Bewilder Brewing is one of Salt Lake’s newest breweries, but owners Ross Metzger and Cody McKendrick have been part of the brewing community for years. The childhood friends opened Salt City Brew Supply in 2011 to serve local homebrewers, and they have played a big role in cultivating Utah’s brewing culture ever since. Opening their […]
The 2020 Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival Experience
The Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival has found a permanent home on my must-attend list for beer festivals each year. While I enjoy The Great American Beer Festival, I’d purposefully ruin my four year streak of GABF attendance if I was forced to pick between it and Big Beers. The high altitude, high ABV […]
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, […]
Nine Questions With Jamie Burnham
A place like Salt Lake City, Utah, where alcohol restrictions are set by non-drinkers, does not come by its craft beer scene with ease. What we have today is thanks to a tightly knit community of homebrewers, beer enthusiasts, and professional brewers alike that did not allow local laws to smother their love for the […]
The 2018 Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival Experience
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. […]