After the game, we visited some downtown establishments and house-parties at University Wisconsin-Milwaukee. On Sunday it was off for the opening weekend of the NFL to Zim's sports bar. Downtown Milwaukee was very nice, but relatively quiet for a major city. I also was informed that Milwaukee is home to the World's Largest Four-sided Clock Tower (Big Ben of course has only 2 sides).
As the name of the hometown baseball team states, Milwaukee is home to tons of breweries. We decided to tour a small brewery that was home to the first very FDA approved 'Gluten Free Beer' and also the first ever completely organic beer. This brewery was Lakefront Brewery and it was located as the name suggests on the water. To gain perspective on the size of this brewery, Lakefront brews as much beer in 1 year as Anheuser Busch spills in 1/3 shift (8 hours). The tour was fabulous...you were given four free samples of beer and also were given a pint glass at the end of the tour. The guide (who had been drinking on the job all day) was very quick witted and used lots of sexual innuendos throughout. I also learned that Wisconsin allows 18 year olds to drink in public (legally in bars, stadiums, etc.) as long as they are within eye-sight of their parents. The Lakefront Brewery is a must see while in Milwaukee.
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