Four Bike and Beverage Pairings You Need to Try This Year

Jan 8, 2025Biking, Trail Pairings

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.

A person wearing a purple helmet and blue shirt rides a bright orange bicycle on the Paul Bunyan Trail through lush green foliage. The path is surrounded by dense trees and grassy areas under sunlight.

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 woman on a bicycle rides along a lake in the summer

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 woman rides her bike down a hill on a gravel road

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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