Trip to the brewery

We had a snow day on Friday and I left the house once...for 2 minutes...to just move my car so the plow could clear out our spots. I didn't even change or take a shower. Yup.

So on Saturday I was determined to get outside and do something, anything. I searched high and low for something fun to do but couldn't find anything. It was too cold and snowy to hit a state park and I didn't want want to go to any kid's place. I also wanted to take a ride somewhere, anywhere. So we decided to check out the Wachusett Brewery in Westminster, a few miles down the road from Wachusett Mountain.

I've actually driven by the brewery before...literally. You would never know it was a brewery, it's just an office park type building. I had my GPS and I was wondering where it was. This was last summer and I decided not to go in as I had the kids and I wasn't sure there was much to see or do.

Anyway, we got there around 3:15 and had plenty of time until the 4pm tour. We took a ride over to the mountain where Lynn ran in to the visitor's center to look around (I've been there before) and then looked at all the skiers and snowboarders at the ski area. We headed back to the brewery where you could hang out in the waiting room, eat some pretzels, and try a sample. I tried the Green Monsta and Lynn had the Winter Lager, both which weren't bad. As we headed into the tour area, the guide stopped us and said, "Before you go in I need you to know that if your kids make noise, it's OK, that's what kids do." That was nice of him.

He actually had Kevin be his helper, holding up some things to show people. The tour was about a half hour. I couldn't really pay much attention as we had the kids but it was neat to see all the contraptions. After the tour we had another sample (I had the Quinn which was great and Lynn had the Larry).

I am not much of a beer expert or anything. I was more interested in learning about a local business and hearing about them thrive. Take a ride out sometime - they're off exit 25 off of Rt. 2.