Tasting Notes

Streetside The Demogorgon

Brewery – Streetside Beer – The Demogorgon Style – Barrel Aged Imperial Stout ABV – 13.1% Imperial Stout aged in Heaven Hill Barrels This beer is the result of taking the brewery’s “Where’s Barb?” Imperial Stout and stashing it away in heaven hill barrels for a while.  To keep rolling with the Stranger Things references, […]

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Christian Moerlein Spacetime

Brewery – Christian Moerlein/ Maisel and Friends Beer – Spacetime Style – Hoppy Wheat Ale ABV – 5.7% IBUs – 29 Transcend time and space with a Christian Moerlein and Maisel & Friends collaboration, Spacetime Hoppy Wheat Ale.  The legacy of Cincinnati Beer Baron Christian Moerlein is celebrated from 19th century beginnings as a brewer

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Taft’s Ale House 27 Lager

Brewery – Taft’s Ale House Beer – 27 Lager Style – Dortmunder/Export ABV – 5.3% IBUs – 22 Steadfast and steeped in tradition, 27 Lager finds beauty in simplicity. Crisp, golden and noble. Taft’s toyed with a few recipes for a while, trying to find a lager that would fill the place in their lineup

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Rivertown Ember – Beer Tasting Notes

Brewery – RivertownBeer – EmberStyle – Dunkel LagerABV – 4.3%IBUs – 19 This rich, medium-bodied dark German Style lager features light hints of toffee, caramel and nougat. Traditionally brewed featuring malts and hops from Germany. This is not the same Dunkel lager that broke many hearts as it left the Rivertown lineup a few years

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Fifty West Ocean City Gose

Brewery – Fifty WestBeer – Ocean City GoseStyle – GoseABV – 4.7%IBUs – 16 Pouring a pink hue due to the addition of hibiscus, this strawberry rhubarb gose has a small amount of sea salt creating a refreshing balance between the acidity and fruity sweetness leading to a clean, dry finish. First and foremost… if

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Fifty West Tangelo Fruit Stand

Brewery – Fifty West Beer – Tangelo Fruit Stand Style – Fruited IPA ABV – 6.5% IBUs – 70 Standing alone off the side of 50 West in Nowhere, NA is a rigidity wooden stand with some of the ripest fruits you could ever image. Some say it’s a mirage caused by the insanity that

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Braxton Short Fuse

Brewery – Braxton Beer – Short Fuse Style – Grapefruit Pale Ale ABV – 5% IBUs – 50 Grab a can, sit back and enjoy the show. This classic American Pale Ale is hopped with Centennial, Cascade and Simcoe hops for floral and citrus notes. Brewed with grapefruit for a truly authentic summer experience. It’s

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Listermann Lil Jimmy

Brewery – Listermann Beer – Lil Jimmy Style – NE DIPA ABV – 8.1% NE Double IPA with Citra lupulin powder, Mandarina Bavaria, and Cascade. I think it’s safe to say that Listermann is owning the NE IPA game here in town.  They seem to be trying every hop combination, style variation, or fruited addition

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Listermann Bring The Hops

Brewery – Listermann Beer – Bring The Hops Style – NE IPA ABV – 6.6% NE IPA with Zythos, Citra, Galaxy, and Lemondrop. This beer was released on 8/5/17 as part of Listermann Brewing Company’s ‘Hip Hop Series” – released alongside ‘Lil Jimmy”, part of their “Pet Series”.  Much like all their can releases tend

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Rivertown IPA

Brewery – Rivertown Beer – IPA Style – IPA ABV – 6.5% IBUs – 67 Crafted for the hop heads, enjoyers of IPA’s and the hop curious. This medium-bodied tropical IPA is vibrant, effervescent and bold. This beer debuted in July of 2017 bringing along with it a new, updated look for the brewery.  The

