NOVEMBER 17, 2016 // 11
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The sale of Pelican Brewing’s Five Fin Pilsner promotes the ambitious Salmon Superhighway project.
Continued from Pg. 10
since 2012 and opened their
tap room in 2014. They
quickly saw the importance
of giving back to the friends
and neighbors who have
supported them from day
one.
To that end, they have
established the Giving Back
Tap at North Jetty, which
features a beer created just to
recognize and support a local
community group.
This years’ beer will
benefi t the Friends of Willapa
National Wildlife Refuge and
their ongoing educational
efforts.
Michelle Svendsen — an
avid hiker — said the pairing
was a natural fi t. “My hus-
band and I love to hike, love
the trails here,” she says.
This past summer, the
brewery held its fi rst-ever
Brews & Views Summer
Hike Series, which featured
a different hike in Willapa
National Wildlife Refuge in
July, August and September.
Guides shared information
about plants, animals and
current restoration efforts,
and Michelle Svendsen talk-
ed about natural ingredients
that can be used in brewing
and cooking. The events
also helped enlist interested
people to sign up with the
Friends program.
“It was a fun way to get
people out and learning
about our beautiful peninsula
trails and treasures as well
as getting people signed
up for Friends of Willapa,”
Svendsen says. “So many
people didn’t know what
great things they are doing
for the refuge and our com-
munity — not to mention the
fun events they have for the
members of the group.”
At the end of the hike
series, the Svendsens decided
to create a beer celebrating
the Friends’ work. The result
was a light-bodied amber ale
featuring pine notes from the
Chinook and Western red
cedar dry hop.
A big part of the fun
comes in naming the brew,
something that participants
Above: The Salmon Su-
perhighway project will re-
store access to almost 180
miles of blocked salmon
and steelhead habitat on
Oregon’s North Coast.
Left: David Reid, a Fort
George Brewery Mag-
nanimous Mug nom-
inee last year, put his
fundraising eff orts to-
ward Clatsop Animal As-
sistance.
worked on during
the “brew day” in
To fi nd out more about its Giving Back Tap, visit
October.
“We had about
North Jetty Brewing at northjettybrewing.com
10 people from
Friends of Willapa
on hand with us, and they
— Straight-A Amber Ale —
all came up with different
was brewed to benefi t Ocean
names,” Svendsen says.
Beach Education Foundation
The brew was narrowed
on the Long Beach Peninsu-
down to three top choices:
la. It raised over $700.
Willapa Amber Ale, Willapa
The money raised for
Bay Amber Ale and Willapa
Friends of Willapa will go
Refuge Red.
toward the group’s youth out-
After much deliberation,
reach programs, which teach
everyone settled on calling
kids about local ecosystems.
the brew Willapa Refuge Red And North Jetty Brewing
Ale.
will continue its Brews &
“There were some pretty
Views Hike Series next
crazy names being thrown
summer too.
out,” Svendsen says with a
For the Svendsens, part-
laugh. “We wanted some-
nering with organizations
thing that kind of rolls off the like the Friends of Willapa
tongue.”
National Wildlife Refuge
Released at a party on
to educate and donate is a
Nov. 13, this creation marks
no-brainer.
the second year of North
“For us, our community
Jetty’s Giving Back Tap.
supports us, gets us through
50 cents of every pint
the winter,” Michelle Svend-
PHOTO BY DANNY MILLER
sold of the specially brewed
sen says. “We absolutely
beers goes to benefi t the
wanted to give back. This all Proceeds from North Jetty Brewing’s new Willapa Refuge
Red Ale, a fresh-hopped Western red cedar beer, benefi ts the
chosen organization. The
fi ts in with our love of the
Friends of the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge.
fi rst year’s Giving Back Tap
peninsula.”