Grumpy Goat Coffee’s next Wandering Goat event is Saturday, July 25, 3 – 7 p.m. at Chubby Mermaid Brewing, 28292 Industrial Rd. #1, 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.

The event will feature the relaunch of the Chubby Goat, a craft beer collaboration. The Chubby Goat is a Scotch ale style Wee Heavy conditioned on Grumpy Goat’s Vietnamese coffee 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 Pansardo Italian Food Specialties, The Hoppy Homestead, Kristi’s Key Lime Cookies, Olde Naples Chocolate, Granny-O-La, Bombshell Hot Sauce and Bailey’s Beer Biscuits.

• 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.
• Pansardo is an Italian deli and cafe that makes oven-fresh pizzas, sandwiches and salads. They produce and import a variety of cheeses, and artisanal food products from Sardinia.
• 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.
• Bombshell Hot Sauce offers a variety of flavors, each handcrafted with the freshest, top quality, all natural ingredients.
• 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. 
• Bailey’s Beer Biscuits in Bonita Springs makes small batch dog treats baked with spent brewing grains and made with only four 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 been known for bringing together local food and beverage artisans to offer complimentary tastings while driving 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.”