You’ve just finished a great bike ride, trail run, or paddle. A cold refreshment sure sounds nice, right? Thankfully, more and more guiding companies around the country are pairing outdoor adventures with tours of local craft breweries. We’ve picked seven of our favorite U.S. towns that have blended a love of the outdoors with a thriving local brew scene.
Fort Collins, Colorado
With more than 20 breweries stationed in this northern Colorado college town—including and —Fort Collins is king of summer après. Beer & Bike Tours offers a three-day ($600) that includes , fly-fishing the Cache la Poudre River, and sipping pints from a range of local breweries. For visitors who prefer to do the tour on their own, it’s easy to check out a cruiser bike from the local bike-share program. Stop into a bike shop, and they’ll to all the best ales in town.
North Lake Tahoe, California
With ($100) package, you’ll paddle a sea kayak or stand-up paddleboard on the crystal waters of Lake Tahoe all morning, accompanied by a guide from . In the afternoon, you’ll get a chauffeured tour of Tahoe’s local brewery scene, including . Prefer a DIY tour? Take yourself on the around North Lake Tahoe, with beers you can hike, bike, and paddle to.
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville calls itself , and for good reason. You can sign up for a (from $1,595) of Asheville and nearby Brevard’s best breweries, like , , and , with . You’ll ride anywhere between eight and 75 miles a day with a combination of road and mountain biking. For a more low-key one-day option, it’s easy to through West Asheville’s brewery district.
Stowe, Vermont
With (from $2,295), you’ll pedal from inn to inn and brewery to brewery, climbing through the Green Mountains’ rolling terrain and scoring a day of mountain biking on the . Your reward? Visits to some of the state’s best microbreweries, including the , , g, and more.
Duluth, Minnesota
($2,450) along northern Minnesota’s Lake Superior coastline. After a tour in Duluth—with stops at , , and —you’ll spend the next few days road biking along the historic Gunflint Trail toward the Canadian border. The trip finishes at the , where you can fish for brook trout and smallmouth bass while giving your legs a well-deserved break.
Bend, Oregon
You’ll spend six days riding some of the best singletrack Oregon has to offer—and sampling some of the state’s tastiest craft beer—on ($2,400). Running from the Hood River to Bend and on to Eugene, this is guided mountain bike trip that ends each day with visits to and . Afterward, a designated driver delivers you back to your hotel. If you’d rather venture out on your own, stay in Bend, where a majority of the town’s breweries are within walking distance of downtown, and you can follow an from one IPA to the next.
Anchorage, Alaska
With Anchorage outfitter , you can sign up for a ($199) of the city. Visitors spend a few hours riding along ’s , and then get a behind-the-kegs tour of local craft breweries, including , , and .