Ales for the Trail 2024

Join us at Coeur d'Alene City Park in downtown Coeur d'Alene for great craft beer, wine and cider from local and regional brewers to raise funds for the North Idaho Centennial Trail!

GA Tickets: $35 through July 31st and $45 on/after August 1st

VIP Tickets: $60 (See exclusive VIP perks below!)

Kids: Ages 6-17 are $10; 5 & under are FREE (available only at the door)

All ticket sales go to operating and maintaining our 23 miles of the North Idaho Centennial Trail from Higgens Point to the Idaho/Washington border.

GA Tickets Include:

• Beer, cider, wine tastings
• Options for non-alcoholic tastings as well
• Secure FREE Bike Parking
• Live Music - Jip Skippy and The Unprepared 3-5:30pm & Jam Shack 5:30-8pm
• All online registrations receive the new 2023 cup
• If you buy tickets at the door you are NOT guaranteed the commemorative cup!
• Tickets available on Eventbrite until August 17th at 6am

VIP Tickets Include:

• Event-wide admittance and all GA perks included
• Designated stage-front lounge and seating area
• VIP only specialty beer bar featuring Great Notion, WeldWerks, Jester King, FrauGruber, and Põhjala beers (see beer details below)
• Complimentary raffle tickets
• Food truck voucher for free taco
• Only 200 VIP tickets available!

Come hungry! Food will be provided by some of the best food trucks in Coeur d'Alene for purchase.

What do I need to get in? You MUST have a valid form of Personal Identification to receive alcohol. All patrons will be carded. Wristbands will be given to non-drinkers and designated drivers.

What if I'm under 21? Minors may attend in the company of a legal guardian but absolutely no one under 21 years of age will be served alcohol.

PLEASE NO Animals. Park rules, it’s not up to us!

**Ride your bike to the event and use our free bike coral**

BEER & CIDER GARDEN

• Bombastic Brewing
• Boochcraft
• Bottle Joy
• Chalice Brewing
• Daft Badger Brewing
• Firestone Walker & 805
• Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Company
• NoLi Brewery
• Outpost Brewery
• River Ranch Brewing
• Schilling Cider
• Snake River Brewing
• Trailbreaker Cider
• Trails End Bewery
• Vantage Point Brewing Company
• Westwood Brewing
• AND MORE!

LOCAL WINE TASTING

• Liberty Lake Wine Cellars
• Rivaura Winery
• Stylus Wine & Vinyl Bar

VIP SPECIALTY BEER BAR BY SCOUT DISTRIBUTION

Join beer aficionado Justin Miller from Scout Distributing at the VIP Specialty Beer Bar! He will be there all day to tell you about his amazing selections and answer all your nerdy beer questions. We recommend tasting at this bar first before exploring GA to ensure you get as much as you’d like of these beers!

Jester King Biere de Lenoir - The ONLY keg in Idaho!

Jester King is a brewery, pizzeria, and goat ranch on 41 beautiful acres of land in the Texas Hill Country on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. Their Biere de Lenoir is a barrel-aged wild ale brewed with well water, Texas grain, and a blend of fresh hops and aged hops from their property. It's fermented with a mixed culture and aged in neutral oak wine barrels. After about a year of maturation, it was re-fermented with a very high ratio (fruit to beer) of Lenoir (aka Black Spanish) grapes from Sulphur Bluff, Texas. After re-fermentation, they naturally conditioned the beer in bottles and kegs. The keg poured at the Ales For The Trail VIP Specialty Beer Bar will be the only keg allocated to the state of Idaho!

Great Notion Juice Box DIPA

Great Notion is a brewery started by three friends and neighbors in Portland, Oregon. They offer hazy, fruit-forward IPAs and culinary-inspired sours & stouts while striving to always keep beer fun. They have won numerous Gold and Silver medals over the years, including accolades at World Beer Cup, GABF, Best of Craft Beer Awards, and Oregon Beer Awards, as well as the 2018 #1 IPA in America from Paste Magazine. The Juice Box DIPA bursts with pungent American hops, with aromas of peach, mango, and passion fruit. Juice Box is brewed with over 4 pounds of hops per barrel, but the mellow bitterness and soft mouth feel makes this DIPA dangerously drinkable!

WeldWerks Sour - Selection to be announced soon!

Established in 2015, WeldWerks Brewing Co. is an award-winning and locally-owned craft brewery in Greeley, Colorado recognized for brewing an array of beer styles including sours and some of the most highly regarded IPAs in the country. WeldWerkshas garnered numerous medals and acclaim on the way, including being named best new brewery by USA Today’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards in 2016 and multiple medals at both the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup. The Ales For The Trail VIP Specialty Beer Bar will feature a sour selected by Scout Distributing. Follow us on social media to learn more about the selected beer soon!

FrauGruber Pilsner

FrauGruber is located in Gundelfingen an der Donau, Germany, in between Stuttgart and Munich. Founded in 2016 and first operating as ‘gypsy brewers’, the two owners built their own brewery in 2020, growing their own malting barley and sourcing high-quality hops from around the world. Their Pilsner is wet hopped with Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Spalt Select, Tettnanger, and Opal hops and is slightly hazy, creating a unique spin on a classic style.

Põhjala Sticks & Stones Imperial Stout

Põhjala is located in Tallinn, Estonia, where they take well‑known beer styles and add their own distinctive twist with surprising ingredients or long barrel aging. The Sticks & Stones Imperial Stout is brewed with raspberry branch tea, raspberries, and liquorice - aged in Oloroso sherry and Ruby port barrels. Raspberry jam on a rich dark rye bread meets oaky tannins on the palate. A touch of malty chocolate plays itself in with a sweet crushed berry character following, giving way to a chewy black forest gateaux flavor.

There are only 200 VIP tickets available, so get your tickets while you can!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• All proceeds to benefit the North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation.
• Questions or comments tabitha@nictf.org
• No refunds after 8/17/2024 - this fundraiser is very important for the NICTF
• Event is rain or shine and will be moved to a different location indoors in the case of smoke, only if the AQI index exceeds 150. No refunds will be offered due to smoke.

Please drink responsibly. Uber and taxis are available in CDA for your use.

Paid or metered parking available around the City Park and Downtown CDA.

VOLUNTEER FOR FREE TICKETS

Volunteer for a 2.5 hour shift at Ales For The Trail and receive a ticket to the event all day! We are always seeking volunteers for event setup, helping pour beer, or breaking everything down afterwards.

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