Brian Yaeger

January 1, 2012 | Beer Travelers

Surf ‘n’ Sand?

For a road trip within a beer trip, head about 300 km to Tofino, situated on Vancouver Island’s west coast, known as the Wet Coast. More popular in the summer for some of the best surfing in North America, the ...

January 1, 2012 | Beer Travelers

A Manly Mecca

Sydney is home to 40 excellent beaches, but across the harbor is Manly, a Mecca for surfers, sunbathers, and shoppers, including those in the market for tasty eats and quenching brews.  A short ferry ride transports you to 4 Pines ...

January 1, 2012 | Beer Travelers

Don’t Forget Your Passport

From St. Thomas or St. John, you can reach Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands within 45 minutes by boat. If you go, be sure to bring your passport, seeing as you are entering another country. On the ...

January 1, 2012 | Beer Travelers

These Islands are Hopping

Until Great Britain took up mash paddles, brewing was a continental endeavor. But once it spread from ancient Sumer (present-day Iraq) to the lands of Bavaria and Bohemia, it didn’t take long for the know-how to leap across watery barriers ...

November 1, 2011 | Beer Travelers

Leave Your Car At Home

Biscayne Bay is one of the few parks that can only be explored by boat rather than by car since 95 percent of the park’s area is underwater. Visitors without their own boats can hop aboard a glass-bottomed boat or ...

November 1, 2011 | Beer Travelers

National Parks

If only America followed the European model for vacation time and allotted seemingly 11 months to go on holiday, the decision-making process for choosing a destination would be much easier. There’d be time enough to go everywhere....

November 1, 2011 | Ingredients

Hop Forward

Is beer not good enough? Has no one made pitch-perfect hoppy ale? I mean, what if in the evolution of brewing, we’re still at that part of the chart where we’re all just hunched over, early hominids—perhaps Austr-ale-opithecus—which is why ...

November 1, 2011 | Beer Travelers

How to Cool Off

Crater Lake, at 1,943 feet, is the deepest lake in the U.S.—the caldera lake formed when the volcano collapsed almost 8,000 years ago. The beauty of the lake startles first-time visitors once they reach the summit of the rim. “You’d ...

November 1, 2011 | Beer Travelers

Go Spelunking

Layne calls visiting Mammoth Cave “a religious experience,” elaborating that it’s the largest cave system in the world offering hundreds of miles of underground (and above ground) trails. “Everything from casual, tourist-friendly tours through beautiful underground features to advanced, extremely ...

September 1, 2011 | Beer Travelers

Whitewater Wilds

“Shortly after Big Sky,” enthuses Walsh, “the Gallatin Canyon’s steep and narrow walls cause the river to move faster. Here a whitewater rafter or kayaker will find good Class II to IV+ waters. Two whitewater rafting companies will take you ...