Beer Tour Advice...Which are best?

Welcome,

First step, resign yourself to the fact that you will miss some breweries you'll later wish you'd visited.

Then combine which ever places get suggested in this thread with the Places directory on this site to pick and choose which you'll visit based on where you want to travel to see and do other things.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/place/

Have fun!

Edit: Also give some thought to the idea that what you give him is an unspecified beer tour/holiday that the two of you plan together. Lets him incorporate some of his own preferences, etc. in case there's anyplace in particular he's wanted to visit. For example, if I were able to get to that area of CA I'd definitely put Russian River in Santa Rosa on my "must do" list and there's hardly a beer they make I'd not be willing to drink. In fact if I could only visit one brewery in CA it would be RR.

 

Major overlook on Comrade Brewing not being on Colorado/Denver

 

While not criminally bad (except the #1 choice), the Denver one is overlooking several places I think most Colorado BA's would endorse.
At the very least, drop Denver Beer CO and add Comrade and Hogshead. if Amato's counts, so should the the Falling Rock Taphouse.

 

Last year my buddies and I went on a trip to Founders and Bells and it was a blast! We are looking to make this an annual thing to travel and visit breweries. Where should we go visit!

 

If you ever make it to Fresno, Tioga Sequoia is nice and right across the street from a triple A ball park. If coming to Cali, Lagunitas, Russian River, Firestone Walker.

 

Easy--Denver. With Boulder and Fort Collins near, you probably won't be able to make it to all the breweries in one trip!

 

Belgium.

 

Russian River, Sante Adairius, Alpine, Societe, Cellarmaker are all great visits in CA

 

I think that Westbrook in South Carolina looks cool as shit.

 

The nicest brewery experience that I have had is New Glarus.

 

Tired Hands, awesome place with great beer, food and vibe. I'm going Tuesday, can't wait!

 

Night shift is pretty fun if your in the boston area. They have a food truck outside that lets you place orders from inside, they encourage you to order delivery. Huge open space with plenty of seating. They also have corn hole set up in the barrel room which is pretty sweet!

 

Crooked Stave @ The Source and Side Project Cellar have been recent favorites.

 

Greater Denver area, Bend/Portland, San Diego, Bay Area, Chicagoland, Seattle...

 

If you want to go on a fun tour Lakefront puts on a great show.

 

Pretty broad question. Maybe narrow it down to a region?

 

Pick a direction/highway, then use this link and just start driving. http://www.brewerymap.com/

 

I think you should go to CR Snow, but I don't know if they give tours. Check first.

 

My number 1 to visit Firestone Walker's Barrel Works in Buelton, CA