schell's brewery tours

1860 Schell Road, New Ulm, MN 56073

Tours: $10/Person, 12 & Under Free

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In 1860, German immigrant August Schell broke ground for the August Schell Brewing Company and paved the way for a 157-year-old 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.  157 years later, 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.

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, German-style Rathskellers. On weekends during the summer months, enjoy Schell’s beers and 1919 root beer while sitting in our outdoor Bier Garten under the majestic walnut trees along the creek on the grounds. (Open weather permitting)

Location:  1860 Schell Road, New Ulm, MN 56073 Contact:  800-770-5020 (ph) • 507-354-5528 (ph) • 507-359-9119 (fax) •  [email protected] ,  www.schellsbrewery.com

Memorial Day – Labor Day : Mon-Th 1, 2:30, & 4 PM. Fri: 1, 2, 3, & 4. Sat & Sun: noon, 1, 2, 3, & 4 PM.

Winter Brewery Tours :  Call Brewery for tour hours .

Admission charged, ID’s required for tastings. Tour size is limited. Tours do sell out. Limited access to production areas. 

Brewery Gift Shop:  Open daily, 11 AM-5 PM.  Schell’s Bier Garten:  Memorial Day – Labor Day :   Mon – Fri 12 PM-5PM, weather permitting; Sat & Sun 11 AM-5 PM, weather permitting. Enjoy wonderful Schell’s beer, 1919 root beer, brewer’s grain bread, cheese baskets, and live music on Sunday’s! 

*Note: Tour times are extended during these New Ulm city festivals: Bavarian Blast (third weekend in July) and Oktoberfest (1st and 2nd weekends in October). Please contact us for those schedules.

Cost for Tours is $10 per person; 12 and under are free. Tours last approximately one hour; they include the history of the family, the brewery, and a tasting in the Tap Room. *There is limited access to the production areas.

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We stopped at Schells Brewery on our way up north this summer. We had a sunny afternoon and walked... read more

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Schell Brewery, Tour and Tasting Room

Museum is good, tasting room is great. Beautiful grounds and cool, old buildings. The tour is interesting, but you do need to climb stairs to see everything. They have a gift shop in addtion to the strating area which are free.

If you are in, near or traveling through Southern Minnesota stop at the Schell Brewery. The town of New Ulm has been fixed up and has a lot of German themed shops, but the brewery on the edge of town was our destination. You wind up a hill to the old, but active brewery dating back to the late 1800s. The tour is short and interesting end in the tasting room. You get a wide, generous sample of the beers. We then went to the garden patio and kept sampling. Make sure you have a designated driver. They also have a big gift shop.

The grounds are beautiful. The tour is well worth the time. It shows you what faith the founder had in establishing this brewery and it still continues to operate successfully.

We had a great time at the Brewery. We were able to take the tour and try out many of the beers in the tasting room. The facilities are very nice and clean. We enjoyed touring the museum first and then taking the tour which did not take very long. The grounds are well maintained and our tour guide was personable and knowledgeable.

Take a visit to this brewery and you will learn a lot of interesting facts beginning before the brewery was even founded. The inception of the 1919 root beer to get around the times of prohibition and the Dakota uprising while the brewery was saved from arson. At the end of the tour, you sample the variety of beer brewed there.

Don't waste your money on the tour. The tour was bad you really don't see anything. The only thing you see is a video ok how the beer is made. Would have been better if we saw the real action of the plant. So again I would save your money.

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Writing and photography by audrey kletscher helbling, learn a little history, drink a little beer on the august schell brewing company tour august 28, 2010.

Visitors line up for free tap beer or 1919 root beer following a Schell's brewery tour.

“OK, LET’S DRINK some beer,” our tour guide Matt says, pulling six-packs from a walk-in cooler and distributing bottles among tables in the hospitality/tap room of August Schell Brewing Company .

But before we pour and swig, our bartender instructs us to fill our plastic cups only to the black line, meaning we’ll get about 1 ½ ounces of beer per sample.

