Great Baseball Road Trip: Found in the discount pile
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 – 9:59 AMBy Michael Rand
The Great Baseball Road Trip has been chugging along for about 24 hours now, and so far there has been nary a bit of baseball. There have, however, been plenty of other signature moments. We wandered over to some sort of downtown mall with Diddy yesterday after getting into town because he wanted to buy his dad some sort of candy treat. In this mall was a decidedly excellent T-shirt shop. It had the standard fare of shirts, many of which were Milwaukee-themed (and therefore beer-themed. Seriously). But in the back, in a bin marked 1-$5, 3-$10 or 10-$20 (as opposed to the regularly priced shirts which were roughly $19 apiece), we found that shirt you see in the picture. Yes, if you are willing to buy in bulk (we bought three shirts, including that one), you can get a Green Bay 4ever shirt for a couple bucks. That made us smile. When Brett Favre signs with the Vikings, that shirt will be like a brick made of gold and irony.
Advantage, Milwaukee: Spotted Cow is available everywhere. We enjoyed some during a great meal of — what else — brats, Italian sausages and various salads at Diddy’s parents’ house. We might not have had that third one had we known the Oreo tort would follow. That’s a layer of crushed Oreo, a layer of vanilla ice cream, a layer of hot fudge, a layer of whipped cream and then another layer of crushed Oreo, if you’re scoring at home.
A trip to a couple of Milwaukee’s 9.2 million bars followed. We played some shuffleboard. We learned that some people call Minneapolis “Stinky-crapolis.” (Zing! Joke’s on us, we suppose). All in all: a nice warmup day. Today: a repentant stop by the hotel fitness room, a trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum, a Lakefront Brewery Tour (hopefully) and, of course, Game 1 of Twins vs. Brewers.
Question: Brewery tours — overrated? And what’s the best one out there?
27 Responses to "Great Baseball Road Trip: Found in the discount pile"
That’s a layer of crushed Oreo, a layer of vanilla ice cream, a layer of hot fudge, a layer of whipped cream and then another layer of crushed Oreo, if you’re scoring at home.
Is it possible to acquire adult-onset diabetes from reading?
Addendum: I will gladly second the Spotted Cow props. Wonderful beverage.
I like that they call it a tort. Your pancreas agrees.
I went on the Schell’s brewery tour down in New Ulm. It was great they let you drink (taste test) as much beer as you wanted at the end. I remember the tour guide saying that Budweiser spills more beer in a day than Schell’s brews in a day. I went on that tour in the early 90’s and now they brew Grain Belt down there so it would be fun to go back and do it again.
I too have heard good things about the Schells, and plan to make that pilgramage sometime this summer.
RandBall: I would gladly pay you Tuesday (or whenever) for a Green Bay 4ever shirt today (or whenever).
Rand- Easy way to make yourself appear funny. On the Brewery tour they will show you Wort which is basically before any alcohal has been produced. You will get many laughs if after they explain it You say “More like Wort-less!” Da-dum dum. My friend said this on the Miller tour and it was HI-larious.
The brewery tours that limit you to the equivalent of 1.5 beers aren’t worth it. Now if suddenly very attractive ladies, loud music, and beer bongs show up, that’s another story.
Mux:
The Schell’s tour does not disappoint. You’ll get so tuned up on 7% seasonals that you’ll start seeing peacocks.
I think those shirts could easily have been this season’s official RandBall T. I’d buy out the store and/or pirate the idea if I were you, Rand.
Leine’s Lodge. You don’t even have to take the tour to sample the beer. 
The peacocks at Schell’s are terrifying.
That’s weird - my Schell’s experiences lead to visions of a giant German man in a skirt. Now that’s scary.
Why the [redacted] is the WWL doing an All-decade team before the decade is over?
Merx,
It’s the WWL what do you expect. They’ll come out with another All-Decade team next year too I’m sure.
They’re the same network that has an NBA Draft preview that doesn’t include any of their writers that cover the NBA draft. That’d be like covering the NFL Draft without Kiper or McShay…. wait maybe their on to something.
P.S. to the WWL: Jalen Rose should no longer be employed. Please and Thank You.
AZGopherGirl, I too ended up at Herman the German after the Schells tour. They recently refurbished him.
I’m so glad The Crusher isn’t alive to hear you talking about “Brewery Tours” in Milwaukee. He’d drop a kegger of Old Milwaukee on your heads.
Pretty good post. I just found your blog and wanted to say
that I’ve really liked reading your posts. Any way
I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you write again soon!
What was your favorite Mike Miller and Randy Foye moment?
One pesky SoDak transplant down, one more to go…
AZ
I can’t wait to get rid of Jason Kubel either.
Oh, you meant Chad Greenway, or was it Brock Lesnar?
AZGG -
I’m so happy you see bad tats for what they are…
Hopeless
Wow, the Wolves have 4 first round picks? Too bad this is the worst draft class this decade. Cellar dwellers for life.
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The nice thing about the comment by ‘Hopeless’above on the Wolves’ trade is: It is always easier to be negative as NOBODY will ever remember if/when you are wrong. If you are right, you can always post it again, again, and again….but….WHO CARES.
We could stay the same, sit on our hands, and get the same results… or FINALLY try something with a chance at a leap to great improvement.
Two comments for ‘Hopeless’ to ponder as he/she works at White Castle:
“HOPE is not a strategy” author – unknown
“Rock…you can sh@t in one hand, and hope in the other…let me know which one fills up first” author - Burgess Meredith (as Rocky’s Manager – Mick)
Wow, jama - Minnesota’s border problem is worse than I suspected.
Can the Wolves use one of their four first-rounders on Brett Favre? That would be [redacted] sweet.
/pops the top on another luke-warm High Life, waiting for peacocks that will never appear
Loved your latest post, by the way.
