Chicagoland Beer Exploration Society

Chicago, Illinois, US

Every member of the Chicagoland Beer Exploration Society (CBES) should eventually have a beer or three at every brewery or brewpub in Chicago and nearby lands. With all the craft (mini, micro, nano, pico, etc.) breweries starting everywhere, it's not as simple as one might think.

The Society has originally been established by and for those who prefer bicycle as their primary way of getting to a brewery, but the Facebook branch of CBES welcomes every natural (that is, non-legal) person who would like to join the quest.

And, of course, a brewmaster who would like to invite the members to taste her or his brewskies, is always welcomed here.

The Most Comprehensive and Up-To-Date Map of Chicagoland Breweries (including some home-based), with an alphabetized list, postal-, web-addresses and phone numbers (where available): http://www.communitywalk.com/chicagoland_breweries/map/1575502

Pictures on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/chibrew/

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Alhsucam

Glenview, IL, US
29,8 km
107 m
Pavé

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Macushla

Chicago, IL, US
23,0 km
64 m
Pavé

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1090 Convicts

Highwood, IL, US
51,8 km
168 m
Pavé

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Ravinia v1

Chicago, IL, US
63,3 km
125 m
Essentiellement pavé

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MKE 11/16/19

Milwaukee, WI, US
16,4 km
92 m
Pavé

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Church Phone

Chicago, IL, US
70,9 km
238 m
Pavé

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Red FIBS (flood version)

Chicago, IL, US
89,2 km
246 m
Pavé

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Red FIBS

Chicago, IL, US
90,6 km
266 m
Pavé

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Roaring ZurichPhone

Barrington, IL, US
66,7 km
310 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Sew Gray Shadow Holz

Woodstock, IL, US
56,9 km
225 m
Pavé

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25 Wolves

DuPage County, IL, US
50,7 km
213 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Scally Oak (short)

Chicago, IL, US
79,5 km
348 m
Pavé

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Scally Oak (long)

Chicago, IL, US
89,9 km
382 m
Essentiellement pavé

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1¼ v2

Chicago, IL, US
202,1 km
588 m
Pavé

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2 Route 66 Old School

Wilmington, IL, US
43,0 km
163 m
Surfaces mixtes

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1 Route 66 Old School

Joliet, IL, US
37,0 km
125 m
Surfaces mixtes

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Ottawa 2 (via Mad Hatchet Brewing)

Ottawa, IL, US
97,1 km
198 m
Essentiellement non pavé

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Starved Rock (hillier)

Ottawa, IL, US
49,5 km
263 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Ottawa 1

Joliet, IL, US
88,7 km
135 m
Essentiellement non pavé

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Oswego via the IPP (flood detour)

Chicago, IL, US
96,8 km
302 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Oswego via the IPP

Chicago, IL, US
97,4 km
316 m
Surfaces mixtes

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Oswego

Chicago, IL, US
121,5 km
445 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Hailstorm!

Chicago, IL, US
92,6 km
274 m
Pavé

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Scorched Hardware

Crystal Lake, IL, US
53,2 km
224 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Macushla–Bosacki

Chicago, IL, US
109,9 km
275 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Evil Horse

Chicago, IL, US
74,5 km
204 m
Pavé

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Off Square

Chicago, IL, US
113,2 km
304 m
Pavé

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More after Noon

Chicago, IL, US
75,0 km
293 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Bavarian MKE

Milwaukee, WI, US
24,2 km
111 m
Pavé

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Density Day

Milwaukee, WI, US
17,4 km
103 m
Pavé

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Biloba Grain

Milwaukee, WI, US
96,4 km
491 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Macushla

Chicago, IL, US
57,6 km
165 m
Pavé

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Mo'KE

Milwaukee, WI, US
49,8 km
219 m
Pavé

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1840 Eagle

Milwaukee, WI, US
75,3 km
345 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Prairie Buffalo

Chicago, IL, US
72,9 km
286 m
Essentiellement pavé

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More Horizon

Chicago, IL, US
72,0 km
266 m
Essentiellement pavé

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PK

Chicago, IL, US
90,2 km
280 m
Surfaces mixtes

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BBGB

Forest Park, IL, US
119,3 km
408 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Flapjack–Buckledown–Church Street–Itasca (wet version)

Chicago, IL, US
68,5 km
201 m
Pavé

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Flapjack–Buckledown–Church Street–Itasca (dry version)

Chicago, IL, US
66,7 km
192 m
Pavé

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Mikerphone to home

Elk Grove Village, IL, US
35,0 km
53 m
Pavé

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Mikerphone Dry

Chicago, IL, US
76,8 km
205 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Skeleton Key

Chicago, IL, US
62,2 km
187 m
Pavé

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Whiner v1.0

Chicago, IL, US
41,7 km
56 m
Pavé

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Third Space

Milwaukee, WI, US
30,9 km
120 m
Pavé

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Wicker Park to Imperial Oak (Wolf Road)

