Miller Brewing

This place has given me a new found appreciation for locally brewed beer. Nothing beats having the beer brewed just a few days before you are drinking it. This brewery normally brews coors light and mgd!
I will be stocking my fridge with Coors Light and MGD products, proud to be supporting my local economy!

Cool to see off the freeway. Went to check if we could take a tour and buy some beer from them… nope.

Who can resist the site of huge beers on the side of the freeway. I mean seriously big. Yeah I know they are not real, but the illusion is magical. Even for a Domestic beer. The icon to the area is still a sort of Willy Wonka place where no one ever comes in and no one ever comes out. Slightly creepy, but not in a way that makes you stop drinking the beer.

There are only a couple places where the smell of the place can put me in a euphoric trance while driving past it on the road. One is driving past the garlic farms up in Gilroy… mmmMMMMmmm.
The other happens to be the MillerCoors Brewing Company, the highlight of my commute every morning on the 210 fwy. No idea what the actual place is like, but the smell of the hops off the freeway is just heavenly. Who needs the fruity redwood oaky aromas of fine wine when you can inhale the french fry flavors from Miller brews with subtle hints of LA smog.
So whenever you drive past on the 210, roll down your windows, take a wiff, and salute America.

From their website: Opened in 1980, the Irwindale Brewery lies 26 miles east of sunny Los Angeles. The brewery is a community stalwart, employing nearly 600 people who produce 7 million barrels of great beers annually and participate in a wide variety of community events.