Milwaukee Day 2

Our second day in Milwaukee was our biggest day. 

We woke up and went to the Pabst Mansion. 

http://www.pabstmansion.com/

 ( I'm actually in this picture, can you find me?)

It was an amazing mansion and we had the cutest little 75 year old woman for a tour guide. The house was beautiful and Captain Frederick Pabst was an interesting man. 

(These pictures are all from the website; you weren't allowed to take pictures inside.)

At the end of the tour the little old lady said "PBR got a bad name for awhile, but I've heard it's becoming quite popular again". Angel and I just looked at each other and smiled, because it's obviously the worst beer ever. But laughs on us I guess because the Captain made millions off of the disgusting stuff. Nice mansion though. 

Our next stop was the Miller Brewing Tour. 

 

I'm trying to lift a keg, unsuccessful. 

The tour itself was ok. Unfortunately production wasn't happening because the plant was closed for Good Friday. I was disappointed we didn't get to see all those bottles go by. 

This warehouse was filled and filled with case after case of beer. This picture doesn't due it justice at all. The best part was when the tour guide said that this warehouse provides ten states with beer, but 60% percent all goes to ONE city to the south. What city was that? You guessed it..... Chicago!

After the tour they sit you at a bar table. (We were sat with a very nice couple from Milwaukee.) Then out comes the free beer! I was expecting samples...but they give you 3 ten ounce beers, EACH! I was definitely feeling a little tipsy when we left. 

Our tickets to the Pabst Museum also included admittance to two other places, so that's where we headed next. The Charles Allis Art Museum was the strangest "museum" I have ever been to. It was an old house full of random things. Plus, Angel and I were the only ones in the place.
We couldn't think of anything to do other then take strange pictures

Angel plays the "museum" piano 

What the heck is this??

Reading a book...

This museum was so weird and boring so I took a nap on the couch

The last house museum was the Villa Terrace. Not nearly as good as the Pabst but definitely better then the Charles Allis.

While we were at the last museum we saw a brochure for the distillery nearby. We headed over there right away. The tour was informative and the guy definitely knew his stuff. We paid 3 dollars for a tasting afterward which basically meant a quarter shot of everything they produced.

Bloody Mary before the tour.

I totally forgot what kinda drink this was. I know it tasted good :) 

We went back to the hotel to shower and get ready. We wanted to do some walking around/shopping before dinner but it was POURING rain. We went to dinner at an ok restaurant but it wasn't great. We were going to go to a comedy show that night, but we were so tired that we ended up just stopping at the casino for awhile before going back to our hotel. Originally we really thought it would have been fun to go to a Brewers game, and tickets were only 4 dollars. However with the rain we decided we didn't want to be wet and cold. It wasn't until later while watching the game at the restaurant we realized why the people in the stands weren't even wearing coats. THEY PLAY IN A DOME!!! Haha there was no need for us to consider the weather! Oh, well.