Chicago, IL, US
83,2 km
198 m
Pavé

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Middlebury 02a

Middlebury, IN, US
65,1 km
166 m
Pavé

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Tight Lot 02a

Wauconda, IL, US
20,7 km
126 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Tight Lot 01

Wilmette, IL, US
59,1 km
274 m
Surfaces mixtes

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Tight Lot 02b

Wauconda, IL, US
29,4 km
158 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Evil Horse 02b

Crete, IL, US
17,2 km
74 m
Pavé

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New Lenox–Arrowhead Ales–Flossmoor

New Lenox, IL, US
34,0 km
108 m
Pavé

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South Bend: South Shore Line Station to Elkhart (shorter option)

South Bend, IN, US
30,7 km
59 m
Pavé

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South Bend: Goshen–Elkhart–South Shore Line Station (shorter option)

Goshen, IN, US
51,4 km
99 m
Pavé

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South Bend: Goshen–Elkhart–South Shore Line Station (longer option)

Goshen, IN, US
51,7 km
98 m
Pavé

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South Bend: South Shore Line Station to Goshen

South Bend, IN, US
47,2 km
109 m
Pavé

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South Bend: South Shore Line Station–Granger

South Bend, IN, US
28,3 km
114 m
Pavé

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Rabid

Chicago, IL, US
71,5 km
149 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Evil Horse 01

Chicago, IL, US
76,3 km
198 m
Pavé

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Forest Park to Aurora

Forest Park, IL, US
48,3 km
164 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Iechyd Da 01

Elkhart, IN, US
30,1 km
69 m
Pavé

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Crooked Ewe

South Bend, IN, US
10,4 km
14 m
Pavé

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South Bend: Elkhart–South Shore Line Station

Elkhart, IN, US
33,4 km
69 m
Pavé

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Iechyd Da 02

South Bend, IN, US
34,1 km
74 m
Pavé

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Kinslahger

Chicago, IL, US
16,7 km
25 m
Pavé

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Polly Metal Monkey Brothers

Chicago, IL, US
87,7 km
249 m
Pavé

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Totem to Blue Island

Chicago, IL, US
40,8 km
90 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Fullerton to Munster

Chicago, IL, US
53,2 km
125 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Blue Alter

Blue Island, IL, US
53,8 km
327 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Buckle Alter

Brookfield, IL, US
19,5 km
87 m
Pavé

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Small Tight Crystal Bluff

Crystal Lake, IL, US
51,3 km
216 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Only Child to Waukegan Metra

Gurnee, IL, US
15,2 km
49 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Only Child to Lake Bluff

Gurnee, IL, US
24,2 km
93 m
Essentiellement non pavé

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Only Child to Libertyville

Gurnee, IL, US
16,6 km
69 m
Essentiellement non pavé

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Linden to Only Child

Wilmette, IL, US
52,6 km
189 m
Surfaces mixtes

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Miskatonic–HopVine

Darien, IL, US
27,8 km
136 m
Surfaces mixtes

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Blue Polly Oak

Blue Island, IL, US
68,5 km
240 m
Pavé

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Joliet to Bourbonnais v2.0

Joliet, IL, US
68,8 km
288 m
Essentiellement non pavé

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Twisted Arc 4.2 (Revised)

La Porte, IN, US
121,9 km
467 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 4.1 (revised)

La Porte, IN, US
94,5 km
357 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 3.1 (revised)

Berrien County, MI, US
94,7 km
441 m
Pavé

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Route Point

Chicago, IL, US
150,5 km
428 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 4.2

La Porte, IN, US
118,5 km
396 m
Pavé

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Joliet to Ottawa

Joliet, IL, US
82,5 km
117 m
Essentiellement non pavé

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Twisted Arc 5.2

Lansing, IL, US
54,1 km
126 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Twisted Arc 5.3

Schererville, IN, US
44,3 km
95 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 0.2

Kalamazoo, MI, US
6,6 km
17 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 0.1

Kalamazoo, MI, US
8,5 km
39 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Bourbonnais to Joliet

Bourbonnais, IL, US
64,0 km
216 m
Essentiellement non pavé

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Joliet to Bourbonnais v1.0

Joliet, IL, US
65,9 km
280 m
Essentiellement non pavé

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Harvard to Rockford

Harvard, IL, US
64,8 km
224 m
Pavé

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Burn ’Em to Flossmoor

Michigan City, IN, US
96,9 km
205 m
Surfaces mixtes

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Cedar Lake–Lowell–Momence–University Park

Lake County, IN, US
84,4 km
267 m
Pavé

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Three Floyds–Flossmoor

Munster, IN, US
27,9 km
48 m
Pavé

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Clock Tower to Three Floyds

Chicago, IL, US
55,3 km
136 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Joliet to Davenport, Leg 1

