{"id":2441730,"date":"2019-03-14T16:05:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=301590"},"modified":"2019-03-14T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:05:17","slug":"libations-when-beer-builder-and-backcountry-combine-you-get-beercat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/libations-when-beer-builder-and-backcountry-combine-you-get-beercat\/","title":{"rendered":"Libations: When beer, builder and backcountry combine you get: BeerCat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As tiny homes continue to grow in popularity, builders continue to look for ways to think outside the tiny box.<\/p>\n

One man\u2019s passion to combine the backcountry, beer and a new build will roll through Aspen on Friday, March 15, in the form of the BeerCat.<\/p>\n

Mike Basich, a former pro snowboarder and now expert tiny home builder in California<\/a>, has teamed up with 10 Barrel Brewing Co., which started in Oregon in 2006 and also has a home in Denver, to create the mobile pub that finds its natural habit more in the backcountry than the big city.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did a little sketch on a napkin with the idea of putting a bar on a snowcat, and they were stoked,\u201d Basich said this week in a phone interview. \u201cThey were like, \u2018Let\u2019s do it. We don\u2019t know exactly what it\u2019s going to look like, but we trust what you\u2019re up to. Give it your best.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Built on a 1987 Spryte snowcat, Basich spent just over two months<\/a> from design to the retrofitted BeerCat rolling out the door of his shop in Colfax, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no idea how it would get built. But I know wood well and metal well and how those two materials works, so I knew it was possible but I didn\u2019t know how,\u201d Basich said. \u201cI spent a couple of hours sketching up some ideas. Once I bought the snowcat is where things really started to click in my mind and how it was going to get shaped and still be legal (for height and weight).\u201d<\/p>\n

He said 10 Barrel wanted more of a retrostyle, so he searched and finally found a snowcat from a dealer in California. From the time the cat got to his shop to the BeerCat rolling out the door was two months.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was used for Hollywood shoots for about 15 years, so it didn\u2019t have a lot of wear and tear on it. It was in really good shape,\u201d said Basich, who lives in a cabin in the woods and uses a snowcat to get to his home. \u201c10 Barrel wanted that style of an older, retro snowcat, so it was a perfect fit for a tiny home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Basich, who is an IPA fan, said the toughest part was figuring out the doors, leverage and getting the floors to drop on hydraulics and still be strong enough to hold 10 people on the deck as they hang out at the pub.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t really sure how it was going to come together,\u201d he said of the doors. \u201cBut I\u2019m more of a hands-on person than putting it on a computer program and figuring it out that way. It took quite a few tries at it \u2026 that took me quite a few extra weeks until I really figured it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of its national tour, the BeerCat will be parked Friday on the corner of Cooper Avenue and Galena Street (near the visitors kiosk), and will have a few choices on tap. After Aspen, it heads out to Eldora for the weekend then over to Silverton before heading back West.<\/p>\n

Seems like a perfect complement to the annual Aspen Apres Cocktail Classic this weekend.<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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