There’s a fair number of connections I notice between beer and bicycles. How is there any natural commonality between bikes and beer, you might ask? What do bicycles and beer brewing have in common? Honestly, not a whole hell of a lot, but I dare you to do a google search for “beer and bikes,” or “bikes and beer” and see what comes up.
New Belgium Brewery out in Colorado sponsors a number of different events all related to bicycle use. Most interesting on their list of bike and brew gigs is Team Wonderbike, which asks people to pledge to bike rather than drive at every opportunity. Being that New Belgium is focused on environmental sustainability, it makes sense that they would support bicycling as an alternative, green means of transportation.
Oskar Blues — which makes Dales Pale Ale — has an interesting blog focused on beer, biking events, and the occasional musical recommendation. (more…)