September 10, 2009 [ Updated November 10, 2009 ]
I really liked the whole location and layout of this place, they did a good job of combining a somewhat sterile (though very nice and well constructed) feeling bar area with the fairly rustic surroundings. The hop trellaces outside were a nice touch, it would be cool if they expanded on those a bit and maybe brewed a special beer with them.... Museum area was really cool, lots of historical brewerainia and information, I could spend hours and hours in there. Actually, I guess we did. I only walked through the giftshop on the way to the museum, but it seemed very well stocked. Service was friendly and punctual, but they were training a drove of teenagers to be servers there, so they were not likely to be the most knowledgeable. My entree was good, the appetizers and soup were great. Beer is good, fairly standard stuff, but all solid, even the pale "lager"(it’s listed here as a pale lager, on their site they call it an ale, to me it tastes like a California Common) or whatever it is. Prices were pretty reasonable, $7 bought a sampler with 7 beers and their root beer, I think pints were $5 or $6 and the food prices were o.k. Value was good, not the most super-over-the-top-excitorama stuff but I enjoyed the experience and history thoroughly. I should mention that it is pretty close to a couple other beery destinations, namely New Glarus, so if you are in the area for something else I would definitely reccomend it. Try the Beer and Cheese Soup... fantastic.

August 28, 2009
Made a road trip to this place yesterday. Beware of detours! It is a neat place with some good beer, excellent service, ok food, and breweriana up the wazoo. Upon entering you can sign the guestbook then go left into the pub area, go right to get a view of an old tunnel decked out with old brewery equipment, or go straight ahead into the gift shop where they stock every possible kind of breweriana ever thought of. Outside they have a beer garden and a view of the spring which is their source of water for the brewery. The beers are a well made pale lager, a malty amber, a strong oatmeal stout, an IPA, a bock, and some other varieties as able. Fun place! Look forward to returning.

October 17, 2008
This is a historic brewery in a tiny town that had sat idle for many years. It was renovated and now exists as a brewpub/restaurant and a brewerania museum. They generally have five of their own bees on tap. the ones I sampled were all decent. Nothing earth shattering, mind you, but easy drinking, enjoyable microbrews nonetheless. They offer a sampler and serve growlers. They also plan to sell bombers in the future. The museum is prety cool. As I recall, it was $7 to tour the top two floors. You can browse the ground floor of the museum for free.