Lazy and thirsty? Don’t feel like leaving your house to venture into the cold weather during a pandemic? Greater Cincinnati breweries have the perfect solution. While many are offering low-contact or contactless carry-out, some are going a step further and bringing the beer right to your door.
Yes, these local breweries offer beer delivery.
Fibonacci Brewing Co.
This Mount Healthy brewery and winery closed for on-site consumption in November, but you can still grab their beer via the brewery drive-thru (open Wednesday through Sunday) or have beverages delivered to your door. Delivery is available throughout Ohio and will be shipped UPS; someone 21 and older must sign for the delivery when it arrives. Fibonacci says, “Get your delivery in by 2 p.m. to ensure shipment leaves our facility on the same day. If you put your order in after 2 p.m. or on a weekend, then shipment will be picked up from our facility the following business day.” Order online at my-site-103780-106814.square.site/shipping. Both beer and wine is available. 1445 Compton Road, Mount Healthy, fibbrew.com.
Fretboard Brewing
The Blue Ash brewery has launched an online shipping platform in addition to its online ordering for pick-up. Beer can be shipped anywhere in Ohio and someone 21 or older must sign for the delivery when it arrives. There is no minimum purchase amount but Fretboard notes that shipping a six-pack costs around $10, and it’s not much more to ship a case of beer. They suggest buying four six-packs or a couple of six-packs and crowlers. Order online at my-site-105157-101350.square.site/s/order. 5800 Creek Road, Blue Ash, fretboardbrewing.com.
HighGrain Brewing
Newish Silverton brewery HighGrain is offerings its brews for touchless pick-up — through their deck-side order window — and delivery. (Their taproom is also open.) Order online at highgrainbrewing.square.site and your beer will be delivered Friday through Sunday — as long as you’re within a 12-mile radius of the brewery. Order by 2 p.m. for same-day delivery. And there’s free shipping for any order over $25. Check out their “Holiday Fun Pack” featuring four crowlers: a Euro Pale Ale, Juicy IPA, Mexican Lime Lager and Robust Porter for $34.99. 6860 Plainfield Road, Silverton, highgrainbrewing.com.
Listermann Brewing Co.
Listermann is currently shipping beer anywhere in Ohio. Orders received via listermann-brewing-tap-room.myshopify.com by noon will ship the same day for next-day delivery (except on Saturdays and Sundays). There is a $24 flat-rate shipping fee. The brewery recently added a ton of beers to their list — BA Brambleberry, Give Me Something to Cake, BA Cincinnati Style Stout, Oatmeal Cookie Chickow!, Jay Jay, Jay Jay | Vanilla and Above the Clouds — plus themed Ugly sweaters. 1621 Dana Ave., Norwood/Evanston, listermannbrewing.com.
MadTree
MadTree is bringing beer to the people a couple of different ways: via their roaming “adult ice cream truck” and group beer deliveries. The beer truck is traveling area neighborhoods select days through New Year’s Eve (see facebook.com/MadTree for neighborhood updates and track the truck at madtreebrewing.com) carrying beer, Catch-a-Fire Pizza kits and holiday merch. The brewery will post on their social media which neighborhood they’re heading to; you can tag them or comment for specific areas and streets you want them to visit. Payment is credit card only.
“The whole point of this is to be reminiscent of the ice cream truck days of our youth. It is not overly planned but more happenstance,” says Lauren Amos of MadTree. “You can track us and see if we are close. We have people who come find us. It is typically a delightful surprise to find us just like when the ice cream truck would show up. We are observing all safety measures including socially distant lines, masks, and sanitization methods.”
If you’re looking for something more concrete, MadTree is also delivering beer to a single location/address — as long as you order a minimum of 20 packages (of beer and/or pizza kits). You can place your order with alexis.victor@madtreebrewing.com. Delivery is available throughout the area, except they cannot legally deliver in Kentucky. To order, you’ll get a group order form and then schedule a date and time for your delivery.
