The story is epic, and the ending is exactly how you expect it to be when someone attempts to get to 38 breweries in one day. Now, there is a beer to commemorate the most epic Cincinnati beer tour of all time. I can’t even begin to thank FigLeaf enough for making this beer, called
It’s an fascinating growth story, that of FigLeaf. A brewery that is trying to bridge the gap between Dayton and Cincinnati, fill a vacant hole in their location of Middletown, Ohio and start bringing beer people back to Butler County all the while navigating the waters of an increasingly busy craft beer market locally. Growth
I hope that you caught these label approvals in this week’s ‘Fresh Label Friday’ from Queen City Fresh. Aside from the obvious addition, I also hope you were a little curious about why we were making a big deal out of a few label approvals for beers that we’ve already seen released. The big news
Brewery – FigLeaf Beer – Barrel Aged Black Solstice Style – Imperial Stout ABV – 10% Barrel Aged Black Solstice Imperial Stout has warm inviting notes of chocolate, raisins, and molasses that creates a smooth voluptuous body. You might remember tasting this sumptuous beer from last year’s winter solstice, where it has been patiently aging
Brewery – FigLeaf Beer – WasteTimer Style – American Pilsner ABV – 4.8% IBUs – 33 Rich medium golden color with snow-white dense lacy head. Classic sea-breeze Saaz hop aroma with subtle underlying cucumber skin and light citrus notes supported by clean bready pilsner malt aromatics. Greets the palate with assertive but smooth noble hop
It’s been a year, folks! Figleaf Brewing company has been working their butts off to help bridge that gap between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio to turn our craft beer scene into something spectacular. I think it’s about time that we venture up to the great white north of lower Middletown to show them our support!
Brewery – Figleaf Beer – Iso-trope Style – IPA ABV – 7.2% IBU – 68 What’s in a name? “Iso” refers to iso-alpha acids, the primary bittering compounds contributed by hops. “Trope” is a wink at the notion that some people say that American IPAs are an overplayed trope of a beer style. Designed to
It’s always fun to write good, happy beer news – and this is great news for anyone living in the state of Ohio. It’s about to get a lot easier to get your thirsty face onto some FigLeaf beer as they have announced their partnership with Cavalier Distributing to get their beer across the whole
Brewery – FigLeaf Beer – Basmati Style – Cream Ale ABV – 5.1% IBU – 26 Inspired by local home-brewing legend Ted Holloway, our Cream Ale uses basmati rice to impart a subtle yet distinct almost white-popcorn basmati aromatic note. Grounded by a base of Pilsner malt and just enough Liberty hops to balance, this
FigLeaf Brewing Company isn’t even yet to their first anniversary, and they’re already poised to knock out a couple of their big goals in the near future. The brewery which is located almost smack dab in between Cincinnati and Dayton is quickly finding not only ways to make themselves a destination for drinkers from both
It’s all fine and dandy to read about something, as I’m hoping you’ve done with my post from this weekend about FigLeaf – but what if you could hear about a brewery in the words of their owners? Fear not, reader… you can! This week’s Cincy Brewcast finds me sitting in the FigLeaf taproom talking
New breweries aren’t just new breweries in a market that’s growing as quickly as ours is here in Cincinnati. No longer is just making good beer, or just having good marketing, or even just being in the right neighborhood going to cut it when you’re wanting to make a splash. So how does a place