Barns, Bikes & Breweries
Volunteers that navigate the Farm Tour strictly by bicycle will be rewarded with a staple food of most Missourians - beer! Barley, water, hops, and yeast - Bier trinkt man nicht nur zum Fruhstuck! From the best small-batch craft breweries in the State, the most adventurous Volunteers who meet this challenge will receive complimentary pints as a reward for their efforts (and t-shirt marketing!) at participating Missouri craft breweries.
(Hope to get advice from the great Stuart Murr of Mother's Brewing Company and Murrs Across America)
Missouri Craft Breweries
Weston Brewing Company / O'Malley's Pub (Weston)
The Civil Life Brewing Company (St Louis) - visited Dec '11
Tin Mill Brewery (Hermann) - visited Dec '11
Square One Brewery and Distillery (St Louis) - visited first in 2006
Schlafly Bottleworks & Gardenworks (Maplewood) - visited first in 1997
Broadway Brewery (Columbia) - visited Nov '11
The Public House Brewing Company (Rolla) - visited May '12
Prison Brews (Jefferson City) - visited Dec '11
Perennial Artisan Ales (South St Louis) - visited June '12
Mother's Brewing Company (Springfield) - visited Aug '11
Little Yeoman Brewery (Cabool)
Gruhlke's Microbrewery / Bias Vineyards (Berger) - visited 5/5/12
Ferguson Brewing Company (North St Louis) - visited 7/14/12
O'Fallon Brewery (O'Fallon)
Trailhead Brewing Company (St. Charles) - visited 9/15/12
Piney River Brewing Company (Bucyrus)
Bootleggers Restaurant & Brewery (Aurora)
Crown Valley Brewing & Distilling Co. (Ste Genevieve)
Charleville Vineyard, Winery, and Microbrewery (Ste Genevieve)
Buckner Brewing Co (Cape Girardeau)
Bat Creek Brewery (Bowling Green)
The Doodle Brewing Company (Liberty)
Augusta Brewing Company & Beer Garden (Augusta) - visited in 2008
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company (St Louis) - visited 11/26/11
Six Row Brewing Company (St Louis - Forest Park) - visited in 2008
4 Hands Brewing Company (St Louis) - visited 7/4/12
2nd Shift Brewing (New Haven) - visited 5/5/12
Exit 6 Pub & Brewery (Cottlesville)
Alpha Brewing Company (Downtown STL)
Greater Missouri Craft Breweries
Kaskaskia Brewing Company (Rebdbud, IL) - Redbud is where Mike's mom was born, and Kaskaskia is run by some great guys!
Scratch Microbrewery & Farm (Ava, IL) - scratch brewers and hunter/gatherer farmers - gotta love 'em!
see also: Missouri Association of Serious Homebrewers (MASH)
St. Louis Brews (Homebrewers Guild)
schedule of traditional brewing styles
Missouri Bicycling Organizations
St Louis Cycling Club - oldest bicycling club in the nation!
MOBRA - MO Bike Racing Association
COGS (Cyclists of Greater St Louis)
MO Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation - mobikefed.org
see also: Vino Fondo 2012
* for a great beer biz idea, check out: Black Star Co-Op - Missouri needs a brewery owned by its patrons (> when you buy a beer, you're paying yourself!)
www.greatforestparkbicyclerace.com
