Today's plan was to begin our trek westward and make a stop in Hersey, PA (The sweetest place on earth!). Someone up above apparently did not think that chocolate should be a part of our day, and rain pushed us off the road right near a tiny town called Pottsville, PA. Low and behold, we are face to face with the Yuenling Brewery, America's oldest family run brewery, est. 1829. Why yes, I'd love a tour! If you've ever been on a brewery tour before, you know that they are usually a 20 minute overview of the less interesting parts of the operation. This tour was an hour and a half long. We got to stick our noses into every part of the process. They were actually brewing right around us as we walked through. I liked the bottling room best.
There was also a little family / brewery history museum set up. The Yuenling family look like a fun bunch of people.
And no brewery tour would be complete without the samples!
When we stopped for the night, Pip got to build his first campfire!
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