Von Jakob, the Mill, Pheasant Hollow, Route 51

We had some of the Glue's California family in for 10 days so it's been rather hectic around here.  Anyway the day before they left we went to check out some local establishments.
Some of them had spent the night in the Alto Pass area so we met up with them at Von Jakobs.  I had a Munich Dunkel and the Glue had a red ale, both were disappointing.  This is the second disappointing visit since the ownership changed and it will be a while before we try there again.
We then went to Sesser to eat at the Mill.  We hadn't been there in a while and the Cali people wanted to check out Pheasant Hollow so the Mill was a natural.  We decided to split an order of fried okra and a fried chicken salad with balsamic dressing.  The okra was good and the salad tasted awesome.  I was a little afraid my body would reject the salad since we'd been running on meat and potato type food for the Cali family visit.  It didn't and the dressing was very good.  Of course having Shiner Bock on tap is always a good thing.
Next up was Pheasant Hollow and a couple of Drunken Piper Scottish Ales from Baum's Brauhaus in Waltonville Il..  The Glue got a slushy that was real good.  I got a growler of Drunken Piper but it just didn't taste the same the next day.
We finished up at Route 51 brewery and we both got an amber ale or two and then it was time for a very tired me to head home.
The Glue left for five days and I'm ready for some down time.