Sprecher Brewing Company Tour
Looking for a family friendly brewery tour in Milwaukee? Here's one: Sprecher Brewing Company. Not all brewery tours are kid friendly, not that they should be, but as my family recently experienced, the Sprecher Brewing tour goes above and beyond appealing to all ages. One of the main reasons, Sprecher's soda sales top beer sales. That's right, besides making fantastic beer, a variety of sodas roll out of this brewery regularly and they've been a hit since day one. Apparently, the owner noticed kids were bored as their parents tasted beer and decided to play around with root beer (smart man) and he ended up developing a best-seller. On a side note, as we roamed around Milwaukee for a few days it seemed to be in every cooler and on every restaurant menu. It got to the point my family was [Read more]
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