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5 Ways to Tour the Anheuser-Busch Brewery (Yes, you can bring the kids)

How can you combine your love of St. Louis, beer and your kids? Why take them on a tour of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, of course! Yes, a tour of our beloved King of Beers is totally family friendly! Seriously! What better way to teach kids about city history than to tour one of our oldest companies?

To find out how things have changed, I went right to the source and took a tour at Anheuser-Busch. I peppered my guide with questions about the various tours and here’s what I found out! 

The  Complimentary Tour has been shorten and no longer visits the bottling line, but you’ll still see the Clydesdale stable, the beechwood aging tanks and the Brew House. Adults get a beer sample at the Brew House and the end of the tour in the Biergarten. It’s about 45 minutes. 

The Day Fresh Brewery Tour is basically the old free tour and still visits the bottling line along with everything in the Complimentary Tour. It now costs $10, but you’ll get a third beer in a bottle you can take home. The bottle is right off the line. (Minors are only $4 and under 2 are free.)  This tour is about 75 minutes long.

The  Historic Schoolhouse Museum Tour visits the three historic buildings on campus and is limited to a much smaller group so you can really chat with your guide. It costs $25 for adults, $10 for minors and under 2 are free. Adults will get three samples on the tour: at the Brew House, the Museum and at the Biergarten. You’ll also get to keep your sampling glass from the museum.

The Beermaster Tour is a behind the scene adventure and you’ll get to taste beers right from the tanks, just like the A-B Brewmasters. It’s $35 and you’ll get to keep a glass AND a hat. Minors are $15 and under 2 are free. This tour is about 2 hours long, visits everything on the Day Fresh Tour plus a whole lot more–the Primary Fermentation Cellar, Lager Cellar and the Finishing Cellar. You’ll also need to RSVP for this tour.

The Beer School  is a class offered just to adults over 21. It’s $15.  It runs about 45 minutes and introduces you to a variety of beer styles, ingredients, proper pouring techniques and food-pairing suggestions. You’ll also take home “gifts for the beer connoisseur.”

The Historic Schoolhouse Museum Tour

Since I’ve done the old complementary tour many times in the past, I decided to check out the new museum. This tour really delves deep into the history of Anheuser-Busch and the Busch family. You’ll visit all three buildings owned by A-B that are on the Registry of National Historic Landmarks: the Clydesdale Stable, the Brew House and the Old Schoolhouse. They were built between 1868 and 1892 and were placed on the registry back in 1967.

If you’ve toured the brewery before, you’ve seen the stable and the brew house…but never the inside of the school. Lyon School, as it was called, was once a part of the St. Louis Public School District, and was sold to the brewery in 1907. It served as the brewery’s main administrative building, and each president of Anheuser-Busch had an office there until 1982 when the office building at One Busch Place was finished. 

You can learn a lot on this tour. Even though I’ve seen the Clydesdale Stable before, I learn even more about it on this trip. And if you know me at all, you know the horses are my favorite part of the tour. For example, I learned that the horse names over the stalls are from the very first Budweiser Clydesdales hitch!

$25 might seem a little steep for a brewery tour, even if they are giving you an extra beer. However, if you like history it’s worth it. Our guides really new everything about Anheuser-Busch and the small tour size was really nice. It was like a personal tour of the brewery! We had time to really look at everything, ask tons of questions and take plenty of photos. Unlike the free tour I’ve taken in the past, our guides never turned on a film–every fact was known by heart.

Now I’ll admit, I went on this tour while the kids were at school–I took a friend with me that day. We had a blast! After our three samples we decided to play it safe and stick around the Biergarten for lunch. 

If you time your visit right, you can also get a free photo with a Clydesdale! Every day between 3:30 and 4:30 pm they bring a horse to the Biergarten. Visitors can snap a photo with him using their own camera.  

More information about the new Old Schoolhouse Museum and historical tour can be found here: Introducing the Old Schoolhouse Museum and Historical Experience .

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You can't talk about beer in St. Louis without bringing up one of its largest companies, Anheuser-Busch. The world-famous brewery has been a part of the city's landscape since 1852. The best way to learn about Anheuser-Busch and its beer-making process is by taking a free tour of the A-B Brewery in Soulard, just south of Downtown St. Louis . For the tours, go to the entrance at 12th and Lynch streets.

Visiting Tips

• This is a walking tour so make sure to wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes. Part of the tour goes outside, so dress for the weather as well.
• Children are welcome on the tour, but the brewery is not easily stroller accessible. Children will likely have to walk or be carried during parts of the tour.
• Fridays and weekends are the busiest times for tours. For smaller crowds, plan to visit on a weekday.
• Registration is not required to take a tour unless you are bringing a large group of 15 or more.
• The tour lasts for a little more than an hour. It ends with free beer samples and soda for those younger than 21.

What You'll See

There are three main things you'll see on a tour. First is the Budweiser Clydesdales and their stable. The Clydesdales have been the face of the brand since the 1930s. They make hundreds of appearances every year.