“We have found this to be successful for businesses looking to do something special for their employees as well as neighborhoods or friend groups wanting to do an activity together via Zoom (make pizza and drink beer),” says Amos. 3301 Madison Ave., Oakley, madtreebrewing.com.
Rebel Mettle
Rebel Mettle opened its doors on Sept. 12 in downtown’s Historic West Fourth District. The lager-focused brewery was founded by U.S. Air Force veteran Michael Brown, who shares a passion for brews and his community. And now they’re doing that via delivery. The brewery says they will deliver beer on this side of the Ohio River every day but Monday. There is a $30 minimum for the delivery. “We go all the way to Hamilton, just south of Lebanon, and just east of Amelia (essentially the 275 loop plus 15 miles out),” says Brown in an email. Order at rebel-mettle-brewery.square.site. 412 Central Ave., Downtown, rebelmettlebrewery.com.
Rhinegeist
Head to shop.rhinegeist.com/collections/cincinnati to order Rhinegeist beer for pick-up or delivery. The brewery says. “The process is simple: just visit shop.rhinegeist.com, place an order and select ‘Local Delivery’ at checkout. Delivery days are Monday through Friday, deliveries beginning at noon. All orders placed before 9am on delivery days will be delivered the the same day, orders placed after 9am will be delivered on the following delivery day. Check out the graphic for delivery range and zip codes. There is $30 minimum for delivery orders—merch from the web store is included. Let’s roll.” (This is all local delivery only; not Ohio-wide.) If you want to pick-up, you can do that, too. Just a reminder that if you place your order within an hour of taproom closing, it won’t be available until the next day.1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, rhinegeist.com.
Streetside Brewery
Streetside is offering beer delivery within 5 miles of the brewery, adding some “target areas on the weekends — (the) West Side, Milford/Loveland for example,” says founder Kathie Hickey via email. “Folks can watch our social media feeds for the target areas.” Same-day deliveries ned to be ordered by 10 a.m. and there is no minimum… but there is a $5 delivery fee. Order at toasttab.com/streetsidebrewery/v3. 4003 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum, streetsidebrewery.com.
Sonder Brewing
Mason’s Sonder has a very comprehensive guide to its home delivery service at sonderbrewing.com/home-delivery. Beer delivery is available Monday-Friday with same-day service if you order before 11 a.m. (after 11 a.m, you get next-day delivery). The brewery says to “ignore the delivery time given from Toast, deliveries will be between noon and 7 p.m., due to volume we cannot schedule delivery times.” Like any alcohol delivery, someone 21 and older must be available to accept the order. Sonder brews can be delivered within a 15-mile radius of the brewery and delivery is for orders over $25. If you buy less than $25, delivery is $5. Order at toasttab.com/sonder-brewing/v3. 8584 Duke Blvd., Mason, sonderbrewing.com.
Urban Artifact
Urban Artifact recently closed its Northside taproom after an employee tested positive for COVID. And when they reopen, the brewery says they’ll be moving to a strictly carry-out/pick-up/delivery model for the time being. Head to artifactmerch.com to shop for brews. They are currently offering free shipping in Ohio for orders over $60; under $60 there’s a flat $14.99 rate. The brewery can also ship to Washington, D.C., Virginia, Connecticut, Nebraska, Vermont, New Hampshire, Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota. They say they try to ship all orders within 24 hours of receiving them, but sometimes that isn’t possible — like if there’s a new beer release and a high volume of orders. And the closer you are to Cincinnati, the sooner your beer will arrive. 1660 Blue Rock St., Northside, artifactbeer.com.
West Side Brewing
There’s a $40 minimum purchase requirement to have your brews delivered by West Side Brewing. Browse and buy at toasttab.com/west-side-brewing. Orders are delivered on Saturdays only and purchases must be made before 11 a.m. on Friday. Delivery is no-touch but you will have to show someone your ID to get your beer. 3044 Harrison Ave., Westwood, westsidebrewing.com.
This article appears in The Holiday Issue.