Taking a page from the mighty P!N20’s book we are going to have our own series of brew rides now that the weather has chilled out somewhat.
The first target is Burleigh Brewing Company who make the range of Duke beers plus other one-offs. The Brewery has tastings and tours on the first Saturday of the month from 2pm and stays open until 4pm so we get 2 hours of tasting and drinking in after our ride down there. What is also good is that the brewery is practically next door to Varsity Lakes station so we can get the train back to Brisbane at the end of tasting.
It’s about 90kms from Brisbane to the brewery and we will roll at a steady but gentle pace of around 25-30kph. This is a social ride not a race and we have a lot of time to get down there so there is no rush.
Finer details to be worked out closer to the event but for the moment save the date. At this stage I’m thinking that if we leave around 8:30am we can roll through somewhere on the GC for lunch before hitting up the brewery at 2pm.
This Saturday guys! I need to get some numbers as we need to make a booking. Cost will be $20 per head which will get you a glass, 4 beers and a tour and chat with the brewers.
Please let me know if you’re coming by Wednesday lunchtime.
Seems like we have the beginnings of a posse. Let’s meet at my place at 8:30am, if you need the address just PM me, otherwise please let me know if you are coming so we don’t leave without you.
The brewery are expecting 5-10 of us and as I said earlier it is $20 which includes 4 beers and a glass.
The reason for leaving a bit earlier is just to give us some mechanical repair time and also let us have a bit of lunch at Burleigh Heads before hitting the brewery. I plan to return on the train: Varsity Lakes 4:18 or 4:48 which arrive at Southbank at 5:30 or 6:00pm respectively.
