Each year it happens… almost as if the beer gods descend upon OTR and deem us worthy of experiencing the finest, and rarest beers that we as beer drinkers have laid our eyes upon. I’m not just talking about those beers that you’ll find from our world class beer scene here in Cincinnati, no… this is an event of a whole different kind.
I’m talking about Rhinegeist’s Rare Beer Fest.
This festival is a beer geek’s dream come true with breweries from all over the country (and even the world) sending the things they are most proud of (and that are the hardest to get) all for your imbibing and untapped bragging.
The 2019 Festival
For the third year in a row, the festival is back – and better than ever. Rhinegeist is throwing the event on November 2nd, 2019 – and I figured it only made sense for me to wet your whistle with some of the details, to see if I couldn’t get you a little bit excited about it!
Let’s start with the fun part… the beer. This is a heck of a beer list… Pay close attention here – make notes so that you don’t miss out on any of the stuff that you really wanna try.
Local Breweries
- 3 Points
- Braxton
- Cellar Dweller
- Fifty West
- Grainworks
- HighGrain
- Karrikin
- Listermann
- MadTree
- Nine Giant
- Northern Row
- Rivertown
- Rolling Mill
- Sonder
- Streetside
- Swine City
- Taft’s
- Urban Artifact
The “Other” Folks
- 21st Amendment
- Arrow Lodge
- Artifex
- Bale Breaker
- Black Acre
- Blackberry Farm
- Bluejacket
- Brand and Bone
- Brouwerij West
- Creature Comforts
- Dancing Gnome
- Denizens
- Ecliptic
- Ethereal
- Figueroa Mountain
- Fremont
- Green Cheek
- Grist House
- HenHouse
- Hi-Wire
- Jackie O’s
- Land-Grant
- Liars Bench
- Loma
- Masthead
- Modern Times
- Monday Night Brewing
- New Realm
- Odell
- Our Mutual Friend
- pFriem Family
- Port City
- Seventh Sun/Antiques On High
- Southern Grist
- Sun King
- The Lost Abbey/ The Hop Concept
- Trophy
- Upland
- WeldWerks
- Libby
The Details
You can head over to snag your tickets if you are convinced at this point that you don’t wanna miss out on the event this year. There are two separate sessions that you can attend. Regular admission tickets are $45, which includes 10 5oz samples and a tasting notebook. You can always spring for the VIP package too, which also includes the 10 5oz samples, plus 4 5oz samples from the exclusive VIP tasting bar, the tasting notebook, a food token and a take home bottle of their exclusive Rare Beer Fest barrel aged blend. The VIP package is $70.
Also take note… it was busy last year. They’re offering an early pickup for your tickets which should speed things up for you. You can get your stuff picked up at the brewery on Thursday, 10/31 or Friday 11/1 between 3pm and 7pm to skip that whole process.
