From CNN comes a great article about checking out the local breweries. If you have a brewery or two in your area make sure to give them a visit. If you are a homebrewer its cool to see how its done on a larger scale, and if you are a beer drinker its cool to see how it got to your table.

I’ve been to three brewery tours, a local brewpub where I lived previously, Sam Adams in Boston and Lake Superior Brewing Company in Duluth. It is really fascinating to see the production of beer on so many scales. From making batches for my self and friends, to city wide, regional and national levels, its almost enough to make my head spin.

As a side note, I’ve stopped by the Leinenkugel gift shop in Chippewa Falls on a number of occasions, but since we were traveling through I’ve not taken that tour. Soon, I hope!

Tour a brewery on a Saturday, or if they do week day tours, take an afternoon off! Nothing like a tour and few samples to pick up the day.

Cheers!