30 Greater Cincinnati Taprooms and Breweries to Grab a Drink

March First Brewing and Distilling

7885 E Kemper Road, Springdale
Named for the first day our home was recognized as a state, March First Brewing opened in 2017 and boasts an impressive variety of drinks made on the premises, including beer, cider, whiskey, schnapps, vodka, rum and hard seltzer. If you stop by to sip on some brews, stay and have a bite to eat, the brewery offers snacks like pretzels and beer cheese plus pizza and sandwiches.

Fifty West Brewing Company

7605 Wooster Pike, Mariemont
Fifty West brewing not only offers delicious beers but tons of activities to enjoy, like several sand volleyball courts, cornhole and pickelball, plus an ice skating rink in the winter. The brewery hub also has a Burger Bar serving up a menu of bread-and-butter diner specialties like classic cheeseburgers, flat-top hot dogs and loaded crinkle cut fries. Don’t miss the 12 specialty burgers named for the 12 states that U.S. Route 50 runs through. Grab a house-made root beer or orange soda to wash it all down, or choose from a wide range of Fifty West canned, bottled or draft beers.

Darkness Brewing

224 Fairfield Ave., Bellevue
What started as homebrewing experimentation between friends led to the opening of Darkness Brewing. The spirit of adventure is still quite alive in the Bellevue taproom, located just down the street from Party Source. Their specialty is dark beers, but they offer a variety of different brews ranging from pale ales to golden imperial stouts and session ales. Aside from their brews, Darkness has a wide variety of board and card games, live music, a petite art gallery and a food truck located right outside the building.

Madtree Brewing Co. Oakley Taproom

3301 Madison Road, Oakley
MadTree’s massive 10,000-square-foot beer garden is a fun family hangout. With tons of MadTree-exclusive taps, ambient lighting and an industrial brick façade leftover from the building’s factory days, there’s more than enough space to accommodate all the beer-drinking, cornhole-playing, beer-loving humans that hang at MadTree on the regular.

Dead Low Brewing

5959 Kellogg Ave., California
Dead Low Brewing is located within walking distance of Coney Island and Riverbend Music Center. The massive space features a taproom, beer garden and kitchen. They serve up beer, cider and seltzer brewed on-site, as well as a made-from-scratch food menu featuring burgers, sandwiches, pizza, wings, and salad; there's also a dedicated kids menu and several vegetarian options.

DogBerry Brewing

9964 Crescent Park Drive, West Chester
Founded in 2015 by brewers Tony Meyer and Chris Frede, two science professionals turned stay-at-home dads, DogBerry was built on a search for happiness and a passion for sharing good beer. With fresh ingredients from local and regional producers, DogBerry's menu, which includes over 10 beers on tap, provides truly local flavors. Their taproom offers a space for beer lovers to enjoy their small-batch brews plus a rotating offering of food trucks.

Bircus Brewing Co.

322 Elm St., Ludlow
Ludlow, Kentucky's nonexistent craft beer scene sent in the clowns, leading to the launch of Bircus Brewing Co., a branch of an original concept from Ghent, Belgium. Pronounce it like 'beer-cuss,' a hybrid of beer and circus, as the brew shares the limelight with carnival performances at the taproom. Performers can do everything from breathing fire to flying on the trapeze. The brewery recently opened a Covington location where they offer up their popular wood-fired pizza and weekly drink specials.

Rhinegeist Brewery

1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine
Rhinegeist, known for being one of Cincinnati's most popular craft breweries, has a massive taproom attached to their warehouse where they create their delicious brews. While the inside is cool, the true beauty of the space can be seen up on the rooftop bar where you can get a cold drink and see the city.

Brink Brewing Company

5905 Hamilton Ave., College Hill
This College Hill brewery is loaded with features that encourage interaction, including a 20-seater community table, reclaimed-wood bar and a gigantic Scrabble board that’s very popular with patrons after a few pints from the brewery’s wide-reaching tap list. They host "Brink for A Cause" events where 10% of all sales for an evening go to a charity or organization, check their website for upcoming events.

Wiedemann's Fine Beer

4811 Vine St., Saint Bernard
Wiedemann's is located inside of a converted funeral home in Saint Bernard. While that may seem odd, it is one of Cincinnati's most charming brewery/taprooms. The full kitchen offers enough to encourage an entire day to be spent sampling their crushable, modernized interpretations of Wiedemann beer brewed since 1870. Their wide-ranging menu includes pub grub favorites like chicken wings to more localized flavors like the Goetta melt sandwich, plus salads and grilled cheese.

