# Trash Wheel Python Beer

> A 2015 trash wheel python inspired Baltimore’s top-selling beer for a decade.
- Title: Trash Wheel Python Beer · The Banner | Shortify
- Summary: A 2015 trash wheel python inspired Baltimore’s top-selling beer for a decade. Peabody Heights Brewery’s Lost Python Ale, released in 2015, remains a top…
- Keywords: peabody heights brewery, waterfront partnership, healthy harbor initiative, lost python ale, session ipa, baltimore, inner harbor, news, local, Trash, Wheel, Python
- Source: The Banner — https://thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/python-trash-wheel-beer-peabody-heights-VOQ2MTBPMBCPVH4NN6TZMSELWA
- Author: Christina Tkacik
- Published: 2026-09-25T21:28:37.432+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: peabody heights brewery, waterfront partnership, healthy harbor initiative, lost python ale, session ipa, baltimore, inner harbor, news, local
## Trash Wheel Python Beer
A 2015 trash wheel python inspired Baltimore’s top-selling beer for a decade.
## 2015 Python Incident
A 5-foot python was caught in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor trash wheel during a storm.
## Beer Name Origin
The beer’s name, 'Lost Python Ale', came after rejecting 'get trashed' as inappropriate.

> ‘Get trashed’ was not appropriate
## Beer Sales Impact
Peabody Heights’ Lost Python Ale remains in the top four or five beers sold a decade later.
## Funding for Initiative
The beer raised $75,000 for the Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative.
## Band Inspiration
The Waterfront Partnership formed a band named The Lost Pythons after the beer.

> We’re the band named after the beer named after the python that got eaten by Mr. Trash Wheel
## Recent Python Discovery
A dead 14-foot python was found on a trash wheel in Gwynns Falls this week.
## Key takeaway

Peabody Heights Brewery’s Lost Python Ale, released in 2015, remains a top seller and raised $75,000 for the Healthy Harbor Initiative.