So tomorrow, when I’m gathered around family trying desperately to protect my newborn daughter from the germs of relatives, I’m turning to Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale – in my humble opinion, the king of all seasonal beers.

So raise a glass and toast sanity – and Sierra Nevada. After all, they’re doing all the hard work!

A lot of people rag on Budweiser and Bud Light for being, for lack of a better term, “swill.”  I’ll admit that I was one of those people, but that was before enjoing delicous same-day Budweiser in the hospitality room at the end of the tour.  When I asked our tour guide what made it so damn tasty, he replied – “it’s the water.”

It’s a fact that St. Louis has the best water in the country (kiss it, New York!), so it only makes sense that Anheuser-Busch’s overall quality is directly tied to the fluids that quench the gateway city’s thirst.

As an aside, I thought that it was interesting that the tour guide kept bringing up Anheuser-Busch’s sustainability efforts.  I was unaware that Anheuser-Busch recycles 5 cans for every 4 they produce and that by using alternative energy sources, they are able to power roughly 10% of U.S. production.  It’s a far cry from the sustainability efforts of New Belgium Brewing, but it’s a great start.

You can view 47 photos of the St. Louis brewery as a Flickr photoset here.  Enjoy!

Answer: MetroLink.

Here are some photos I snapped with my blackberry — enjoy!