Glowinthedark silicone to help you not kick your pets water dish at camp, or on a late night fridge raid. As we mentioned, bend is full of craft breweries with incredible craft beer made right in town. These craft beer lovers have embraced the companys creative and innovative spin on the pint glass and the word of mouth continues to spread with positive feedback about this product. Everybodys brewing pint glass and bend ale trail silipint. Theres no time limit to completing the bend ale trail, so you can tackle it all at once or spread it out during your stay. With your completion of the bend ale trail, you get a complimentary silipint glass to commemorate your accomplishment. Or if you have a clean bald head like mike ferrentino see photos below you can just get your head stamped. Heres what you need to know about the bend ale trail explore breweries in central oregon. Jan 29, 2016 tv commercial we produced for visit bend. To celebrate all this brewcentric town has to offer, hit the bend ale trail. The material is both heat and cold proof, so you can bake cupcakes in the oven and freeze giant ice cubes for your whiskey right in the same cup. May, 2014 participants can now earn a commemorative bend ale trail silipint pint glass for visiting just 10 of the 14 breweries. Bend boasts an incredible collection of craft breweries, as well as wineries, cideries, distilleries and even kombucha breweries.
As a participant of the ale trail tour, you pick up a passport and collect stamps as you go from brewery to brewery. You can complete the bend ale trail at any time during the year, but if you want to make the most of your experience, plan for november. Breweries and beer culture have been a key part of bends economy for years, but we. If you go the extra mile 21 miles to be exact to sisters, well also give you a oneofakind extra credit prize a choice of a commemorative patch or button so you can wail to the world that you conquered the bend.
The bend ale trail is a way to visit many of the towns breweries and earn prizes along the way. Take the awesome bend ale trail bend oregon to do bend. Set up your own diy tour of bend s breweries by picking up a bend ale trail passport and map at any of the 18 participating breweries or at the bend visitor center. Lager town 2015 bend ale trail tv commercial youtube. Can each member of my family redeem a bend ale trail passport for a souvenir. Those who visit all 14 will not only receive the silipint, but also a bend ale trail bottle opener. Once youve gotten stamps from 10 breweries, you can return the completed passport to bend s visitors center in person or by mail to receive your prize. Those who have received 10 stamps in their passport are eligible to receive a bend silipint when the passport is shown to staff at the bend visitor center.
Trail benders tour guide bend, oregon facebook 58 photos. What a great cup for the beer drinkers on the go like us. Grab the optional tenth stamp in nearby sisters, or, and. Nope, but visit bend has plenty of other bend ale trail merchandise available for purchase including tees, hats, bottle openers, and more. Bend, oregon releases new bend ale trail atlas and revamped. They issue a passport so that visiting each of currently nine breweries represented on the trail earns a stamp.
The silipint isnt really a glass, its a softsided pint glass and we use ours when we take a drink to the hot tub. My wife and i both earned a silipint from the bend, oregon ale trail. Founded by a local innovator and rapidly spreading across the us, silipint offers a variety of patented, environmentally friendly, unbreakable drinkware. In addition to serving as a navigational tool to each of the breweries, the bend discovery map includes the bend ale trail passport that visitors can have stamped at each of the breweries verifying their visit. Every state in the union has good local beer and with the beer cap map you can display your favorites from coast to coast. This is a pint glass made from 100% food grade silicone. Each was unique and many of the beers were excellent. This completes the bend ale trail for us, we are now proud owners of the silipint. Are bend ale trail silipints available for purchase. After your passport is all stamped up, stop by the visit bend welcome center to get your prize. Oct 11, 2017 with that in mind, we want to tell you about the bend ale trail beer tour. Lean about the mysterious bend ale trail bend oregon to do. Jan 23, 2012 this is your oneofakind prize completing the bend ale trail.
This is your oneofakind prize completing the bend ale trail. Yes, you get a drinking trophy because you are a champion. Upon visiting 16 breweries, and checking in with your app, you will receive a bend ale trail silipint from the visit bend office downtown. Bend ale trail frequently asked questions visit bend. The bend ale trail gives visitors and locals alike a glimpse into the unique craft brewery culture of central oregon. Get your passport stamped at each brewery location and when you get all the stamps, stop by or send your completed passport to the bend visitor center and receive a commemorative bend silipint.
