When Stacy mentioned there was a Root Beer Museum in the Dells, I wanted to check it out. The hubby didn't seem to keen on this one so when the opportunity arose for me to explore the Dells while the hubby was at a conference, I made sure the Root Beer Museum was on the list.
Museum of Root Beer is located downtown Wisconsin Dells (also known as the Strip). You can park on the street or the lots. It is free to park in winter but you must pay in summer. Museum of Root Beer is open daily 11-4 M-F, 10-5 on Saturdays, and 10-4 on Sundays. It is $6 to go through the museum. If you book ahead of time, you can do a guided tour before the museum opens with the owner for $30. You can also buy a glass of root beer to take with you while you explore the museum.
The museum is not big but there is sure a lot of Root Beer items and history in the small space. It is not cramped but very well done.
I liked all the random root beer bottles which mostly came from one person's collection.
The movie, and I'm one not to watch the movie, is very well done. There a many root beer commercials at the end.
The one thing that shocked me was root beer shampoo. I like root beer but I do not want to smell like it.
There was even recipes to make your own root beer at the very end.
After I explored the museum, I opted to get a flight of root beer. For $5.50 I was able to sample 4 craft root beers from around the Midwest:
1919 Draft Root Beer from New Ulm Brewing & Beverage Company in Sleepy Eye, MN
Snowcap from Titletown Brewing in Green Bay
Blumers Root Beer from Minhas Brewery in Monroe
Point Premium Root Beer from Point Brewery in Stevens Point
My favorite was the Snowcap. It was creamy and delicious. Blumers was a close second.
I definitely would recommend the Museum of Root Beer the next time you are in the Dells even if it is just for some root beer or root beer floats on a hot summer day.
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