A program called Beers Made By Walking invites brewers and beer lovers to go on nature hikes together, so that the brewers can then create beers inspired by plants found on the trail. Hikes take place along the Mountains to Sound Greenway between Seattle and Snoqualmie Pass.
Two Greenwood breweries are taking part this summer: Naked City and Lantern Brewing.
Brewers attending hikes are challenged to create a unique, place-based beer that serves as a drinkable, landscape portrait of the trails that are walked. The resulting beers will be served at a special event in the Fall, in Seattle, and proceeds from the beer will benefit Mountains to Sound Greenway.
The first hike is from 12-3 p.m. this Saturday, June 13, at Seward Park, with Greenwood’s Naked City Brewery & Taphouse and Ghostfish Brewing Company at Seward Park. Greenwood’s Lantern Brewery will take part in a hike from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, at Little Bandera, along with Two Beers Brewing and Seattle Cider Company.
Hikes are free but space is limited. Online registration begins two weeks before each hike.
