Beginning May 11th, visitors traveling to Bucks County’s 15 (and counting) breweries can sip their way to a FREE t-shirt! Those looking to follow the Bucks County Ale Trail can find the mobile passport at VisitBucksCounty.com/AleTrail or the printed passport at any Bucks County brewery or at the Bucks County Visitor Centers in Bensalem and Quakertown. Consumers who check in to five or more breweries with their mobile passport or get five or more breweries to stamp their printed passport can receive a FREE Bucks County Ale Trail t-shirt.
“Tourists are seeking out breweries when making travel decisions,” said Jerry Lepping, President & COO of Visit Bucks County. “We are thrilled to work with Bucks County breweries to market the Ale Trail and to spearhead a collaboration that will set us apart as a craft beer destination.”
To launch the Ale Trail passport, Visit Bucks County partnered with Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company and Free Will Brewing Company on a limited seasonal beer release, Sixteen Eighty-Two Kölsch, named for the year that William Penn founded Bucks County.
Nearly 300 years after William Penn’s Historic Walking Purchase helped form Bucks County, these two breweries came together to celebrate the creation of the Bucks County Ale Trail passport. Their wet hopped Kölsch-style ale is a nod to the brewing traditions of Germany mixed with a dash of American creativity. Wet hopped with Huell Melon and Mandarina, this crisp ale is ripe with notes of melon and honeydew.
Sixteen Eighty-Two Kölsch is being distributed locally and regionally beginning on May 11, with a uniquely designed label that includes the Bucks County Ale Trail logo. It is the first beer release in the Bucks County Ale Trail series and can be found at Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company and Free Will Brewing Company (on tap only) as well as at a variety of local and regional bars and distributors (full list – VisitBucksCounty.com/BeerReleases) Visit Bucks County will continue to partner with Bucks County breweries to release new Bucks County Ale Trail collaborative beers seasonally throughout the year.
Bucks County breweries are diverse in size and style with a revolving list of unique ingredients. From flagship brews like Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company’s Croydon Cream Ale to seasonal favorites like Mad Princes Brewing’s Solebury Spruce Saison, Bucks County’s beer scene is booming with locally-sourced breweries on the Ale Trail offering an array of regional all year-round.
“It was a pleasure to work with Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company and Free Will Brewing Company to launch the first Bucks County Ale Trail beer release,” said Lepping. “There is a true sense of comradery among all of the Bucks County breweries. Our local brewers are a smart, collaborative group who embody the spirit of craft beer and understand the strength of coming together as an Ale Trail.”
Full list of Bucks County Breweries:
- Broken Goblet, Bensalem
- Bucks County Brewery, Pipersville
- Free Will Brewing Company, Perkasie & Peddler’s Village
- Geronimo Brewing Co., Doylestown
- Great Barn Brewery Taproom, New Hope
- Langhorne Brewing Company, Langhorne
- Mad Princes Brewing, Buckingham
- Moss Mill Brewing Company, Huntingdon Valley
- Naked Brewing Company, Southampton Township
- Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company, Croydon
- The Proper Brewing Company, Quakertown
- Red Lion Brewery, Quakertown
- Tower Hill Brewery, Chalfont
- Triumph Brewing Company, New Hope
- Vault Brewing Company, Yardley
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Find more on the Bucks County Ale Trail mobile passport here.
