Good Brewery Tours?

[Zoot Soup]

Anyone been on any good brewery tours? This is one of my favorite things to do and I'm always looking for out-of-the-way places. What are some of your favorites? Anyone been to Goose Island? I'm going to Chicago in June and plan on visiting.

[sweet16]

AB in St. Louis is a good one. Free Samples at the end.

[Clyde]

AB in St. Louis is a good one. Free Samples at the end.

 

It's a wonder I still drink beer after the smell in the Beechwood aging part of that tour.

[Lucky Charms]

Going to visit Bell's Brewing Company in Kalamazoo in June. They make what I think is the best IPA called the Two Hearted Ale and their Amber Ale is really, really good too. Thats called Oberion, its a seasonal and should be coming out very soon.

[Habib]

Checkout the Dogfish Head brewery if you get the chance.

[Zoot Soup]

Checkout the Dogfish Head brewery if you get the chance.

 

The main one or the one in Rehoboth Beach? Have you been?

[Habib]

The main one or the one in Rehoboth Beach? Have you been?

 

The main one. It's not too far from Rehoboth Beach. I think the one on the beach is just a restaurant.

[Jim Schue]

Checkout the Dogfish Head brewery if you get the chance.

 

AA, TTC and I had some of their outstanding products yesterday ...

[Habib]

AA, TTC and I had some of their outstanding products yesterday ...

 

:thumb: They make some excellent stuff. I always keep their 60 Minute IPA around.

[MJAlltheWay24]

I'm planning on making my random road trip soon and plan on stopping at the Yeungling and Samuel Adams breweries.

[bugatti]

Only brewery I have ever visited was the Guiness Brewery in Dublin. I really need to hit up some of the American ones though.

[Lucky Charms]

:thumb: They make some excellent stuff. I always keep their 60 Minute IPA around.

 

I guess I'm just not that big of a fan of Dog Fish Head 60 Min IPA. Way too hoppy for me. Its for the serious hop heads.

[2 Humped Camel]

If you ever get to Colorado, I'd skip the Coors tour and head to Fort Collins for the New Belgium Brewery tour. Very cool place with lots of free samples.

[Zoot Soup]

I'm planning on making my random road trip soon and plan on stopping at the Yeungling and Samuel Adams breweries.

 

Sam Adams is a great tour. Pretty simple, since they don't brew much there on location (most is actually in Cincy, I believe), but the samples are generous!

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

AB in St. Louis is a good one. Free Samples at the end.

 

Most of them that I've been on have a fair share of freebies at the end. It's because a brewery cannot legally sell beer to consumers. They have to sell to a distributor, and then the distributor can only sell to vendors (bars and stores). It's a crazy 3-tier system that was put in place when the prohibition was repealed. (Lets the g-men tax the crap out of the alcohol we drink too - three times over.)

Edited April 18, 2011 by Colonels_Wear_Blue