A new beer by The Original 40 Brewing Company celebrates the opening of San Diego’s Pershing Bikeway, a 2.3-mile bicycle and walking path that connects North Park to downtown.
Called Ready to Pedal, it is a West Coast IPA with tropical, fruity, and dank tasting notes with a clean, crisp bitterness. The beer is available on tap and in four packs of 16-oz cans. But don’t have too many of these beers and then ride your bike, for Ready to Pedal is 7.0% alcohol-by-volume (ABV),
“As a proud San Diegan and a North Park resident and business owner, I wanted to recognize this great enhancement of our city and neighborhood with a great beer,” Billings said. “San Diego is known for its bikeways and West Coast IPAs, among many other things, so it only made sense to do a little something for San Diegans who like to ride and drink beer.”
To put the wheels in motion, so to speak, Original 40 also holding monthly Bike & Brews Community Rides along Pershing Bikeway. They take place the first Tuesday of every month and meets at the brewery in North Park at 5:30. The 6.6-mile roundtrip ride then goes to Bottle Rocket Bar and Grill in the East Village and back, at an easy to moderate pace. The ride leader is Original 40 beertender Preston Bewley. Riders can win raffle prizes upon returning to Original 40.
“It is because of business owners like Steve Billings that North Park was recognized this year as one of the 16 Most Up-and-Coming Neighborhoods in the U.S. by Travel Mag,” said North Park Main Street Executive Director Mark West. “North Park Main Street applauds the tremendous job that Original 40 routinely does uniting the community through outstanding crafts beers and fantastic events for all San Diegans.”
The Original 40 Brewing Company in North Park and is named after the original 40-acre parcel of land that became modern day North Park, is located at 3117 University Avenue.
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