IT'S WORTH THE TRIP

You’ll be amazed at how fresh beer from a brew house tap tastes. Seek out a brewpub in your area, and plan a trip. A friend and I decided (on a whim) to drive 1,500 miles, roundtrip, to the Old Dominion Brewery in Ashburn, Virginia for a couple of pints, and ended up going on a tour of the facility. Can’t get to Virginia? Try the New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado (home of Fat Tire); the Kalamazoo Brewing Company in Galesburg, Michigan (Oberon); or any of the hundreds of microbreweries in operation today. If you’ve got the time—and satellite radio—a beer run of this magnitude is well worth the effort. To find a brewpub near you, check out www.beertravelers.com. Then call your cabbie.