It all makes a little more sense now – that little laugh that Jonathan and Evan both shared during the recent episode of Cincy Brewcast that was from the newly opened Braxton Labs. I had asked them about the possibility of packaging coming out of the brewery, and I suppose that they knew that the […]
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It’s a little misleading, and I wish that I had some more progress reports on the long awaited Alexandria Brewing Company. The brewery is still working as hard as they can to get things finalized and to get working on their space – but as seems to be the way their stars keep aligning… their
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Brewery – Wooden Cask Beer – Seventh Street Runoff Style – English Brown Ale ABV – 5.2% Our Seventh Street Runoff is a Northern English style, light in body ale. This beer does a great job at representing who Wooden Cask aims to be in today’s craft beer world. The beer is sessionable while still
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Brewery – Braxton Beer – Summertrip Style – Passionfruit Berliner Weisse ABV – 4.2% IBU – 4 When the weather overheated like a radiator on the fritz, it was time to step out of the garage and head somewhere cool to relax. We found every excuse to celebrate those dog days with our family and
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Brewery – Wooden Cask Beer – The Girl Next Door Style – Blonde Ale ABV – 6% Our GND Blonde Ale is our most approachable craft beer expression. Beer doesn’t always have to slap you in the face to be delicous – and while that’s pretty much the thesis of everything that Wooden Cask does,
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I do a lot for our local beer community… lest any of you think that running a beer blog, and a local beer podcast is all about fun invites to soft openings, and drinking a ton of great beers, there is a lot of work involved. There is a lot of time that goes into
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I won’t dig into what it means to open a second location dedicated to the culture of creativity, creation, and innovation quite yet – because it deserves a lot of time dedicated to it exclusively, but I will fill you in on what’s happening with the former Ei8ht Ball space at The Party Source. The
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Here they go again… Braxton still isn’t letting up off the packaged beer gas pedal, yet. They fired out news this morning that they’d be releasing yet another can off their packaging line for the summer, and this one has my house ‘Buzzing’ with excitement. The latest one to be shown is called ‘Buzz’, and
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Brewery – Braxton Brewing Company Beer – Kentucky Home Style – Golden Strong Ale ABV – 9.5% There’s magic in that moment. As the thoroughbreds stride from the paddock to the post parade, the crowd rises, the state is still, and everyone sings together “My Old Kentucky Home.” It’s not the only tradition on the
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I have a deep love for the top fermenting lagers that are coming out of a few of our breweries. A subset of styles that was shunned by so many craft beer drinkers for a long time out of the fear of mass-market fizzy yellow water, they’ve made a full comeback at this point. There
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Wooden Cask hasn’t been around forever, but owner and head brewer Randy has quite the story about how he ended up in Newport making some of the most sessionable and flavorful beers that you’ll find in Cincinnati. We wanted to tackle the story of Randy, the story of Wooden Cask, and of course explore some
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Brewery – Braxton Brewing CompanyBeer – 1957 All Star AleStyle – English MildABV – 4%IBUs – 17 1957 is a one of a kind beer. Utilizing specialty malts, this English Style Mild features a unique nuttiness and caramel-like sweetness that’s intended to remind you of America’s favorite ballpark snack. A faint hop presence to balance
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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 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 – 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
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 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
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It’s been a rough bit of time for beer fans here in Cincinnati. Ei8ht Ball is closing, and the news that Danny Gold would be leaving the Party Source is starting to make its rounds too. Neither bit of information is a good thing for Cincy Beer when you first hear it. It’s downright horrible. What
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I’m going to make a blanket statement, that is easily argued…but none-the-less right in my book. When the average person thinks of craft beer (even the average craft beer drinker) an IPA pops into their mind. There is no denying that the style is popular, and that drinkers crave hops. I don’t think that when
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Brewery – BraxtonBeer – Graeters Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip Milk StoutStyle – Milk StoutABV – 7%IBU – 30 This delicious beer is dominated by black raspberry overtones with fresh chocolate and a very slight roast in the finish that every great milk stout should have. A reasonable addition of lactose makes this a slightly sweeter
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Let’s say it like it is… when you stop by your local beer store, sometimes you aren’t as happy with the Hofbrauhaus beer that you get as you might be if you’re drinking at the bar down at Hofbrauhaus Newport. There’s a really good reason for that, and it’s all about imported beer. While the
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Brewery – Braxton Beer – Tropic Flare Style – Imperial IPA ABV – 10% IBUs – 100 Tropic Flare is a 100 IBU, 10% ABV, delicious double IPA. Brewed with 100% Galaxy hops, it’s overflowing with notes of citrus, peach and passion fruit. It’s brewed for the hopped at heart. We’re not kidding when we
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Brewery – Braxton Beer – Spotlight Style – White IPA ABV – 6% IBU – 35 Get out of the way everyday IPA’s. We have something special for you. Take a long look at the deep straw body and cloudy head filled glass. We bet you’ll get caught staring. With high hop character and refreshing
I know, I know. You’re a craft beer fan and you love your big IPAs. And we’ve all heard you before when you have said that Braxton isn’t bringing you enough IPAs to keep you happy. In fact, it looks like Braxton has been listening too. Not only did the brewery just finish releasing their
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When I wrote about Braxton’s next can, called Spotlight, the other day – I showed you the mystery image that had the white IPA featured in color, followed by two more cans and a large format bottle, all blacked out. Well, today the brewery announced their next can from the mystery image and it’s a
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I think you’re going to hear a lot from me in 2017. Cincinnati is gearing up for some big things happening, and they are already being hinted at and outright shouted at us from some different breweries. From openings, to expansions, to new beers, and old favorite returning. There is going to be plenty for
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Mash Cult kinda snuck this one under the radar, with a couple of small Facebook post back in October, and November, where they told us that ‘Rummin with the Devil’ would be their first ever bottle release, pending label approval. Well, the good news for all of us drinkers around town is that it just
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The mood last night was fantastic – the brewery had a buzz to it that I haven’t seen since Braxton first started putting their beer into cans, and made that announcement to the press and their loyal ‘Builders’. I’m not sure that I have ever seen both Jake Rouse, and his brother Evan excited about
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I teased that this might be coming on Facebook a while back, and we finally have word that the time has come! Ei8ht Ball doesn’t release bottles of their beers very often, and when they do, it’s usually something pretty fantastic. If you want to talk about Barrel Aged K-Hole, fantastic is a very proper
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