{"id":3372,"date":"2016-04-01T13:22:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T17:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2016-04-01T13:22:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T17:22:13","slug":"travel-bctc-2016-ommegangs-belgium-comes-to-cooperstown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/04\/01\/travel-bctc-2016-ommegangs-belgium-comes-to-cooperstown\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Travel: BCTC 2016 (Ommegang&#8217;s Belgium Comes to Cooperstown)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4915,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/20256074088&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104113923\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/20256074088&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05 14:06:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-13 13:09:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 07:13:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 04:27:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-12 08:23:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-23 06:50:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-30 09:09:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 19:22:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 19:22:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4916,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ommegang.com\\\/blog\\\/bctc-2016-the-more-the-murray-er&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20180609013136\\\/http:\\\/\\\/ommegang.com\\\/blog\\\/bctc-2016-the-more-the-murray-er\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 11:38:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-13 13:09:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-07 19:32:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-07 19:32:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4917,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/adamchandler.beer\\\/events-ommegangs-belgium-comes-to-cooperstown-vip-dinner-2015&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20150812054816\\\/http:\\\/\\\/adamchandler.beer\\\/events-ommegangs-belgium-comes-to-cooperstown-vip-dinner-2015\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 11:38:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-07 19:32:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-07 19:32:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Belgium Comes to Cooperstown 2015&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20256074088\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Belgium Comes to Cooperstown 2015\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/291\/20256074088_5794b53615_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heather &amp; I secured tickets for this year\u2019s BCTC. I believe this would be my 4th time attending? I skipped a year somewhere in there. Either way, I\u2019m VERY excited. In year\u2019s past, I\u2019ve had regrets about going because usually something gets scheduled that week like a Hill Farmstead event (twice these have happened during BCTC) or like this year, a possible RateBeer Summer Gathering in Michigan but, I go to BCTC and always have a fun time. Here\u2019s more info on the event via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ommegang.com\/blog\/bctc-2016-the-more-the-murray-er\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>On August 5 and 6, 3,000 lucky guests will enjoy the opportunity to taste hard-to-find Belgian import brews as well as Belgian-style ales from all over North America. More than 100 breweries will be on-hand pouring while festival-goers fully immerse themselves in a wild and wonderful space fueled by the legendary actor\u2019s best known movies and characters. Tickets go on sale to the public April 1.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As always, BCTC promises more than just great beer \u2013 gourmet food vendors, live music, on-site camping and fireworks make the weekend truly special. And of course, surprises! The entire event will be designed to emulate the creativity and spirit of Bill Murray, and what could be more Murray-like than an \u201canything is possible\u201d attitude and expectation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m not doing VIP this year but I do plan on camping both evenings if I can get a pass from the organizers. If anyone from Ommegang sees this and wants a p<a href=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/events-ommegangs-belgium-comes-to-cooperstown-vip-dinner-2015\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hotographer to take photos like last year\u2019s<\/a>, just let me know :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heather &amp; I secured tickets for this year\u2019s BCTC. I believe this would be my 4th time attending?&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-04-08T16:46:00Z","apple_news_api_id":"64ffc2be-d199-4a07-bb0f-eb470d09680c","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-04-08T16:46:00Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AZP_CvtGZSge7D-tHDQloDA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-travel","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-So","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1429,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/04\/01\/events-brewery-ommegangs-bctc-tickets-on-sale-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":3372,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Events: Brewery Ommegang&#8217;s BCTC tickets on sale now&#8230;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"VIP just sold out, the others should last until tonight or tomorrow morning. 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