» Topic: Bikes, Brookies, and Brews Tour

This topic has 9 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated Dec 17, 2012 at 6:23 pm by brian barnes.

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Nov 4, 2012 at 10:16 pm #6129

brian barnes
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Three friends and I (all hardcore backcountry anglers) are mixing things up next summer (late June). We are planning to road bike 200 plus miles in Colorado from Idaho Springs -> over Berthoud Pass -> Winter Park -> Grand Lake -> over Trail Ridge Road in RMNP -> Estes Park -> Fort Collins -> Loveland -> and finish in Boulder.

Our objectives are to bike our *&^#$ off, stop on occasion to fly fish for trout, and visit a micro brewery each night for some liquid carbs. Anyone have recommendations for a) fishing locations and b) which microbreweries are a must do along this route?

Nov 4, 2012 at 10:52 pm #53889

Tim Angeli
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While not a micro brewery, I would highly recommend stopping into New Belgium in Fort Collins.

Nov 5, 2012 at 2:25 am #53890

craig phillips
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Tommyknocker has a taphouse in Idaho Springs, and it is just down the street from Beaujo’s pizza, which I highly recommend.

Nov 10, 2012 at 2:16 am #53891

Chad Simcox
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I can only recommend the obvious places to fish, but the upper Colorado in the park is really fun to fish. Lots of aggressive browns. Big Thompson is my favorite on the east side of the park. Don’t overlook N. Fork of St. Vrain (though it may be a bit out of the way while on bikes).

I’ll recommend Twisted Pine Brewery in Boulder, it always satisfies for good beer. Fuel up on at Big City Burrito when you’re in Ft. Collins.

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Nov 12, 2012 at 8:15 pm #53892

david whitfield
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Avery Brewing in Boulder is a good bet as well.

Nov 12, 2012 at 8:33 pm #53893

Jay Hake
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Odell Brewery in Fort Collins is great.

Nov 20, 2012 at 4:11 am #53894

mike b.
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Definitely hit the beer “triangle” in Fort Collins.

Nov 29, 2012 at 2:08 pm #53895

Anonymous
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If you go thru Salida, there is a great brick-oven pizza place there with a great tap selection.

Dec 16, 2012 at 5:25 pm #53896

Chad Simcox
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It’s going to be interesting to see how the fire up in the Big Thompson headwaters is going to affect the fishing down stream in the next few years…
Also getting a late start on building snowpack this year, run off may be done by the end of June, but it’s too early to tell.

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Dec 17, 2012 at 6:23 pm #53897

brian barnes
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Thanks, all. I appreciate the feedback.
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