SPIRITED TOUR REVISITED
Or, Our Western Mass (Brew) Pub Adventures ... Background - Hi! I'm Bob, a 70 something year old male whose birthday lands on Christmas. For my birthday in 2019 my daughter, Lisa, and her spouse, Kelley, gave me one of the best presents ever - an all-expense paid monthly pub visit somewhere in the Pioneer Valley with pickup and return transportation included. For a man who feels he has everything, this was like hitting the jackpot. An added bonus for me is that I like local history and enjoy seeing examples of adaptive reuse of old buildings, so from time to time I hope to make some interesting discoveries and answer some personal queries. Our Spirited Tour kicked off in Jan. 2020 with Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton and quickly followed up with a visit to Brew Practitioners in Florence in February. Before our March tour, Covid-19 hit, and everything came to a halt. Finally, in October 2021, while things were still in flux, we made a visit to Tin Bridge Brewing ...