While staying in Denver, I took a day trip to Fort Collins. Ft. Collins is about an hour drive north. It was a very scenic route and the sun was shining… I was really lucky!
The main reason I went to Ft. Collins was to visit the Anheuser Busch Brewery. I got there right when it opened and ended up having a private tour.
It is 110 degrees F in this room!
Out of the 12 breweries, this is the 3rd largest. Over 30 beers are brewed here!
Over 28 batches are made per day, which is 9 million barrels of beer!
The Ft. Collins location is famous because it is where the Clydesdales live.
Each horse can be at least 6 feet tall and weight one ton.
The largest horse on the current team is 6 feet, 6 inches tall and is over 2400 pounds!
Being able to see the stables with 10 horses was amazing. Normally they are gone all summer on tour, but I got there the weekend before they started traveling!
Each day, one male horse drinks up to 30 gallons of water and eats 50 to 60 pounds of hay. Every morning they are allowed to run around on 120 acres, however, the white on their face can get sunburnt so they are put inside before 11 am.
The horses pulling sleighs of beer became a Busch tradition after the end of prohibition. These horses are so strong, that one horse could pull the sleigh, however, when they tour they use 8.
They also have Dalmatians, but those stay in St. Louis, the breweries headquarters.
Have you visited a brewery?