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  • 5/5 Meag B. 2 years ago on Google
    This was SO much fun. Our tour guide, Jake, was fantastic. The bike path is beautiful and drinks great! The hard seltzers at Right Brain were great! Don't forget cash to tip your amazing guides!
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  • 5/5 Laurel L. 10 months ago on Google
    Tony was an amazing tour guide. Highly recommend this place for a tour of the traverse city area and local brews!
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  • 5/5 Matt M. 10 months ago on Google
    A fun tour! Our guide helped everyone get aquanted to the bikes and kayaks and got us through the city with ease. This is a physically easy 4hr tour that you buy all of your own food and drinks during. Make sure to order food right when you get to a stop so you have time to eat. Right Brain is a great place to try a full flight, and then decide on small pours or pints at the other places. The Filling Station is really quick to bring out food and Rare Bird has some cocktails that can be a nice change of pace. Our guide Alex was awesome and made sure to spend a bit of time mingling with everyone in the group. We had a great time and shared some laughs with other people in the group.
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  • 5/5 Emma W. 10 months ago on Google
    Such a fun experience! My husband and I love to adventure outside and try craft beers so this was perfect. Tony was incredible! Super friendly and fun. He kept a great pace and we stayed right on schedule! Definitely recommend this trip if you’re in Traverse City.
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  • 5/5 Erin L. 1 year ago on Google
    We had an excellent experience on our Kayak, Bike, & Brew Tour! We selected the “Paddle for Pints” trip and our tour guide was the perfect host! We had a short leg of biking and the remainder of our trip was on kayaks. We visited 4 local breweries and they all had great selections of beers. We would absolutely do this trip again! If you are in the Traverse City Area, this is a must do!
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  • 5/5 Lou S. 10 months ago on Google
    I had a blast! We went a slightly different route to avoid Cherry Fest but it was still great. The back-pedal bikes are easy to get used to. We went to Right Brain, Filling Station, and Rare Bird. Max was such a fun tour guide! Would do again!!

  • 5/5 Diana Stroup H. 9 months ago on Google
    What a fun experience- highly recommend. I would have liked a little more time kayaking than in the bars, but mine was not the majority opinion ha ha! Guide was fun, and friendly but not pushy. A great afternoon for our group.

  • 5/5 Jana W. 9 months ago on Google
    This was a blast! We thoroughly enjoyed the day biking and kayaking and stopping at local breweries. The beer and food was great! Great tour guide!! So much fun. Would highly recommend.

  • 5/5 Jessica S. 8 months ago on Google
    We had a group of 4 ladies this past weekend and had an excellent time! Our group was paired with another group of 5 ladies, for 9 total. Our guide, Max was informative, helpful and gave great brew and drink suggestions at each stop. Would recommend!

  • 5/5 Eric Van N. 9 months ago on Google
    We had a really good time. The breweries were good (went back today to pick up a couple growlers), the biking was nice along the bay & the kayaking on Boardman river was great. The beautiful weather didn't hurt either. Our guide Max (aka Wolf pup) was fun and kept us in line. Would do again in a heartbeat! Thank you.

  • 5/5 Kerri M. 10 months ago on Google
    Such a great time and this is the perfect way to experience a few TC breweries! It’s not very strenuous but it’s enough activity to get your blood flowing and your energy up. Tony was our tour guide and he was an absolute joy to hang out with. Would highly recommend for a group outing of any kind.

  • 5/5 Katie 11 months ago on Google
    Couldn’t have asked for a better way to celebrate my bachelorette party! My girls and I had a blast. Our tour guide Tony was so much fun. We are planning to do an annual girls trip from here on out.

  • 5/5 Katie F. 11 months ago on Google
    Loved this tour. Allison was awesome. We had a fun group. I am not a beer drinker and still had fun. It’s the perfect amount of biking and kayaking. The food at Rare Bird was great.

  • 5/5 Sara Ella W. 10 months ago on Google
    Paddle for Pints was fun! Great guide Anthony, neat stops with selections for everyone because the food & drinks along with the service are amazing! The overall experience was one to repeat! We even got a really lucky surprise of watching the blue angels above us during our tour 🤯! I’m ready for the bike/kayak and brew tour next!

  • 5/5 Jamie C. 2 years ago on Google
    We had an excellent time on this tour. You get a good amount of time at each brewery, and they have great guides like Taylor. This was a fun adventure!

  • 5/5 Bobby H. 1 year ago on Google
    We came up to Kalkaska for a bachelor party and we were recommended to do this tour. Little did we know this would end up being one of the highlights of this whole trip. Max was an awesome tour guide. Not only was he entertaining but he was friendly and very easygoing. The breweries we went to were really cool and the scenery during the kayak portion was very relaxing and beautiful. We got to see a lot of traverse city and the Bay Area. I’m a 5’10” 250lb man that does not bike often and I didn’t hardly break a sweat during this trip. I wish I could give more than 5 stars. Will definitely be back and request Max as a guide next time. This business knows how to retain customers. Way to go!!

  • 5/5 Mike R. 1 year ago on Google
    Had friends in town and it was a fun way to explore the breweries of T City, some of the TART, and have a nice paddle! Organized and fun. It’s not a workout and it’s not a booze cruise, it’s some light movement in a beautiful slice of the planet mixed with some cool local spots! If ya dig that then KBB is for you!

  • 5/5 Jim and Cherie H. 1 year ago on Google
    We came to Traverse to celebrate our 30th anniversary. We had a great time on the Kayak, Bike and Brew tour. Good excercise, good beer and tons of fun with lots of people! Thanks for such a good time!

  • 5/5 Cassie S. 1 year ago on Google
    Came here last year and this was one of the most fun tours I've been on. Our guide kept the perfect pace and was very energetic. Everything ran smoothly at some great breweries.

  • 5/5 Brenton M. 1 year ago on Google
    I was in Traverse City for a family vacation and wanted to check out some breweries in the downtown area. While my kids and wife were at the beach, I was able to book a tour with Kayak, Bike, and Brew. I had such a blast!!! The tour guide was amazing, a lot of fun, and very engaging with our tour. We started off biking, hit up a couple breweries, and then took to the water in our kayaks to get to another brewery, before kayaking back to our bikes and peddling home. As someone who doesn't kayak and can't swim well, I felt completely safe at all times as they supplied us with live preservers and gave us some instructions on what to do. The river you go down is calm, gentle and very relaxing. The whole day was amazing and really my favorite part of visiting Traverse City. I highly recommend anyone who likes beer drinking and taking in some outdoor activities to check out Kayak, Bike, and Brew. They are really awesome and fun!


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