It’s no secret. Urban Artifact is an absolute treasure and we are so, so lucky to have a place like them here in Cincinnati. Much like all of their peers, though – things have been really “strange” to say the least with all of this Corona Virus stuff happening. The brewery has been forced to […]
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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
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There has been a vibrant, exciting and delicious community of breweries crafting sour beers here in Cincinnati, and I tasked myself with getting them all in the same room together to dive into this often misunderstood and under appreciated art form. We opened a few bottles (some very loudly) and explored as deeply as we
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I’ve been sitting on this show for way too long, and it’s time to get it out there for you to enjoy. Originally broadcast as a live Facebook stream in collaboration with the Greater Cincinnati Craft Beer Society, it’s now a look back to the first barrel aged sour release from Urban Artifact. We pop
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Brewery – Urban ArtifactBeer – WoodbreakerStyle – Midwest Fruit Tart AleABV – 8.2%PH – 3.4 This Midwest Fruit Tart is brewed with 3,000 pounds of black cherries, 125 pounds of lemon juice and 30g of vanilla beans per 30bbl batch. Urban Artifact loves their fruit. Real fruit makes a massive difference in beer vs the
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If you’re a listener to Cincy Brewcast (You should be… it’s a pretty fun show) and you are caught up, you’ll remember that a few weeks back when I sat down with Rivertown Brewing Company they mentioned their upcoming Craftoberfest. As the time gets a little closer, I wanted to give you a peek at
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Not that they’ve ever gone away, but it’s been far too long since we’ve had Rivertown Brewing Company on Cincy Brewcast, and it’s time to remedy that situation! It’s fitting that at the same time they are not only on a absolute tear with not just new beers, but bringing back crowd pleasing favorites as
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There are many aspects to what makes up a brewery like Streetside. It’s extremely hard to narrow their “beer personality” down to a particular category because they are nailing so many different sides so well. This week’s show focuses on one that I have fallen in love with, though – their sour side. Garrett and
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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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Cincinnati, OH — Cincinnati-based Rhinegeist Brewery is proud to introduce Outer Reaches Sour Ales, a new, delicious lineup of Brett Culture, Mixed Culture and Fruited/Cuvée Sour suds light-years in the making. The first handful of brews will emerge from the ether over the next few months, starting with Infinite Dawn, a Sour Blonde Ale releasing
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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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They’re saying that this is going to be the last barrel aged beers that will be released for “a while” – so you might want to make a little note on your busy calendar to get your butt down to Urban Artifact on Saturday, December 16th starting at noon for this one. Urban Artifact is
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If you thought that Streetside was putting out all of their goodies when they gave us Demogorgon at their first anniversary, you would be wrong. They’re following it up with a bottle that when I tried it on draft, it blew me away – All In The Family. The Story The name of this beer,
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If you’ve been watching closely as Urban Artifact releases each of their Midwest Fruit Tart Ales, you’ll have noticed that they also like to do variants of these beers each time. I mean… they like variants a lot. You might have also noticed that each of these variant bottles contains an animal on the label,
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I have to extend a bit of a spoiler alert right at the top of this post… Half of the fun of this mixed twelve pack was exploring it, trying each beer with my wife and then guessing what each flavor was supposed to be mimicking. If you managed to snag some of these beers,
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I get tired of writing it, and I’m sure you get tired of reading it, but the standard disclaimer has to be thrown into this from the very beginning – Just because a brewery has federal label approval, it doesn’t in turn mean that the stars will align and the brewery will release this. All
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Brewery – Urban Artifact Beer – Love Letter Style – Midwest Fruit Tart ABV – 7.4% ABV PH – 3.3 A romantic gesture as old as the written word, prior to the digital revolution, love letters were written with ink on paper. Let’s make sure this artifact doesn’t disappear. This Midwest Fruit Tart is brewed
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When Urban Artifact announced their ‘Flash Lamp’, Tart Wit Ale (you can read about that beer here) it left a noticeable void in their can releases for the year. They were keeping their lips sealed about what might be filling it, and if my guess is correct, I think we now know what that beer
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They’re hot off the heels of yet another fantastic release of one of their now famous Midwest Fruit Tart Ales, called Faraday Cage (made with plums) and Urban Artifact is not set to quit blowing minds and getting beer geeks all worked up quite yet. Whirligig For starters, they posted an update to social media
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Brewery – Urban ArtifactBeer – Fire IronStyle – Midwest Fruit TartABV – 7.7%PH – 3.3 Fire Iron is Old West slang for your go-to hand gun. This Midwest Fruit Tart is brewed with 1500 lbs of Pink Guava, 500lbs banana, 400lbs passion fruit, malted barley and flaked rice. I’m not sure if Urban Artifact knew
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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 – Rivertown Beer – Sour Noir Style – Dark Sour Ale ABV – 7.9% IBUs – 35 You’re good Miss Brevis, too good. If you were actually as innocent as you pretend to be…” he quipped. “Well, you know me, Mogiana, ” Brevis replied, “If you did it, or if you didn’t, you’ll get
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I know that this city is all excited for the next seasonal gose from Urban Artifact to hit their local shelves. You can’t deny that we all love our Keypunch. Once Keypunch moves out, we’ve also got Chariot filling some space in our fridges too – it’s a good time to be a Urban Artifact
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Brewery – Urban Artifact Beer – Palmistry Style – Fruited Double Berliner Pale ABV – 8.5% PH – 3.85 Reading the lines on your palm is an ancient method of looking into your future and determining your character. We see enduring love and great flavors ahead! This beefed up version of a Berliner style Pale Ale
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Brewery – Urban Artifact Beer – Pinwheel Style – Kumquat Gose ABV – 4.5% IBUs – 12 PH – 3.5 Bursting with orange aromas accompanied by bready wheat malt flavors and a bright acidity. A Gose that captures the essence of Spring. I don’t think I had ever tried kumquats before Urban Artifact released Pinwheel
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After cranking out some of the weirdest stuff that Cincinnati has seen in it’s beer community in a long time, Urban Artifact is about to kick things into a whole new gear with the release of a ton of barrel aged sours. The bottles will be hitting the hands of a lot of very eager
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If you think that you’re able to keep caught up with all the packaging news that this city has to offer easily – you’re crazy. There is so much going on lately that even a guy like me, a “professional”, has a tough time keeping it all straight. Urban Artifact hasn’t made it easy for
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If you’re a listener of Cincy Brewcast (which I sure hope you are) you might remember back in August when we were talking to the brewery about the release of their Night Marcher Lindsey hinted that we might be seeing some really great new stuff in the future. Well… we got the first cider from
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Brewery – Urban Artifact Beer – The Gadget Style – “Sour Berry Bomb” ABV – 6.1% IBU – 12 PH – 3.2 Designed by our taproom staff as an intricate experiment combining the explosive power of sour beer with the dangerous flavors of fresh berries. Duck and Cover! This one got the city of Cincinnati
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I think that I’ve told you before that 2017 is going to be a very big year for Urban Artifact. I’m sure that by now you’ve started to realize why I would say something like that, with them already putting out 6 bottles of beer between December and January. What’s most exciting about it all,
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