It’s always joked about new breweries, how long it took them to get their doors open. We laugh about the roadblocks and hurdles (it’s a lot funnier once it’s over with and the taproom is full of happy beer fans) – but few places can even come close to the journey that Northern Row has […]
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Ghost Baby 1314 Republic Street, OTRWebsite – Facebook – Instagram513-381-5333 Ghost Baby is (on paper) a concept that’s been done before. A small cocktail bar, with a unique music program, great wine, and beer lists… it’s nothing crazy. The commonality of the idea goes out the window completely when you hear that the bar is
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No need to fear, Cincinnati – Arnold’s isn’t changing. Let’s get off our chest right from the get-go. While Arnold’s ownership is changing – technically – it’s all ok. As of January 1st, 2020 the bar will be leaving the hands of current owner Ronda Breeden as she retires and officially passes it down to
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Japp’s 1134 Main Street, OTRFacebook – Instagram(513) 381-0674 When David Wondrich, renowned cocktail historian and writer praises you and anoints you “bar queen of Cincinnati” it should mean something pretty powerful to the people in your city. That’s exactly what happened to Molly Wellman after she transformed a former wig shop called Japps into what
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It’s happened. After years of speculation from the geekiest of beer geeks, a Cincinnati brewery has sold to AB-InBev. I guess the one saving grace if you fall on the side of the fence that think this is a bad thing is that the Cincinnati Brewery that sold is a Cleveland Brewery. The ‘Invasive Species’
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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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When you find yourself in OTR with Michael D Morgan and a drink in hand, you don’t just wrap up your conversation quickly and go home… Since we had him on the show last week for Cincy Brewcast where he was promoting his new book, called Cincinnati Beer – we had to get him on
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Brewery – RhinegeistBeer – Nitro CobbstopperStyle – GoseABV – 4.4% Musing on our bright and frisky Peach Dodo, this nitro nocturne is suffused with a healthy dose of vanilla and lactose. The result is a tart and silky reverie revealing notes of luscious peach cobbler, vanilla cream and soft spice. Dream on. This limited release
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Sartre 1910 Elm Street, OTROpened September 2017Closed January 2020 It’s really easy to assume that a food option that was attached to our biggest local brewery would be just like the other food options around town. I wouldn’t have been shocked to see some delicious pizza or barbecue when the brewery announced that part of
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It’s the giant beast that has lurked on Central Parkway for years, barely getting a mention in craft beer geek circles not because they didn’t make good beer, but because they were big. It’s easy to turn a blind eye to the brewery that has always been there, in every beer cooler and on every
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It’s time for another label approval from the big guys down in OTR. As they gear up for their big Rare Beer Festival this month, they are also taking a little bit of time to keep cranking out releases (or at least label approvals). Since there is a segment of Cincinnati’s beer community that loves
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Brewery – Taft’sBeer – NebulosityStyle – Hazy IPAABV – 7%IBUs – 42 Large quantities of malted oats and kettle additions of Mosaic and Simcoe hops get this cloudy beauty rolling, followed by an El Dorado double dry-hop. Tropical fruit notes are complemented by a hint of dankness. Nebulosity made it’s first debut (if my impeccable
I hinted that it was coming – sort of. While I might have let you know that there have been a couple beers in the works from Rhinegeist, the idea of a continuing series surprised me more than it probably should have. Rhinegeist has been experimenting with the idea of hazy, or NE IPAs for
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I feel like we’ve been hearing it for a few years now, this idea that craft lagers are poised to become “the next big thing”. We’ve certainly got some great ones available in packaging now, and Rhinegeist might just be looking to add one more to the shelves at your favorite beer store soon. They’ve
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I am fairly confident that this isn’t new information to most of you – It’s been hard to miss the social media flurry from 3 Points and the fans that they’ve already gained. Still, I wanted to make sure that you knew that this weekend is the Grand Opening of the brewery, anyways. There is also
