{"id":2444982,"date":"2019-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=307418"},"modified":"2019-06-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T06:00:00","slug":"craft-beer-festival-kicks-off-summer-season-in-snowmass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/craft-beer-festival-kicks-off-summer-season-in-snowmass\/","title":{"rendered":"Craft Beer Festival kicks off summer season in Snowmass"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The crowd at the 2017 Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival.<\/strong>
Anna Stonehouse\/Snowmass Sun file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

At last, summer has arrived in Snowmass Village.<\/p>\n

And a sure sign it\u2019s for real: The Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the kickoff to summer,\u201d said Keanan Stoner, of Denver-based Two Parts, which organizes the annual festival with Snowmass Tourism. \u201cIt\u2019s the first major event in Snowmass, and our first chance to get up in the mountains. A great combination.\u201d<\/p>\n

As in years past, the festival \u2014 which takes place Saturday afternoon as a lead up to the first Fanny Hill concert that night featuring Brent Cowles & Heavy Diamond Ring \u2014 will feature 30-plus breweries from across Colorado serving up suds on the Snowmass Village Mall. Stoner said it\u2019s a chance for everyone from beer newbies to beer snobs to check out what\u2019s brewing in our state this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have breweries from the Front Range and mountains, of course, but also places like Durango, Fort Collins and smaller towns where you might not be able to get your hands on their beers locally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

And, of course, \u201cwe always have our local heroes,\u201d such was Aspen Brewing Co., Capitol Creek and Roaring Fork Beer Co., among other hometown favorites.<\/p>\n

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Steve Nolan of Grist Brewing Company out of Highlands Ranch pours a beer at the Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival on Saturday.<\/strong>
Anna Stonehouse\/Snowmass Sun<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

New this year, festival organizers have added a VIP ticket where guests gain admission to a pre-party featuring beer and food pairings (and there also is an option to add Brewer\u2019s Pairing Dinners at various village restaurants, as well as a launch party at Base Camp Bar & Grill on Friday night) .<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always try to add something new; keep things fresh,\u201d Stoner said. \u201cAnd this new tasting\/pairing event is a great way for people who are looking for a more intimate experience, or who want to dive a little deeper into the beers they\u2019re tasting, to enjoy the event.\u201d<\/p>\n

The VIP portion of the afternoon will be in Base Village where after eating and imbibing, guests will jump on the Skittles to join the rest of the party on the Mall.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t drag your feet buying your tickets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival just keeps getting better and better,\u201d said Rose Abello, director of Snowmass Tourism, adding that Rendevous Craft Beer Festival has sold out the past couple of years. \u201cPlus, it\u2019s followed by the first free concert series of the summer. Fun, fun and more fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

The crowd at the 2017 Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival.Anna Stonehouse\/Snowmass Sun file photo At last, summer has arrived in Snowmass Village. And a sure sign it\u2019s for real: The Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival. \u201cThis is the kickoff to summer,\u201d said Keanan Stoner, of Denver-based Two Parts, which organizes the annual festival with Snowmass […]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 07:22:24","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":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}