Leaving Milwaukee

Milwaukee is where both Harley Davidson and Miller Beer were first made. I visited both factories in my last week in Milwaukee.

On the Miller tour, we saw an introductory video and then some of the factory. There is a huge area for storage, but it is emptied and replaced on a daily basis. They make Miller Light, Miller Genuine Draft (MGD) Milwaukee's Best and Miller High Life and also Foster's and a few others.
We were taken to their own pub, where they served 3 free samples if you are over 21. I'm not 21 for another 3 months, so I had Sprite. The picture above is the entrance to the Miller Inn.

Milwaukee's baseball team are known as the Brewers and Milwaukee is sometimes refered to as Brew City. As well as Frederick Miller, there was also a number of others who started brewing in Milwaukee. Frederick Pabst was another brewer who started in Milwaukee. I also visited the house that he built and retired to. This is a large victorian mansion currently being refurbished and returned to its original state and is open to the public. This is where John works, he is senior historian at the Pabst Mansion, so I got a very good guided tour.

On the Harley Davidson tour you weren't allowed cameras, but there were a few bikes that you were allowed to have your picture taken on. See the picture above. This was also a very interesting tour. Mr Harley and 3 Mr Davidsons began their manufacture in a shed originally on Juneau Ave, where the company still has offices, but the factory has relocated Wauwatosa, on the outskirts of Milwaukee.

Both very interesting tours of great American industry.