On this steamy summer day, the beer goes down fast among the adults who’ve just toured this second oldest family brewery in the United States.

The Schell's brewery is celebrating 150 years in business.

Schell’s has been a New Ulm mainstay since 1860, this year celebrating 150 years in the beer business. That fact surfaces repeatedly during the tour and during the beer tasting session when we are served Hopfenmalz, an amber lager style beer selected by popular vote as the company’s 150 th anniversary beer. Matt also passes out other Schell’s beers like Hefeweizen, Pils and Dark, which “isn’t heavy in any way,” but earns the name because of its dark color, he says.

Given the “dark” label, I wouldn’t have tried this beer. Our guide is right, though. Schell’s Dark doesn’t taste dark and this is a beer even I’ll drink.

A sip of Hefeweizen, however, causes me to screw up my face and wish I could toss the sample. Instead, I grab another cup, abandoning the beer “with a beautiful balance of cloves and banana flavors.” I prefer bananas in banana bread, not beer, thank you.

That aside, I’ve enjoyed this historic tour of the brewery tucked in the woods along the banks of the Cottonwood River. The site was carefully selected by August Schell, the flour mill machinist turned brew master, for its natural beauty, artesian springs and riverside location.

Schell was recreating his home in Durbach, Germany, our guide says. I don’t ask, but from what I know of this area in the 1860s, few trees grew here, not exactly like the Schwarzwald back in Deutschland . Perhaps that explains why Matt later tells us that Schell brought pines here from the Black Forest.

German words can be found in numerous locations at the brewery, including this welcome sign above the doorway to the house once occupied by the Alfred Marti family. Just don't ask your guide to interpret the German.

He also informs us that caves were hand-dug under the brewery, into the hill and under our feet. We are standing on a paved area between two old brick homes and the original family home, now the current-day corporate office. Beer and ice, harvested from the Cottonwood River, were stored in the caves.

Disappointingly (but understandably), we don’t see any of today’s modern beer-making operation, only Schell’s traditional 1860s brew house, used until 1999. Here we view a hand-hammered copper vessel, Sud Kessel , purchased for $25,000 in 1895. It holds 3,500 gallons of beer, which translates to 38,000 12-ounce bottles or cans. Now that’s a lot of beer.

This is the only peek you'll get of the beer-making process: Schell's vintage Sud Kessel, used from 1895 - 1999.

But you can’t buy any beer at the brewery, our guide says, because it’s against the law to sell it on-grounds. The samples and a 12-ounce glass of beer or Schell’s 1919 root beer come with the $3 tour fee.

Plenty of history also comes with the guided tour and a visit to the company museum.

The Schell's museum is jam-packed with plenty of information, memorabilia and, yes, even beer bottles.

Among the more interesting facts I learned are these:

• After the death of her husband, Emma Marti ran the brewery for six years until 1940. As our guide emphasizes, for a woman to run a brewery in that time period certainly ranked as unique. Perhaps Schell’s ought to name a beer in Emma’s honor. Or have they?
• Company bylaws allow only the Schell’s president to live in August Schell’s on-site retirement mansion. Because he wants his privacy, current president Ted Marti lives elsewhere, Matt says. The home was last occupied in the 1990s. (Umm, I wouldn’t mind living in a mansion.)

August Schell's retirement mansion, currently unoccupied.

A close-up shot of the mansion, re-emphasizing the point that I could be happy living here.

• Schell’s changes its “Snowstorm” beer recipe annually. The reason: “There are no two Minnesota snowstorms alike and therefore we are going to change our ‘Snowstorms’ every year,” Matt tells us, quoting president Marti. Ah, Mr. Marti, you clearly know your Minnesota winters as well as you know your beers.

Another view of the brewery. And, no, I don't know anything about the decorative post and failed to ask our tour guide. I had already asked more questions than anyone on the tour, so...