Then, it's a walk through the brewing and bottling areas to see where Budweiser, Bud Light, and other brands are made. This portion of the tour includes stops in the historic Brew House, the fermentation cellar, and the packaging plant. This is where you'll learn about the history of the company and how it grew into the brewing giant that it is today.

Finally, it's a trip to the tasting room for two free samples of A-B products. Soda and snacks are also available. After the tour, you can stop by the gift shop for souvenirs or hit the Biergarten for more food and drinks.

As you might expect, Anheuser-Busch does things in a big way even with its tours. Groups can be quite large, and tours move pretty quickly. There won't be time to stop and chat with the brewmaster about the quality of the hops. If you're looking for a smaller, more personalized brewery tour, try Schlafly Bottleworks, an independent craft beer maker in St. Louis.

If you don't mind spending a little money, you can sign up for Beer School before you take a tour. The half-hour class includes tastings, pouring demonstrations, souvenirs, and information about the brewing process. Another option is the Brewmaster Tour, which offers a more in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at brewery operations.

Parking and Transportation

The A-B Brewery is easy to get to by car, just off Interstate 55 south of Downtown St. Louis. There is no Metrolink stop nearby, so taking the train is not a good option. MetroBuses do run to Soulard, but with plenty of free parking, the best option for many is to drive.

Other Soulard Attractions

Soulard is a historic neighborhood that hosts a popular Mardi Gras celebration in February and an Oktoberfest party in October. The Soulard Farmers Market also draws crowds year-round, so there's plenty to see and do after your brewery tour if you're visiting at those times.

Popular Soulard Restaurants

If you're hungry before or after your tour, Soulard has some great restaurants that are worth a try. Barbecue lovers should stop in at Bogarts Smokehouse for its fantastic brisket, pulled pork, and ribs. McGurk's Irish Pub has been a popular destination for decades with its upscale pub grub, cold Guinness, and authentic Irish music. Another good bet is Molly's where you'll find drink specials, a wide variety of bistro fare, and live music.

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Budweiser Brewery Tour – Fort Collins

Discover how beer is brewed at one of the largest breweries in the United States: Budweiser. Guests of all ages are welcome on the tour, and those over 21 get free beer samples, including two large pints of your choice.

In addition to seeing the whole brewing process, guests also get to visit the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales West Coast Team at the Fort Collins brewery. These majestic, giant horses have appeared in Super Bowl commercials as well as fairs and parades. Furthermore, there is a gift shop with Budweiser gifts and memorabilia.

If you’d prefer to skip the tour and go straight to the tasting room, you’re welcome to. Aside from the 2 free pints, the bar sells beer and has mini-pretzel bags. The free, guided tour lasts about an hour while a paid, Beermaster Tour lasts 2 hours and has different rates according to whether or not you are of drinking age.

The tour takes you more in-depth and behind the scenes providing you with sample beers throughout the brewing process and attendees also get souvenirs. For those still wishing to learn more, Beer School teaches styles, pouring techniques, and food pairings. It’s a modest fee and lasts 45 minutes. Two other brewery tours in town are Odell and New Belgium .

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Open in 1988, the Fort Collins Anheuser-Busch Brewery brews 33 different beer brands. In 2018 it became the second brewery with the capacity to support their emergency drinking water program. Their team periodically pauses brewing to produce and can emergency drinking water, in an effort to better support their neighbors coast to coast.

The Fort Collins Budweiser factory offers free guided tours. The beer at the end of the mile-and-a-half walk is also free.

While waiting for the Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour to begin, we help ourselves to complimentary soda and pretzels in the bar. The adjacent gift shop sells all the Budweiser paraphernalia one could want, including T-shirts that say “don’t worry, be hoppy.”

Our tour guide, Cory, gathers the group together and gets us under way. Our first stop: the Clydesdale Hamlet, home of the famous Budweiser horses. Cory explains the Fort Collins Bud brewery is the training facility that teaches these immense creatures to be commercial stars, parade ponies and everything else the job demands.

He then leads us through the Willy Wonka-style gates and up to the brewery doors. Inside, we take an elevator to the “hot side” where wort – a young, unfermented beer mixture – is made. Through the hall windows we see the brewing vats – gigantic silver cones that make this facility tied for the fifth-largest automated brewery in the Budweiser system.

From here the wort is sent to the “cold side,” where other ingredients are added. We follow suit, passing in hallways filled with black-and-white photos of the company’s founding workers and product.

In the second elevator, we can smell the bitter fragrance of hops from the room above. As we enter, we stare at the enormous holding vats. “We still make beer like they did back then,” Cory says, “…but we’ve made it more efficient. Guys like Busch, Pabst and Coors are responsible for the mechanization.”

After a few educational stops, we’re led to the beer packing and shipping area. As we watch the massive amounts of machinery, Cory explains the entire process, from the brew being poured, to the cans being pasteurized.

A display of the beer line is next.

“I’ve tried every beer in this case – for training purposes, of course,” Cory says jokingly, “so I can help you find a beer you’ll like.”

