4 February ‘09
Wednesday
The day before moving on, we try to clean up around the site by picking up our patio carpet and drying it out, putting the bikes back on the bike rack, and dumping the tanks. I’m trying to get this and more done today because the weather forecast for the morning is REALLY COLD !!! Fact is, they are telling us it will be in the low to mid 20’s…that’s the coldest we’ve been in for a long time.
One of the destinations that we’ve had on our books to see is going to happen this afternoon. Abita Springs has its own brewery, Abita Springs Brew House, and it seems to be making its self quite a reputation for great beers. They started brewing in a small store front in the middle of town and after a year of success they had to move a mile down the road. Now after 23 years and 7 major renovations and still putting out one hell beer, they find that every Wednesday through Saturday at 2pm people start lining up for the tour through their plant. Of course having an “Open Bar” might have something to do with it. As you walk in the fancy doors of the tasting room, the management is there to meet. You are handed an empty glass and instructed to go to the pull tabs at the bar and pull hard…
Wednesday
The day before moving on, we try to clean up around the site by picking up our patio carpet and drying it out, putting the bikes back on the bike rack, and dumping the tanks. I’m trying to get this and more done today because the weather forecast for the morning is REALLY COLD !!! Fact is, they are telling us it will be in the low to mid 20’s…that’s the coldest we’ve been in for a long time.
One of the destinations that we’ve had on our books to see is going to happen this afternoon. Abita Springs has its own brewery, Abita Springs Brew House, and it seems to be making its self quite a reputation for great beers. They started brewing in a small store front in the middle of town and after a year of success they had to move a mile down the road. Now after 23 years and 7 major renovations and still putting out one hell beer, they find that every Wednesday through Saturday at 2pm people start lining up for the tour through their plant. Of course having an “Open Bar” might have something to do with it. As you walk in the fancy doors of the tasting room, the management is there to meet. You are handed an empty glass and instructed to go to the pull tabs at the bar and pull hard…
There is a little chit / chat among all the beer drinkers for the first half hour and then we are asked to find a seat in front of any of the huge flat screen TV’s. We watched a 15 minute introduction and explanation on brewing before we were led into the brewing areas to see just how this fine brew was brewed.
Hell, I knew all there is to know about brewing, I just wanted the free beers…(not true, but I did enjoy the free beers…). By the way, I have found the raised homes here to be very interesting, so I wanted to put a couple more pictures here for you to see and me to remember:
