Golden Road Sunset Coffee Stout
Our Oatmeal Milk Stout with Portola Coffee Labs’ Alchemistic coffee. Medium-bodied, roasty and chocolatey, with a very smooth finish.
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2017
Braxton Twisted Bit
Brewery – Braxton Brewing Company Beer – Twisted Bit Style – Dortmunder Lager ABV – 5.8% IBUs – 30 This traditional German style lager has the malt profile of a Helles and the hop character of a Pilsner, but is slightly stronger than both. The minute addition of common minerals to the brewing water, and
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The Original Braxton Labs NEIPA 001 Set To Hit Cans
Braxton Labs is all about experimentation. It’s the entire purpose of the brewery – to innovate, play around and be creative. That doesn’t mean, however, that the brewery doesn’t listen to their loyal fans about what they like and want when it comes to packaging and even new beers that are going to come out.
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Blank Slate Is Closed – Now What?
This one hurts, guys. Blank Slate is closed and the beer community is stunned. I won’t pretend that Ei8ht Ball didn’t hurt too when they closed their doors, because it did. This one is different though. Ei8ht Ball closed in a very different way, for very different reasons that Blank Slate did. Yes, the announcement
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Pours For Paws
I’m not sure how the craft brewing industry first got tied in with our love for mans best friend – but it seems that almost wherever you go, if you find yourself a craft brewery, you’ll find people hanging out with their dogs. This is pretty true here in Cincinnati, too – with a large
Figleaf Basmati Cream Ale – Beer Tasting Notes
Brewery – FigLeaf Beer – Basmati Style – Cream Ale ABV – 5.1% IBU – 26 Inspired by local home-brewing legend Ted Holloway, our Cream Ale uses basmati rice to impart a subtle yet distinct almost white-popcorn basmati aromatic note. Grounded by a base of Pilsner malt and just enough Liberty hops to balance, this
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March First Craft Lager
Brewery – March First Beer – Craft Lager Style – American Lager ABV – 5.1% Clean, Refreshing, Malty – Pours a harvest gold with a frothy white head. A clean, malty aroma mixes with hints of orange marmalade and citrus. Notes of bready malts and roasted corn. Medium bodied and creamy. Slight malty sweetness gives
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Municipal Brew Works Aniversary Series #1
Brewery – Municipal Brew Works Beer – Anniversary Series #1 Style – Double IPA ABV – 9.5% IBUs – 100 A Double IPA Brewed for our first anniversary There isn’t much in the way of an official description of this beer from Hamilton, Ohio’s Municipal Brew Works… but that doesn’t mean that this beer doesn’t
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A New Listermann Brewing Company
It’s time for Listermann to grow up a little bit. I don’t mean that in any negative light – it’s just that Listermann as a brewery, as a brand, as a space has by the very nature of a brewery that opened before you were allowed to have taprooms in Cincinnati, and as a company
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Sam Adams – Brewing The American Dream Variety Pack
Sam Adams – Brewing The American Dream Variety Pack – This pack represents the independent spirit, passion and collaboration that is the core to our craft beer industry.
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Christian Moerlein Mexican Style Lime Lager
Brewery – Christian Moerlein Beer – Mexican Style Lime Lager Style – Fruited Lager ABV – 5.5% IBUs – 12 Moerlein Mexican Lime Lager is a crisp golden lager brewed with lime and sea salt for a south of the border twist. A fiesta of fascinating flavors, featuring notes of lemon-lime and a slight acidity
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There’s Still Time To Help Fund The Brewing Heritage Trail!
It’s a long time in the making, the Cincinnati Brewing Heritage Trail. If you’re “out of the loop” and aren’t really sure what I’m talking about, I encourage you to read a little more about the trail before we dig in to this. I’ll wait. Ok, so now that we’re on the same page as
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Rolling Mill Brewing Co – The War Against Wheat and Gluten Is Missing The Whole Point.
Ok, so maybe the fact that Middletown’s upcoming Rolling Mill Brewing Company will be brewing all of their beers free of gluten is a big part of their story. I can’t pretend that it doesn’t shape who they are to a large degree. If you think that they are a gluten free brewery that happens
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Alexandria And Bad Tom Collaborate For The Haze Craze With Hazy River NE IPA
Bad Tom Smith and Alexandria Brewing Company decided to get together to do something that this city is going to like – a lot. They’re collaborating on a new beer called ‘Hazy River’ – a wonderfully hoppy, hazy, IPA for the masses of fans that the style has gained across the Cincinnati Area. When I heard
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Rhinegeist Introduces Astro Dwarf, and a few favorites hit the shelves too.
There are a few new goodies coming in the very near future from OTR’s Rhinegeist Brewing. No… this isn’t a massive Gondola that will traverse OTR (The latest off the Rhinegeist rumor mill if you haven’t heard). Instead this is two new packaging debuts, and one returning favorite. Astro Dwarf Finally Lands Finally!!! Remember when
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Municipal Taps This Years Batch Of Woltermelon Blonde
There seems to be a large group of beer drinkers (myself included) that have a deep seated passion for the virtues of watermelon beer in the hot summer months. If you find yourself hanging out in that same group as I do, you’ll be happy to hear that today marks the day that Municipal Brew
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Darkness Brewing – Last Call For Alcohol?
Relax… it’s not what you think. Darkness isn’t calling last call on anything. Instead they are raising the curtain on a show that you might want to check out, leading up to their big anniversary party. Let’s dig in! Last Call For Alcohol The brewery has teamed up with a comedy group that is putting
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The OFF Market Returns to MadTree
MadTree 2.0 is the perfect space for a lot of things, and the O.F.F. Market is definitely one of those things. The Market will be returning to the brewery and setting up shop inside to provide a space for Artists, bakers, chefs, scavengers, mobile boutiques, and everything in between to share their goods. The Market
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Vol 03 – Episode 11 – Live at Rivertown With Jason Roeper
Rivertown has been around for a long time (in beer years) and they’ve somehow managed to keep changing, and evolving with the local scene, while still staying true to who they are. The biggest change so far in their life has taken place with the openin of their new, massive production brewery in Monroe. Sounds
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Rivertown IPA
Brewery – Rivertown Beer – IPA Style – IPA ABV – 6.5% IBUs – 67 Crafted for the hop heads, enjoyers of IPA’s and the hop curious. This medium-bodied tropical IPA is vibrant, effervescent and bold. This beer debuted in July of 2017 bringing along with it a new, updated look for the brewery. The
MadTree Entropic Theory
Brewery – MadTree Beer – Entropic Theory Style – IPA ABV – 7.5% IBUs – 70 From Chaos Emerges Order. From Fermentation Emerges Beer. This IPA hits you with huge aromas of orange, peach, and apricot as soon as you open the can. The nose is followed by a smooth bitterness and soft mouthfeel as
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March First Denali IPA
Brewery – March First Beer – Denali IPA Style – IPA ABV – 6% IBUs – 55 Pours amber with a creamy head. Citrusy, piney, and floral on the nose, while pineapple and notes of honey tantalize the palate. This India Pale Ale makes for a very sessionable beer. Every brewery needs an IPA, even
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Rivertown’s New Look For Roebling
I love the design side of beer. It doesn’t effect the taste, and it certainly doesn’t effect the taproom experience – at first glance it might even seem like it’s a tiny portion of the whole thing, and thusly might be insignificant. I am a firm believer though that this is pretty far from the
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Get Your Fifty West Golden Ticket Early!!!
This is a great opportunity to not only be one of the first people to get your hands on the coveted Golden Ticket from Fifty West for their 2017 Fiftyfest – but to also get your fork on Arnolds first-ever beer dinner (that looks to be pretty spectacular). Let’s start there… shall we? The Beer
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Quarter Barrel Is Opening Location 2, in Hamilton – Help Them Do It!
I feel like it’s been a long time since I started talking and teasing about this projects existence. It’s finally time, though, to start rolling out details for Quarter Barrel’s second location. The brewery has been quietly operating up in Oxford since 2010, and has managed to stay of the radar of a lot of
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Are You ‘Thirsty 4 History’? – I’ve got good news for you!
For the second year in a row, the Great Milford Area Historical Society is launching an event that satisfies a couple different urges… the desire to learn a little more about local history, and the urge to drink some fantastic local beers alongside it. ‘Thirsty 4 History’ was a big hit last year, and they’re
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Braxton Buzz
Brewery – Braxton Brewing Company Beer – Buzz Style – Kolsch ABV – 5.1% IBUs – 24 Bee free. Let the sweet sound of music take control and lift one to life! A crisp, light bodied and slightly sweet balanced beer with subtle peach flavors and hop characters. This tasty twist on a traditional Kölsch
Vol 03 – Episode 10 – Ohio Brew Week 2017
There’s a bigger world of craft beer than I spend my time swimming through here in Cincinnati, and once a year I like to pay homage to that by branching out to Athens, Ohio for Ohio Craft Brew Week to chat with some breweries about what they’ve got going on out there – and for
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The Best Cincy Beer to Pair With Ice Cream – Happy National Ice Cream Day
I couldn’t figure out how I was going to celebrate National Ice Cream Day… I mean, I love Ice Cream but I wasn’t sure what the typical “beer person” tends to do on a day like today. Should I just shun my favorite summer time refresher in lieu of the creamy treat that we are
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Wooden Cask Corruption
Brewery – Wooden Cask Beer – Corruption Style – Bourbon Barrel Aged Scottish Stout ABV – 10.2% Corruption is our Reformation Scottish Stout aged for just over 4 months in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels. This beer is exactly what the commercial description says – it’s a Scottish stout that was aged for four months in
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