Did you know only 30 vaquitas exist in the wild? They’re cute, little porpoises and they need your help. Listermann hosts a trivia night on Wednesday to bring attention to the world’s most endangered cetacean. For every pint sold that night, Listermann will give $1 toward vaquita conservation.
What could be better than dogs, beers and trivia? On Thursday, Washington Park hosts Pup Quiz Yappy Hour. The humans — and maybe dogs? — can play trivia while sipping on brews from MadTree, Taft’s, Moerlein and Rhinegeist. The event will take place every Thursday through May 23.
Bellevue’s Darkness Brewing seems like the type of brewery to geek out on Star Wars Day, aka May the Fourth (aka May the Fourth be with you…). The brewery will host a three-day Star Wars extravaganza May 4-6 with new beer releases — including a Star Wars-themed brew — cosplay contests, games, food and an appearance by Jar Jar Binks himself (no, that’s a lie; mesa joking).
The Kentucky Derby takes place May 6, and Braxton Brewing Company gets into the spirit with their Kentucky Home beer, infused with fresh mint — like a mint julep — and barreled aged in bourbon barrels. The strong golden ale will be on tap during Derby day. Braxton will also show the race live, followed by live music and some surprises.
New Beers
• MadTree has a new release in their High Series: Azacca High, brewed with azacca and zythos hops. The citrusy beer is only available on draft at their taproom.
• Exculpatory IPA comes from Middletown brewery FigLeaf. It contains flavors of orange citrus and peach skin. Try one on a Thursday during their FigSix night, in which you roll a die and pay what you roll.
• For Record Store Day, Rhinegeist once again teamed up with Northside’s Shake It Records for an annual themed beer. This one is called Slow Jam. Rhinegiest describes it as “dank, rhythmic IPA, humming with chords of citrus and pine.” You can find the beer on draft throughout Northside bars and at Rhinegeist’s taproom.
• Municipal Brew Works in Hamilton released their first-ever lager, named Walk in the Park, a Czech-style pilsner. They describe it as “light, crisp and refreshing with a touch of lemony bitterness and herby pepperiness.”
• The Queen City Brewery of Cincinnati recently unveiled their latest beer, Arthur St. Clair wheat ale. It was brewed with galena and mosaic hops and has notes of pear and black currant. It’s named after the heroic governor of the Northwest Territory who changed Cincinnati’s name from Losantiville to Cincinnati in 1790.
• On May 6, Listermann releases two new beers as part of their Hip Hop series. Yoda Potato is a New England double IPA brewed with citra hops. Only 50 cases will be sold. They also have Ms. E (Missy Elliot, get it?), brewed with citra and jarrylo hops. Both beers will be sold on draft and in bottles.
Events
• Moerlein’s flagship OTR Ale turns 10 years old on Friday. To commemorate the occasion, a keg of the stuff will be tapped in front of Findlay Market’s Market Wines at 5:30 p.m. On Saturday, the brewery hosts a daylong pub crawl to celebrate the little guy’s birthday. People can take an OTR TrAle Pub Tour throughout participating locations in Over-the-Rhine, where each establishment will have a different style of OTR beer on tap. If you collect six or more stamps, you get a Moerlein T-shirt.• Rhinegeist kicks off Nice Little Monday this week, which takes place the first Monday of the month. They’ll have rare Rhinegeist beers on tap, including 2015 and 2016 Double Oaked Mastodon and Wild Fiction.
• Triple Digit/Listermann celebrates Chickow! releases May 17-20. They’ll begin tapping Chickow! variants at 10 a.m. May 17 and they’ll tap at least 20 types of the beer through May 20, including Chickow! aged in maple bourbon barrels. ©
