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Tracy Area Community Education is offering a trip to New Ulm to tour the Historical August Schell’s Brewing Company on Wednesday, July 30.
The group will depart the Tracy Area High School Parking Lot at 10:30 a.m. The tour starts at noon and lasts about an hour. The fee for the trip is $40 and a minimum of eight people must be registered for the trip to go.
Contact the Activities Office at 629-5510 to reserve a spot on the bus.
Stroll the beautiful gardens, get a glimpse of Schell’s unique history in the Museum of Brewing, and browse the 2,000-square-foot Gift Shop. Enjoy a brewery tour where you will sample some of America’s finest beers. Schell’s Visitor Center also features a Rathskeller Tap Room, its architecture reminiscent of old-world, Germanstyle Rathskellers.
In 1860, German immigrant August Schell broke ground for the August Schell Brewing Company and paved the way for a 157-yearold family tradition. With five generations of Schell descendants to operate the brewery, the August Schell Brewing Company claims the title as the second-oldest, family-owned brewery in the nation and holds the title as the oldest brewery in Minnesota. Schell’s Brewery still specializes in brewing German-style lagers, the backbone on which it was founded a century and a half ago.
In addition to the many craft beers that Schell’s produces, they also adopted the Grain Belt line of beers into the family in 2002. This acquisition allowed Schell’s to do its part in preserving another legendary Minnesota beer. Schell’s recently expanded its operation with a sour beer facility. Its Noble Star Series will be aged there in 1936 cypress wooden tanks.