Joliet, IL, US
187,0 km
489 m
Surfaces mixtes

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Tribes of Saint John

Joliet, IL, US
110,0 km
382 m
Pavé

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MI–IN–IL Leg 3.1 v.2

Berrien County, MI, US
103,9 km
458 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 5.1

Schererville, IN, US
63,6 km
136 m
Pavé

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MI–IN–IL Leg 5 v.2

Schererville, IN, US
47,0 km
89 m
Pavé

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MI–IN–IL Leg 5 v.1

Schererville, IN, US
45,0 km
98 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 4.1

La Porte, IN, US
91,1 km
298 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 3.2

La Porte, IN, US
4,5 km
13 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 3.1

Berrien County, MI, US
97,2 km
455 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 2

Paw Paw, MI, US
59,4 km
238 m
Pavé

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Twisted Arc 1

Kalamazoo, MI, US
34,9 km
149 m
Pavé

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Mich & Indy 2.0

Kalamazoo, MI, US
314,0 km
1 109 m
Pavé

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Three Griffiths (and Flossmoor)

Chicago, IL, US
80,2 km
166 m
Pavé

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Mich & Indy

Kalamazoo, MI, US
376,4 km
1 227 m
Pavé

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Noon Whistle and Dry City

Forest Park, IL, US
33,2 km
125 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Pollyanna to 350

Lemont, IL, US
32,8 km
165 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Crystal Lake to Aurora

Crystal Lake, IL, US
66,2 km
231 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Fox Lake to Aurora

Lake, IL, US
93,4 km
395 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Scorched Earth Brewing to Forest Park

Algonquin, IL, US
68,0 km
179 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Forest Park to Scorched Earth Brewing

Forest Park, IL, US
68,4 km
217 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Forge Brew House to Roundhouse

DeKalb, IL, US
53,9 km
131 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Forest Park to Forge Brew House

Forest Park, IL, US
78,3 km
294 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Wicker Park to Werk Force

Chicago, IL, US
83,6 km
273 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Werk Force to Roundhouse

Will County, IL, US
31,5 km
110 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Imperial Oak to Hailstorm

Willow Springs, IL, US
43,2 km
272 m
Surfaces mixtes

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Lake Bluff to Tighthead

Lake Bluff, IL, US
14,3 km
71 m
Surfaces mixtes

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ZümBier to Lake Bluff

Waukegan, IL, US
14,1 km
38 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Polyanna Brewing to Hailstorm Brewing

Lemont, IL, US
32,4 km
175 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Wicker Park to Polyanna Brewing

Chicago, IL, US
49,9 km
124 m
Pavé

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Prairie Fox (April 2014)

Crystal Lake, IL, US
76,8 km
296 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Salt Beer Trail

Chicago, IL, US
70,8 km
240 m
Pavé

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Ironwood to Flossmoor (short version)

Valparaiso, IN, US
62,1 km
139 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Ironwood to Flossmoor

Valparaiso, IN, US
79,5 km
146 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Ingleside Metra to Benjamin Beer Company

Lake County, IL, US
33,1 km
177 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Prairie Fox

Naperville, IL, US
53,9 km
234 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Clock Tower to 3FFF

Chicago, IL, US
56,7 km
123 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Chain O'Brews

Crystal Lake, IL, US
62,1 km
260 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Queen's Landing to Shoreline (Dunes Highway only)

Chicago, IL, US
92,2 km
196 m
Pavé

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Queen's Landing to Flossmoor

Chicago, IL, US
55,8 km
131 m
Essentiellement pavé

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Figure 8 to Hunter's

Valparaiso, IN, US
16,8 km
57 m
Essentiellement pavé

MKE

Begins Sat. August 17, 2019

Old Route School

Begins Sat. July 27, 2019

Winnebago

Begins Fri. July 13, 2018

Location: Wisconsin

Oisconsin

Begins Fri. June 8, 2018

Location: Wisconsin, with a bits of Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota

More after Noon

Begins Sat. April 28, 2018

Location: East end of the Bloomingdale Trail

Constantinobury

Begins Sat. September 3, 2016

Location: South Bend

Raised Biloba

Begins Sat. September 3, 2016

Location: Milwaukee

Bare Water Lakes

Begins Sat. August 13, 2016

M'KEE

Begins Sun. August 7, 2016

Location: Milwaukee

Evil Horse

Begins Sat. July 23, 2016

Location: Chicago

Half Lake

Begins Thu. June 16, 2016

Tight Lot

Begins Sun. June 12, 2016

Three ’Kee Loops

Begins Sat. June 4, 2016

Location: Milwaukee

Freeport

Begins Sat. May 21, 2016

Crown Jewels 2016

Begins Sat. May 14, 2016

Twisted Arc

Begins Wed. July 8, 2015

Cadeforge

Begins Sun. June 7, 2015

Location: Ogilvie Transportation Center

Tribes of Saint John

Begins Sat. May 9, 2015

Dry Whistle (+Penrose?)

Begins Sat. April 11, 2015