If you missed it last year… listen up. Actually, even if you didn’t miss it last year, you should probably listen up. Ciderpalooza is back! March First Ciderpalooza is gearing up this weekend (8/29 from noon-10pm) to provide you (and the rest of us) an unrivaled selection of cider, all under the same roof. How’s […]
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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
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Are you headed down to Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, and looking for one of the best ways to celebrate my favorite fall holiday, Oktoberfest? You’re in luck. Christian Moerlein is bringing back their awesome Uberdrome experience for you all weekend long with a great deal to go along with it. What’s The Uberdrome? The Uberdrome is a
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You hopefully have a little bit of an idea now, about how much I love Oktoberfest after hanging out on this site in the last month. Not only is it one of my favorite styles of beer, the festivals that surround it this time of year are easily among my favorite places to drink a
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I love getting the chance to celebrate a brewery’s anniversary with them. The shining symbol of continued growth and evolution of our craft beer community in Cincinnati, another year in business is definitely something to honor and celebrate with the places that are so special to us. Grainworks is wrapping up their second year of
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If you’re an avid listener of Cincy Brewcast (The ultimate Cincinnati Beer podcast if you’re wondering…) you’ve probably heard me talk about Oktoberfest season a time or two. It’s the most wonderful time of the year for a beer drinker, and we’re now taking our first steps into it this year. There have been a
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If you haven’t had the chance to see how much the little pocket next to OTR that is called Pendleton has changed in the last couple of years – you should pay attention to this. The neighborhood’s brewery, Three Points is celebrating their first anniversary in on June 8th from 11am until 2am with a
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I don’t have to tell you about the year and a half that Fretboard has had since they had their grand opening in Blue Ash, right? These guys are on fire… and it’s amazingly fun to watch. From winning a big silver medal at the 2018 World Beer Cup, to filling up a taproom each
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March First is playing around with nearly every drink you can think of – and they’ve been going strong on that philosophy since they opened their doors in 2017. There is more to the bigger picture than just producing great drinks, though. The community around the drinks and around drinking is half of what makes
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CLEVELAND – The Ohio Craft Brewers Association released the list of participating breweries for the 13th Annual Winter Warmer Fest. 61 Ohio craft breweries will showcase their winter seasonal, limited-edition and high-gravity beers at Windows on the Riveron Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 2-5 p.m. The total number of breweries is up five from 2018’s sold-out event and features 11 first-time
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There are a few things that I need to pack into a post about Wiedemann after being invited to come to hang out with them this week for a few beers. If you’ve been living under a rock of some sort, and haven’t heard – the brewery is finally back. After getting their infrastructure set
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The smash success of the first Rare Beer Fest at Rhinegeist last year means that we get to not only experience the event again, but this time they’re expanding it to two sessions to make sure everyone that wants to attend the event gets a fair crack at it. The brewery wants you to remember
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I don’t know if it’s the kid in me, loving anything that flies, or if it’s the science geek the lies somewhere deep down, still fascinated by the science of flight – but I’ll be damned if there isn’t just something about airplanes. I love them. It’s no surprise, then that I’m excited about Middletown’s
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We are absolutely blessed to live in a city with both a fantastic beer scene, coupled with some really amazing food, as well. The folks behind the Crafted, local beer food and music festival (July 21st at Sawyer Point) plan to help us celebrate those things in a big way this summer at Sawyer Point.
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Since 1972, ComFest has had a tradition of presenting the finest local talent in Columbus. This has included local artists, political activists, musicians and for many years has included local beer. This year, ComFest is excited to announce that they will be taking the choices at the beer tents 100% local. The community has always
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I hope all this makes sense… bear with me here. Here’s What Happened I guess I shouldn’t assume that everyone knows what this whole thing is about. NOFX is a punk band from the 90s that released an album called Punk in Drublic. The album spawned a really fun collaboration with Stone brewing that was
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If you find yourself craving a quick daytrip this summer, where you can feel like you’re getting away, without actually having to travel too far ‘away’ – I think you might want to clear your calendar for June 2nd – it’s the date of this years Oxford Wine and Craft Beer festival, and when
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How better to spend a Saturday afternoon than drinking a cold beer or two? The only way I know to make it better is to do it in a taproom. Christian Moerlein has devised a great plan to get you in theirs this weekend for a beer or three, and you might remember it from
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I know you know this. I hope you know this, but Fifty West is putting on their annual celebration of Music, Food and Beer again for 2017 and Fifty Fest is again probably going to be better than ever. Let’s start with the simple details – the festival takes place all over what I call
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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
First off… if you missed the first Punch Out at Fifty West – Don’t make that same mistake again. This was by far, easily one of if not the most fun beer event that I have ever attended in Cincinnati. The great news is that it’s returning, and it’s even bigger this year to make
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The folks down in Northside’s Urban Artifact Brewing company are weird. They were told before they even opened their doors that their brewery was going to fail, that no one in this “less than sophisticated” beer town of Cincinnati would understand what they were doing. How can you operate a brewery that makes all their
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Dust off your drinking shoes, Cincinnati. It’s almost time for another years Volksfest to bring the drinking community together under one tent to celebrate the very people that make it possible. I also want to quickly make note that they refer to this festival as “Cincinnati Craft Breweries’ – Volksfest”. It’s really easy to be
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If you’re a reader of this site, you might know a thing or two about being Gnarly… It’s about drinking local, not because you have to – but because finally… FINALLY we can drink locally again. There are places where local beer has been missing for decades that are staring to think and act a
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The news about this came out yesterday, but I found it fitting to write about it today, seeing as today is also the official groundbreaking for MadTree 2.0 (Their big, amazing, massive, incredible expansion). When Brew Professor wrote about the “issues” surrounding last years Taste of Cincinnati beer selection, it was near impossible to predict
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There’s a lot to be said about this years fifty fest from Fifty West Brewing Company. The brewery has been hinting to us that cans were in the works for a while, and I know a lot of people here in Cincinnati have been pretty excited to get their fridge stocked with packaged beer from
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There seems to be more and more craft beer festivals popping up around town as the popularity of our craft beer scene continues to rise. This only can mean good things, as all of the people who have wanted to attend a beer festival, but haven’t been able to for whatever reason will hopefully now
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