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A few weeks ago, my husband and I had a date day. We visit the wineries a lot, but around our area of Southern California there are also breweries. In the nearly 10 years that I’ve lived here, we’ve never been to visit the breweries, so we made a day of it. We visited the Stone Brewery in Carlsbad. We had lunch at the bistro and it was excellent food. We toured the brewery and enjoyed our beer tastings. The Stone Brewery has a really pretty garden area so it was a wonderful place to kick back, enjoy a beer and the day. We also stopped by Lost Abbey, which is in a warehouse area and was decorated with some wild artwork and barrels. I loved the atmosphere at both breweries. They were completely different, but very fun.
Stone Brewery:
These pictures are from the tour. The big silver things hold the beer until it can be bottled. The sculpture, it’s Stone Brewery’s beer bible. I got a kick out of it 
The beer was pretty good too.
Lost Abbey:
Cheers!
I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! Happy Reading,
March 15, 2013 at 11:48 pm
It looks like you had a fun-filled day!
March 16, 2013 at 3:23 am
Such a great idea to have a date day. Looks like you made the most of it too. I like the beer bible.
March 16, 2013 at 5:50 am
Ah, what a great day! Thanks for sharing…and reminding us about how a day enjoying what is close by can be such a treasure. Is that Green Beer you have?
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March 16, 2013 at 9:23 am
It’s a dark beer, I forget what kind… Thinking of it now though, I’m wondering if they would have any green beer for the St Patty’s weekend, that would be super fun…
March 16, 2013 at 5:54 am
Sounds like a fun day — date days are always nice! I miss those sometimes since having a kiddo, LOL… Here’s my Saturday Snapshot post.
March 16, 2013 at 7:01 am
That sounds like a lot of fun.
Jenea @ Books Live Forever
March 16, 2013 at 7:23 am
While I don’t drink beer or wine, I have been on a wine-tasting stop on a mystery bus trip. The tanks for holding wine are different from those you show. Love the statue.
March 16, 2013 at 8:36 am
that’s such a good idea, a date day… and it looked like fun. My husband’s a workaholic I’d have to book some time.
March 16, 2013 at 9:34 am
we were quite proud of ourselves for trying something new
It made for a great date day
March 16, 2013 at 8:56 am
Yhat must have been so fascinating – I’d love to do somehing like that. My Snapshot is at http://goo.gl/U62WN
March 16, 2013 at 9:10 am
Breweries are fun! We have visited the on outside of Ft Collins CO and got to see the Clydesdales. They are magnificent.
March 16, 2013 at 9:25 am
Enjoyed your photos…thanks for sharing.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
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March 16, 2013 at 9:58 am
We love visiting breweries!
March 16, 2013 at 11:13 am
A brewery tour sounds like a fabulous way to spend the day. I would definitely do it for date night with my hubby.
March 17, 2013 at 1:11 am
Love the date day…and you put it to such good use to!
Cheers
March 17, 2013 at 2:45 pm
Looks like you had a lot of fun! I’ve never been to a brewery, but we do have a lot of vineyards around here. I enjoy looking at them from afar as the seasons change.
March 18, 2013 at 11:51 am
I didn’t know there were breweries around there. next year during my trip I will have to go to one. I knew about the wineries.
March 23, 2013 at 7:14 am
Love the beer bible!