AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2025 - 60

The flight
Serani has a surplus of friends. It's not surprising, as he
is a gregarious, eternally optimistic guy. One of those
friends, another brewer, told him about a hop farm in
Paonia, Colorado. There was an airport there, and his
friend suggested they fly there to pick up fresh hops.
" We got a few more pilots involved and found a few
other brewery owners who were pilots. I asked if they
wanted to tag along, and it turned into more of a fly-in.
I like it because it's flying with a purpose, " he says.
The hop farm in Paonia closed, so the group found
Billy Goat Hop Farm near Montrose Regional Airport
(MTJ), an hour or so flight from Erie Municipal
Airport (EIK) where Serani bases his RV-10. Billy
Goat Hop Farm is owned by Chris Della Bianca and
Audrey Gehlhausen, an enterprising couple who share
the same enthusiastic spirit as Serani. They open their
32-acre farm to the pilot group and supply 60-pound
bags of fresh hops-a Cascade and Chinook variety-
to FlyteCo for brewing. They also are suppliers for the
dried hops most beers are made from; fresh hop beer
is unusual and delicate to make.
" They are picking the hops as we're flying up there.
They'll have it ready to go when we get there. We'll put
it in the airplane and come right back to Denver and
drive it to the brewery. The brew kettle will be ready
for it, and we'll just dump it right in, " says Serani.
We meet at 6:30 a.m., and some aircraft are
already in position while others are flying in from
other locations. The aircraft will take off from Erie in
a sequence based on each aircraft's speed. A Cirrus
SR22 leads the pack followed by Serani in his RV-10,
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The view from Laura Carpenter's Cessna 182 over the
Arapahoe National Recreational Area, approaching Rollins
Pass. Eli McKee watches for other aircraft in his Cessna 185.
a V-tail Bonanza, a Swift, RV-4, a Cessna 180, 182, and
the 185. We're taking the northern route over the Rocky
Mountains. Rollins Pass is at an elevation of 11,676 feet
and the view is amazing. We're traveling the northern
route in the morning and taking the shorter southern
route with lower elevation back because the heat of the
day will build bumps and allows for better avoidance of
wildfire smoke. It's an easy, bouncy flight in the Cirrus
but a moderately uncomfortable one in the smaller
aircraft. But these Colorado pilots are unfazed.

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