Far End of the Bench Bonus: From the Gunnison Valley and High Alpine Brewing Company

Benchwarmers! We are live (kind of) from the High Alpine Brewing Company in Gunnison, Colorado enjoying some great craft beer and even better conversations from different people all around the area of the Gunnison Valley. We want to thank High Alpine for their hospitality and thank you to all of our guests who came out to talk with us taking time out of their schedule we really appreciate it.

We begin today's episode with Scott, the owner of High Alpine and we ask him what he thought when the podcast originally approached him for some kind of partnership. We also ask him how he ended up opening a brewery in the Gunnison valley after living in Breckenridge for so long! Be sure to follow the brewery on Instagram and Twitter @HighAlpineBrew and like them on facebook as well! When you are in the area it is THE place to go in Gunnison.

Then we bring on coach Bradd Schafer and Cole Sienknecht to discuss the Covid protocols and how the Western Colorado University Men's team has handled the adversity of this crazy season coming off a top 10 upset win over Colorado Mesa at the Division II level! Be sure to follow them on twitter @MountaineerMBB and to watch games go to gomountaineers.com for the live stream information.

Next we brought on one of the original guests of the show when it was Center of Attention, Kyle Gilroy to talk about some of the fun time he and Jimmy had going to school in Gunnison and how classes are different during the virus time. You can follow Kyle on Snapchat @jonnymountains.

And finally to round out this great episode we have head coach of the Western Colorado University Wrestling team Charlie Pipher who brought great energy and an in depth explanation of the cancellations brought on by Covid last spring. When the shut down happened coach Pipher was getting 3 wrestlers ready to compete in the NCAA tournament and had to break the bad news. It was a great conversation and we wish them the best of luck going into regionals! Follow the Western Wrestling team on twitter @wcuwrestling and for their live streams of matches go check out gomountaineers.com as well!

Thank you again to all of our great guests! We will be back next Wednesday with a new pod but for now enjoy the weekend you beautiful benchwarmers!