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Anheuser-Busch Brewery

The first team of Clydesdales were given to August A. Busch by his son in 1933 to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition.

It was fun to see the Clydesdale horses; they live a life of luxury!  Did you know that to be a Budweiser horse, they must stand 6 feet at the shoulder and weigh between 1,800 and 2,300 pounds, be four years old, and have a bay coat, four white legs, a white blaze, and a black mane and tail?

Entrance to the Stables.

Barrel ceiling inside the stable.

Stalls

"Scott"

Harnesses are hung inside these glass cabinets.

Brew House

Grant, used by the brewmaster to check the wort (amber liquid) for clarity and consistency.

Beautiful architecture inside the Brew House, built in 1891 and 6 stories tall.

Reynard the Fox is sitting on each corner of the Bevo Packing Plant.  He's munching on a chicken leg and holding a mug of Bevo, a non-alcohol cereal based beverage made by Anheuser-Busch during Prohibition.

Reynard can be found inside too!

The plant has 27 acres of floor space and has 25 miles of conveyor belts.  Just look at all those bottles on the conveyor belt, filled and ready for labeling.

Bottling cans of 16 ounce Busch Beer.

When Aldophus Busch Jr. was young he attended school at Lyon School House.  Built in 1868, it is the oldest building on the property.  In 1907 the city decided having an elementary school so near a brewery probably wasn't a good idea so they closed the school.

Anheuser-Busch bought the school and it served as the company's headquarters until they outgrew it in 1981.  Adolphus Busch established his office in his former classroom.

Malt House