As each month rolls into town, we’re faced with a great problem… beer releases. There are a ton of Cincinnati beer releases to keep track of, and that task doesn’t get any easier as each month goes by. I do my best to make it a little easier for you here on the blog, tracking […]
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The series of ‘Dinosaur Beers’ from Urban Artifact (I like calling it Dino Beer…) is really something special. It’s beer that while being LOADED with real fruit, is dry, wine-like, and even more importantly fermented with a yeast that was spontaneously collected from right here in Cincinnati by the Urban Artifact team. These barrel-aged sours
Urban Artifact’s Dino Beer Get A Little Shift Read More »
This is is – the most complete, up to date and exhaustive list that you’ll find. If there’s a Cincinnati Beer Release in February of 2020 – hopefully I’ve got it right here for you. I try to do this every single month… because it’s fun? Right? There are a ton of packaged beers being
Cincinnati Beer Release Roundup – February 2020 Read More »
This month, as things start really heating up outside, we head into everyone’s favorite time of year to crack open a cold beer with their friends and family. Summertime is built for beer, and Cincinnati is built for craft beer releases. I’ve got the full list right here of all your packaged beer that is
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Cincinnati’s growing craft beer scene is a great thing for a beer drinker… but it also makes keeping track of all the new (or returning) releases from our breweries. I do my best each month to keep a running list for you to see what packaging is hitting shelves (or taprooms). As with most things…
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The rumor mill has been swirling around Hamilton Ohio’s Municipal Brew Works this summer so far. Packaging? A Production facility? There’s a lot of things that the geeks have been whispering about – and I’ll talk about them all… give me a minute. First thing’s first, though – and the first thing that you have
Municipal Brew Works – Anniversary Party, and Packaging! Read More »
As the warm weather starts to kick itself into gear, you start looking for packaged beer to take with you onto the patio – soon to the pool. I get it though, there’s a lot of new packaged releases here in Cincinnati, and it’s hard to keep track of it all. That’s what I’m here
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Bud Light today became the first beer in the United States to add a comprehensive on-pack serving facts and ingredient label, with the unveiling of a new secondary packaging design that will hit stores in February. In every aspect of their lives, people are demanding more and more transparency, and Bud Light wants beer drinkers to have
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I hope you know this drill by now. Cincinnati is bursting at the seams with beer releases, and as a fellow beer geek I understand the desire to know about what’s dropping each week. I also understand how difficult it is to keep track of it all. That’s why I’m here, folks… to ease some
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It’s become a yearly tradition in Cincinnati – not just Fifty Fest itself, but the entire process of heading out and getting your ‘Golden Ticket’. We finally have our answer to the question of what this year’s release will be – and I wanted to give you my thoughts on why the whole concept is
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Braxton Brewing Company never really hid the fact that they were extremely interested in the cider market. They’ve been slowly releasing the results of their experimentation with it recently, and it shouldn’t be a huge surprise to you if you’ve been watching that their next packaged product is ready to go – and that it’s
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If you’ve been playing along with the packaging release game, you’ll remember that I told you that it was only a matter of time before we would be seeing Westwood’s West Side Brewing getting their packaging off the line and into your hands. Just in time for your summer barbecues, pool parties and backyard gatherings
It’s Time! West Side Brewing’s Cans Are Ready For Your Beer Fridge. Read More »
The move into packaging for a new brewery is a big one. It’s a special moment in the timeline of that brewery, and one that I feel should be celebrated. Gone are the days where you can only get your beer into places that offer draft sales. No more are you confined to drinking your
West Side Brewing – Here Come The Cans! Read More »
I know you, craft beer drinker. Say what you will when you’re sitting with your buddies drinking your barrel aged sours, you still love your IPAs. You still really love those Imperial IPAs too, don’t you? Stryker is a really good one if I’m onto what you like to drink with this statement… and the
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LONGMONT, Colo. — Oskar Blues Brewery, instigators of the Original Craft Beer in a Can, has updated their full line of 12 and 16-packs with a bold yet classic new look. The fresh tone draws on the adventurous spirit of the iconic Dale’s Pale Ale 12-pack and spans the full line-up to include the rapidly
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It’s an exciting time for anyone who has been drinking craft beer in Cincinnati for a while. The more that I think about it, actually, it’s an exciting time for anyone who drinks beer in Cincinnati, period. For those of you who have found places around town that you call your “spot”, that you frequent
Fifty West Cans, Distribution, A New Generation Read More »
If there’s anything that shows just how powerful ‘IPA’ is as a style, it’s the number of beer styles that have sprung up “off of” the traditional IPA style. The latest in the trend seems to clearly be NE IPAs. Love them or hate them, they’re hear to stay. The style is also clearly here
I Hope You Like NE IPAs, Moerlein Has A Big, Hazy One Coming… Read More »
Braxton Labs is all about experimentation. It’s the entire purpose of the brewery – to innovate, play around and be creative. That doesn’t mean, however, that the brewery doesn’t listen to their loyal fans about what they like and want when it comes to packaging and even new beers that are going to come out.
The Original Braxton Labs NEIPA 001 Set To Hit Cans Read More »
There are a few new goodies coming in the very near future from OTR’s Rhinegeist Brewing. No… this isn’t a massive Gondola that will traverse OTR (The latest off the Rhinegeist rumor mill if you haven’t heard). Instead this is two new packaging debuts, and one returning favorite. Astro Dwarf Finally Lands Finally!!! Remember when
Rhinegeist Introduces Astro Dwarf, and a few favorites hit the shelves too. Read More »
FigLeaf Brewing Company isn’t even yet to their first anniversary, and they’re already poised to knock out a couple of their big goals in the near future. The brewery which is located almost smack dab in between Cincinnati and Dayton is quickly finding not only ways to make themselves a destination for drinkers from both
FigLeaf Is Adding Wine, and Cans! Read More »
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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I feel like everytime my brain thinks of a Braxton beer that I’d like in my fridge they announce that it’s going to be hitting the canning line that same afternoon. They’ve been absolutely tearing it up in the packaging department so far in 2017 (and the rumor is that they still aren’t done with
Braxton’s Next Can? Summertrip. Read More »
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
Wooden Cask Gets A Whole Plethora Of Label Approvals Read More »
If you’re a fan of Blank Slate Brewing company down on Cincinnati’s East End (and I assume you are, because you like good beer) you’ll be happy read about some of this news. Not only do we have some new labels that have been approved, I’ve also got some great updates on what’s been going on
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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
Wooden Cask Gets Label Approval For Their First Bottles. Read More »
Rhinegeist is going to kick out a couple of cans this spring, specifically March. As reported by Raging Hop on Facebook, they’re adding Knowledge (an Imperial IPA) and Bubbles (a Rose cider) to their year round lineup. I can almost hear the excited screams from cider lovers across the city, already. Yes, one of the new
Rhinegeist has two new cans coming, Knowledge and Bubbles Read More »
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
Braxton To Put Dead Blow in Cans! Read More »
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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It’s exciting to see a new addition to the lineup of packaged beer offerings here in Cincinnati, and probably even more so to have it be Urban Artifact. I have a deep love for sour, tart ,and wild beer. Obviously having Urban Artifact move into packaging means much more of those beers in my fridge
Urban Artifact Cans Are On Their Way! Read More »
I know, I know… You’ve probably been bombarded by Moerlein news lately on social media, but hang in there with me on this. I wrote a bit about the new packaging news out of Moerlein about a month ago, though, if you managed to miss it then you can catch up with the first post
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