Craft Beers and Spring Skiing on Tap at Boyne Highlands’ 2nd Annual Brew-Ski Festival

HARBOR SPRINGS, Michigan. – Boyne Highlands’ second annual Brew-Ski Festival on Saturday, March 12 features over 100 craft beers, music, brats on the grill, sun soaking and a day of spring skiing.

Craft brewers throughout Michigan and beyond gather in a large tent at the base of the slopes to serve up samples of their premium brews at this outdoor festival. A massive ice bar serves as center stage from which pale ales, stouts, porters, lagers and wheat beers are delivered for tasting. Sampling tickets are $2 each and good for 4-ounce pours. Participating breweries include Short's Brewing Co., Bell’s Brewery, New Holland Brewing Co., North Peak Brewing Co., Ann Arbor Brewing Co., Arcadia Ales, among others. For a complete list, visit www.BOYNE.com.

Tasting is available 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and admission to the tent is free. The slopes are open for skiing and snowboarding from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and event goers can roam in and out of the tented area. Following the outdoor fun, the party continues at the resort’s legendary Zoo Bar where live music can be heard by the Aaron Vaughn Band.

A Brew-Ski Festival weekend package offering a Friday night hors d’oeuvres reception, two nights’ hotel lodging, breakfast daily, a Saturday and Sunday lift ticket, t-shirt, pint glass and five drink tickets starts at $233 per person.

For reservations and more information, please call 800.GO.BOYNE (462-6963) or visit www.BOYNE.com.

BOYNE is a collection of mountain and golf resorts, retail stores and real estate opportunities based in Michigan. Each of the collection is a member of the Boyne Resorts family of resorts and attractions and includes Boyne Mountain Resort in Boyne Falls; Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs and The Inn at Bay Harbor - A Renaissance Golf Resort in Bay Harbor as well as Bay Harbor Golf Club, Crooked Tree Golf Club, Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark, Boyne Country Sports and Boyne Realty. With countless lodging and meeting facilities, eight championship golf courses, premiere snowsports terrain, two spas, distinctive dining, spectacular events and Michigan's largest indoor waterpark, the question becomes......what are you up for? For more information on BOYNE, please visit www.BOYNE.com.