We keep hearing it repeatedly: the future of breweries lies in the neighborhood spots. Lebanon Brewing Company understands that very well, and when they opened their space last year, they worked their butts off to become part of Lebanon in every way possible.

On this week’s episode, I headed up to Lebanon to chat with owner/brewer Jake Borsvold about how all of those pieces come together for them. We spend some time learning how Jake’s story got him to where he’s at, now – and of course drinking a few beers along the way, too!

If you are curious about Lebanon Brewing Company, make sure you follow them on Facebook and Instagram – but more importantly – make sure you visit them at 20 W Silver Street in Lebanon, Ohio.

Oh, boy. This is one of those days. I’m stressed and beat up from battling more technical difficulties on the podcast side of my life. I’m grumpy. When you boil it all down, though – that’s why this show exists. It’s an excuse to drink together and enjoy a few minutes of sanity in an otherwise “not so much” life. With all of that being said, this week, we tackled a few big topics:

Huge, huge thanks to everyone who hangs out and listens to this show! If you’re new to the podcast, know that this show really shines as it was meant to be… live! Tune in every Monday night on Facebook and YouTube to get the full experience – and share it with your friends!

You can find the video version of this show over on YouTube.

Tina and the Gnome showed up on The Woodburn Brewery’s doorstep with one mission, to figure out what makes them tick. They did that in the only way that they know how – by drinking their beer and talking with owners Chris Mitchell and Dennis Chacon. Covering topics from translating a German beer recipe to the big question of how many billions of dollars will it take to buy out their brewery, this show spans the gamut of conversation!

Burgers and Beer… They go together so perfectly! We sat down with Citybeat and Braxton Brewing to figure out why – and to talk about some of the great burger week events that are happening around town this week!

A “bottle show” is a television industry term. These “bottle episodes” are episodes of a scripted series that takes place entirely on the primary set of the show. There’s no location shooting, no additional sets, guest actors, extras, or anything else.

That’s precisely what this episode of Cincy Brewcast is. The last couple of weeks have been BUSY! We’ve been running all of Cincinnati doing shows on location, live events, and fun stuff. It’s time to take a brief respite and get back to the “roots.” Just the three of us tasting and talking beer (and other stuff, too) all from the friendly confines of the CBC studios high atop Mt. Carmel.

We talked about Mike’s brief weekend trip to “Beer City, USA”, Asheville, North Carolina, and taste a few things that he brought back. We discussed the online “would you rather” Cincinnati beer quiz from WCPO.com and roll through this week’s edition of ‘Asked and Answered.’

If we could “bottle” this up and give it to you, we certainly would!

We wrap up our exciting week of shows for Cincinnati Beer Week 2016 at Paradise Brewing Company in Anderson. We were joined by Eric from Brewer’s Buddy and Andy from Alexandria Brewing Company, and of course Jeff Graff from Paradise Brewing. We had a big conversation that ranged in topics but all centered around what we all love – BEER! It was a great show, and a fitting ‘Live’ end to a great Cincinnati Beer Week!

It’s a big move for the tiny DogBerry Brewing in West Chester. Not only are they leaving their local-loved taproom behind, but the brewery is growing ten-fold in their production size. It’s a choice that leaves a lot of questions for a lot of folks, and we set out this week to answer them all.

Sitting down with owners Tony Meyer and Chris Frede we try to get a picture at what this all means for DogBerry and for how they hope to take what they’ve learned so far to make their taproom even better than ever!

We also talk about Cincinnati Beer Week, and the upcoming collaboration… it’s an action-packed episode!

In a “big” show that has been a long time coming, we are featuring The Boston Beer Co. and sampling some of their fine Samuel Adams beers. They are (if you didn’t already know) a big part of Cincy Craft–they brew on a large scale out of the former Hudepohl Brewery in OTR. We are joined from Boston by Jennifer Glanville, the Director of Brewery Projects for The Boston Beer Co., who tastes along with us on a range of Sam Adams offerings. The first is the new limited-release in BBC’s highly successful “Rebel” IPA series, “Rebel Raw” a big 10.0% ABV Double IPA. We also taste through a Samuel Adams classic, Double Bock and the entire Samuel Adams “Nitro Project” line; the IPA, the White Ale and the delicious Coffee Stout. We also discuss the culture of BBC with Jennifer, including what it’s like to straddle the line between “big” and “craft” brewing and the one thing most folks don’t know about Samuel Adams, but need to.
We also discuss happenings in Cincy Craft like our next big “LIVE” appearance at Dogberry Brewing in West Chester this Friday at 7:30 PM EDT (Join us in person at the brewery or LIVE on Periscope TV, Google Hangouts on Air and Facebook Live), tantalizing social media posts from Nine Giant and Municipal, yet another festival from Braxton, The Taste of Cincinnati and much more on this all new edition of Cincy Brewcast, “The Voice of Cincy Craft”.

The gang has left the Gnarly Gnome alone, deep inside the Gnarly Gnome tavern to run the show by himself. Panic? The Gnome? Never… he calls on Blogger-friend Raging Hop to help make sense of all the American Craft Beer week info, and to drink a few beers from the safety of the subterranean shelter. They drink, they talk, they listen to a few interviews… they might get in trouble? Anythings possible on this episode of Cincy Brewcast!

Not feeling well? Have the “blahs”? The Craft Beer doctors at Cincy Brewcast prescribe “Pils For What Ales You” and suggests some quality “down time” at Pilsener-Palooza 2016. Yes it’s that time of year when the skirts get shorter, the days get longer and the beer gets lighter and colder. But don’t think you have to settle for the “watery grave” of mega-brewed adjunct-fests. Your intrepid Cincy Craft brewers are putting delicious summer beers on the shelves and in their taps for your Vernal enjoyment. We taste offerings from 50 West, Christian Moerelin, Taft’s Ale House, Braxton, Ei8ht Ball and Athens, Ohio’s Jackie O’s (an honorary member of Cincy Craft) and offer a brief history of the style, first brewed in the 1840’s as a reaction to the bad beer offered the citizens of Pilsen!