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Get Your Collectible Ohio Pint Day Glass at These Greater Cincinnati Breweries

Breweries will have different offerings on Ohio Pint Day, with some selling the glass with the customer’s choice of beer and others including the glass with a crowler or growler purchase or selling the glass individually.

Sep 19, 2023 at 12:05 pm

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Collectible pint glass for Ohio Pint Day

Sixteen Greater Cincinnati breweries will be selling collectible pint glasses as part of the fourth annual Ohio Pint Day next week.

Ohio Pint Day, put together by the Ohio Craft Brewers Association, serves as a fundraiser for the brewing industry advocates. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, more than 180 breweries across the state will be offering this year's limited edition, collectible pint glass in their taprooms.

“Craft beer and art both have the power to enrich our lives and bring people together,” said Ohio Craft Brewers Association executive director Mary MacDonald in a press release. “Ohio Pint Day is about celebrating the intersection of art and beer, and the positive effects of both in our communities."

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About 17,000 Ohio Pint Day glasses will be available at participating breweries, a record number since the inaugural fundraiser in 2020. Demand for the glasses is typically high, with many breweries selling out within hours, says the association.

Breweries will have different offerings on Ohio Pint Day, with some selling the glass with the customer’s choice of beer and others including the glass with a crowler or growler purchase to-go or selling the glass individually. Breweries not typically open on Tuesday will have the glasses on the next day of operation.

The Ohio Craft Brewers Association commissioned artist Amy Kollar Anderson to design this year’s glass after admiring the artwork on the walls of her Kettering brewery, Nowhere in Particular Cabinet of Curiosities.

“When I was brainstorming ideas, I thought about looking at the image as you rotated the glass and something that would be light-hearted and whimsical," Kollar Anderson explained in her artist’s statement. "I pictured a Victorian style chaise and who might lounge there. Visions of a goddess (perhaps Ninkasi, goddess of beer?) enjoying a pint came to mind, but she needed something more to create an engaging narrative. As a proud Daytonian, I wanted something to represent my city and thought about our baseball team, the Dayton Dragons. I am also a fan of mythical creatures and Game of Thrones. I concluded that surrounding this lovely lady should be three hungry dragons begging for a sip!”

In partnership with participating breweries and glass manufacturer Boelter Beverage, $1 from every glass will be donated to the Ohio Craft Brewers Association. And if you use the Ohio On Tap brewery passport app, you can get a bonus passport stamp by purchasing the collectible glass and submitting a selfie of yourself with the glass.

Greater Cincinnati breweries participating in Ohio Pint Day include:

BrewDog Cincinnati
Fifty West Brewing
Grainworks Brewing Company
HighGrain Brewing
Little Miami Brewing Company
March First Brewing
MPH Brewing
Nine Giant Brewing
Rhinegeist Brewery
Streetside Brewery
Taft’s Ale House
Taft’s Brewpourium Cincinnati
Third Eye Brewing
Wandering Monsters Brewing
West Side Brewing
Woodburn Brewing

More info: ohiocraftbeer.org.

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30 Greater Cincinnati Taprooms and Breweries to Grab a Drink

Little Miami Brewing Company 208 Mill St., Milford Founded by brothers-in-law Dan Lynch and Joe Brenner, Milford's Little Miami Brewing Company sits on the banks of its namesake river, pouring beers alongside a selection of brick-oven pizzas. The pizza selection includes everything from the classics, such as the margherita pizza all the way to daring and innovative options. If pizza is not your thing, Little Miami Brewing Company also offers other laid-back eats such as nachos, pretzel sticks, chili and salad. The small-batch brewery offers 16 different brews on tap, from classics to experimentals and seasonals made with real fruit.

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., CaliforniaDead 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.

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