I've done plenty of brewery tours, both small and ...

I've done plenty of brewery tours, both small and large scale. This one was a huge let down! I think I learned more stuff about Miller from OTHER breweries in the area than I did AT Miller

There's lots of walking and steps, so if that's not your thing, this won't be fun for you. I was really looking forward to the history of the place, but didn't learn much on that end. There was an informational video at the beginning, that pretty told me everything I needed to know. I would have been fine with it. And then you go to the bottling and packaging area. And watch another video with stats and facts which is interesting.

Then we saw the warehouse area which is only filled for 24-36 hours worth of stock. Then you walk past all these historic buildings labeled things like stables and brigade but there's not much mention of them and you don't go in them. There were some historical plaques with info. And then you get to the "optional stairs" part of the tour. If you know how to brew beer, you don't need to go up. You go see a few tops of copper kettles, no fermenters and they go into the simplest description of how beer is made using these. And not even 3 minutes later you're going back down the stairs hot and sweaty.

And then comes the only truly interesting/historical part of the tour is into the caves... Or rather the first 2 rooms of them. There's another neat little story in here as well and this was the highlight of the tour in my opinion. Then it was across the street past the Inn that I still don't know if it's a real inn or not or functioning because there was no mention of it, and to the beer garden. Where if you look to the left from the bar you see the original Plank Rd house which again no one points out and I'd have love to go see as well. But it gets an extra star for the fact that it was free and you got 2 free beers out of the deal. They do try to sell you a picture package with some goodies in it, but most people come as couples but they only offer single items. I'd have purchased if it was $20 as opposed to $25 and came with 2 koozies and bottle openers.

The gift shop has some nice items and t-shirts and bar ware for all the brand's they make. Look for clearance areas behind the registers and on the ends of the shelves against the walls. If you're a Miller fan it's not bad, I was just disappointed at the lack of info and history.