CARROLL ? RAGBRAI and craft beer are the best of friends.
It’s the world’s largest rolling party, after all, and what’s a party without beer?
Fans of the fermented fluid are in luck on this year’s ride, because they’re following a route studded with cities big enough to support numerous examples of Iowa’s burgeoning brewing industry. The first since leaving Sioux City Sunday was Carroll Brewing Co. in Monday's overnight town, with more than 20 to follow.
Though the brewery was a bit separated from the vendors and entertainment stages in town, a steady stream of cyclists meander away from the lines of vendors, far from the main stage's headliners, to form a crowd outside Carroll Brewing Company.