Derby day is a big deal if you’ve got Kentucky running through your blood. I think it should be pretty obvious that Covington’s Braxton Brewing Company certainly has a lot of the bluegrass state running through theirs. In honor of the yearly running of the Kentucky Derby they throw a massive party to celebrate. It’s […]
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I mentioned back in early March that Municipal was already planning for their first anniversary party on June 10th. Arguably, the centerpiece of the anniversary party is the release of their first packaged beer, a big Imperial IPA in a 22oz bomber. Well… the label for the beer has finally popped up in the ttb – and
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I was telling you back in early March that we were about to see the first bottle roll out of Wooden Cask. The brewery is getting extremely close (and you’ll see them right here as soon as they hit shelves) but in the meantime, they’re giving us a major peak at what they’re going to
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Brewery – Listermann Beer – 99 Problems, But A Beer Ain’t One Style – NE IPA ABV – 7.6% IBUs – 65 East Coast IPA brewed with Citra and Wakatu. The brewery rolls on with their series of hip hop themed NE IPA releases in their 16oz pint cans with this one. When it was
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Brewery – Listermann Beer – Tricky Style – NE IPA ABV – 6.7% East Coast IPA brewed with Galaxy and Mosaic. This New England Style IPA was paired up with Listermann’s ’99 Problems, But A Beer Ain’t One’ for a can release on April 1st, 2017. The 16oz pint cans are part of Listermann’s series
We are drinkers – well, I assume that you are a drinker if you’re here. I’m certainly a drinker. But there are other parts of this whole “craft beer thing” that sometimes we forget about in our eagerness to drink. One of these sides is quality control. To get a little glimpse inside it, we
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Brewery – Braxton Brewing Company Beer – Haven Style – Hefeweizen Recommended Serving Temperature – 45 Recommended Glassware – Weissbier Glass ABV – 5.2% IBU – 10 Like this Hefeweizen, may your Haven be unfiltered and full of life. Turn it up and enjoy the moment. Haven showcases yeast driven flavors and aromas, known for
Brewery – Braxton Brewing Company Beer – Revamp Style – IPA Recommended Serving Temp – 45 Recommended Glassware – IPA Glass ABV – 6.5% IBU – 60 Perfection is a combination of hard work and having the guts to change. It’s not always perfect the first time around and it takes determination to make every
Left Hand – Hardwired Coffee Porter – Innately predisposed to be smooth when Poured Hard, this nitro coffee porter builds a pillowy, toffee-sweet head. Coffee and flavors of caramelized sugar, cacao and hints of blueberry lead to a light, smoky finish.
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Sam Adams – Boston Lager – This is the beer that started it all. Samuel Adams Boston Lager helped lead the American beer revolution, reviving a passion for full-flavored brews that are robust and rich with character. Since 1984, Samuel Adams Boston Lager has used only the finest hand-selected ingredients to create this perfectly balanced and complex original brew.
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This is a big collaboration, so big that it can’t even all fit in the post title. I hope that you’ve seen some chatter about this on social media (or heard us mention it in the latest episode of Cincy Brewcast) but this is a beer that was brewed as part of the Pink Boots
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If you think that you’re able to keep caught up with all the packaging news that this city has to offer easily – you’re crazy. There is so much going on lately that even a guy like me, a “professional”, has a tough time keeping it all straight. Urban Artifact hasn’t made it easy for
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It’s not all doom and gloom after Ei8ht Ball closes its doors in early April. Braxton Brewing company announced today that they’d be buying the space for what they’re calling the ‘Braxton Labs’. This new space will be all about innovation – housed in the brewery space deep inside the heart of Party Source in
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I feel like I could spend a lot of time just talking about the amazing selection of packaged beer here in Cincinnati (and some weeks I feel like I do) – This last week is one of those weeks, with some really great stuff getting announced, and a few things popping up through the TTB
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If you’re a listener of Cincy Brewcast (which I sure hope you are) you might remember back in August when we were talking to the brewery about the release of their Night Marcher Lindsey hinted that we might be seeing some really great new stuff in the future. Well… we got the first cider from
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If you’re a fan of Blank Slate Brewing company down on Cincinnati’s East End (and I assume you are, because you like good beer) you’ll be happy read about some of this news. Not only do we have some new labels that have been approved, I’ve also got some great updates on what’s been going on
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Brewery – Listermann Beer – Brewer’s Delight Style – NE IPA ABV – 7.1% East Coast IPA brewed with Pineapple, Galaxy, Citra & Zythos! Another fruited version of a NE IPA from Listermann, and another homerun. This one uses pineapple to bring out all those tropical notes that are already present in the Galaxy, Citra
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Brewery – Listermann Beer – No Sleep ‘Til Norwood Style – NE IPA ABV – 6.8% East Coast IPA brewed with Galaxy, Falconer’s Flight 7C’s, & Motueka! I feel like Listermann can go on for a long time using different varieties of hops, and methods for their series of NE IPAs, and for the third month
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Brewery – RhinegeistBeer – MosaicStyle – Single Hop Pale AleABV – 5.6%IBUs – 45 This single hopped Pale Ale detonates upon the palate with a brilliant array of dank, tropical fruit, grapefruit blossom, mandarin orange and blueberries. Golden Promise malt provides a clean base — a kaleidoscope of flavor delivered with the simplest of recipes.
