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Take Yards Brewing Co.’s Google 360° Virtual Tour

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What’s the difference between craft beer and any other good that’s produced? There are many, but few other manufactured goods are so willing to throw open their doors to show customers just how exactly their favorite products are made. Think about it, with the exception of Buca Di Beppo, if you wondered back into a kitchen of your favorite restaurant, you’d probably get asked to leave.

Touring breweries has become a popular weekend activity for so many beer aficionados, but you can’t always get to the breweries you really want to visit. However, if you’re jonesin’ to take a peek inside Yards Brewing Co. in Philadelphia, Pa., you can now do that from the comfort of your own home. Yards is believed to have the very first Google 360° virtual brewery tour.

“The tour begins at our Green Wall (Mt. Hood, Centennial and Chinook hops with a pollinator garden),” says Yards’ Gina Vasoli. “To continue the tour, turn right towards the corner, then turn left and go up the steps into our tasting room.”

As you continue past the taproom into the brewery, keep clicking the cursor arrows to find a new corner of the brewery. Best part is, there are no hoses to avoid tripping on. Worst part, no sampler tray at the end of your visit.

Take your own self-guided tour: Yards Brewing Co. 360° virtual tour.

Andy Sparhawk, the Brewers Association's acting editor-in-chief for CraftBeer.com. Andy is a Certified Cicerone® and BJCP Beer Judge. He lives in Westminster, Colorado where he is an avid craft beer enthusiast. On occasion, Andy is inspired to write on his experiences with craft beer, and if they are not too ridiculous, you might see the results here on CraftBeer.com.

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