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.
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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
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Started by Serge Lubomudrov. Last reply by Serge Lubomudrov Dec 11, 2014.
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wow that was fun
Then we're either SOL or riding the reverse route!
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.
Outside of that I like both northbound ride ideas!
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.
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
And we rode all the way out to Naperville...
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130416/uptown/solemn-oath-brewery-...
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!
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).
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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