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MadTree Entropic Theory

Brewery – MadTree Beer – Entropic Theory Style – IPA ABV – 7.5% IBUs – 70 From Chaos Emerges Order. From Fermentation Emerges Beer. This IPA hits you with huge aromas of orange, peach, and apricot as soon as you open the can. The nose is followed by a smooth bitterness and soft mouthfeel as

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Wooden Cask Corruption

Brewery – Wooden Cask Beer – Corruption Style – Bourbon Barrel Aged Scottish Stout ABV – 10.2% Corruption is our Reformation Scottish Stout aged for just over 4 months in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels. This beer is exactly what the commercial description says – it’s a Scottish stout that was aged for four months in

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Cincinnati Beer Week 2017 – Many Hands Make For Light Work

Brewery – Blank SlateBeer – Many Hands Make For Light WorkStyle – PilsnerABV – 5.4%IBUs – 25 Dry-hopped pilsner brewed for Cincinnati Beer Week 2017 at Blank Slate in collaboration with Listermann, Christian Moerlein, Narrow Path, and Municipal. A huge part of Cincinnati’s Beer Week has always been collaboration.  The beers that have come from

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Urban Artifact Flash Lamp

Brewery – Urban Artifact Beer – Flash Lamp Style – Tart White Ale ABV – 5.5% PH – 3.2 A tart white style ale brewed with 30 lbs of Trappist Orange Marmalade, 1.17 lbs of coriander, 5oz of dried Rose Petals, malted barley, flaked oats, and torrified wheat.  A refreshing twist on a classic white

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Braxton Summertrip

Brewery – Braxton Beer – Summertrip Style – Passionfruit Berliner Weisse ABV – 4.2% IBU – 4 When the weather overheated like a radiator on the fritz, it was time to step out of the garage and head somewhere cool to relax. We found every excuse to celebrate those dog days with our family and

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Urban Artifact Phrenology

Brewery – Urban Artifact Beer – Phrenology Style – Wild IPA ABV – 7.3% IBU – 55 Phrenology is the debunked pseudoscience of determining psychological characteristics by the shape of the skull and facial features. This beer uses a big addition (22lbs) of both Mosaic and 22lbs of Chinook to kick it into a really

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Wooden Cask The Girl Next Door

Brewery – Wooden Cask Beer – The Girl Next Door Style – Blonde Ale ABV – 6% Our GND Blonde Ale is our most approachable craft beer expression. Beer doesn’t always have to slap you in the face to be delicous – and while that’s pretty much the thesis of everything that Wooden Cask does,

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Urban Artifact Warmug

Brewery – Urban Artifact Beer – Warmug Style – Golden Fruited Coffee Sour ABV – 7.5% Golden Fruited Coffee Sour Ale. A collaboration with Wolf’s Ridge Brewing, Market Garden Brewery, and One Line Coffee. 1,500 lbs of peaches, 750lbs of passion fruit, 250lbs of plums, and 45lbs of whole natural washed coffee beans blended into

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Listermann Riveting Rosie

Brewery – Listermann Beer – Riveting Rosie Style – Saison ABV – 5.4% IBUs – 30 A beer inspired by strong women of Cincinnati, USA. Launched on National women’s day. A crisp refreshing saison with hibiscus and rose hips. Celebrating badass chicks in Cincy! #wecanbrewit This beer, dreamed up by Listermann’s Karenna Brockman, was thought

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Listermann Babycat Meowface

Brewery – Listermann Beer – Babycat Meowface Style – NE IPA ABV – 8.1% New England Double IPA brewed with Mosaic, El Dorado, and Centennial with Sauvignon Blanc grape juice added. Listermann is not only putting out some really great NE IPAs here in Cincinnati, they also seem to love to explore every aspect of

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Urban Artifact Palmistry

Brewery – Urban Artifact Beer – Palmistry Style – Fruited Double Berliner Pale ABV – 8.5% PH – 3.85 Reading the lines on your palm is an ancient method of looking into your future and determining your character. We see enduring love and great flavors ahead! This beefed up version of a Berliner style Pale Ale

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