There are only four Anheuser Busch breweries in America that give free tours. Happily, one is located in Merrimack, NH. I was able to partake in a tour yesterday. It turned out to be a nice activity for a cold February Saturday and of course involved free beer so I am fully endorsing it.
Before the tour begins, there are a couple of things to pass the time. One is a visit to the gift shop that includes many specialty Budweiser items. I will definitely making a return visit there before Christmas rolls around again. Also, A small museum occupies the waiting area. One could learn quite a bit about the history of Anheuser Busch just from these exhibits. Our tour guide did a nice job filling in the blanks about Adolphus Busch and his rise to prominence in the beer industry. A fun fact about Budweiser: It doesn't mean anything. Adolphus Busch chose "Budweiser" because it sounded German and was easy to say.
The actual tour takes you through the brew house and give a view of the bottling process. It was mostly impressive for the amount of beer that is produced there. Something like 5 kajillion
gallons a second I think. You could tell that most of us were just waiting for our free beers. Our tour guide could absolutely tell and even she seemed relieved once the beers were finally poured. The bar area was very nice.Given the proximity to my house, I would probably visit this bar as a paying customer fairly regularly. Alas, I don't believe this is a service they provide so I'll have to settle for two free beers every time I decide to endure the guided tour. Next time I'm just going to get two Budweisers though because how does it get better really?
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