessing my success as I progress. It keeps me honest with myself and focused toward whatever goals I may have. My goals last year at my very first Great American Beer Festival […]
The 7 Rules of Beer Festing
With the upcoming Mountain Brewers’ Beer Festival in Idaho Falls, I am poignantly reminded of the many festivals past, and perhaps more so the hangovers that followed them. I am no longer the young 22-year-old that got away with two-hour hangovers like a small slap on the wrist. In my old age of 29 years, […]
The Great Vegas Festival of Beer Experience
Any excuse to drink beer is great, but travel is the greatest excuse of them all! On April 7th, my beer fest bestie Julie and I blazed down Rt 15 toward the most illuminated, gaudy, and sinful place I can think of… Las Vegas, Nevada! Just as it was at The Great American Beer Festival, […]