Listermann Brewing Company

1621 Dana Ave., Norwood
Handcrafted ales, a growler station and contagious enthusiasm for home brewing characterize this owner-operated brewing company. Listermann also offers frequent brewing classes, home-brewing supplies and wine-making ingredients and equipment, in addition to cult favorite beers.

Nine Giant Brewpub & Fermentorium

6095 Montgomery Rd., Pleasant Ridge
Nine Giant is a popular Pleasant Ridge brewery and kitchen. They offer a made-from-scratch menu that features everything from BLTs to impossible burgers and a miso salmon sandwich. Order a growler to go with some of their house-brewed beer. Their 10-tap beer list is constantly rotating depending on the season and what the brewmasters feel like creating.

Cartridge Brewing

1411 Grandin Rd., Maineville
Head down to the banks of the Little Miami River where Cartridge Brewing sits inside of the historic Peters Cartridge Factory. Their menu features shareables like nachos and pretzels with beer cheese, plus pizza, sandwiches and more. While you're there, be sure to grab a cocktail or one of their house-made brews. The brewery sits right along the Loveland Bike trail, making it the perfect stop while taking a ride.

Big Ash Brewing

5230 Beechmont Ave., Anderson Township
This beer "co-op" was founded by a group of 25 homebrewing friends in an Anderson Township basement in 2011. Featuring a self-serve tap wall (with 28 taps), build-your-own-pizza and a spacious outdoor patio, Big Ash Brewing is an ideal spot for a casual night of eating, drinking and socializing.

Fretboard Brewing Company

5800 Creek Road, Blue Ash
This Blue Ash brewery achieves the perfect marriage —music and beer— by providing creative spaces for local musicians to rattle off riffs while grabbing brews at the taproom. What could have simply been a traditional German-bier-inspired brewery was electrified into an incredibly active live music venue with a pro-grade sound system? Fretboard has partnered with Smoked Out Cincy to pair their beers with brewery eats. Enjoy a smoked pulled pork sandwich paired with some of Fretboard's house-made brews. Sandwiches not your thing? Enjoy some bar bites including smoked wings, mac and cheese rolls, barbecue pork fries and more.

Warped Wing Brewing

5650 Tylersville Road, Mason
Dayton-based Warped Wing Brewing Company opened its Mason location in February of this year. The 13,000-square-foot location — in the former Brazenhead and Basil's on Market space — features a large taproom with many of Warped Wing's popular beers, like the Trotwood Lager, plus house-made hard seltzers. The food menu features smoked wings plus loads of sandwiches, tacos, platters and sharable options that feature house-smoked meats.

Wooden Cask Brewing Company

629 York St., Newport
This taproom's proximity to Newport on the Levee makes it an ideal destination for shoppers who'd like to have a pit-stop pint. Traditional English, Irish and Scottish beers are the house specialty, though the draft list is no stranger to IPAs, wheats and blonde ales. There are no illusions about what you'll get when you order a beer, as the drink's essential essence is reached with each draft on tap.

Streetside Brewery

4003 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum
Streetside Brewery is proud to be located in Cincinnati's oldest neighborhood — Columbia Tusculum. The Hickey family are residents of the neighborhood and founded Streetside Brewery to share their talent with their community. Enjoy craft beer and grab a bite to eat at The Black Dog Grille food truck that is always parked out front. The brewery recently expanded its patio, adding a massive outdoor area with tons of seating, a bar and bathrooms.

Swine City Brewing

4614 Industry Drive, Fairfield
Swine City is helmed by owners Dan and Debby Ebben, both native Fairfielders. The 5,000-square-foot open layout and acre-and-a-half of land are a family-friendly community space. The brewery frequently plays with sippable styles, so taproom selections vary from IPAs and stouts to sours and cream ales.

West Side Brewery

3044 Harrison Ave., Westwood
Overseen by four passionate homebrewers, the taproom offers tons of West Side beer taps, including West Side's amber ale, common ale, stout and more, plus a handful of other local brews, cider, wine and soda. The bar also offers patrons a chance to watch TV and play games.