Brew Trips!

Going to Vermont with some buddies in a few weeks. Should be a lot of fun.
Then, later in the summer, I am meeting up with my sister and brother in Portland (ME) to spend some time there and pop over to Portsmouth NH too.
Hoping to get a Chicago trip in as well.

 

If you hit oddsides, try and make it to be for a thursday night. Bring your own mug night (up to a liter) for a $5 fill on regular beers. You can get a 1 liter glass stein from walmart from $2-3. I bought one for myself and one for my dad for that specific reason.

 

Unfortunately, we won't be there on a Thursday for this trip, but I'll certainly keep that in mind! That's an amazing deal on their regular brews. Thanks!

 

I will be hitting up Boston for the first time for EBF. Definitely plan to stock up on Trillium.

 

In the summer, a liter of pineapple IPA, and walking back to the beach on a warm night, perfect.

No matter when you go, they don't serve food, but you can bring in anything you want, or order food to be delivered to you there. something to keep in mind.

 

Doing EBF and Denver/Boulder in back to back weekends. Aka my death

 

I certainly adore Brugge, but if you are a Cantillon fan Brussels is very very attractive!

 

This thread is bringing back many good memories of past trips! Have done so many listed here. Portland, SD, SF, Asheville, Bend, Chicago(and 3F's), London, Philly and of course Belgium on several occasions. Belgium tops the list, but really enjoyed our time in Portland because of the excellent public transport. Very little driving needed.

 

Hitting Cigar City next week. Got a nice gift for Christmas to take a brew tour in Cincinnati which is always fun. Hope to hit 50 West, Rhinegeist, Listermann and Madtree on that. Charlevoix Half Marathon in July which I'm sure will involve some Traverse City/Shorts/Grand Rapids brew-venturing. Heading to SoCal in October and hope to fit in 1-2 breweries if possible!

 

It's all about Cantillon! If it were just a Belgium trip, then Brugges would definitely be on the itinerary.

 

Knoxville , Asheville , Atlanta and Nashville. All within 3.5 hrs and loaded with good breweries!

 

Last fall did a trip to Chicago hitting Milwaukee on the way down and Madison on the ways back and plenty of interesting stops along the way.

 

Got quite a few this year...

Orlando and the Carolina's in a few weeks... Later this spring, Chicago (3 Floyds, Revolution) and Michigan (Bell's, Founders)... Southern Tier at some point in NY again and more local ones around Ohio.

 

We went to Franken in Germany (Bamberg area) in December for Bockbierzeit (Bock beer season). Hit all the big ones: Schlenkerla, Spezial, Keesman, Mahrs, Faessla and Greifenklau. Picked up bottles (Bock or Christmas) from many others: Sonne, Main-seidla, Vierzehnheiligen, Klosterbraeu, Neder, Staffelberg-braeu, uzw (etc). Bamberg is a great Beer destination!

 

Planning a trip to San Diego in october. Excited to check out the beer scene there. I live in grand rapids and make it to Chicago a couple times a year, a nice west coast trip will be great!!

 

There are a few I will be checking out.

This month: Sun King and Against the Grain
Spring Summer: New Glarus, 18th Street, 3 Floyds, Greenbush, The Livery

Locals throughout the year: Penrose

 

Since I started visiting the Pacific Northwest in the 90s, every trip is a beer trip for me. I love trying local brews, regardless of where I go. I am definitely looking forward to visiting NYC in April!

 

'Lakes District' as in New York, or is that something connected to your London visit?

 

Every time I go out of town for work. Most common trip goes like this:

Cellarmaker
Moyland's
Lagunitas
Petaluma Hills
Russian River
Bear Republic
Sierra Nevada
Brasserie St. James

 

Our next beer trip is coming up to attend an event at The Bruery, which I'm very excited to be a part of. Other than that, we don't currently have any specific trips planned as we already did a major brewery hop in January...maybe something else will come up later this year!