The second leg of the tour of Milwaukee breweries really didn't happen at all. We were in the Miller valley where we enjoyed the first leg of the tour, then after consulting our GPS we saw that Sprecher, a beer that I have enjoyed in those familiar 16 oz bottles, housed their brewery a little to the north in Glendale. We were planning to meet our good friend around 4:30 at his house in Riverwest so we didn't have a lot of time. We arrived there at approximately ten minutes to three, and when walking into the brewery shop we were greeting by 2 gents drinking some fine Sprecher beer, so we knew we were in the right place.
We asked if we were in time for the tour, but they informed us that the first tour on a weekday was at 4 PM. We asked if we could enjoy a couple there, but we were told it was not allowed. Which is curious because they were certainly enjoying theirs.
We asked if they could give us a special tour, since we were probably the only ones expected, but they said they could not take care of us. We realized that we would not be able to take the 4 PM tour ( the first one scheduled) and meet our friend on time, so we had to take a pass. But, when we asked were we could enjoy one nearby the fine Sprecher brewery guy pulled out some coupons to the local watering hole where we could get a free one with the coupon.
It was off to the Silver Spring House where we enjoyed a couple Sprecher Ambers, on tap, which were cold and delicious. As it turns out, we probably should have done the tour and been a little late back to Riverwest, but we really wanted to hook up with our Milwaukee mate. Near his house is the ultimate goal of the trip, Lakefront Brewery.
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