Big Beers 20 Year Reunion

Friday, January 10, 2020 | 8:30 – 10:30 pm in the Imperial Ballroom at Beaver Run Resort

We’re celebrating 20 years, and we’ve invited some fantastic Big Beers alumni to join us for this epic celebration!

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For this special anniversary it was important to us to look back and honor those who came and supported us throughout our storied 20 year history, and that includes you! So we created an after dinner, reception style event designed to accommodate a lot more people than our usual dinner format and feature ALL of our Featured Brewmasters from the first 20 years.

Each of our Featured Brewmaster alumni, including our 2020 Featured Brewmasters, will be creating, collaborating with others to make, or otherwise bringing a unique, rare, or never seen before beer to offer for this celebration.

Food? You bet! We decided that a fun blend of after dinner snacks and desserts would make a great frame for these unique beers, and the culinary team from Beaver Run is working hard to design a menu reflecting our unique approach to the world of beer.

So please join us! Tickets are very reasonably priced at $45/person, with all brewers and volunteers who have participated and supported Big Beers at any time in our first 20 years eligible for a $40/person ticket with the coveted Alumni Discount.

The following Big Beers Featured Brewmaster Alumni will be joining us for our 20 Year Reunion. More will be added as they confirm. Here they are… yearbook style:

2005 Adam Avery, Founder/ Brewmaster Avery Brewing, Boulder, CO	2005 Sam Calagione, Founder/ President Dogfish Head Brewing, Milton, DE
2006 Eric Wallace Left Hand Brewing, Longmont, CO	2007 Brian Dunn Great Divide Brewing, Denver, CO
2008 Doug Odell, Brewmaster/ Founder Odell Brewing, Ft. Collins, CO	2009 Matt Brophy, Brewmaster Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick, MD
2010 Peter Bouckaert, Co-Founder/ Co-Owner/ Brewmaster Purpose Brewing & Cellars, Ft. Collins, CO (formerly of New Belgium)	2010 Lodewijk Swinkels, Brewmaster Brunswick Bierworks, Toronto, Canada (formerly of Koeningshoeven)
2011 Steven Pauwels, Brewmaster Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO	2012 John Mallett, Director of Operations Bell’s Brewery, Kalamazoo, MI
2012 Todd Usry, President Breckenridge Brewery, Breckenridge, CO	2013 Kevin DeLange, Co-Founder/ Co-Owner Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO
2013 Eric Ponce, Barrel Program Mgr (for Matt Brynildson) Firestone Walker, Paso Robles, CA	2016 Geoff Larson, Co-Founder/ Brewmaster Alaskan Brewing, Juneau, AK
2016 Omar Ansari, Founder Surly Brewing, Minneapolis, MN	2017 Phil Leinhart, Brewmaster Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
2017 Florian Kuplent, Co-Founder/ Brewmaster Urban Chestnut Brewing Co., St. Louis, MO	2018 Jeffrey Stuffings, Founder/ Owner Jester King Brewery, Austin, TX
2018 Cory King, Owner/ Brewer Side Project Brewing Co., Maplewood, MO	2019 Dave Thibodeau, Founder/ Owner Ska Brewing, Durango, CO
2020 Neil Fisher, Co-Founder/ Co-Owner/ Head Brewer WeldWerks Brewing Co., Greeley, CO	2020 Troy Casey, Owner Casey Brewing and Blending, Glenwood Springs, CO

This year all of our Featured Brewmaster Alumni have agreed to follow the historical precedent of donating product and assisting us with our special event, and it has made it possible to keep the cost of the event to our guests quite reasonable. You can Purchase Tickets online. Should an event be sold out, a waiting list will be kept by the coordinator, and you can contact us directly. Cancellations are fully refundable, providing that we can rebook your seat. (Thus, refunds will only be issued after the replacement reservation has been paid in full.)

For trivia purposes, here is the complete list of our Featured Brewmaster Alumni:

2005

• Adam Avery, Avery Brewing
• Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head

2006

• Rob Tod, Allagash
• Eric Wallace, Left Hand

2007

• Brian Dunn, Great Divide
• Hildegard Van Ostaden, Leyerth/Urthel

2008

• Tomme Arthur, Lost Abbey
• Doug Odell, Odell

2009

• Vinnie Cilurzo, Russian River
• Matt Brophy, Flying Dog

2010

• Peter Bouckaert, (then) New Belgium
• Lodewijk Swinkels, Koningshoeven/LaTrappe

2011

• Steven Pauwels, Boulevard
• Chris Bauweraerts, Chouffe

2012

• John Mallett, Bell’s Brewery
• Todd Usry, Breckenridge

2013

• Kevin DeLange, Dry Dock
• Matt Brynildson, Firestone Walker

2014

• Cam O’Connor, (then) Deschutes
• Scott Vaccaro, Captain Lawrence

2015

• Jef Versele, Van Steenberge
• Ron Kloth, Papago

2016

• Geoff Larson, Alaskan
• Omar Ansari, Surly

2017

• Phil Leinhart, Ommegang
• Florian Kuplent, Urban Chestnut

2018

• Jeffrey Stuffings, Jester King
• Cory King, Side Project

2019

• Dave Thibodeau, Ska Brewing
• Lasse Ericsson, Nynäshamns

2020

• Neil Fisher, WeldWerks
• Troy Casey, Casey Brewing & Blending