Early January brings more with it than another new year. The Big Beers, Belgians, and Barleywines Festival in Breckenridge, Colorado is the true highlight of the year’s beginning – a sort of birthday celebration for the beer-harboring Earth as it makes one more journey around the Sun. There are many highlights of the Big Beers […]
The 2019 Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival Experience
I can’t think of a better way to kick off a new year than with a high elevation, high ABV beer festival. The Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines festival has been running for 19 years, and is currently hosted in the ski town of Breckenridge, Colorado. My first Big Beers experience occurred early last year, […]
The Great American Beer Festival Experience 2018
I have long been told the GABF experience is more than the sessions in which thousands of people lose themselves in a massive room, 1 ounce at a time. The majority of my 2016 and 2017 experiences included attending every session, with a few stops around Denver breweries and bars to supplement. This year, the […]
Rocky Mountain Road Trip Brewery Hop
When there’s a family reunion planned at the YMCA in Estes Park, Colorado, there’s only one thing to do. Plan a road trip! And whenever there’s a road trip, there’s bound to be a few brewery stops along the way. It’s necessary! My husband and I traveled a loop from our home in Salt Lake […]
A Quick Trip to Crested Butte, Colorado
Last weekend, my husband and I made a quick trip to Colorado to celebrate our 5th anniversary. We both love to be in the mountains so we decided to drive to Crested Butte. I had never been there and was excited to do a little mountain biking, camping, and of course, a lot of beer […]