Braxton has gone and done something else that makes for a very happy Gnome, they’ve finally decided to put what I consider my favorite of all their beers in a can, 1957. The beer was last (and first) brewed back in 2015 when the city was host to the MLB All-Star game, and I fell
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Life has been crazy… and after the excitement of becoming a Dad, it’s time to get back on the Brewcast train! Things are heating up around Cincinnati, and we needed to sit down with Brink Brewing to meet the folks behind this hot brewery in College Hill. We sat down with the owners to figure
Volume 02, Episode 41 – Meet Brink Brewing – Welcome Back Brewcast! Read More »
The move into the new production space still hasn’t happened (though its close!) yet we’re starting to get a glimpse at what the massive expansion project is going to mean for Taft’s Ale House, in Cincinnati and well beyond. The biggest thing that you’re going to see once the brewery starts making beer in the
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After a little bit of “hub-bub” online, the Northside brewery project that you’ve probably heard about, called “Rabbit Hash Brewing” has announced that they’ve settled on a new name after a Facebook contest to help them decide. Father and Son team Mike and Paul Kemp announced that after more than 750 suggestions they settled on
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Brewery – Rhinegeist Beer – Knowledge Style – Imperial IPA ABV – 8.5% IBUs – 98 Intense & refined, Knowledge delivers notes of resinous pine, dank sap, pithy grapefruit, & ripe pineapple. Chewy hops, a zesty punch; this erudite Imperial India Pale Ale sharpens perceptive depths in the studious night. Rhinegeist got a lot of
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Brewery – RhinegeistBeer – BubblesStyle – Fruited AleABV – 6.2% A bright, dry, and lithe Rosé Ale with apple, peach, and cranberry for tartness and blush. Bubbles erupts with effervescence and evanescence. The first addition to the can lineup of Rhinegeist’s cider program after it launched in the summer of 2014. The cider was such
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I don’t write about every single collaboration that happens here in Cincinnati, I mean, we’re at the point now with close to 40 breweries that there are a lot of collaboration beers that happen from time to time. I just can’t keep up. This one really caught my attention, though. So, Fifty West won a
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Christian Moerlein Brewing Company is revamping its Mug Club programs to keep up with the changing beer scene (a task I can only imagine is daunting for our current local breweries to think of). Their two programs are their Mug Club and a Beer Locker program, which both offer some really great benefits that should
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If you still haven’t been out to Columbia Tusculum to see what’s up with Streetside Brewing, you’re missing out big time. This is a brewery that even before their Grand Opening party won the ‘King of Ohio’ competition with their Raspberry Beret. I mean, this brewery has a taproom that in my opinion is one
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I had to do a double take early this morning, thinking that it was too good to be true. Could my drowsy eyes be deceiving my sleep deprived brain? Wooden Cask, with packaging? I did a couple double and triple takes, and was thrilled to confirm that it was in fact two labels for Wooden Cask rolling
Wooden Cask Gets Label Approval For Their First Bottles. Read More »
Municipal Brew Works isn’t even to their first anniversary, yet. They’ve been working away in Butler County, making their beer in downtown Hamilton since June of 2016, and yet they’re already signed to a distributor, and have made plans for their first ever packaged release (a bomber) durging their anniversary party. Signing To Ohio Eagle I know,
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