Michael Roberts wakes up on a strange couch in a city he has known for all of eight hours, rubs the sleep from his eyes, and starts looking over his to-do list for the day: Vintage Brewing Co., Ale Asylum, Great Dane Brewery, and One Barrel Brewing Co. He wanders over to the adjacent couch and rouses his friend and travel partner, Brandon Wurtz. “Let’s get going. We have a busy day.”
Welcome to the life of Brews Travelers 365, an epic road trip through craft beer that took the duo to 789 breweries in forty-eight states and three countries over the span of 365 days.
The two homebrewers had come to enjoy the camaraderie and cooperative spirit of their local North Texas beer scene so much that they wanted to see what else was out there. So they spent the year before the trip planning and saving “to leave our jobs, take an extended vacation, travel the country, and experience the more localized offerings of craft beer.”
