Every month, each DMC office has a budget from the Activity Fund to plan a social outing. The St. Louis team recently decided to put the Activity Fund to use by visiting a local icon together. We raised a glass on a behind-the-scenes tour of Anheuser-Busch Brewery.
Anheuser-Busch offers several different tour experiences depending on your interests and time available. We selected the Beermaster Tour which offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how Budweiser is brewed.
On the day of our tour, Dave Menne, Shannon Coupland, and I gathered at the famous brewery. We started our journey in the brewery’s visitor center excited to get access to exclusive locations on the campus. Then, we set off to learn about the King of Beers firsthand.
We had a great time walking through the beer brewing process from start to finish. As engineers, we were fascinated by the bottling line. It was fun to see the high-speed automation and precision of the process in action. Tasting beer right from the chilled finishing tank was definitely a highlight. Although we’ve all tried Budweiser before, it tastes even better straight from the source.
Another favorite moment of the tour was visiting the Budweiser Clydesdales. Not everyone can boast about a visit to the stables on their tour. The horses were just as majestic in person as they are on TV.
After the tour, we relaxed together with a meal at the brewery’s Biergarten restaurant. We laughed about our favorite parts of the tour and sampled a few more brews. It was a unique experience to see automation in action and get an all-access look at a local legend as a team.
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