Leaving from Pearson to Portland, Oregon. Try out some past WCIPA favourites and current spontaneous ones.
Take the slow train south to Northern California to try the first WCIPA and others that I have heard good things from.
Take another slow train to San Diego to try some favourites from the past.
Fly to Tokyo to see how things have changed. Walk along the river at dusk after purchasing something good from Lawson. Take the train to Osaka to visit the shop I had my first Lambic from.
Fly to Brussels for a lot of spontaneous and maybe some abbeys.
Take the train to London to have some cask stuff.
Take to train to Edinburgh for some sours and then to Dublin to check a box.
Fly to most logical city to head to Gaspe to try the best region in Quebec for the beers I like.
Finish up with short stays in Maine, Vermont, the Hudson Valley, before flying back home from New York.
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Around the World Beer Trip...where would you go?
Most of my trip planning these days has a broader focus, but a beer tour of Czechia is still high on my list. I'd also like to go back to Belgium and tour the Trappist breweries; we were only in Brussels, granted we went to Cantillon of course.
I can't say the improved/expanded availability of good beer has changed the places I want to visit, but it's nice to know you're able to search out something good almost anywhere these days.
I can't say the improved/expanded availability of good beer has changed the places I want to visit, but it's nice to know you're able to search out something good almost anywhere these days.
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Years ago I remember making a loop home>quebec>vermont>nyc>home, with the first two stops based purely on beer (the nyc stop was because I was with family and we wanted to see the Macy's thanksgiving day parade - which is awesome). I can't imagine planning a trip around beer at this point. Case in point, went to NV/AZ in February, didn't even try and find what breweries were around. Stumbled upon one in Sedona the day we were there so we checked it out (meh) but definitely not the focus of the trip.
That said, I would really love to have fresh pilsner/pilsener in Germany/Czech one day, so I guess that's the only thing I can think of that would be more beer focused travel if I could.
That said, I would really love to have fresh pilsner/pilsener in Germany/Czech one day, so I guess that's the only thing I can think of that would be more beer focused travel if I could.
I used to sell beer. Now I don't.
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Funny, I totally forgot about starting this topic 10 years ago, haha.
I actually did a round the world trip last year. Not so much for beer, but I sought out good beer places everywhere I went.
that would be my main difference form 10 years ago: it seems there are beer options just about anywhere you go now. Craft beer bars and breweries exist in some of the furthest reaches of the globe.
The main highlights of my trip were Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Nepal, Namibia, South Africa, Czech Republic and Germany.
Everywhere I went I found a craft brewery or bar serving local craft beers. 9Aside from the remtoe area of Laos I visited, but even there they had 5 different Beer Laos options, compared to only the 1 original Beer Laos when I was in SE Asia many years ago).
So, for me 10 years ago you might have had to try a little harder to find good craft beer in some of those places and it may have determined "where" I went.
Now, I travel for other reasons, and just enjoy what I find along the way.
I actually did a round the world trip last year. Not so much for beer, but I sought out good beer places everywhere I went.
that would be my main difference form 10 years ago: it seems there are beer options just about anywhere you go now. Craft beer bars and breweries exist in some of the furthest reaches of the globe.
The main highlights of my trip were Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Nepal, Namibia, South Africa, Czech Republic and Germany.
Everywhere I went I found a craft brewery or bar serving local craft beers. 9Aside from the remtoe area of Laos I visited, but even there they had 5 different Beer Laos options, compared to only the 1 original Beer Laos when I was in SE Asia many years ago).
So, for me 10 years ago you might have had to try a little harder to find good craft beer in some of those places and it may have determined "where" I went.
Now, I travel for other reasons, and just enjoy what I find along the way.