Walking through the advertisement hall, with familiar slogans like “This Bud’s for you” and “Nothing beats a Bud,” we pass into the lager cellar. The room, kept at a chilly 48 degrees, stores rows upon rows of giant vats with fermenting lager. The deep carbonated smell fills our nostrils, adding to the anticipation of the beer that awaits.

Once the tour is over, we’re back to the bar to treat our taste buds. Cory explains each 3-ounce taster of beer our bartender serves, from the intake to the aftertaste, and invites us to have an additional 10-ounce beer of our choice.

This tour, which lasts about 1 ½ hours, is free from start to finish, but an expanded Brewmaster Tour is offered for $25 per person. In addition to a hat, T-shirt, tasting glass and 10 percent discount at the gift shop, the paid tour offers a more in-depth look at what makes the Anheuser-Busch one of the most popular companies in the world.

Beermaster Tours must be scheduled in advance, and participants must wear closed-toe shoes and pants. $25 per person for those 21 and older, $10 for those 13 to 20, who are not allowed to taste the beer. October-May, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Thursday through Monday, June-September, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily.

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End of an era: jax's anheuser-busch's brewery tour.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Since its opened, Anheuser-Busch has offered free guided tours to anyone willing to drop by to explore their Jacksonville brewery. That ended Dec. 23 when the brewery ended tours and closed its associated gift shop permanently.

With that in mind, Modern Cities has archived a photographic behind-the-scenes tour of the Jacksonville brewery for Jaxsons to have permanent, free access to.

A fixture in Jacksonville’s manufacturing scene since 1969, Anheuser-Busch’s third-largest U.S. brewery produces nine million barrels of beer annually. Anheuser-Busch’s roots date back to 1852 with German American brewer George Schneider establishing the Bavarian Brewery in St. Louis. In 1960, the operation was purchased by William D’Oench and German-born soap manufacturer Eberhard Anheuser. In 1869, Anheuser’s son-in-law Adolphus Busch purchased D’Oench’s share. In 1957, Anheuser-Busch became the largest brewer in the United States.

Covering 1.4 million square feet, the manufacturing operations of the brewery are pretty impressive. Operating 24/7, the 205-acre plant site receives regular shipments of raw ingredients by rail, accommodates 235 trucks each day and even includes its own natural gas power plant.

Brands produced include Budweiser, Bud Light, Busch, Busch Light, Michelob Light, Michelob, AmberBock, Michelob ULTRA, Natural Light, Natural Ice, Shocktop and Landshark. To ensure consistency, every product produced in the brewery is sampled every day at 3 p.m. by staff.

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Anheuser-Busch InBev Unusual Options Activity

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Anheuser-Busch InBev BUD .

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with BUD, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 9 options trades for Anheuser-Busch InBev.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 88% bullish and 11%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $1,896,547, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $71,380.

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After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $57.5 and $95.0 for Anheuser-Busch InBev, spanning the last three months.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of Anheuser-Busch InBev stands at 371.33, with a total volume reaching 243.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in Anheuser-Busch InBev, situated within the strike price corridor from $57.5 to $95.0, throughout the last 30 days.

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Anheuser-Busch InBev is the largest brewer in the world and one of the world's top five consumer product companies, as measured by EBITDA. The company's portfolio contains six of the top 10 beer brands by volume, according to Euromonitor, and we estimate it distributes 23 brands with retail sales over $1 billion. AB InBev was created by the 2008 merger of Belgium-based InBev and US-based Anheuser-Busch. The firm holds a 62% economic interest in Ambev and in 2016 it acquired SABMiller.

Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Anheuser-Busch InBev, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.

Present Market Standing of Anheuser-Busch InBev

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• RSI readings suggest the stock is currently is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
• Anticipated earnings release is in 20 days.

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Anheuser-Busch always dreams big.​ It’s our culture and our heritage.​ But more than that, it’s our future. A future where we always look forward. Always serve up new ways to meet life's moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. To provide opportunity for our people. Lift up our neighbors. And make a meaningful impact in the world. A future that everyone can celebrate. And everyone can share.

A future with more cheers.

Anheuser-Busch always dreams big.​ It’s our culture and our heritage.​ But more than that, it’s our future. A future where we always serve up new ways to meet life’s moments and the times that matter. The moments where we celebrate, defy challenges, dream of the brighter future we are building today– and all the moments in between.

We embody the time-honored traditions of brewing great beer while constantly innovating to drive the industry forward. We strive for excellence in everything we do. We are home to iconic, beloved brands. And we are leading the industry into the future by growing beyond beer to offer new beverages for every person, for every occasion.

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We invest time in making a meaningful impact. We are business partners, collaborators and community leaders working to make a difference around the globe to better our future. We create jobs. We show up to lift up our neighbors when natural disasters strike. We remain unwavering in our advocacy for responsible drinking. We put sustainable innovation at the center of our business by reducing our use of precious natural resources, and continuously striving to leave our world a cleaner place. And every time we brew, we use the highest-quality ingredients, grown in America by farmers who have been our partners for generations.

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