Headed To Milwaukee To Watch Baseball? Grab A Beer At A Brewery, Too

If you’re headed to Milwaukee to watch the Brewers take on the Tampa Bay Rays, you might want to visit a brewery before heading to the game.

The last time the Milwaukee Brewers went to the World Series in 1982, there were only two breweries you could tour in Brew City: Miller and Pabst, as earlier that year, Schlitz was acquired by Stroh Brewing Company.

Today, only Miller is the only one of those three still operating in town, but the city of Milwaukee has more than two dozen breweries located within the city limits, and if you head out yonder to the suburbs, there are a total of 44. Visit Milwaukee promotes the Milwaukee Brewery Trail.

Here are breweries worth visiting.

While it might always be Miller time at the Miller Brewery Tour, the tours on Friday at noon and 12:30 p.m. are free for the first 120 people. Not only will visitors 21 and older get a free tour, but they’ll get a commemorative Miller Lite Brewers hat and three beer samples, too. This tour might remind visitors that this brewery once had a baseball stadium named after it, too.

While Pabst closed its brewery in 1996, you can still enjoy a PBR at Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery, which is where Pabst’s former corporate offices were located. There’s a beer garden and several taverns onsite, but beer history tours are also offered.

Three years after the Brewers’ first appearance in a World Series, Sprecher became the first craft brewery to open in the Milwaukee area. Located in Glendale, which touches the north side of Milwaukee, this brewery isn’t just known for beer: it makes award-winning craft sodas, too. If you have kids, this might be the best brewery tour to enjoy with the family.

If you think a brewery tour might make you hungry, then Lakefront Brewery’s tour is where you should go, as it’s as known for its beer hall as it is its tours. If you are headed to the game on Saturday, Lakefront’s famous fish fry is worth a visit.

If you’re looking for the next new brew, the brewery to visit is Pilot Project Brewing. Pilot Project is a brewery incubator, which means it helps upstart brewers test out their ales and get their footing going. It has a tasting room, restaurant, and rooftop bar, too.

Historically, Milwaukee has had beer gardens, and Third Space Brewery has a modern beer garden that’s dog-friendly. You can bring in your own food or just grab something from one of the food trucks that are often parked outside.

A Milwaukee baseball and beer fan opened Broken Bat Brewing Co. Not only does this spot serve beer, but you can also play whiffle ball, too, as there is an entire whiffle ball field inside. There also are a few pinball machines, too.

Lombardi Brewing has its roots a little further north in Wisconsin, but their Milwaukee taproom is especially worth visiting if you’re a sports fan. John Lombardi opened this brewery in honor of his two grandpas: one “was a football coach and the other owed a beer distributorship.”

This article was originally published on Forbes.com