The eleventh annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival will take place next month in Vail, Colorado. This year Boulevard Brewing Co.'s Steven Pauwels will be one of the two "Featured Brewmasters" at the event. Steven was kind enough to take some time and answer a few questions about the event.
Dave - I know last year you were part of a presentation, "Brewers Gone Wild!" Was that the first year you attended the festival?
Steven - Yes, last year was the first year I attended and participated in this festival. I was lucky to get invited for ‘Brewers gone Wild’ and for the food pairing challenge which we won. The challenge was to come up with the best pairing for crème brulee ice-cream. We paired it with Bourbon Barrel Quad.
D - Boulevard was also one of the breweries that unveiled a new product last year. What was it?
S - We brought a test batch of ‘Dubbel’: a Belgian Dubbel. This is a beer we have been working on for a while and that might make it to the market at one point. We brewed it for the 10th Anniversary of the festival. I also had a great conversation with Lodewijk Swinkels from La Trappe. We both agreed that a Dubbel is a very difficult beer to brew. That’s probably why it has been taking us several trials.
The festival will take place January 6-8, 2011. There are still tickets available. You can view the festival press release here. Or visit the festival website here.
A big thanks to Steven for giving us some of his time. We appreciate the informative and entertaining answers.
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Nice interview, Dave. Interesting to get some insight behind the brewing mind at Boulevard.
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