Last week the bulletin ran a story about the bend ale trail, but i completely missed it because a its behind the paywall and therefore unavailable to read online and b i didnt see it in their rss feed anyway because of late they have cluttered up their feed with all of their available news items, particularly the ap stuff thats not relevant to central oregon at all, and i don. Racers start on nw crossing road just north of summit high school and head west into the new tree farm housing development. While the bend ale trail is fun on its own terms, participants are also motivated by the potential for a prize at the end of the journey. Your prize for a completed passport is a free bend ale trail silipint. Cycle pub of bend you can pedal a bicycle made for 16. Bend brewfest is an annual celebration of craft beer.
The dedicated craft enthusiasts who visit at least 18 different breweries will grab the silipint and a fun bend ale trail bottle opener. Silipint s collapsible, silicone dog bowl is great for both food and water. Tackling bend, oregons ale trail real food traveler. Obtaining all the stamps earns you a special, bonus prize. Enjoy incredible craft beer while winning some free swag to go with it. While you get a killer souvenir silipint anytime you turn in a completed bend ale trail passport, doing it in november earns you extra bragging. Im a beer trail dedicated to the craftbreweries in. Bend ale trail monthgetting the map stamped at every brewery and bringing it back to the downtown visitor center earns thirsty beer fans not just a bottle opener and mini silipint glass, but also a trophy. You can drop it on the floor, push it into weird shapes, take it on a camping trip or to the beach. Also new to the bend ale trail program is the creation of bend ale trail month.
If you can make it through 10 breweries, stop by or send your completed passport to the bend visitor center please note their hours of operation to receive your souvenir, a commemorative bend silipint. You must get a minimum of ten stamps to receive the silipint and trophy during bend ale trail month in november. Bend has a startling abundance of worldclass breweries clustered close together like the gold at the end of a big, beer rainbow. When you redeem your completed bend ale trail passport at the bend visitor center during november, not only do you earn the standard prizes like a silipint, a fantastic bottle opener, and a sticker, but you also earn a major award. The best way to know about them all and taste all the fantastic beer is to do the bend ale trail date of experience. Tours end at the visit bend office downtown to collect your free silipint glass and trophy. I have a pretty big collection of pint glasses from years of visiting breweries. Once youve gotten stamps from 10 breweries, you can return the completed passport to bends visitors center in person or by mail to receive your prize. This breathtaking half marathon course is brand new to central oregon. Bend ale trail 2020 all you need to know before you go. This silipint is one of the most awesome pint glasses we have ever owned. To do this, first grab a map and a passport from the bend visitor center, the ticket mill found in the old mill district, or a brochure rack.
Bend had become a black mountain, a silicon valley, a napa. Make sure to stop into the visit bend office to pick up your map when you start the trail, and then once again when you are finished to pick up your own silipint. Silipints, a company that makes silicone beer glasses. Lean about the mysterious bend ale trail bend oregon to. For a limited time, visit bend will be giving out a commemorative bend ale trail silipinta collapsible, silicone pintglass made especially for beer drinkers on the. Bend ale run in partnership with bend ale trail in on. The famous bend ale trail is the absolute best way to take in all of the incredible breweries of bend oregon and a great way to fill out all the brewery stamps and complete the bend ale trail passport to win a silipint and more great prizes. Foldable silicone dog bowl for food and water silipint. Visitors collecting all nine stamps receive a bend ale trail silipint. Read your guide to the bend ale trail from the pine ridge inn. Here are the pine ridge inns top picks for where to go on the bend ale. The ale trail is a 10 brewery getaway in bend, oregon.
If you want to check out all the bend, oregon breweries, you can try touring them along the bend ale trail. For a limited time, visit bend will be giving out a commemorative bend ale trail silipint a collapsible, silicone pintglass made especially for beer drinkers on the go. For a limited time, visit bend will be giving out a commemorative bend ale trail silipinta collapsible, silicone pintglass made especially for beer drinkers on the go. This is a fantastic way for visitors and locals alike to get to know the breweries in central oregon, so grab a bend ale trail atlas and passport and start your adventure. The bend ale trail lists over 20 participating breweries with tasting rooms to sample their latest brews.
