Wandering Goat event at Riptide Brewing features free pinball play

Grumpy Goat Coffee’s next Wandering Goat event is Saturday, June 27, 3 - 7 p.m. at Riptide Brewing, 28120 Hunters Ridge Blvd, Bonita Springs. The event continues a new direction for the annual Wandering Goat summer series, shifting the focus of the popular community events toward building awareness about the Bonita Estero Rail Trail (BERT) initiative. Golf Cart Monkey is sponsoring all-day free play on Riptide’s twenty pinball tables. 

Three craft coffee beer collaborations between Riptide and Grumpy Goat will be available. Grumpy is a coffee blonde ale using Grumpy Goat’s Colombian dark roast beans; Before the Sun is a coffee amber lager conditioned on Grumpy Goat’s Mexican dark roast beans; and Polar Night is a Nitro Coffee Irish Stout using Grumpy Goat’s Ethiopian dark roast beans.

The event is open to the public. Attendees can meet their local master coffee roaster, craft brewer, and other artisan food and beverage experts in a casual, family and pet-friendly setting.

Additional exhibitors include The Hoppy Homestead, Kristi’s Key Lime Cookies, Olde Naples Chocolate, and Granny-O-La. Event questions can be submitted at grumpygoat.com.

• Grumpy Goat Coffee is a specialty roastery that sells fresh roasted, fully traceable, single origin gourmet grade coffee from most of the world's top growing regions.
• Granny-O-La is a local artisan, small-batch granola brand created by Jennifer Deutsch, featuring handcrafted, premium ingredients. Focused on purpose-driven snacking, 50% of profits are donated to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
• The Hoppy Homestead offers a range of fresh-baked sourdough products including breads, English muffins, cookies, brownies and dog treats.
• Kristi’s Key Lime Cookies creates handcrafted, baked fresh-to-order vanilla cookies smothered with a decadent key lime topping that contains no preservatives. 
• Olde Naples Chocolate specializes in making top-quality, gourmet custom chocolates hand-crafted daily from the finest natural ingredients. 
• Friends of the Bonita Estero Rail Trail (BERT) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and advance the BERT greenway as a conserved natural corridor with a connected multi-use trail.

For the past four years, the Wandering Goat series has brought together local food and beverage artisans to offer complimentary tastings and drive summer traffic to small businesses during the quieter off-season. In 2026, the series will take on a broader civic purpose - serving as a platform to inform, engage, and mobilize Bonita Springs residents around funding a transformative community project.

This year’s Wandering Goat events will spotlight BERT’s mission to convert 11.4 miles of inactive Seminole Gulf Railway corridor into a multi-use walking and biking trail.  The project aims to enhance connectivity, promote outdoor recreation, and contribute to the long-term quality of life in Bonita Springs.

“Wandering Goat has always been about community connection,” said Brian Abernathy, founder of Grumpy Goat Coffee. “This summer, we’re expanding that mission by creating opportunities for residents to learn about BERT, ask questions, and understand how this project could shape the future of our city.”