Final Tally from the Summer 2023 Trip

In the 27 days of this trip, I tasted 183 different beers from 33 different breweries. What an adventure! Although I didn’t track this, my guess is that approximately 80% of those beers were sampler sizes in flights with the …

Antimony Brewing, Lenox MA

12 July 2023 Antimony opened in 2022 and I didn’t even know they existed until I was searching for places to stop on my last day’s drive home! They’re definitely going on my list of places to revisit. To start …

Revelry Yards, Ithaca NY

11 July 2023 Revelry Yards is in a vibrant part of downtown dubbed “Restaurant Row,” and there certainly were a lot of places with seating on the sidewalk! It took a couple of tries to figure out exactly which one …

Ernest Brew Works, Toledo OH

9 July 2023 I’d decided to stop at one of the Ernest Brew Works locations that was both open on a Sunday afternoon and had a food truck scheduled. At least they were open … It’s an unassuming little location …

Brewery Vivant, Grand Rapids MI

7 July 2023 This is my third visit to Brewery Vivant and I’ve loved it every time. It’s also my favorite funeral home (with the indoor dining area in the old chapel). The parking lot was full but the taproom …