Four Bike and Beverage Pairings You Need to Try This Year

Jan 8, 2025Biking, Trail Pairings

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Pair your ride with your favorite beverage!

Riding season will be here again soon. What better way to get motivated than a glass full of reward. Here are our recommendations for fun-filled weekends with a tasty pairing as the cherry on top.

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Paul Bunyan Trail and Dennis Drummond Wine Co.

Start your journey in Brainerd and ride this famous trail to your heart’s content. Pick up your reward at this family-run winery.
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A ride around Lake Carlos and 22 Northmen Brewing

Quiet backroads pair well with a stop at this small-batch brewery in lake country. Not a beer fan? Walk across the yard to Carlos Creek Winery.
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A gravel ride and Painted Prairie Vineyard

Put some southern gravel in your socks and ride quiet country roads from Lake Shetek State Park to a vineyard, surrounded by nature.
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A person wearing a red tank top and helmet rides a mountain bike through a lush, green forest trail. The path winds between tall trees, and sunlight filters through the leaves, creating a serene atmosphere.

Schindler’s Way mountain bike trails and two breweries

It’s a fast and flowy trail system along the Cedar River and it’s only three miles away from the Angry Hog and Gravity Storm breweries. Not a mountain biker? Hit the Shooting Star Trail!
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