Trail Alliance, Brewery Team Up for Special Ale

The Central Oregon Trail Alliance has teamed up with the Bend Brewing Company for a new summer ale.

The Funner Trail Summer Ale is the BBC?s newest beer, and it is named after one of COTA?s newest trails; the Funner Trail.

Sunday’s proceeds from the Summer Ale beer sales went directly to the nonprofit.

COTA builds new trails throughout Central Oregon, and maintains them with the help of trail adoptees.

Funner Trail adoptee Todd Wells said he could not be happier that the local brewery wanted to help out, and never thought he would name a trail that would later have a beer named after it.

?The beer is fantastic. My favorite beers are pale ales and IPAs, and they blended it with a nice hoppy pale ale,? said Wells. ?The fact that I like it makes it that much better.?

If you would like to learn more about COTA you can visit their 13th annual spring fling trail work event next Saturday, June 9th at the Mt. Bachelor Park and Ride. There you can enjoy a free breakfast by REI and help clean and build trails. There will also be an after-party with a BBQ, and Deschutes Brewery beer.