Cool off at Made in the Shade beer festival in Flagstaff

If you missed the Party in the Pines on Saturday, don’t worry. This weekend offers another high-country beer-tasting festival: Made in the Shade.

Nearly 50 breweries, including about 20 from Arizona, will be pouring samples from 1-5 p.m. Saturday at the Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill County Park (just north of the Coconino County Fairgrounds) in Flagstaff.

General admission is $45 ($55 at the gate) and includes 24 sampling tickets. VIP admission is $80 ($90) and gets you early entrance at noon.

Saturday’s forecast is for 101 degrees in the East Valley, but just 69 degrees and a chance of evening thunderstorms in Flagstaff.

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