Barley to Brewery Skagit Valley Bicycle Tour
Barley to Brewery Skagit Valley Bicycle Tour
Example Trip Features:
- Behind the scenes view of brewing, fermenting & bottling craft beers
- Bike Skagit County’s most scenic trails & byways
- Tour an organic hop farm in full bloom
- Locally-sourced picnic lunch while tasting ales brewed with native yeast at Garden Path Fermentation
- Enjoy a catered dinner and spirit tasting at Terramar Brewstillery, with hyper-local beer brewed from farms visited along the ride
- Tour Skagit Valley Malting
- Light snacks and refreshments along the way
- Experienced guides and facilitators
To set up this trip as a custom tour, call us at 360-472-3749 or visit our custom trip page
Price Could Include:
- Picnic lunch and light snacks
- Catered dinner at Terramar Brewstillery
- Behind the scenes tours at Skagit Valley Malting and two different breweries in Skagit county
- Visits to an organic hop farm and commercial barley production
- Two experienced guides throughout the trip
- Chaser vehicle and bike tune-ups when needed
- Downloadable photo album of trip
Optional Tour Details:
- Price: Depends on group customization requests
- Trip Difficulty: Intermediate-level cyclists comfortable riding up to 45 minutes at a time
- Mileage: 30 miles
- Ride Time: 2.5 hours
- Age Range: 21+ (Proof of ID required)
- Terrain: Street with a support vehicle and compacted gravel trails
- Elevation Gain:~100 ft. elevation gain
- Group Size: Must be at least 6 people
- You will need a bicycle, jacket in case of rain, a water bottle, and proof of identification (21+ only)
- Need a bike? Bicycle rentals can be arranged through a local provider for an additional fee. Email bikeNW@expint.org or call 360-472-3749 for details.
Example Trip Summary:
Our tour begins at Blanchard Mountain Farm in Bow, WA. Blanchard Mountain Farm owners will lead a tour of their greenhouses and introduce us to their vegetables, herbs and native plants. Following this tour we’ll start biking with a gentle 45 minute ride through the quaint town of Edison.
After taking a behind-the-scenes tour at Skagit Valley Malting, we will visit Garden Path Fermentation, a hyper-local brewery that specializes in regional ingredients, native yeast, and barrel-aged ales. We’ll have a locally prepared picnic-style lunch here.
After lunch, we’ll hop back on our bikes for a relaxed ride to Hop Skagit, the region’s only commercial hop farm. From there we’ll ride north to Edison along Padilla Bay for a farm to table catered wood-fired pizza dinner at Terramar Brewstillery. Participants will enjoy a tasting flight of Terramar’s signature line of artisan spirits, brewed and distilled entirely from malted barley grown and processed in the Skagit Valley. While waiting for our food, we’ll receive a brewstillery tour and introduction to distillation from the owner. We’ll end our day with a quick ride back to Blanchard Mountain farm.
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