{"id":667,"date":"2009-05-12T14:36:52","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T21:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eataspen.com\/blog\/?p=667"},"modified":"2009-05-12T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T21:36:52","slug":"blitzenbanged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/blitzenbanged\/","title":{"rendered":"Blitzenbanged&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes the famed KSPN Blitzenbanger has passed.  Did you miss it?  Seems that perhaps a few people did. \u00a0I really should have posted this earlier this winter but I found it did not the bang it has had in the past but the new horizon is upon us.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challengeaspen.org\/index.cfm\">Challenge Aspen<\/a> was the non profit recipient for the new Highlands BrewFest.  Yes the beginnings of a BrewFest are taking shape at the base of Aspen Highlands.  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