New Glarus revisited

Ah, New Glarus, Wisconsin.  We salute you!

Perhaps you haven't heard of New Glarus, but we couldn't wait to go back after visiting there three summers ago.  The boys great-great-great-grandfather was one of the original settlers, so there's the historical interest, of course.

And then there's the brewery.

I'm not much of a beer drinker, but three years ago we toured the New Glarus Brewery and not only was it fascinating, but it was delicious.  I am still mourning that the Bourbon Barrel Bock was a special "Unplugged" beer that I will never get to drink again.  So we headed back, this time to the new Hilltop location, and took another tour.  And a taste or three.  Matthew actually snapped the photo above -- he's pretty good with a camera, huh?

Until he's had a few rootbeers, that is.

Then he gets sloppy.

Either that or artistic.  There was a series of about a dozen "rootbeer bottle and lunchbox" shots that Matthew took, at varying angles and focuses.  Then we cut him off from both the camera and the rootbeer.

We should have cut Cameron off as well, it turns out.

Wowzers!  That rootbeer has some kick!

After a stop in the gift shop, we headed to a putt putt course.

Yes.  That is a goat on the putt putt course.  We were in Wisconsin.

We finished off the evening at the Glarner Stube, our only meal out of the trip.  The boys got crazy with some more rootbeer and David and I shared an indulgent cheese fondue.  Cameron tried it, but declared it unpalatable.  Which was totally okay -- more for me.

So next time you're in Wisconsin, take my advice.  Make a visit to New Glarus.  And bring something back from the gift shop for me.