{"id":26160,"date":"2021-12-09T16:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T00:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/?p=26160"},"modified":"2022-03-01T21:58:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T05:58:36","slug":"celebrating-60-years-at-sun-peaks-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/celebrating-60-years-at-sun-peaks-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 60 Years at Sun Peaks Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently invited to visit Sun Peaks to check out what the resort had to offer \u2014 and to taste a special beer brewed to celebrate Sun Peaks’ 60th Anniversary<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sam Loxton and Rob McCloskey enjoy a beer at Masa’s Bar & Grill at Sun Peaks Resort (photo: Kelly Funk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s trivia night at <\/span>Masa\u2019s Bar & Grill<\/span><\/a> at Sun Peaks Resort and the place is packed with young and old looking for a battle of wits<\/span>.<\/span><\/i> The energy is palpable. On many tables, along with ski gloves and hats, there is an inordinate number of pints of white IPA\u2014it seems everyone wants to get a taste of the resort\u2019s 60<\/span>th<\/span> anniversary beer made specially for this occasion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sun Peaks enlisted Red Collar Brewing<\/a> in Kamloops to create the celebratory beer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Altitude Adjustment from Red Collar Brewing in Kamloops, BC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Called Altitude Adjustment, the beer is an easy-drinking, citrusy White IPA. <\/span>The decision for a White IPA came almost exclusively from Lara Beardsell, Red Collar\u2019s head of sales and marketing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe mountain wanted something with a wide appeal and we figured a White IPA would be the most fun,\u201d she explained. \u201cPlus snow is white so there’s that connection, and WIPAs tend to be a little more approachable for those non-hoppy beer drinkers.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This beer has a wheat base and is made from Eldorado, Ahtanum, and Cascade hops. \u201cThe perfect apres beer!\u201d added Beardsell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Sun Peaks, naming the anniversary beer wasn\u2019t as straightforward. After tossing around some ideas related to the mountain\u2019s original name, history, and ski trivia, ultimately, they decided on Altitude Adjustment because \u201cwe really wanted the beer to have relevance to consumers from further away than just our little mountain village,\u201d said Rob McCloskey, Sun Peaks Resort\u2019s director of marketing. \u201cIt\u2019s also a nod to mountain life and to Tod Mountain, the highest peak in the Shuswap Highlands. Plus, you can never go wrong with alliteration.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Originally called Tod Mountain, Sun Peaks is British Columbia\u2019s only mountain resort municipality. <\/span><\/p>\n

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