SCHELL’S WILL HOST a two-day 150 th birthday celebration, Schellabration , on September 17 and 18. During that event, you can see areas of the brewery not typically seen on the regular tours.

WHAT’S WITH ALL the white-tailed deer at the brewery? Revisit Minnesota Prairie Roots for the answer and for photos and an idea I have related to those deer.

© Copyright 2010 Audrey Kletscher Helbling

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10 responses to “learn a little history, drink a little beer on the august schell brewing company tour”.

I loved this post! My family is originally from New Ulm & We have a lot of Schell’s memorabilia. Most recently, my mom and her 2 sisters visited New Ulm and toured the brewery and brought me back 2 large Schell’s mugs! I was also on vacation in Duluth and my waiter said that a Schell’s made beer was made in the twin cities-I was happy to correct him about our Southern Minnesota hometown beer! 🙂

Sara, I may just have to peruse your Schell’s memorabilia sometime. I remember my dad and uncles drinking Schell’s beer at family gatherings when I was growing up. That was “the” beer of southwestern Minnesota. Be sure to check back for more images from our Schell’s tour.

The decorative post is a Maypole, or, as they say in Germany, Maibaum. These can be seen all over the place in Germany, especially during the month of May. They’re put up each year on the 1st of May (May Day), or on the evening before, in many German communities. I don’t know anything about the history of it other than that there’s generally a big celebration that involves brass band music, eating, and of course, drinking beer. Most of them are taken down at the end of May, but some are left in place year round. This one is painted with the colors of the Bavarian flag.

I thought this was likely a Maypole. Thanks for confirming that and explaining the German connection.

Any Schell’s in Iraq?

Nope! I can’t even recall having seen Schell’s outside of Minnesota! Not that I’ve ever looked for it… back in my college days (many a year ago…), Schell’s was one of the selections of choice when our pockets were nearly empty! I guess it’s come up in the world in this age of microbrew. Perhaps I’ll have to give it another try when I make it back to MN.

By all means, give Schell’s a second try. They’ve got some great beer.

Howard introduced me to Schell’s beer a couple of weeks ago and I loved it. I don’t think I can get it in DC, though, which is a shame.

I don’t know the marketing area for Schell’s but I believe it’s more a regional beer. Another great beer is Strawberry Wheat, made by Brau Brothers Brewing in tiny Lucan (population about 200) just seven miles from my hometown of Vesta and not far from New Ulm. Brau Brothers are even growing their own hops. That’s another brewery I need to tour sometime.

Thanks for your encouragement on the proposed deer “hunt” at Schell’s. The deer I included in my blog post are just a sampling of the many on the company grounds.

This is a great place to visit and has lots to do and see.

Absolutely. Love New Ulm.

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15 Best Brewery Tours in the U.S. For Beer Lovers

Posted: May 3, 2024 | Last updated: May 3, 2024

When sipping on some excellent brews, it can be fun to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how the beer is made. 

With the growing popularity of breweries, more and more are hopping on the tour trend — offering packages that may include a sampling of different brews, food pairings, and more.

For the beer lovers out there, grab your favorite travel credit card and check out these 15 excellent brewery tours in the U.S.

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Asheville Brews Cruise (North Carolina)

Asheville has a hot brewery scene right now — so instead of picking one to see, it may be worth it to hop on a tour that hits several. The Asheville Brews Cruise takes cruisers to a few local gems, where they’ll enjoy plenty of samples over about four hours.

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Bell’s Brewery (Michigan)

Bell’s offers two different tour experiences — one being its downtown Kalamazoo facility and the other being its larger brewing headquarters in Comstock, Michigan. Both give visitors a behind-the-scenes glance into how Bell’s delicious beers are created — and provide plenty of samples as well.

Brooklyn Brewery (New York)

Brooklyn Brewery began the revival of the beer scene in the New York City borough — and its tours pack in plenty of information, from beer science to its own history.

