Midwest US vacation?

[Captain Catnip]

H and I are going to a concert in May in Indianapolis, and are considering just making a trip throughout the Midwest for a week before (the show is on a Friday, we would stay in Indy for 2 nights.) We are coming from Pittsburgh. What cities should we hit? What shouldn't we miss? We are big craft beer people, so that is always a plus if it is a place with good breweries. 

[boiler717]

I would do Columbus, Indy, Chicago, and Milwaukee.

[hermione]

Detroit has a huge craft beer scene.

[toepick]

You could detour down to Lexington Ky - only an hour south of Cincinnati. Huge craft beer scene and there’s always bourbon too - if you’re into that!

[stephm0188]

Agree with Cincy. Madtree and Rhinegeist are two of the more popular craft beer companies out of the Cincinnati area. Taft's Ale House is also a cool stop in the OTR area.

Dayton has Warped Wing, Lock 27, Fifth Street Brewpub, Dayton Beer Company, and Toxic in the downtown area.

[Whitecaps]

Well, Grand Rapids IS Beer City USA!
Seriously, we have awesome breweries here. Founders and New Holland, for starters.

[boiler717]

Really I think most of the Midwest has a good craft beer scene. I’d just pick the route you want!

[katfco]

When in May are you going? Columbus has Craft Beer Week May 17-25.

[Captain Catnip]

Jan 13, 2019 20:32:45 GMT -5 katfco said:

When in May are you going? Columbus has Craft Beer Week May 17-25.

The week before that lol

[CurlyQ284]

Jan 13, 2019 15:40:24 GMT -5 hermione said:

Detroit has a huge craft beer scene.

This. We live about 40 minutes west of Detroit but my H doesnt drink anything from outside Michigan anymore.

[pinkalicious]

I think Chicago was just named home to the most microbreweries or something like that. Basically we have a great craft beer selection. A few of our friends own different breweries in the area. I would definitely recommend hitting Chicago and the surrounding suburbs for a day or 2.

[Crystal]

Columbus for sure. Hit the Columbus Ale Trail - www.cbusaletrail.com/

There is a second one along Rt. 33 as well - route33brewtrail.com/

LOTS of craft breweries around here. Cincinnati would be fun too.

[wildrice]

Have you been to Chicago? If not I think that's a must see. I wouldn't bother with the suburbs (unless there is a specific brewery in the suburbs that you want to hit - I don't know of any but maybe there are some?) but there is a ton to do in the city.

If you've done Chicago maybe I'd hit a few places in Michigan. It's a beautiful state and there are many breweries, at least a couple that have wide distribution. If you go up through Michigan Bell's brewery is in Kalamazoo and I'd definitely stop there. It's cute and it's one of my favorite brewers.

[pinkalicious]

Jan 14, 2019 8:01:10 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Have you been to Chicago? If not I think that's a must see. I wouldn't bother with the suburbs (unless there is a specific brewery in the suburbs that you want to hit - I don't know of any but maybe there are some?) but there is a ton to do in the city.

If you've done Chicago maybe I'd hit a few places in Michigan. It's a beautiful state and there are many breweries, at least a couple that have wide distribution. If you go up through Michigan Bell's brewery is in Kalamazoo and I'd definitely stop there. It's cute and it's one of my favorite brewers.

We have a ton of microbreweries in the suburbs. They are spread out all over though, so it would be best to figure out if you are interested in any of them and then plan your route. (Pollyanna is a favorite of my DH, as well as Metal Monkey and Will County Brewing Company.)

[justemily]

Another vote for Columbus.

BrewDog is here and they have their own hotel at their brewery called The Dog House - www.brewdog.com/usa/doghouse

Plus a ton of other great breweries - Land Grant, Seventh Son, North High, Zaftig, and Rockmill are some of my favorites!

[keweenawlove]

If you're going through Michigan Bell's is a must. Two-hearted has been the #1 in the country the last two years.

pinkalicious What are your favorite Chicago-area breweries? I'm down from Milwaukee all the time and still learning the good ones.

[pinkalicious]

Jan 14, 2019 10:19:02 GMT -5 keweenawlove said:

If you're going through Michigan Bell's is a must. Two-hearted has been the #1 in the country the last two years.

pinkalicious What are your favorite Chicago-area breweries? I'm down from Milwaukee all the time and still learning the good ones.

I’m actually not a beer drinker, but DH and all our friends are, which means I get to be DD for them. They love Pollyanna in Lemont, Goose Island is a favorite big brewery, if you come out to the Joliet area, Metal Monkey and Will County Brewing Company are favorites. Werk Force Brewing in Plainfield is good, and a couple friends are opening Mad Hatchet soon. I know there are others they love, if I can remember I’ll let you know.

[egeiger]

Jan 14, 2019 9:17:15 GMT -5 justemily said:

Another vote for Columbus.

BrewDog is here and they have their own hotel at their brewery called The Dog House - www.brewdog.com/usa/doghouse

Plus a ton of other great breweries - Land Grant, Seventh Son, North High, Zaftig, and Rockmill are some of my favorites!

I was going to suggest staying at the Dog House.

[capscapscaps]

Fuck all y'all for leaving out Minneapolis.

[thelurkylulu]

I would recommend Columbus over Cincinnati. There’s so much to do and everything is relatively close.

[juliachild]

St. Louis?!?!?!