September 7, 2009
The Anheuser-Busch Campus is amazing and is a must see for anyone passing through St. Louis. The tour is one of the best that I have been on. The guides are very knowledgeable and provide an educational experience. The tasting at the end is a great closure to the tour.

July 17, 2009
I’ve probably done this tour at least two dozen times. It’s essential for those visiting St. Louis and it takes a little under an hour. A few of the buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places, so the grounds do have a special feel to them. A slight knock to the ambience because it has gotten increasingly corporate and touristy over the years (and, I know, it’s always been a far cry from small breweries). The tasting room obviously has primarily A-B products, but a few others they distribute in North America (occasionally Stella, Beck’s, and others will appear). You can also get drafts of things before they come out en masse; I was among the first to try Bare Knuckle Stout and Shock Top on tours in recent years. The smell of the brewery wafts all the way across South City on clear, warm nights and that’s a good thing. The buildings, the story, the clydesdales, and the pageantry are unique, even if most of the beer isn’t. This place is important to St. Louis and I hope InBev doesn’t strip away even more of what makes it special.

June 15, 2009
Its all about the huge enterprise of AB beer. Staff are nice, place is fine, but its AB beer. A nice tour for a family on vaction, but not a great place to hang out.

May 6, 2009
My first brewery tour in the summer of 08. Free which was nice and all the free samples you want in the end. Then again of course, it is Budweiser. It was nice to learn how the classic lager and its brethren are brewed though.

February 9, 2009
The tour is free and there is a lot to learn about beer and A-B history here. The trip to see the Clydesdales and their stable (they live better than I do) is really cool. Pictures are permitted most places. Two full pints are proved free at the end. I tried Bud Select and Bare Knuckle. The gift shop has a ton of stuff and it is pretty low-priced. I bought some nice glassware for $3 each. I would come back here anytime even if I have moved onto better beer. You still have to give these guys credit for the consumer base they have established. Now that they are owed by INBEV I would recommend a trip here before something changes and a piece of post-prohibition history is lost.

February 7, 2009
i like to visit the a-b brewery whenever i find myself in st. louis. you see the legendary clydesdyles, get an idea of the ginormity of the brewing operation, and see copper and stainless steel tanks that tower 30 feet or more. whatever your opinion of the a-b products, brewing on this scale is well worth a visit or two. also, there is a ’gift’ shop so you can buy all kinds of cheap goo-gaws to bring home to your friends and family to prove that you were ’thinking’ about them while you were in st. louis, not just running around drinking beer.

January 5, 2009
Okay, this is pretty much an awesome piece of history and definitely worth the trip. While it’s certainly not the place to go for beer, it’s definitely a tourist attraction that is worth hitting. Very interesting and I wish that I could have seen more. oh, and the fact that it is free with samples is pretty damn cool. Though the gift shop will sell you a $7 sixer...

September 15, 2008 [ Updated December 1, 2008 ]
No matter your opinion of AB or their products, this is an amazing tour. Seeing the brewing process on this scale is almost unbelievable. And then there are the horses that live in a better house than most humans. (They call it a stable, but don’t kid yourself!) Wrap it up with a few brews at the end, (Nobody’s counting!) It’s all pretty interesting, and the price, (free) is great! I’ll do it again in a heartbeat next time I’m in St. Louis

September 11, 2008
It’s interesting. Clydesdales. Lots of history. Short notes on brewing. Big, clean facility. Free beer. Who cares? Well now they are serving Budweiser American Ale. It’s worth going through the tour for a couple of those. The brewery is like the beer. Great technically. Very clean. Good tour guides. Really nice stable. Good rating cause of the above, but partly at my joy in discovering a new and decent ale.

August 27, 2008
The lower ratings I gave were because of the mass produced tasteless beer that this establishment generates. However, the brewery itself is fascinating, and the history behind the brewery is amazing, as are many that survived the Prohibtion. They have my respect, and in my earlier days of drinking- had my money. Today I choose to keep my distance from their beer.