Bikes! Beer! Buddies! Come on out and celebrate Fresh Hop season, the most wonderful time of the year!
Once a year, when the hops are harvested, a bunch of breweries near the Yakima valley get their hands on them before they're dried and make some of the best beers you'll have. It lasts from harvest time (mid-August) until they all sell out (mid-October).
We're planning a loop through the eastside, enabled by the newly completed Redmond Central Connector Phase 3 and the Link Light Rail's 2 line!
The full route is 16-17 miles (depending on wrong turns), almost entirely on paved or packed gravel bike paths.
We'll make 6 stops:
Bellevue Brewing Company
Chainline Brewing Company
Maelstrom Brewing Company
Savage Brewing Company
Black Raven Brewing
Postdoc Brewing
Please don't drink and drive. There's lots of public transit available to get to the start and end of the route (they're both on the 2 line!). Those of us with a DD will park and meet at the Marymoor Village station and take the light rail to the start at the Spring District station.
We'll start the festivities at 1:00 at Bellevue Brewing Company. If you're taking the light rail from Redmind, meet at the Marymoor Village station at 12:30.
No! Come on out for the bike ride and have some water/kombucha/other hydration!
Our 5th and 6th stops are both very close to some other great local breweries. Feel free to add a side quest to Big Block Brewing and/or Mac & Jack's if your liver would like the extra challenge!