Crack open a cold one after a day in the outdoors. Whether hiking, biking, paddling or enjoying other outdoor pursuits, there’s a sudsy satisfaction in celebrating with a frosty beer.

Nature and beer, particularly craft beer of late, are enjoying a playful partnership. They appear to be a natural team (though there are those who may argue, and rightfully so, that wine, bourbon and other spirits are also adroit partners on the dance floor).

Reliving the day over a tall one is part party, part reflection and part welcome relief. Choosing the right beer is a personal choice. But sometimes a beer just calls out to you, partly because of its name.

So, consider…

Long Trail Ale (longtrail.com)

The rugged Long Trail spans the length of Vermont, totaling some 273 miles as it follows the spine of the Green Mountains between Massachusetts and Canada. The oldest long distance hiking trail in America, the white-blazed trail coincides with the Appalachian Trail for some 100 miles in the southern portion of the state. So how about popping a frosty Long Trail Ale after a day on the trail? Founded in 1989, The Long Trail Brewing Co. produces a host of thirst-quenching adult beverages at its brewery along the Ottauquechee River in Bridgewater Corners including year-round offerings like India Pale Ale and Double Bag.

Tuckerman Pale Ale (tuckermanbrewing.com)

Mount Washington is the Northeast’s beast. At 6,288 feet, it’s the highest peak in the Northeast. In New Hampshire’s White Mountains, the Rockpile attracts a wealth of hikers but also runners and cyclists showing up for events using the 7.6-mile auto road to its summit. With its punishing winds and fickle weather (the manned Mount Washington Observatory is up top), crack open a Tuckerman Pale Ale from the Tuckerman Brewing Co. in Conway. Tuckerman’s the name of the famous ravine on the mountain’s eastern shoulder. The Tuckerman Ravine Trail is a popular hiking trail, while in winter backcountry skiers hit Tuck’s, a glacial cirque.

Fat Tire Amber Ale (newbelguim.com)

There’s nothing like rolling a fatty in Colorado. Of course, that’s all about going for a bike ride and then topping if off with the New Belgium Brewing Company’s Fat Tire Amber Ale out of Fort Collins. One of the brewery’s founders, an electrical engineer with a love of beer and home brewing named Jeff Lebesch, toured Europe in 1989 on a fat tired mountain bike. Inspired by beer writer Michael Jackson’s “The World Guide to Beer” Lebesch sought out the best bars and returned to basement brew a pair of beers, including the amber Fat Tire, and opened the brewery in 1991. Now the brewery hosts a myriad of costumed and festive Tour de Fat bicycle rides throughout the country. Or, just ride the Poudre River Trail.

White Water Wheat (grandcanyonbrewery.com)

The mighty Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona. From its Rocky Mountain beginnings to its Gulf of California finish line, the river offers a wealth of recreation opportunities to anglers, rafters, boaters, wildlife watchers and more. As it carves and cuts its way through geologic history, the stunningly scenic waterway pulses through the Grand Canyon National Park. With all that whitewater about, it’s only fitting to relive the adventure over an invigorating White Water Wear from the Grand Canyon Brewery in Williams, Arizona. The beer doesn’t discriminate against users, and is equally refreshing following, say, a tough hike of Humphreys Peak in the Kachina Peaks Wilderness, Arizona’s highest point at 12,637 feet.

Mt. Tam Pale Ale (marinbrewing.com)

Marin County, California’s Mount Tamalpais is considered the birthplace of mountain biking. Back in the 1970s, ragtag collection of happy renegades on prototype mountain bikes took to Mt. Tam as locals call it. Guys like racer Gary Fisher, frame designer Joe Breeze and entrepreneur Charlie Kelly took klunker bikes, made of old frames, on dirt. The rest is history. Mt. Tam still sees its mountain bikers, but now with a lot less steel and more suspension than those klunkers. The smooth Mt. Tam Pale Ale by Marin Brewing in Larkspur goes down well after a day on the singletrack in the scrub, evergreens and meadows.