sprezzatura

I cycle. I drink craft beer and hang out in downtown pubs... it seems fairly common in Baltimore. People who cycle around here tend to also be fans of quality brew...

I wanted to see if this is something that is common everywhere... so how about it?

Do you cycle and love good beer?


Also, I found this cool shirt I think I'm gonna get, it's only $12, which kinda confirms my belief that cycling and beer drinking goes hand in hand.

Cycle made of beer bottles
https://www.epicdelusion.com/Cycling-Shirt-p/cy05.htm

They also have this one I like

Craft Beer
https://www.epicdelusion.com/Craft-Brew-p/c01sbl.htm


Cheers and Beers!!!

TampaRaleigh

Seems to be a popular combo down here too. I know that I LOVE a good craft beer!

NWS Alpine

I use to be a big beer snob.

Now I'm a traditional American Bourbon snob (sometimes I am a scotch snob but prefer American style whiskey). I find my cycling performance the day after has improved

bonz50

I love my beer bourbon and scotch. to the point where i've been homebrewing for ~10yrs now and assisted a friend in opening his own brewpub/nanobrewery. if distillation were legal in the US i'd have done it years ago and would be enjoying some homemade barrel aged bourbon around now.

I've been on a cheap swill kick lately for money and waist line reasons

NWS Alpine

Home distilling should be legal. Gravy train of taxes on spirits will make it next to impossible to change

Micro Distilling is the next big boom. It will be bigger than microbrews some day I hope.

bikerjp

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We have Cranknstein here.

Maybe, but people blowing up homes in residential neighborhoods is probably part of the issue.

antmeeks

I like beer... oh yes, very much!:

WhyFi

Beer? Yes.

bonz50

when I get to my retirement location I plan on distilling. damn the man, aint no homes close to where my land is anyway so it shouldn't be a problem, 'cept that pesky legal requirement.

Cowboy905

i LOVE craft brews. breweries are sprouting up everywhere. it's incredible.

pgjackson

Craft beer is a big deal here in San Diego. Stone and Karl Strauss are the biggest (I guess you can call them "craft"). I love to sample new stuff. But I also like an ice-cold Coors Light on occasion. My beer fridge is always full of an eclectic assortment of beers from Stout to Pilsner to Pale Ale to Lager to Hef...I like them all.

Except IPA. Hate that stuff.

Life is too short to drink crappy beer.

Adrianinkc

Beer yes please.

Delirum Tremens

sprezzatura

That's awesome that so many cyclists are into homebrew/craft brew. In baltimore city I get the 3 lions ale at the pratt st ale house, 11%abv. Did century rides from baltimore to ocean city (120miles).. once we were finished, we'd go grab a brew at the local pub. About 90 miles into the ride the prospect of beer gives you an extra 30 easy

NWS Alpine

Or maybe the people watching too much fake moonshiners on TV that think it's easy to blow up your house.

A few hours reading online about how to properly distill and your mind will be changed.Only reason it's illegal is the taxes. It's $13.50 per proof gallon.

Mayday328

I have not been to Cranknstein yet but I have heard good things. It is certainly unique. Beer and bike culture seem to go hand in hand here in Fort Collins and, it seems, Colorado as a whole.

mpath

Kinda begs the question: are there cyclists who love bad beer?

WhyFi

Fixie hipsters love them some PBR.

Elduderino2412

I'll go to a place that serves toilet water if there are decent looking women there.

calamarichris

I knew we'd find something in common. IPA is for slobs who are too lazy to clean their tanks & hoses properly--excessive hops are a natural, mild disinfectant, so it's easy for a lot of n00b-brewers to make that swill without too much fuss. The history of IPA is charming, but there's one fad I'm can't wait to see die! It's getting so that finding a non-IPA on tap is rarer than finding phone booths anymore.
PJ--you need to visit The Lost Abbey, just North of the 78--the place has spectacular brews for this country. Only downside is you won't speak so fondly of Karl Strauss & Stone after you've been there. They do the Belgian styles and the German-styles very, very well.

My father used to streak his own yeast cultures, grind his own grain, and his Kolsch actually took Best In Fest back in '96. We went to a lot of brewfests together, and it ruined me for pretty much everything. But The Lost Abbey gives me hope for this country.

I lived & raced in the Netherlands for three years during my youth. We were right across the street from a Grolsch brewery and I used to take my empties straight back to the factory. Let me tell you, the Grolsch in Limburg is nothing like the skunkwater/Heinekin-pee they send us. We were about 5K from the Belgian border, and about 3K from the German border. The Benelux makes the best of the best IMO, because they don't go overboard with the hops, with chocolat-stout, cilantro, or some of the other stupid things we do to beer in this country. They're mild, nuanced, and they don't try to taste like something else.
I found this actual monkery with the bier garden while out on a ride once in the region of Maastricht/Liege, but I've never been able to find it since. Everyone was laughing at me, drinking barleywine dressed up like an Olympian cyclist, but eventually I had over the limit and they wouldn't serve me anymore. (Wasn't acting stupid, they just have a limit per customer.) I don't remember riding my bike home, but I got there somehow.
My favorite at Lost Abbey is their Czech pilsner, when it's in season. Give them a try.


There aren't many bottled beers here, but Duvel is up there, as are some of the aforementioned. Also been liking the Anderson Valley's Brother David's Dubbel & Triple--not spectacular, but they'll get you through the Winter while everyone else is drinking Schlitz.

bonz50

for the record - in the realm of cheap beer, PBR is pretty good, believe it or not. to bad its been co-opted by teh hipster crowd, I was havin that stuff in the 80's. my 'goto' cheap beer is busch/busch lite 30pks

humboldt'sroads

To pretend that we are anything but "beer fans with a penchant for cycling" would be incorrect. Have you been to a charity ride lately? They don't sell out of the 3X jersey size for no good reason...

mprelaw

I love good beer, but diabetes puts a limit on how much of it I can drink in one sitting.

AndyK 

Ouch!

TampaRaleigh

WhyFi

We'll have to agree to disagree.