[I Are Baboon]

As you probably know (and are most likely sick to christ of hearing about it), a bunch of us did a 24 hour race this past weekend. The main sponsor was the Harpoon Brewery out of Boston. They provided lots of free beer at the race. Harpoon seems to be heavily involved in mountain biking in New England, be it by sponsoring various events or donating to NEMBA. Seems like every MTB event you go to in New England, there is Harpoon representation there. Splat tells me one of the main guys at Harpoon is a MTB'er, thus the Harpoon involvement in the MTB community.

So it just got me wondering what other breweries around the country are advocates/sponsors of mountain biking. Name some and I'll buy their beer.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

wachusett brewing company in westminster. a few of my buddies race on a team in which they are the main sponsor. and the beer is delicious too.

 

[Zark]

Firestone Walker brewing sponser the Firestone MTB classic in Santa Barbara
New Belgium Brewing sponsors the Santa Barbara bike festival.

 

[macko]

Red Hook sponsors most of the Epic events here in AZ. I know New Belgium (Fat Tire) is hosting a bike festival (Tour de Fat) in Tempe next month.

 

[narlus]

deschutes makes cycling jerseys. heidi can probably tell if they do any local support.

 

[I Are Baboon]

deschutes makes cycling jerseys. heidi can probably tell if they do any local support.

Cool, them and Harpoon sell the jerseys on their websites.

 

[narlus]

i tried to convince Victory to make a long-sleeved DH jersey, to no avail.

i've also got a Sierra Nevada jersey.

 

[BikeGeek]

Troegs Brewing Company sponsored SSWC05.
Old Dominion Brewing sponsors a local team.

 

[chicodude]

I know seirra nevada sponsors a Road team, but beyond that...I dunno

 

[SkaredShtles]

Out here:

Oskar Blues
Left Hand
Steamworks
New Belgium
Odell Brewing

 

[Total Heckler]

I'm going to check into Guiness for the next racing season. =]

 

[Captain Cogset]

Deschutes Brewery supports and gives free beer for a lot of the local races here in Oregon.

The Portland Brewing Company also donates beer for some of the races. http://www.macsbeer.com/

 

[NoCoastFreeride]

New Belgium Brewing Co (Makers of the favorite Fat Tire)
And someone else that makes Singletrack Ale

 

[mcadam]

NoCoast, I logged on here to mention the same, New Belgium, made in Colorado. Really great beers, and the TourDeFat festivals of their's all over the west are fun and for good causes.
http://www.newbelgium.com/vibe_tourdefat.php

 

[dogwonder]

And someone else that makes Singletrack Ale

Boulder Beer...

 

[TreeSaw]

wachusett brewing company in westminster. a few of my buddies race on a team in which they are the main sponsor. and the beer is delicious too.

I bought a DH jersey from one of their DH jerseys. We used to trade beers because I couldn't get Wachusett in NY.

 

[ito]

Lagunitas is hooking up a dh racer friendof mine with beer. No actual money goes his way, but he has more beer than he knows what to do with.

And Firestome Brewery in Santa Barbara helps host a local race.

Both companies make kickass beer!

New Belgium does tons of cycling support in the Bay Area

Sierra Nevada sponsors a (pro?) road team.

Kokanee supported the Dropin tour and Crankworx this year.

The Ito

 

[TheMontashu]

sac brew sponsors the race in downieville

I donno if full suspention pail ail does, but they have a gemini on the label

 

[DRB]

The local Budweiser wholesaler always hooks up with cases and cases of beer for the MS150. He's usually good for cash for race prizes and beer for workdays. Though the keebosh got put on that because of liability issues.

The local Samuel Adams wholesaler has sponsored the winter series a couple of times.

 

[MMcG]

Bells Brewery in Michigan I believe it is sponsors a race team - and those lucky racers on that team get custom race frames from Scott Quiring - a racer and framebuilder who does amazing work.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Bells Brewery in Michigan I believe it is sponsors a race team - and those lucky racers on that team get custom race frames from Scott Quiring - a racer and framebuilder who does amazing work.

Bell's kicks a$$!

 

[TreeSaw]

I almost forgot about Long Trail...they sponsor an off-road tri!

http://www.longtrail.com/Stoaked/

 

[McGRP01]

Davidson Bros. sponsors a lot of local cycling events as well. Glens Falls Downtown Crit., Ididaride, Garnet Hill XC race (when it existed)....

 

[blue]

Squatters/Wasatch and Uintah do here.