2018's Black Friday Brewery Events and Tours by City

Day after Thanksgiving brewery tours and Black Friday events

This will be our 13th annual Friendsgiving with longtime friends who just relocated to Oakland and we can’t wait to continue the annual tradition of Beer (Black) Friday, avoiding the crowds and enjoying tasty libations at beer meccas like: Brotzeit, Faction Brewing, Almanac Beer, Beer Revolution, Diving Dog Brewhouse, Lost & Found Beer Garden, The Good Hop Bottle Shop, Drake’s Dealership and Crooked City Cider.

New Belgium Brewery, the original bike friendly brewery located in Fort Collins, CO.

For people who are visiting extended family, the basic premise still applies: You need to get out of the house on Friday after Thanksgiving. You’ve been sitting for entirely too many hours in one day. You’ve been cooped up with a lot of people who were chosen as dinner mates for you by genetics, not by careful selection on your part. So when your gut tells you “it’s time to get out of the house,” your gut is correct. The question is…

What would you like to do on Black Friday? Would you like to buy cheaply-made stuff you don’t need, or would you like to support hard-working local craft brewers? (Hint: one comes with booze and good vibes. The other one comes with closets full of cheap crap and credit card debt.)

33 Acres is on Bikabout's "East Van Brewery Tour" of Vancouver. Photo and route curation by ModaCity.

We’d like to suggest that you go a-drinkin’, but that you do it in Bikabout style. And honestly, there’s no better way to go drinkin’ than on a bike. It means you pretty much can’t commit vehicular homicide, and that you have a strong incentive to stay sober enough to operate a bicycle. The past two years that we've done this, we all enjoyed the day greatly, and searching the internet on this Thanksgiving a year later, we have discovered that we’re not alone.

Below, we present a list of cities and breweries who have also realized what we’ve realized… Black Friday is a perfect time to reconnect with the local brewmasters in your town. You get to put your dollars into your local economy, to make some new friends, and to be able to now nonchalantly tell your friends who drink beers from those breweries "yeah, it's pretty cool....... I've been there" with that far-away look of smug superiority that all beer nerds covet.

So do a little research, pull out the bikes (or bike share), and have an awesome day! Just remember to drink a lot of water and be kind to yourself and your fellow tasters.

Black Friday by City

Hello, Milwaukee! Way to make a family of Wisconsinites proud!

Asheville, NC - New Belgium - brewery tours

Athens - Creature Comforts - brewery tours from 5-8pm

Boise - Payette Black Friday - 12-8pm, Payette Brewing Co, FREE

Boston - Hoppy New Year, Boston!, FREE self-guided bike tour curated by Night Shift brewer, Rob Burns

Boulder - Craft Beer by B-cycle, FREE self-guided bike tour

Charleston - Westbrook - brewery tours from 4-7pm

Chicago

Bourbon County Black Friday release, various locations

Denver - Black Friday, 1-11pm, Put down the shopping bags and join Station 26 Brewing Co. for another bourbon barrel aged imperial stout journey!

Fort Collins

Beer and Bikes - bike tour
New Belgium - brewery tour

Hampton - Smuttynose, Black Friday brewery tours

Hood River - pFriem, 25% off 6-pack bottles, 30% off cases and kegs, 25-40% off merchandise

Lakewood, CO - Westfax Brewing, Black Friday Day of Dark Beers

Madison

Black Friday Dark Beer Special, Bierock
Botany, Beer and Bikes, FREE self-guided bike tour featuring a few craft beer gems

McKinney, TX - Tupps Brewery, Black Friday=Beer Friday

Milwaukee

Downtown Milwaukee Brewery Tour, FREE self-guided bike tour
Black Friday Beer release, Biloba Brewing
Black Friday Beer release, Black Husky Brewing
Black Friday Beer release, Lakefront Brewery
Black Friday Beer Fest, Harley Davidson Museum
Black Friday Beer Release, Raised Grain
Black Friday Beer release, Sprecher
Black Friday Beer Release, Third Space
Black Friday Beer Release, Urban Harvest
Black Friday Beer release, Westallion

Minneapolis - Craft Beer Bike Ride, FREE self-guided bike tour

Philadelphia - Big Red Pedal Tours - pub crawl

Portland

Brew Cycle - $25/person for group, pedal powered trolley to Northwest Breweries
Cycle Portland - $39+ for brewery tour. Bikes, helmets and tastings (for beer/foodie) included
Everybody's Bike Rentals & Tours - $39+ for "Unbeatable Brews" tours.
Hop in the Saddle: A Guide to Portland's Craft Beer Scene by Bike, best travel book ever for a mere $9.99
Pedal Bike Tours - $59+ per person for "Oregon Brewery" tour
Waterfront Rentals - $75-225 per person for a beer centric tours

San Diego - Brewery Tours of San Diego, Noon and 4:30pm, $75

San Francisco