Altitude takes the cup

By Keith McLendon

Despite a rainy Saturday morning, over 550 craft beer enthusiasts, mostly from Wyoming and northern Colorado, attended the 23rd annual Saratoga Steinley Cup Microbrew Festival and Competition. Though the morning was wet, the afternoon was pleasantly overcast and the crowd seemed to enjoy the cooler weather, chili, crafts, microbrews and music until a brief shower gave the late afternoon a short intermission.

The band Maxwell Mud played popular rock songs as crowds sampled hoppy concoctions from the nine different breweries in attendance. Crowds also stopped at the different c...