Well this weeks tour review comes from Michael Selewach, who volunteers at the Saint Arnold Brewing Company. He wanted to suggest a great brewery in the Chicago area called Piece Brewery and Pizzeria.

Here is his review:

“Great beer and fantastic pizza. It’s very thin crust unlike Chicago’s deep dish style. The beer has won some awards. The co owner is the guitar player from Cheap Trick. Check out the pics on the website – Rachel Ray was there for a show.”

The site looks great. The tour looks like a great time and full of music and good times. I will have to check it out next time the wife and I are in the Chicago area.

Thanks for the suggestion Michael. If you have a favorite brewery/ winery tour, please drop me a line using my suggestion form and I will get it up as soon as I can.

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So I got an email from a winery based in California. It is called the Fantesca Estate and Winery. The website is great. They have a lot of pictures and history about their wines. They even have a wine club that you can sign up for, which I did. Anyways the wife and I are going to try and make it out there for their Hands on Harvest.

“Hands on Harvest offers wine aficionados and budding vintners a chance to experience the magic of harvest for a day – without having to quit their day jobs!”

It looks like a great time to try my hand a being a vintner for a day. If you have the chance I would make plans to head on out to Cali for this cool event in October.

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Greeting everyone… today the wife and I went down to see some friends in the Houston, TX area. I ran across an ad on tv for the Saint Arnolds Brewing Company. I told the wife that we had to check it out. They have tours on saturdays, but that makes it well worth the wait.

If you did not know the patron saint of beer is Saint Arnold. I personally did not know this but this brewery certainly does live up to it religious heritage. The brewery was a very fun time. They make a great variety of brews to fit any pallet. They have a great tasting room at the end of the tour and you even get to keep a souvenir glass for the memories. So if you are ever in the Houston area make sure you stop by the Saint Arnold. Here is the tour webpage.

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