{"id":1383839,"date":"2019-01-04T11:32:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T18:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=961234"},"modified":"2019-01-04T11:32:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T18:32:51","slug":"breckenridge-distillery-to-host-national-bartending-contest-jan-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/breckenridge-distillery-to-host-national-bartending-contest-jan-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge Distillery to host national bartending contest Jan. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/barkeep-contest-colorado.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-large size-medium-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/barkeep-contest-colorado.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/barkeep-contest-colorado-119x150.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\"><a id=\"N0x1c99820N0x1c82410:N0x1c99820N0x1c59d98\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/breckenridgedistillery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Breckenridge Distillery<\/a>\u00a0will welcome nine of the best bartenders in the nation to the High Country on Jan. 11 for a grand finale called Punch Kings Last Call after they won regional barkeep competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The regional Punch King champions are set to take the stage at 4 p.m., when they will prepare their winning bourbon punch for eight judges while spotlighting the distillery&#8217;s award-winning bourbon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Meanwhile, the distillery will greet guests with a welcome punch from liquid chef Billie Keithley while competitors are preparing theirs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">During the competition, guests will be offered punches crafted by the nine regional bartenders and small bites from the Breckenridge Distillery Restaurant. Only one bartender will be crowned the Last Call Punch King or Queen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Competitors are coming from New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Chicago, Seattle; Canada, Austin, Miami and Denver.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/breckenridge-distillery-to-host-national-bartending-contest-jan-11\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Breckenridge Distillery\u00a0will welcome nine of the best bartenders in the nation to the High Country on Jan. 11 for a grand finale called Punch Kings Last Call after they won regional barkeep competitions. The regional Punch King champions are set to take the stage at 4 p.m., when they will prepare their winning bourbon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-16 02:52:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KKCH - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}