Monday, Aug 6, 2018 3:16 PMUpdated Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 1:30 PM
Fifteen brewers, cideries and distillers brought their beverages to the first annual Pine River Brewfest in Bayfield.
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Marion Miller displays her face painting design on Saturday, created by Justa Whitt.
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Karl Herr of the Be Frank Foundation and Chris Young of Bottom Shelf Brewery celebrate the opening of the Pine River Brewfest.
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Country musician Sam Morrow, right, brings his blues and rock infused tunes to Bayfield from Los Angeles. He was one of three headliners for the inaugural Pine River Brewfest on Saturday.
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Fifteen brewers, cideries and distillers brought their beverages to the first annual Pine River Brewfest in Bayfield.
Melanie Brubaker Mazur/Pine River Times<br>
Country musician Sam Morrow, right, brings his blues and rock infused tunes to Bayfield from Los Angeles. He was one of three headliners for the inaugural Pine River Brewfest on Saturday.
Melanie Brubaker Mazur/Pine River Times<br>
Marion Miller displays her face painting design on Saturday, created by Justa Whitt.
Melanie Brubaker Mazur/Pine River Times<br>
Justa Whitt paints a fantastical design on Marion Miller Saturday in the children’s area at the Pine River Brewfest.
Melanie Brubaker Mazur/Pine River Times<br>
Children’s activities on Saturday included an escape room, bounce house and games.
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Peri Milner does some busking with her violin at the Pine River Brewfest on Saturday.
Melanie Brubaker Mazur/Pine River Times<br>
Karl Herr of the Be Frank Foundation and Chris Young of Bottom Shelf Brewery celebrate the opening of the Pine River Brewfest.
Melanie Brubaker Mazur/Pine River Times<br>
Sample glasses of beer, cider and liquor were distributed to all festival-goers Saturday. Several varieties of non-alchoholic beverages also were available.
Melanie Brubaker Mazur/Pine River Times<br>
The inaugural Pine River Brewfest filled Eagle Park in downtown Bayfield with people, beer, barbecue and live music on Saturday.
People's choice for best brewer went to WildEdge Brewing Collective of Cortez, while Bottom Shelf Brewery in Bayfield won the honors for best barbecue.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Be Frank Foundation, which provides music education programs in Bayfield and Durango.
A children's area at the event included a bounce house and escape room run by the Bayfield Association for the Advancement of Music, along with games and face painting.
Fifteen brewers, cideries and distillers offered samples of their drinks, along with barbecue from local restaurants and cooks. Meat for the event was provided by Farmers Fresh Market in Ignacio. River Arkansas from Denver, Sam Morrow from Los Angeles and Parsonsfield, a folk band from Connecticut, provided the live music for the event, along with local musicians Garrett and Callie Young, Madison Allen and Agave.
