Chicagoland Beer Exploration Society

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Chicagoland Beer Exploration Society

Every member of the Society (CBES) should aspire to have a beer at every brewery or brewpub located in a day or two bicycle ride distance from Chicago (and, of course, within the city limits).

Naturally, preferable way of getting to is by bike, as for riding back . . . whatever is available, train, bus, horse and buggy, depending on amount of beverages consumed at the destination.

Routes on Ride with GPS, here.

On Facebook, here.

On Twitter, here.

Lists of breweries and brewpubs (and other beer things): on Facebook, and on Twitter.

Website: http://www.facebook.com/cbeeres
Location: Chicago and around
Members: 203
Latest Activity: Nov 3

Discussion Forum

Post your favorite local beers here! 15 Replies

Did you just try a local beer that you thought was exceptional?  Post it here!  Continue

Started by Rich S. Last reply by Boonji Dec 24, 2023.

Future rides 71 Replies

Please post suggestions, ideas and discuss 'em here.Continue

Tags: beer rides, brewery rides, future rides, CBES

Started by Serge Lubomudrov. Last reply by Brett Miller Apr 28, 2021.

Bikes, Bites and Brews - North Mayfair Festival 1 Reply

North Mayfair Improvement Association (NMIA) is pleased to announce “Bikes, Bites & Brews”, a neighborhood festival scheduled for Labor Day weekend, September 1 – 3, 2017.  Fest-goers can look…Continue

Started by Matthew J. Robertson. Last reply by Serge Lubomudrov Jul 30, 2017.

Beer-, but non necessarily bike-related events 43 Replies

Post here a beer-related event you'd like to attend and invite others.Continue

Tags: beer events, events, beer

Started by Serge Lubomudrov. Last reply by Serge Lubomudrov Dec 11, 2014.

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Comment by bobweiser on April 27, 2013 at 6:00pm

wow that was fun

Comment by Rich S on April 24, 2013 at 3:22am

Then we're either SOL or riding the reverse route!  

Comment by Rich S on April 23, 2013 at 11:04am

A bike n beer marathon of sorts?  Sounds fun!  

I'm still clinging to hope that the DP River Trail will be ride-able by May 11. I'm planning on taking a ride the weekend before to check it out. 

Comment by Rich S on April 23, 2013 at 10:54am

Outside of that I like both northbound ride ideas!

Comment by Rich S on April 23, 2013 at 10:53am

I might be re-scheduling my Ride the River ride to June 15 because of the flooding.  I originally thought June 8 but won't be available that Saturday. 

Comment by Todd Boring on April 18, 2013 at 1:46pm

I stopped in at Beer Geeks in Highland In. on Tues. night. I believe I discovered the place while surfing the CBES FB page. They schedule a blues band every Tues. night which is a huge bonus for me. On this particular night it was the Jimmy Burns Band which did not disappoint......oh, and the beer selection was excellent as well. I suppose my only gripe would be the lack of session ales. The majority of their offerings were 8.5 abv and up. I am planning to return this coming Tues. for Corey Dennison.......Cheers

Comment by Duppie on April 16, 2013 at 9:22am
Comment by Adam Z on April 15, 2013 at 7:44am

I'd cut over on Howard thru Park Ridge (see http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/how-to-get-to-the-nb-des-p...).

The Des Plaines portion of the train is quite nice and well maintained.  The rest until Lake County is of varying quality.

I'll see if I can attend, sounds like a good time!

Comment by Marcusn on April 15, 2013 at 7:44am

Hoping to join in at some point (I live up in Lake Bluff), maybe meeting the group at Mickey Finns. 

The trails are all crushed limestone. When they're wet, they have a few sinking spots and puddles. When the trails are dry, they have  occasional loose gravel. Never ideal for road bikes, but I do sometimes see 23mm tires on them. (I run 32mm without much problem)

Lake Bluff Brewing Co. has a small room, and finding seats on a saturday night might take an hour or more for a large group. They may have the sidewalk over-flow seating open by then, but not sure. Still, some great bear inside there. (not cheap though).

Comment by Rich S on April 15, 2013 at 7:33am

Event is posted waiting on approval. 

We'll figure out the best way/access point to the Des Plaines River Trail closer in. Conditions will hopefully be better by then. 

 

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