The brewery gives free tours on Sundays and “Small Batch Tours,” where visitors get to taste some of their latest creations, throughout the week.

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Budweiser Brewery (Missouri)

Anheuser-Busch offers a few different brewery experiences at its St. Louis campus — and it’s a must-see for Budweiser fans.

There’s a tour that lets guests get up close and personal with the famous Clydesdales, a food and beverage pairing tour, and another that takes you right to the lager cellars for tasting.

Coors Brewery Tour (Colorado)

Coors, another giant in the beer game, also offers brewery tours at its location in Golden, Colorado. Guests get a glimpse into Coors’ history and its malting, brewing, and packaging processes — and can choose a full tour or a sampling-only experience.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Delaware)

Dogfish Head, which also distills spirits at its Milton location, offers a few different touring experiences to satisfy all tastes — from a $5, 25-minute “Quick Sip” tour to the $20, hour-plus long “Off-Centered” tour that takes guests through the brewhouse and includes beer and cocktail samples.

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Deschutes Tasting Room & Beer Garden (Oregon)

There’s plenty to get into at Deschutes in Bend, Oregon. The Tasting Room is open from noon to 7 p.m. every day and guests can sample brews, tour the grounds, or fill up a growler or two. It also offers tours of its small-batch pilot brewhouse and barrel house.

Goose Island (Illinois)

Goose Island’s brewery tour gives visitors an in-depth look into how Chicago’s original craft brewery came to be the industry giant it is today. It includes a peek into the brewing process, exclusive brew samples, and a custom glass and discount at the Goose Island Taproom.

Leinenkugel Brewing Company (Wisconsin)

Beer enthusiasts will want to check out Leinenkugel’s historic brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. If the rich history and vintage brewing equipment don’t convince you, the taproom full of delicious, seasonal brews certainly should.

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Samuel Adams (Massachusetts)

Samuel Adams Boston Brewery offers a few different touring experiences.

The most basic, the “Sam Signature Experience,” is 45 minutes and costs $10. From there, tours get a bit pricier and more involved — like the “Artisan Beer & Cheese Experience” and the “VIP Pass Experience” (which gets you tasting access to a new, experimental brew).

Shiner Brewery (Texas)

Shiner’s Spoetzl Brewery offers a few different types of tours to cater to everyone from craft beer experts to newbies. The brewery’s signature tour includes a 45-minute guided walk through the brewery, some goodies, and, of course, some excellent beer samples.

Stone Brewing Company (California)

Stone Brewing Company offers tours at its locations in both Escondido, California, and Richmond, Virginia.

The California tour in San Diego County is a particular hit. For just $15, visitors get a tour, a souvenir tasting glass, and an array of samples of Stone’s core and specialty beers.

The Alchemist Brewery (Vermont)

Vermont has many breweries to choose from, so beer lovers may want to look into tours that hit a few — but the Alchemist’s is top-notch if you only have time for one. For $25, visitors are taken on an intimate tour of the brewery and get a can of beer and a commemorative glass.

Tröegs Independent Brewing (Pennsylvania)

The final two tours on our list are in Pennsylvania — and, of course, we had to include Tröegs, which has been voted the “Best Brewery Tour in America” several times.

The guided production tour offers an in-depth look at the Hershey facility, plus a welcome beer, a souvenir glass, and samples of Tröegs tops brews — all for $15.

Yuengling Brewing (Pennsylvania)

Yuengling’s location in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is America’s oldest brewery — and you can tour it for free! The tour takes about an hour, and guests are welcome to sample beer or purchase drafts or beer to-go from its tasting room.

Bottom line

A brewery tour can be an exciting and cheap way to spend an afternoon and step up your travel game  — you really can’t beat Dogfish Head’s $5 quick tour.

When planning your visit, keep in mind that many popular breweries require you to make a tour reservation in advance (even some of the free tours).

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Moscow Metro Tour

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

+ for 3-hour tour

Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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Moscow Metro 2019

Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case).