North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
TRP visited North by Northwest Brewery in Austin, TX in January of 2012. After our encounter with NXNW’s Beerliner we had to check out the actual brewery that was making the delicious liquid we were sampling the night before. Davis Tucker started NXNW in 1984 after running a contract brewing facility in the area for [...]
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Black Star Co-Op
TRP visited Black Star Co-Op in February of 2012. Black Star is the world’s first co-operatively owned and worker self managed brewpub in the US. According to Wikipedia: A cooperative (aka co-op) is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefit. Cooperatives include non-profit community organizations and [...]
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Free State Brewing Co.
This is the TRP’s favorite brewery ever, hands down. Yes, we have a local bias, but after visiting 100s of beer destinations I can honestly sit here and tell you that this brewery is making some of the best beers in the industry across the board. Free State brewery was started in 1989 as the [...]
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Red Eye Brewing Co.
TRP visited Red Eye Brewing Co. in August 2011. If you find yourself roaming around northern Wisconsin like we were, then you should definitely make your way up to Wausau, WI where you will find one of the best Wisconsin breweries around, Red Eye Brewing Co. We arrived around dinner time and decided we would [...]
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Lagunitas Brewing Company
TRP first visited Lagunitas Brewing Company in November 2011. Lagunitas is easily one of my favorite breweries we have visited on the trip as well as the best brewery tour we’ve been on to date. The stories from the brewery are endless and the beers are fantastic. Couple that with a large outdoor beer garden, [...]
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Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery
TRP has visited Mountain Sun multiple times since 2008 and most recently visited their 2 other locations, Vine Street Pub and Brewery in Denver and Southern Sun Pub and Brewery in Boulder in September 2011. This is easily one of our favorite breweries in Colorado because it feels like a home away from home. We’ve [...]
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Earth Bread + Brewery
TRP post courtesy of our East Coast Affiliate, Nick: Earth Bread + Brewery is a brewpub in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. Mt. Airy is a small neighborhood in the northwest section of the city. It isn’t one of the more well known sections of Philadelphia, but the main street, Germantown Avenue, has about [...]
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Stoudt’s Brewing Company
TRP post courtesy of our East Coast Affiliate, Nick: My first trip to Stoudt’s in Adamstown, PA came at one of the best times I could have picked to visit. Stoudt’s is located in the farmland of Lancaster County, which has a large Amish population, meaning that the region has a very strong German heritage. [...]
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Laurelwood Brewing Co.
TRP visited Laurelwood in October of 2010. The brewery was started in 2001 by Mike De Kalb and his wife Cathy as a “place where family and friends could meet in a fun and relaxed atmosphere”. We ate outside on the porch and enjoyed the nice Portland weather while we sampled some brews. Laurelwood has five [...]
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Hopworks BikeBar
Hopworks BikeBar is the new second location for Hopworks Urban Brewery. TRP has yet to visit the BikeBar, but you can find more information about the brewery here.
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Hopworks Urban Brewery
TRP first visited Hopworks Urban Brewery (H.U.B.) in October 2010. HUB is an organic brewery incorporating many aspects of sustainability as Portland’s first eco-brewery. “From composting to rain barrels, and from pervious pavers to hand dryers, we have made every effort to protect “our” future with a thoughtful alternative. Hopworks is 100% renewably powered and [...]
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Breckenridge Brewery and BBQ
TRP first visited Breckenridge Brewery and BBQ in September 2011. The Breckenridge Brewery Bar-B-Que first opened their doors in June 1996 and is located in the Golden Triangle District, just five minutes from downtown Denver. They have 3 other locations, 2 in Denver and 1 in Breckenridge, the original brewpub, which opened in 1990. They [...]
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