Beer tourists

When I got to Mom and Dad's house yesterday, Dad was standing on the front porch, waiting for me to arrive.  He and Danny got into the car, and we headed to Rockwall for the Firewheel Brewery tour.  It was a pretty great time.  We walked in just as they were opening the doors for the day, and we were customers 10, 11 and 12.  They only let 16 people into each tour group, so we were happy to get a slot in the first tour of the day.

We had a beer before the tour started, then we had four samples while on the tour.  It was pretty good.  Dad and I had been on a few brewery tours before, starting with the Franconia brewery in McKinney a few years ago.  Last year, we were at the Samuel Adams brewery when we made it to Boston for my birthday.  This was our third.

The tour was pretty good, and because I had bought the Groupon so long ago, I forgot the bonus stuff that came with the deal,  We each walked away with a free pint glass and T shirt.  Not bad...  Twelve beer samples, three pint glasses and three T shirts for the low, low price of $51 (unless I got the deal for 20% off- which I may have).

Here are the guys, both checking out the welds on a big tank that they make beer in:

It was a pretty cool Saturday.  I am glad we did that yesterday, but I have to cancel my typical Sunday visit, now, so I can get ready for day one tomorrow.  I have to get my lesson plans figured out, my website updated and my lunch packed for the first day of school.  It feels like there should be another week or two...  Alas...