There are certain venerated traditions of St Louis that you will inevitably get pulled into at some point if you live here long enough. One such cultural institution is the Budweiser Brewery tour. It's like those factory tours they used to take on Mr Rogers' Neighborhood (of which, oh my goodness, Volume 2 Episode 6 "How People Make Crayons" was a life-changer). Admittedly, compared to Mr Rogers tours, the Bud tour has more adults and a lot more beer guts and way fewer cardigans, but still has plenty of factory equipment whirring around and zipping past in amazing automated ways.
What do I remember most from the tour, though? Here's the Top Two countdown:
#2 The Budweiser Clydesdales. This one was a bit of a snob, refusing to give me an autograph even though I asked nicely. Alas, fame has clearly hardened him. At least he hasn't pulled a Charlie Sheen (...yet).
If there is reincarnation, I bet the really good souls come back as Clydesdales.
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