For the regular readers of this blog, you know that Leinenkugel has become Nancy’s favorite beer. After having yet another one at the Metrodome last night, we’ve decided to make Leinenkugel the official beer of the 2008 Baseball Stadium Tour. With that in mind, it should make sense that, on the way to Milwaukee from Minneapolis, we took a 20 minute detour to go to the Leinenkugel Brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. It’s a small brewery, started in 1867. Their brewing process has been modernized with very up-to-date equipment (Aspiring chemical engineers should consider a career in the brewing industry. Complex chemical engineering processes and free beer). They’ve built a very neat lodge (Leinie Lodge) for their beer tasting and to sell memorabilia. We’ve made a good official beer choice (www.leinie.com).
On to Miller Park … I now have a new favorite ball park. Milwaukee did a great job building Miller Park. Easy in, easy out; Cheap, close parking ($8); Tailgaiting with places to dump your hot charcoal. The actual park is a beautiful structure. The roof was closed because of predicted thunder storms. However, that just added to the effect. Miller Park has windows to allow sunlight in. The promenade was spacious. We got free US Cellular backpack bags. They had lots of food choices (hot dog rating preview … they had the best mustard … tasty and spicy). There were many things to do for kids (playgrounds, speed pitch, etc.). Toyota sponsors special seats … Barcoloungers with personal HD TVs. Like I said, my favorite so far.
As for the game, the Brewers beat the Dodgers 5–3. The Brewers took the lead on a 2 run double by the Hebrew Hammer, Ryan Braun. Carlos Villanueva pitched well enough to win. Eric Gagne, the much maligned closer, saved the game for the Brewers. Why do I mention this? He did the Ryne Duren thing (NY Yankee from the 50s). Gagne threw a wild pitch to the 2nd batter and immediately stepped off the mound to clean his glasses. Intimidation! Here’s a link to the box score:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_05_13_lanmlb_milmlb_1&mode=wrap
Here’s a link to the pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14772189@N03/sets
Hot Dog rating: Very good. I had an Italian Sausage with sauerkraut. Nancy had a Polish Sausage doused with their special barbeque sauce and some sauerkraut. Nancy gave it an “8”. I’ll give it a “9” … one extra point for great mustard!
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