Beer lovers flock to bend, oregons ale trail northwest. If you visited all 15 breweries on the ale trail, youll receive a bonus bottle opener in addition to the silipint. No photocopies of completed bend ale trail passports will be accepted. From their wine cups to dog bowls to shot cups to the product that launched it all, the silipint pint, they have outdoorfriendly, bend lifestyleapproved products that will help you have more fun. From their wine cups to dog bowls to shot cups to the product that launched it all, the silipint pint, they have outdoorfriendly, bend lifestyleapproved products that will help you have more. For more information or to order a complimentary official visitor guide to bend, contact visit. With all those wonderful craft beers available to sample throughout bend, the bend ale trail passport its free was created to encourage visitors and locals to make the rounds of the participating 14 breweries, get stamps from each of them no purchase required you dont even need to drink beer and then make a stop at visit bend bend visitor center to collect a prize. Yes, a small, shiny ale trail trophy, showing to the world that you, officially, are maybe a little too into beer.
The bend discovery map will serve as the official printed map of the bend ale trail. Learn about the cuttingedge brewing techniques used by bends brewers, meet the artisan brewers who have launched the bend beer scene onto the world stage, and experience the diversity of styles, art and taste that differentiate each of our regions breweries. The official silipint, a silicone pint glass made for beer drinkers on the go. Pauls logo was chosen as the winning entry in a logo contest conducted by visit bend to find the perfect logo for the trail dedicated entirely to beer. The bend ale trail officially launched in 2010 and will continue. Visit bend s ale trail has helped the company introduce many beer lovers to the silipint over the years. Can i bring my friends bend ale trail passport and pick up their silipint. After getting all 14 stamps in our bend ale trail passport, we went to see the nice folks at visit bend and claimed our i completed the bend ale trail silipint and a bend ale trail bottle opener you just get the silipint if you visit 10 breweries.
Board the bend brew bus for a brewery tour in oregon. Here are the pine ridge inns top picks for where to go on the bend ale trail. Bend, oregon tourism bureau launches the bend ale trail. There are extra prizes available and beer inspired events happening around town in addition to the bend ale trail thats available year round. Jun, 2017 check out the naked winery, hum kombucha, and the atlas cider co for other libations that count as part of the trail. On may 8, visit bend released an updated bend ale trail atlas featuring two new breweries.
The ale trail, which visit bend launched in june 2010, connects a total of 16 central oregon taprooms. Bend, oregon releases new bend ale trail atlas and. We take it camping with us and even us it at home all the time. Our picks on the bend ale trail pine ridge inn boutique. Use the bend ale trail atlas and passport to discover bends breweries. Once you hit ten stamps, you can head back to the bend visitor center to get a bend silipint souvenir.
Bend, or prweb may 08, 2014 popular pacific northwest craft beer trail offers new options for breweries, prizes, and more. Use the bend ale trail atlas and passport to discover all breweries along the world famous bend ale trail. Visit bend is a nonmembership, nonprofit economic development organization dedicated to promoting tourism on behalf of the city of bend. If you visit all 16 breweries, you can add a bend ale trail bottle opener to your prize as well. Bend, or prweb may 08, 2014 visitors eager to sip their way around the famous bend ale trail will have two more brewery stops to tackle, plus new opportunities to earn prizes for trekking the n. The addition of rat hole brewing and riverbend brewing co.
As such, its not surprising that they have a special bend ale trail set up for. Our fhe family enjoyed visiting 10 of the breweries on the bend ale trail. Because we did this during cobw they threw in some more swag a koozie and sticker. Nope, but visit bend has plenty of other bend ale trail merchandise available for purchase including tees, hats. Not only do you get the silipint, well also give you a nifty bend ale trail bottle opener. Apr 03, 2017 i realized i never told you what you would get if you participate in the bend ale trail. Hit the trail, dog park or beach with a carefree, friendly buddy bowl that wont ever soak your pack. Do the bend ale trail bend craft beer and brewery tours. Over the past four years, about 5,000 people have attempted the bend ale trail, but slightly more than 10,000 have had the stamina.
May 14, 2012 this silipint is one of the most awesome pint glasses we have ever owned. After a short section of gravel runners will get to experience what brand new asphalt feels like under foot as they follow. Hop in the tanks for your safe ride around town to fill out your bend ale trail passport. Help silipint save the planet one sip at a time with our unique silicone cups, pint glasses, tumblers, bowls and reusable straws. Your guide to the bend ale trail pine ridge inn boutique hotel. Dubbed the outdoor playground of the west, bend is world famous for both its outdoor pursuits and pristine beauty. The city promotes this fortunate and happy confluence of business activities as a tourist attraction. Once you have ten stamps you can visit the bend visitor centre and receive your silipint glass. With a thousand and one outdoor recreation options mixed with luxe dining, shopping, art, live music and now a trail entirely dedicated to beer.