Monday, February 21, 2011

Beer-filled Weekend in Milwaukee

Saturday morning we drove up to Milwaukee to visit our friends Anne and Brian. Our friends Matt and Kendal (who recently moved from Birmingham to St. Louis) drove up as well, and our friend Kedar (who was a post doc in Tom's lab in Bham and now lives north of Chicago) joined in on the fun too! We decided to meet up at the Dranka residence because Brian finished brewing his first batch of homemade beer! Mitochondriale Brown Ale! (He's a scientist).

Before we could sample Brian's fine beer, we had to "warm up" by doing what our group does best....go on a brewery tour. (It's kinda our thing...like here or here). So we went to Sprecher Brewing Company in Glendale, WI.
We went on a little tour and then got to sample some of their fine brews. In addition to the 15 beers that were on tap, they had 8 varieties of soda...which was great considering 2 people in our group were pregnant (not me).
Although when two more tours come through after your tour (they run hourly), it's probably time to go home. (Or when random people start getting in your pictures....)
So we headed back for some grilled burgers, Mitochondriale (quite good!), and a skype session with Kelly, Emily, and Stacy (the remnants of our crew still in Birmingham). (Kelly had to get really close to the computer so we could hear her...so we got a nice close-up of her whenever she talked to us :)

After dinner, the guys helped Brian start another batch of brew. I forget what it was called but it was extremely hoppy (needless to say, Tom loved the aroma).

And of course, the puppies had a blast! Bailey even played "nice" with Bentley and didn't try to rip her face off with her teeth like how her and Jack used to play! (Although she did rip the head off of one of Bentley's bobos and partially gutted 3 others...Sorry Benny)! Bailey was so tired she didn't move from the couch all day Sunday when we got home!



We had a great weekend!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Had a good time Skyping, I did end up getting a new camera that when tested seemed to have a much better microphone. SO then next time we decide to Skype you won't have to see our pores. :)