May 20-27 Great Lakes Tour

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Arrive in Cleveland and check into our hotel. We'll have a casual get-together drink at one of my favorite local breweries in the evening.

You'll enjoy breakfast and a quiet morning at the hotel before our First Pitch Lunch at Butcher and the Brewer, where we'll pair a three-course tasting menu with some of their crowd-favorite beers. From there, our private charter coach will take us down the road to Akron. We'll get settled into the hotel before we walk a block to Canal Park to see the visiting Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals affiliate) and the Akron Rubber Ducks (Cleveland Guardians) in a Double-A Eastern League match-up. 

We'll start our day with a casual brunch and guided tasting in the Barrel Room at Hoppin' Frog Brewery with owner Fred Karm, enjoying whatever he's most excited about at the moment. Then, we'll bus to Columbus. We'll get a quick pregame beer before we head to see the Columbus Clippers (Guardians) host the Iowa Cubs in the Triple-A International League.

After breakfast, we'll jump on the bus and head west to Fort Wayne, where we'll enjoy a meal and beer at Hop River Brewing, who collaborate with the TinCaps for a specialty release. After that, we'll have a chance to learn more about the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League's Daisies before settling into our concourse suite to enjoy dinner and watch the Fort Wayne TinCaps (San Diego Padres) host the Cedar Rapids Kernels (Minnesota Twins) in a High-A Midwest League contest.

Grab breakfast before a relatively early start to head up to Western Michigan - among the country's great beer regions. We'll get a tour and tasting at Bell's Brewery, one of the nation's granddaddies of craft brewing. From there we'll take the short drive into Grand Rapids, where you'll have lunch on your own and the chance to explore some of our top recommendations from among more than 40 breweries. We'll regroup to head just north to enjoy dinner at Perrin Brewing and then watch the West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers) host the Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers).

You'll have the morning and early afternoon to explore more of Grand Rapids on your own before a late paired tasting lunch built around the farmhouse ales from the amazing team at Brewery Vivant. From there, we'll bus to South Bend in time to see the South Bend Cubs host the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Milwaukee Brewers) in another Midwest League game.  (For you college football fans, yes, you'll be close enough to walk to Touchdown Jesus from the hotel!)

For the holiday, we'll head into the Windy City and take in the Chicago Cubs take on the Colorado Rockies at iconic Wrigley Field. After the game and a quick trip to get settled into our hotel, we'll finish the trip with a Final Pitch Dinner at The Beer Temple, which offers some of the best and hardest-to-get beers in the Midwest.

Get up, check out, and head home at your leisure. If you still haven't gotten enough beer on the trip, we can point you to a few great spots in Chicago and its suburbs.

• Seven nights' hotel accommodations
• Five minor league baseball games
• A Cubs game at Wrigley Field
• Six breakfasts
• Three paired tasting meals
• Three ballpark meals
• Five additional beer tastings 
• Private bus service between all destinations 
• All hotel and bus driver tips

*Schedule subject to change based on adjustment to game times or the ever-changing brewery landscape. Final itinerary will be provided before final payment is due.

• Standard Double-Occupancy Hotels $2,400
• Single-Occupancy Hotels $3,050