Brewin' in Cowtown

About a week ago, I decided to go to a meetup.com event in which we were going to tour the Rahr & Sons Brewery in Fort Worth. I don't drink beer (I think it tastes nasty), but I have toured a couple breweries before and I thought they were really interesting, so I decided to go. Well, the description of the event was a little misleading....

Basically what it turned out to be was a beer party in a warehouse (I guess I didn't realize that this brewery was pretty tiny!). In this warehouse, they had the tanks and equipment and then next to them was a little tiny gift shop and then a huge bar area. You go into the gift shop and buy a glass (there were a bunch of designs and sizes to choose from) and then they give you 3 'poker' chips for free beer at the bar.

Oh, and one more detail - there was NO A/C in this warehouse and it was 98-100 degrees and very sunny that day. The only airflow was from a couple fans and the open overhead door on the side of the building. They even had a tiny little stage with a band in there! So needless to say, it was very loud. After about an hour, I asked the other people when this 'tour' was going to happen. Turns out it is just a guy who tries to scream over the noise of the people, fans and the band and tell us how they make their beer.....

The lines for beer were quite long and at one point I looked over and saw this guy in a kilt!

I really liked his shirt, though....."Brotherhood of the Kilt"!

And once it got packed in there, I looked over to my left and saw that there were people who brought babies and small children to this beer-guzzling event! WHO DOES THAT?? They put a blanket down on the floor and told the kids to sit there!

I choked down half of a beer so that I would fit in and then I decided to hit the road!