The 2012 Beers Made By Walking program has come to a close and what a season it was for us! We were able to organize four different programs in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. For each event we published a catalog that also served as an informational menu with descriptions of the hikes, the beers, and the brewer's thought processes. Below are some recaps of the four events and some of the hikes. You can also see more information by clicking the locational links on our left column.
Oregon
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| The public hike through the Whychus Canyon Preserve with Deschutes Brewery |
In Oregon we worked with five breweries in distinct parts of the state. Deschutes Brewery is in Bend and their hike was through the Whychus Canyon Preserve. Their beer raised a couple thousand dollars for the Deschutes Land Trust. Standing Stone in Ashland hike Grizzly Peak. Flat Tail in Corvallis walked along the waterfront area in town. Upright and Coalition are both in Portland. Coalition's hike was through Forest Park, the largest in-city park in the county. Upright's hike was in the Mount Hood National Forest.
The beers were served at Belmont Station in Portland on October 22nd. The beers were:
Coalition Brewing - Ale with Stinging Nettles and Salmonberry
Deschutes Brewery - IPA with Juniper and Sage
Flat Tail Brewing - Fresh Hop Cherry Saison with Corvallis Cherries and Yarrow
Standing Stone Brewery - Ale with Sweet Root, and Wild Ginger
Upright Brewing - Saison with Yarrow and Rose
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| Coalition Brewing's hike was through Forest Park in Portland |
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| Salmon Berries |
Washington
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| Our camping spot in Carnation, WA during The Long Walk |
We were invited to do a Beers Made By Walking as part of Susan Robb's expansive project The Long Walk Seattle. A group of about 60 people walked 45+ miles on the King County Regional Trail System over three days from Seattle to Snoqualmie. We worked with Snoqualmie Brewery to create a beer with ingredients from a walk around a park in Carnation, WA, which was one of the overnight stops during The Long Walk. The beer ended up being a Stinging Nettle Ale and was served while we at the park.
Colorado (Denver)
We invited ten breweries to participate in our Colorado program. The beers were served during the week of the Great American Beer Festival at Wynkoop Brewing in Denver. Visitors from all over the country were able to drink these landscape influenced beers while reading all about the plants and trails in our catalog. The brewers were spread up and down the Front Range and included mountain-town breweries as well.
A list of the beers for the event:
- Crooked Stave - Foragester Sai-bucha - A blend of three beers with jasmine kombucha tea, linen flowers, and wild grapes.
- Oskar Blues - Opuntia Zytha - Our brew is a Golden Ale made with prickly pear cactus and fresh hops picked out of Charlie Papazian's yard.
- Lone Tree - High Plains Harvest Brown - Brown Ale with whiskey soaked pumpkin seeds and orange blossom honey.
- Phantom Canyon - Sundance Saison - A balanced and clean Saison made with rose hips and sumac.
- Pikes Peak - Dances with Bees - Inspired by a hike to Palmer Lake Reservoir, a golden honey ale with sunflower seeds.
- Pikes Peak - Kriekenstein - A 4% sour mash Kriek with chokecherry.
- Ska Brewing - Cerveza de las Animas Perdidas - A dry and fruity Saison spiced with juniper, yarrow, and chokecherries, inspired by the Animas River in Durango.
- Strange - Eldorado Bel-Gin Dark - Brewed with juniper berries and pineapple weed this Belgian Dark Ale is the color of the canyon walls along Eldorado Creek.
- Trinity - Saison Du Tomme - Light bodied Saison with rose hips and amaranth from the hike, also added is lemongrass and grains of paradise.
- Wynkoop - Oishi Gochiso - A light lager made with pacific rim hops and a blend of spices and tea inspired by our urban walk.
Colorado (Colorado Springs)
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| Some of the walkers at Palmer Lake Reservoir |
A text from the BMBW website reads:
This summer we invited eight groups of local homebrewers to join us on a public hike. We walked the Palmer Lake Reservoir Trail, identifying edible and medicinal plants along the way. Each group came up with an exciting and innovative recipe, using ingredients that are non-traditional in contemporary brewing practices. The beers were produced at Pikes Peak Brewing and will be available at the brewery for one day only.
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| Four of the beers during the tasting event at Pikes Peak Brewing in Monument, CO. |
Bryan Paradisi and Oren Weil
Professor Plum / Brandy Oak Plum Porter
Carol White and Zenia Brink
Rosie's Wild Hips and Hops / Belgian Pale Ale with Rose Hips, Clover Honey and Wild Hops
John Landreman
Sundance Saison / Saison with Rose Hips and Sumac
Josh Adamski
Maple Ryetious Pale Ale / Maple Rye Pale Ale
Mike Bordick
Palmer Special Ale / Belgian Rye Brown with Maple and Juniper
Mike "Lefty" McGuckian
Dances With Bees / Cream Ale with Sunflower and Wildflower Honey
Scott Simmons
Kreikenstein / Sour Stein Kreik with Chokecherry
Scott Werner
Gose of Summer's Past / German Gose with Bee Balm and Sumac
