The Brewery Guide To Cincinnati Burger Week 2025

Written By: The Gnarly Gnome

7/7/25

There are only a few things that come close to being a more perfect combination than a burger and a great beer. Don’t get me wrong, there are other foods that are wonderful with my favorite beverage, but none feel quite the same as a great burger and a great beer. Coming off of the Fourth Of July holiday, I’ve been knocking back a lot of hotdogs, and this is the perfect excuse for me to change things up.

That’s right, It’s time for Cincinnati Burger Week.

With the pairing of beer and burgers being so delicious, though, and with me operating a website that focuses extremely heavily on Cincinnati’s craft beer scene – you know where this is going. I’m going to guide you through the best places to grab a burger and a beer this week!

Before we get into it too deep, though… let’s hit the obvious.

What Is Burger Week?

Burger week is more than just a celebration of great, affordable burgers in Cincinnati. Burger week brings together the city’s top chefs and restaurants to celebrate local flavor, hometown pride, and absolute culinary creativity.

It’s also a celebration of $7 and $8 burgers – so you can eat out all week long.

The goal is to get you (and me) to head out to new places, to eat, drink and explore around Greater Cincinnati. There’s an official Burger Week app that you can download to help you out, and there’s some gamification that goes along with it (including a grand prize with more than $500 dollars of restaurant gift cards up for grabs), but to me the real prize is finding those new favorite spots that you would have otherwise missed.

If you want to do this right, head to the Cincinnati Burger Week website to play along!

With that out of the way – let’s dig into this.

Burger Week At Our Breweries

I’m a sucker for a local brewery or taproom. As much as I love a good bar or restaurant, my soft spot still lies in the beer community. That was the inspiration for putting this guide up for you (though… I will have some honorable mentions of some bars you should hit up this week, too, in just a moment).

These are the local breweries and taprooms that are participating in Cincinnati Burger Week that you should try to stop by this week. I get it… there’s a lot – I believe in you.

  • Alexandria Brewing Company (Bender’s Pub Grub)
    • $8 The Hog Wild Smashburger – Double stacked smash burger, country friend lightly smoked pork loin, sweet-hot pickles, white cheddar & house made steak sauce on a toasted potato roll.
  • Barleycorn’s Brewhouse
    • $8 All-American Burger – The classic Barley’s burger with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle.
    • $8 Spicy BBQ Bacon Smashburger – 2 beef patties with cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, bacon, homemade spicy BBQ and ranch dressing served on a toasted brioche bun.
  • Braxton Barrel House
    • $7 PB&J Slider – All-beef patty on a brioche bun, creamy peanut butter, red pepper jelly, bacon crumbles, house-pickled red onion.
    • $7 Braxton Boy – All-beef patty on a brioche bun, American cheese, tartar sauce, romaine, extra pickle.
  • Cartridge Brewing
    • Cartridge Burger – Smash steak burger with American cheese, thousand island, mixed greens, tomato and onion, served on a brioche bun with pickles.
  • Fifty West
    • $7 Classic Burger – Single beef patty, fry sauce, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle.
    • $7 Kansas Burger – Topped with BBQ sauce, American cheese, bacon, coleslaw, pickle.
  • Gilligan’s Brewery
    • $8 ‘The Cincinnati Kid’ – 6oz smash patty, sticky bbq pork belly, pimento cheese, slaw, on a brioche bun.
  • HighGrain
    • $8 Bacon Jam Burger – Handpacked patty, topped with bacon jam, crispy onion straws, house-made blueberry BBQ and pepper jack cheese.
  • MadTree Alcove
    • $7 Single Smashburger, with Avril Bleh beef patty, greens, american cheese, pickles and special sauce.
    • $8 Bacon Jam and Gouda Burger with tomato, bacon jam, local greens, beef patty, and gouda.
  • Moerlein Lager House
    • $8 Lager House Hawaiian Burger – Full Size 7oz premium ground beef burger with Pineapple, Bacon and Cheese on a potato bun.
    • $8 Pimento Cheeseburger – Full Size 7oz premium ground beef burger with pimento cheese, bacon jam, romaine, tomato, with black pepper aioli on a potato bun.
  • Sam Adams Taproom
    • The Pizza Burger – topped with provolone, pizza sauce, burger and a bun.
  • Third Eye Brewing Company
    • $7 ‘The Mind Bender Burger’ – Pimento cheese, bacon jam, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.
  • VooDoo West Chester
    • $8 Classic Cheese Burger
  • Wandering Monsters
    • $8 Smash Burger – two smash burger patties, American cheese, caramelized onions, pickles, lettuce and our signature burger sauce on a brioche bun
    • $8 Braised and Confused Burger – one smash patty, house smoked pulled pork, swiss cheese, pickled onions, and chimichurri on a brioche bun.

The Honorable Mentions

I was originally going to make this blog post only about the local breweries that were participating in Burger Week, but as I was reading the list and compiling my notes… I couldn’t help it. There are so many great places with some burgers that sound absolutely wonderful. I had to add some of them into the mix!

  • Arnold’s – The Arnold’s Burger
  • The Blind Squirrel – Rumpke Mountain Nacho Burger
  • BrewRiver Creole Kichen – Streetcar Burger
  • Bucketheads – The Godfather Burger
  • Burgernati – Grippo’s Cheeseburger
  • By Golly’s – Sweet Thai Chili Burger
  • Dunlap Cafe – The Westside Burger
  • Juniper’s – South East by South West Slider
  • Krueger’s Tavern – Krueger’s Burger
  • Oakley Pub & Grill – The American Melt Down
  • Sammy’s – All American Smash Burger
  • Tickle Pickle – Meatallica

Like I said… plenty of places to fill out your ENTIRE week full of burgers! The important thing is to grab a drink while you eat, tip your bartenders or your wait staff well – and tag me with those pictures of burgers and drinks. I love to see what you’re enjoying!

Be Gnarly, Eat Burgers.

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