Cincinnati Beer Week descends on the Queen City Sunday through June 25. That means a plethora of Tristate bars, breweries, restaurants and beer-based bus tours will turn up the hops and spend seven days celebrating local, regional and national craft beer. In honor of Beer Week, we’ve dedicated this week’s issue to all things booze, featuring local brewers pursuing their passions, a startup aimed at helping budding beer-makers and Beer Week events taking place in Cincinnati and beyond. Click through all Beer Issue stories below.
Each year for beer week, local breweries come together to brew collaboration beers — beers they work on together, combining their different points of view to create something completely unique. This year, there will be five official collaboration beers — yes, five — available on draft at most Cincinnati Beer Week locations. All five will be on tap during a Fantastic Five tap takeover at The Crazy Fox Saloon in Newport from 7-9 p.m. on Monday.
Name: Birds and the Bees
Breweries: Christian Moerlein, Mash Cult, Old Firehouse, Tap & Screw
ABV: 6.8 percent
IBU: 18
Brewed at Ei8ht Ball in Newport, this Belgian golden ale features honey malt, honey and black locust flower.
Name: Fruits of Our Labor
Breweries: Cellar Dweller, Fibonacci, Fifty West, Mt. Carmel
ABV: 7.1 percent
IBU: 48
This fruited IPA was brewed at Mt. Carmel and features hints of peach and apricot.
Name: Nectar
Breweries: Braxton, Paradise, Rivertown, Rock Bottom
ABV: 5.4
IBU: 18
A Mexican lager with agave, brewed at Braxton.
Name: Over/Under
Breweries: Dogberry, Listermann, MadTree, Urban Artifact
ABV: 6.2 percent
IBU: 30
This amber lager was brewed at Listermann and was aged with mulberry wood. This is the only beer that will be packaged — it is available in 12-ounce four packs and on draft.
Name: Saison d’ 513
Breweries: Bad Tom, Blank Slate, Rhinegeist, Taft’s Ale House
ABV: 6 percent
IBU: 14
A Saison with chili peppers that was brewed at Blank Slate.
Beer Issue Contents
- Little Kings Cream Ale returns to its Cincinnati roots
- Red Takes Gold: Local brewer Colin Foy’s red ale wins Sam Adams’ American Homebrew Contest
- Queen City Radio bar and beer garden will expand the urban entertainment district to Central Parkway
- Five urban beer gardens perfect for drinking outdoors
- Cincy Brew Bus takes riders on themed tours of craft breweries — with ample beer samples included
- Local startup Brewers Buddy sells customizable home-brewing systems of amateur beer-makers
- Cincinnati Beer Week celebrates craft beer with events throughout the Tristate
This article appears in Jun 15-22, 2016.
