http://bikeandbrewtour.com a cross country brew tour on bikes Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:34:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Want to know a bit more about the beer scene we encountered in New Zealand last year?  Check out this article that I wrote for Beer NW in their Fall 2010 issue.  -Tracy http://bikeandbrewtour.com/new-zealand/847/ While biking through Portland, OR last fall we had the good luck of picking up an issue of Beer NW magazine.  The mag was impressive with it's nice printing, big photos and interesting articles, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that all the top names on the masthead were ... http://bikeandbrewtour.com/usa/beer-nw-bike-and-brew-article-spring-2010/ April 5, 2010 - April 9, 2010 If we thought that biking 10 hours as day for 3 months across the United States was tiring, it was only because we hadn’t worked at a New York brewery yet. Last week the guys at Sixpoint Craft Ales invited us down to Red Hook, ... http://bikeandbrewtour.com/bklyn-nyc/no-sleep-in-brooklyn/ February 12, 2010 - March 9, 2010 For the last month of our trip down under we made a home in Melbourne, setting out to learn why many consider it the hub of the burgeoning Australian beer scene. The city did not disappoint. Straight off the plane, it ... http://bikeandbrewtour.com/australia/australia-craft-beer-finds-a-home-in-melbourne/ Even though we haven’t done much bike and brew specific things in the past few months, the twig is still with us.   During one of our trips into Blenheim with our WWOOFing hosts at the blueberry farm, we found ourselves wandering around town trying to find one of the local ... http://bikeandbrewtour.com/new-zealand/renaissance-women/ After the backpacker bus, our New Zealand travels slowed down a bit.  We did our second WWOOFing job, this time at a blueberry and plum orchard in Renwick, right in the middle of all the Marlborough vineyards.  We spent 8 lovely days with our hosts, Jennie and Bob at Windsong ... http://bikeandbrewtour.com/new-zealand/blueberries/ Dec 22, 2009 - Jan 22, 2010 Getting on the Stray bus, one of many backpacker buses that does loops around New Zealand’s north and south islands, was like stepping into another world of travel.  Unlike my previous travel experiences, where the majority of the day is taken up by figuring ... http://bikeandbrewtour.com/new-zealand/the-new-zealand-backpacker-bus-in-1000-words-or-less/ 12/21/2009 Monday morning our alarms went off at 6:30am and we begrudgingly packed up our huge backpacks for our journey back to Auckland.  Our bus picked us up right on time at 7:45am, and we made the 6 hour journey back to the big smoke.  It was sort of frustrating, ... http://bikeandbrewtour.com/new-zealand/a-day-in-auckland/ 12/19-20/09 The next few days we were the only WWOOFers at the brewery, which we thought would be lonely, but actually it was quite nice.  We biked around more and did some reading.  Finished up a few more New Yorkers to lighten the load.  Saturday was an extraordinarily busy day, because ... http://bikeandbrewtour.com/usa/mikes-organic-days-6-7/ 12/18/2009 Friday at the brewery was an insightful day.  We were labeling again, but this time working side by side with Ron, Jill's husband and co-owner of the brewery.  Being a smaller operation, it was cool to see how everyone chips in, be it washing dishes, labeling bottles, or restocking fridges.  ... http://bikeandbrewtour.com/new-zealand/mikes-organic-day-5/