If the doctrine is true that craft beer and bikes are a match made in heaven, then a craft brewery with a back door that opens to a rail trail...

Beers I have Ridden: Vienna Lager The Ride – Devils Backbone Ride and Ramble Metric Century In my original take on this ride, I detailed how difficult it was for...

The Ride This is a clear case where the beer was waaaay better than the ride. That’s because on the ride, I crashed, was knocked unconscious, and left the scene in...

The Ride – Roll Over Cancer 50-miler Any ride that starts and ends at a brewery is a good ride.  And Roll Over Cancer is one that makes you earn...

The Ride – Bandy Loop Before one earns the right to die by hops — one must do the requisite ride. In this case one of my favorite evening jaunts....

After the World Hunger Ride The Hunger Ride more than generated an excuse for a cold beer.  The World Hunger Ride from Antioch Church of the Brethren predates the craft...

Earning my beer: The trek up Thunder Ridge is sort of personal.  As I wrote in a previous blog, the 12-mile climb up the mountain on the Blue Ridge Parkway...

Brews and bikes Not sure why brews and bikes go together so well, but it’s a thing.  That was true for the Creeper Trail Amber I tried in honor of...

Sometimes Beer and Bikes go together very well Bath County, Va. (CarlinTheCyclist.com) —  Through some stroke of luck I have landed on the list of media people who occasionally receive...

BEND ORE. (CarlinTheCyclist.com)  Usually the ride is about the ride and the beer is just a chaser, just a part of the day, the experience, the journey.  But when you...