Belgium Comes to Cooperstown 2010

Once again, BCTC was completely sold out, despite increasing capacity by 50 percent.

Featuring Belgian-style beers from over fifty American Craft Breweries, as well as imported Belgian beers from many of the finest American importers. Well over 200 beers in all.

Friday, July 30th and Saturday, July 31st the event went like this:


Friday night VIP dinner
6 pm to 10 pm
The kick off to BCTC is a decadent multi-course beer dinner, featuring great Belgian ales from Ommegang, Duvel, A’Chouffe, and Maredsous. 6-7pm is cocktail hour, and the sit-down dinner starts at 7pm. During dinner, there will be music and a special guest to give a speech.

VIP tickets include a seat at Friday’s 5-course dinner, a special movie on Friday night, free camping (one tent per-site for VIP, additional camping tickets may be purchased), a complimentary VIP Breakfast Saturday AM, a special 750mL of fine Belgian beer, and admission to the Saturday tasting and activities.


Saturday, July 31st

Gates open at 12 noon for those with camping passes

Tasting hours: 3 pm to 7 pm
Sample the best Belgian and Belgian-style ales in the world. 3 oz tastings of heavenly Belgian ales set to the background of the old hops farm that Ommegang is built on. Tour the world of Belgian beer and then tour the first farmstead brewery built in New York in over 100 years.

Participating breweries were:

The Bruery
Micro Braserie Charlevoix
Olde Burnside
Sly Fox
Dog Fish Head
White Birch Brewing
Palm
Rodenbach
Boon
Steen Brugge
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Troegs
Butternuts
Bobcat Café and Brewery
Clipper City/Heavy Seas
Sixpoint Ales
Custom Brew Crafters
Flying Bison
Magic Hat
Brooklyn Brewing
Harpoon
Stillwater Artisanal Ales
Brouwerij De Dochter Van De Korenaar
Brouwerij Contreras
Brouwerij 't Gaverhopke
Bierbrouwerij Grand-Café Emelisse
Peekskill Brewery
Yards
Haverhill Brewery
Allagash
Stoudts
Ithaca Beer Co.


After party 8 pm-12 pm
Open to everyone. Goes until midnight featuring local food, rocking music, a bonfire, and even a late night movie on a huge screen Stay up late and talk about your new favorite beers around the bonfire, then retire to your campsite under the stars.

This year we were delighted to have The Hackensaw Boys perform for the after-party, and we will most certainly be having them back. They put on a raucus acoustic string band show, and they had the crowd hopping. Be sure to check them out!


VIP tickets sold out this year in less than 1 minute. Tasting passes in less than 2 days. We try to improve upon the ticket ordering fiasco, but honestly, demand is so high that there is really nothing much we can do. Keep checking back here for details for next years BCTC.

This celebration of Belgian beer culture is our annual festival of Belgian beers from all over the country and the world. We invite breweries and importers to come to our backyard and showcase their best Belgian and Belgian-style beers. Guests who come to our feast of yeast will sample rare exclusives, new favorites, and plenty of classic brews, as well as some interesting Ommegang exclusive brews. In addition to all the great beer, there will be delicious food, foot-stompin’ music, camping, and even movies under the stars.