Beers Made By Walking Portland Tapping Beer List

One of our favorite monthly Portland craft beer events are the Beers Made By Walking (BMBW) hikes. This is a monthly gathering of hikes held during the dryer months that takes place in Portland’s Forest Park. A member of the Forest Park Conservancy along with a featured brewer or two lead a hike that discusses various wild plants that are thriving in Forest Park that can potentially be used in beer and/or cider.

With the 2015 Beers Made By Walking now wrapping up, this Saturday, October 10th, will bring together 15 beers and one cider for the annual BMBW Portland Beer Tapping. The BMBW event takes place from Noon until 5:00pm, at four various bars in Southeast Portland including Belmont Station, Horse Brass Pub, Likewise, and Bazi Bierbrasserie.

Each brewery is donating the beer for this event and a percentage of the the beer sales on October 10 will support the Forest Park Conservancy’s work restoring Forest Park. “Cumulatively, the beers create a drinkable landscape portrait of Forest Park,” says Eric Steen, founder and director of BMBW.

Participants can visit any of the four pubs in any order from Noon to 5:00pm. For those interested in a scheduled walk between the four venues, a walking party will begin at Belmont Station at noon and end at Bazi Bierbrasserie.

The Beer List, in order by pub stops:

Belmont Station – 4500 SE Stark Blvd. Portland

• Hopworks Urban Brewery
  Cedarcalifragilisticexpialidocious – Western Red Cedar tips, love, and a little bit of magic. Hoppy red ale brewed with cedar. 6.3% / 76 IBU
• Laurelwood Brewing
  There Gose the Neighborhood – Gose is an old wheat beer style that uses Lactobacillus bacteria, coriander and salt. We were inspired by berries on our walk this year for Beers Made by Walking and decided to add one of our favorite berries, strawberries. 5.1%, 8 IBU
• Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider
  Newtown Hawthorne – Newtown Pippin cider with Hawthorne berries, Dandelion root, Burdock root and Cedar chip bag garnish. 7.9%
• Upright Brewing
  Barrel Aged Six – A blend of two casks, one that formerly held our barleywine, and before that rum, and before that bourbon. The second cask was used for nocino (walnut liquor). We added a poplar bud tincture gives the blend a distinct character that goes well with the cask associated flavors. 7.2%, 20 IBU

Horse Brass Pub – 4534 SE Belmont St. Portland

• Burnside Brewing / Coalition Brewing Collaboration
  Bustin’ Grapes – Tart Gruit bittered with Oregon Grape root and back sweetened with local pinot noir grapes. No hops added, bittered with Oregon Grape root. 6.2%, 0 IBU
• Humble Brewing
  Trail Time – Saison brewed with Hawthorn berries and lemon balm tea. 4.7%, 43 IBU
• Hopworks Urban Brewery
  Wandering Brewers Bitter – An Extra Special Bitter inspired by Portland’s Forest Park. 4.6%, 51 IBU

Likewise – 3564 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland

• Ecliptic Brewing
  Cedar Canopus – Our Canopus IPA aged on Western Red Cedar. 6.8%, 70 IBU
• Hopworks Urban Brewery
  Morning Brew – A light bodied, malty beverage to accompany you on any morning stroll through the woods. A hint of black malt along with vanilla leaf adds to the complexity of every sip. 5%, 10 IBU
• Hopworks Urban Brewery
  The Situationist Regional – Get lost with this Strong Ale, brewed with tips from Western Hemlock, Doug Fir, Grand Fir, and Cedar. 6.2%, 50 IBU
• Widmer Brothers Brewing
  TBA

Bazi Bierbrasserie – 1522 SE 32nd Ave, Portland

• Base Camp Brewing
  Forest Park Wild Yeast Barrel Aged ‘Shroomed Pilgrimage Saison – Saison aged in a rum barrel that previously held our lager and candy cap mushrooms, fermented with a wild yeast from the Ancient Forest Preserve, an old growth forest owned by Forest Park Conservancy. 7.6%, 12 IBUs
• The Commons Brewery
  Tinderbox – Saison with redwood bows, cedar bows & pine smoked tea. 4.6%, 11 IBU
• High Street Homebrew Club
  HSHC Spruce Lee – Simcoe hops heighten the citrus taste that both contrasts and compliments the aromatic spruce tip addition. This beer was brewed commercially at Portland U-Brew. 6.8%, 74 IBU
• Hopworks Urban Brewery
  Samsara – Belgian Pale with licorice fern, wild ginger, and extra light maple syrup. Inspired by the falling path of a Maple whirlybird. 5.3%, 15 IBU
• 10 Barrel Brewing
  Sweet Chariot – Belgian style fruit beer that was soured in the kettle with lactobacillus culture, fermented with sweet cherries and Belgian yeast. 6.0%, 8 IBU