Last day in Saint Louis I had to go to the Schlafly Bottleworks tour. I have gone to Schlafly's Taproom a number of times and always had a great time. Bottleworks sounded like a lot of fun, so me and my buddy Kopper headed down to the brewery.Our tour guide was Alex. He was a cool guy. Since it was just the two of us he gave us more of a personal, inside look at the brewery. He explained the Bottleworks was built in an old grocery store. There are still some grocery carts around that the brewers use to haul ingredients and supplies around. Right now Schlafly is experiencing so much growth that the bottling line is working at full capacity. One thing Schlafly is looking at to meet demand is to contract some of their beers to be canned at the brewing facilities in Latrobe, PA.
After the tour we got our samples. I went with a Blackberry Cider, Saison, and the Pale Ale. All was very good, but I was especially blown away by the super fresh Pale Ale.
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