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Metropolitan Brewing Tour.

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This past Friday Julie and I went on a tour of Metropolitan Brewing.  We’ve seen the beers around town for at least the past year (I think Hackney’s in Printers’ Row was the first place we had the Flywheel Bright Lager). Metropolitan Brewing is a small shop run by three people and an intern in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago’s Northside.  The brewery is setup in an old warehouse and is all contained in one room.  For the tour, head brewer Doug Hurst, basically walked us around the space explaining their process while we were served beer throughout. Everything is done on site including the bottling and labeling with this machine:

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Throughout the tour we got to taste all three of Metropolitan’s beers:  Flywheel Bright Lager, Krankshaft Kölsch and Dynamo Copper Lager.

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Ohio Stadium: Ohio State – Miami

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This past weekend I headed to Columbus for the Ohio State – Miami game.  Outside of special teams mistakes the Buckeyes dominated the game.  My brother managed to get me tickets one way or another in A Deck which were probably the best seats I’ve had at Ohio Stadium since I was a student.  Of course I had to go through the archaic ‘Will Call’ system that OSU has setup.  I guess it never dawned on me that 700 students would wait until the day before the Miami game to pick up their tickets and that the Ticket Office wouldn’t have separate lines for Student Tickets and everyone else.

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Nevertheless it was a good time.  We tailgated a little before the game, then headed over to the Varsity Club where Jack & Eddie pulled his weight to get a spot at the bar.

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US Cellular Field: Beerman Bobblehead.

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Last night Julie and I headed down to the South Side for the ‘Beerman Bobblehead Night’ at US Cellular Field.  The White Sox ended up losing in the 9th inning to the Tigers.  We had heard about the bobblehead when the tickets went on sale for the season and this was a priority.  Every time we go to a White Sox game, I think more and more how much more enjoyable the whole experience can be compared to Wrigley Field.  It’s just so much easier to get around, the food is much better and typically the team is better.

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