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Brewery – Rhinegeist Beer – Saber Tooth Tiger Style – Imperial IPA ABV – 8.9% IBUs – 95 Prehistorically hopped Imperial India Pale Ale that attacks the senses with potent notes of Papaya, Mango and Peach yet it finishes it’s prey (your palate) with a crisp clean citrus bitterness. This beer has been ravaging the
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That’s right, while all you are busy staring up at the bright sunny sky and giggling because summer is finally approaching a winter-weary Cincinnati – behind the scenes of a historic brewery building in OTR a few folks have been working their tails off for the last couple of years to get a brewery’s doors
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Every year Rhinegeist releases a new beer to celebrate their anniversary – these beers are themed to not just how old they are, but to the party that goes along with their anniversary. It’s what makes taking a little sneak peek at the label for their anniversary release so much fun – it gives us
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Brewery – Rhinegeist Beer – Infinite Dawn Style – Golden Sour Ale ABV – 6.5% With reverential intent and an effervescent yawp, we begin. A Sour Blonde Ale, Infinite Dawn balances tangerine, pear and apple aromas with subtle rays of vanilla, oak and sourness. It is where we were, where we are, and where we
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Every time beer geeks in Cincinnati get together and talk about Sam Adams, there’s bound to be a couple of things that you’ll hear. #1 – Someone is going to talk about how underrated this brewery is, and how surprised they were the last time they picked up something from them. #2 – Someone is
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While kettle or quick sour beers can be pretty freaking refreshing and tasty when they’re done right – there Are few beers that I enjoy more than a well done barrel aged sour beer… and Rhinegeist is absolutely killing it in the barrel aged sour game. When they first let us know that they had
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It takes time to get Bourbon ready. I should say it takes time to get good Bourbon ready and Cincinnati, Ohio based Northside Distilling Company is ready to release their first batch onto the thirsty Cincinnati market. They are throwing a release event at their distillery on November 4th, though while the event is open
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It’s really hard being a Cincinnati craft beer fan and to look back at what that meant 10 years ago. I was but a wee gnome, early in my drinking life… learning the ins and outs of what craft beer was. We were all living in a city that had a rich history with beer,
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Brewery – RhinegeistBeer – MosaicStyle – Single Hop Pale AleABV – 5.6%IBUs – 45 This single hopped Pale Ale detonates upon the palate with a brilliant array of dank, tropical fruit, grapefruit blossom, mandarin orange and blueberries. Golden Promise malt provides a clean base — a kaleidoscope of flavor delivered with the simplest of recipes.
Brewery – Rhinegeist Beer – Knowledge Style – Imperial IPA ABV – 8.5% IBUs – 98 Intense & refined, Knowledge delivers notes of resinous pine, dank sap, pithy grapefruit, & ripe pineapple. Chewy hops, a zesty punch; this erudite Imperial India Pale Ale sharpens perceptive depths in the studious night. Rhinegeist got a lot of
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Brewery – RhinegeistBeer – BubblesStyle – Fruited AleABV – 6.2% A bright, dry, and lithe Rosé Ale with apple, peach, and cranberry for tartness and blush. Bubbles erupts with effervescence and evanescence. The first addition to the can lineup of Rhinegeist’s cider program after it launched in the summer of 2014. The cider was such
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Brewery – Rhinegeist Beer – Hans Style – Vienna Lager ABV – 4.8% IBUs – 25 This Vienna style Lager shines with soft and clean toasted bread notes. Light filters into a tree-lined courtyard, somewhere in the distance classical music can be heard. Quietly, Hans types his scribbled notes into a manuscript, pausing to adjust
If you haven’t had a shot at any of the sours that have been put out by Taft’s Ale House, you’ve been missing out on something pretty delicious. The brewery started it all with their first, lovingly called ‘Louisa, The Stave Mother’, back in June of 2015. Since this is where it starts, I suppose that
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Fans of Moerlein’s ‘FC Cincinnati Blood Orange IPA’ will be really happy to wake up to this news this morning. The brewery is teaming up again with FCC to release a beefed up version of this summer’s popular fruited IPA in 22oz bombers. They’re of course going to throw a release party to go along
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It was starting to seem like Rhinegeist was comfortable with their can lineup for a while. Bottles seemed to be all we were getting front the brewery as far as new releases go. Then almost as soon as that thought entered my brain, sort of like they were listening ot my thoughts – Rhinegeist starts
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