30 years down, 70 to go....

Saturday was the big 30 for me, and I had an amazing day with friends and family.

In the morning, my good friends Jolene and Tim, and I drove to Pottsville, PA to take the Yuengling tour.

Although I am not a big drinker, I am always down for roadtrips and exploring. Here are a few photos from our trip....

The beautiful exterior, which is conveniently right next door to a church...

The creepy caves...which during the prohibition, the government sealed up with brick walls.

Beautiful stain glass windows used to prevent sunlight blinding the workers...

Selfie in the bottling room! Yuengling amazingly has less than 300 employees total!

Since it was my birthday, I got to play bartender behind the tasting bar...

After an awesome family dinner, I was sang to by some munchkins, via skype and had to blow out my 30 candles, conveniently all placed on one piece of cake.

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