Fun was had by all.

We met at church a little after 9 AM, but had a little drama since Bobby cut himself on my very sharp car.  Seriously though, when this happened while we were getting gas, I didn't think much of it, but when he asked for a paper towel and I saw the blood, I was pretty sure he had to go to the hospital.  We went to CVS to get some antibiotic and those stick on sutures, but this really didn't work and so we went to Northwest Community Hospital, the same place Peter was when he broke his leg (doing something dumb.)  I hated to leave him there and I'm sure that he didn't want to be left there but he told us to go on.  What a trooper.  He was able to come later after rainman picked him up and join us for the second tour.

Lakefront Brewery was the same and maybe a little better.  We had a guide who hurried us through the tour, but we didn't really miss anything.  This is the place that encourages you to drink throughout the tour.  You get a pull when you check in, nurse your beer while everyone gets together then you have taps along the way.  I like this system.  The beer was good, the tour is fun and the atmosphere is very lighthearted.  I realized later that the tour was sort because people were on this boat tour and needed to leave early.  Hmmm... I like this idea of a boat tour, basically three breweries in 4 hours, we may check this out next year.  I had two beers and traded my last two tokens for one of their root beers.

Sprecher Brewery was more of the traditional type of tour.  While the guide was very nice, she didn't really compare in terms of personality to the Lakefront people.  The beers came in small glasses (unlike Lakefront where they were VERY generous) and you didn't get any until after the tour was over.  BUT while the brews were quite good, the sodas were amazing.  They were also free so after I had three beers (remember the glasses were very small) I kept going back for the best tasting soda I've ever had in my life.  Since we were at the last tour of the day we ended up hanging out there longer than planned, shopping for souvenirs and buying beer and soda to take home.  I purchased matching t-shirts for me and the wifey, they were really cute.

All the hanging out changed our plans.  Instead of going to the OKTOBERFEST at Heidelberg Park (the Sprecher people told us that it wasn't that great in any case -- maybe so we would hang around and buy more stuff at the gift shop, I don't know) we did what we did during my bachelor party, which was to sober up before dinner at the Borders in downtown Milwaukee.  I suppose from now on a trip to Milwaukee will not be complete unless I go to the downtown Borders.  From there we went to The Safehouse.

Did I mention that I'm glad that Bobby was able to join us?  I'm also thankful that Gene was able to pick him up from the hospital.  I mention that I'm glad that Bobby was there because he was the one who gave the correct password, which saved us a bit of embarrasment.  After a bit of a wait we were ushered to our table.  The food was pretty good, but the real reason one would go to the Safehouse would be to just experience the spy themed aspect of it.  If we do this again we would probably choose a different place.