In a show that hearkens back to some of our earliest days, yet utilizes some new and generally untested technology (at least to us) it's a two- man show as Mike and The Gnarly Gnome sit and "shoot the bull" about Cincy Craft. The Gnome joins us remotely from "The Gnarly Gnome Tavern" via Google+ Hangouts. Mike drinks Braxton's 1st anniversary beer, Yesterday's Headlines Kiwi Berliner Weiss and Gnome has a Rhinegeist "B Side" IPA. We talk about some issues and happenings in Cincy Craft, including expansion at Madtree and 50 West, Labels at Rivertown, new breweries getting closer to opening and much, much more.

Cincy Brewcast joins Mt Healthy's own Nano Brewery, Fibonacci Brewing to explore why owners Bob and Betty Bollas are so proud to be nano. They are nearing a year, and still have the distinction of being Cincinnati's newest craft brewery. We sit down with them, along with a live audience to drink the beer, meet the people and help spread a little bit more of the "voice of Cincy Craft"

Tonight we have a really cool show--the Cincy Brewcast crew matches wits with Jonathan Klein, the quiz-master from the all-new "Cincy Beer Quiz", which will hold its inaugural event at Braxton Brewing Co. in Covington on Wednesday, April 27 from 7-9 PM.Jonathan brings us questions from categories such as "Beer in Music", "Hops 'n' Health" and many more. Some of the answers will surprise you and all the questions asked by Jonathan tonight will be asked at the live event at Braxton (hint, hint). Tina then turns the tables on Jonathan and asks some questions of her own.We also drink some delicious beers including the all-new collaboration between Madtree and the Cincinnati Flower Show, "Hortense" saison brewed with Nasturtium flowers and cucumber, Rhinegeist's "Peach Dodo" gose flavored with peaches, Madtreee's "Are You Ready for Some Darkness" BA Imperial Stout and from Heavy Seas (Baltimore, MD) the "20 Year Storm" BA ESB.It's a fun-filled "quiz show" (complete with the "Match Game" theme song!) on this edition of Cincy Brewcast, "The Voice of Cincy Craft"!

Join us as the Cincy Brewcast crew invades Ei8ht Ball Brewing, at The Party Source in Newport/Bellevue, Kentucky. We are joined by "3 Guys"; Head Brewer Mitch Dougherty, The Party Source Craft Beer Manager and mastermind behind nomad brewery "Quaff Bros." Danny Gold, and Ei8ht Ball Taproom Manager and "Beer Ambassador" James "Peanut" Kahles. The guys tell us about Ei8ht Ball "from the beginning"--the impetus behind having a craft brewery as part of one of the largest adult beverage retailers in the nation, how the taplist developed and where it's going in the future and (maybe too much) about their unique branding (the story of which is worth listening to in and of itself)! We also taste though a wide representation of the 11-beer strong taplist, including classic offerings "Tarnished" Golden Ale, "Red Drink" Red IPA and "Prodigal" APA, and newer favorites like assistant brewer Vergil Ustick's "Yoga Pants" Black IPA, the delicious "Doppio" Coffee Porter, and Barrel Aged "Foursome" a big 16% ABV flavor-bomb Dark Fruit Quad brewed in collaboration with Nogne O. Brewing of Denmark. Another terrific show with more great Cincinnati brewers on Cincy Brewcast, "The Voice of Cincy Craft"!

Guests This Episode

Danny Gold - Party Source

Mitch Dougherty - Ei8ht Ball

James 'Peanut' Kahles - Ei8ht Ball

From The Beer Fridge

Ei8ht Ball - Tarnished

Ei8ht Ball - Prodigal

Ei8ht Ball - Red Drink

Ei8ht Ball - Doppio

Ei8ht Ball - Yoga Pants

Ei8ht Ball/Nogne - Foursome

We are joined this week by "The Godfather" of Cincy Craft, Mike Dewey from Mt. Carmel Brewing Co. Over the past 10-plus years, Mike and co-founder and wife Kathleen have done it "their way".Mt. Carmel has stubbornly stuck to a strategy of slow growth when all around them has exploded, and they continue to offer a tap list of "core beers" when so many brewers often don't brew the same beer twice. Mike sits down and explains to us why this is, but also reminds us that MCBC is NOT stuck in the mud by bringing us two amazing offerings--"Sap Attack" Maple Infused Brown with maple syrup harvested from Cincinnati Nature Center and "Jack'd Frost"--the second installment in their new "Limited Release" series--it's Mt. Carmel's "Tastings.com" Silver award winning stout aged six months in a Jack Daniels barrel. Mike also joins us in tasting "Space Taxi Barrel #21" bourbon barrel-aged Belgian Dark with Sangiovese, one of the latest offerings from Donny Gold's Quaff Bros. Brewing.Mike discusses recent expansions in both the brew-house and taproom, plans for an expanded outdoor experience (including more paved parking!) on the MCBC property, Presidential politics, Cincy craft beer history and so much more on this very special Cincy Brewcast, "The Voice of Cincy Craft"!

Guests This Week

Mike Dewey - Mt Carmel Brewing

From The Beer Fridge

Mt Carmel - Sap Attack

Mt Carmel - Jack'd Frost

In this edition of Cincy Brewcast we meet Mike Albarella and Brandon Hughes, the brother-in-law team behind emerging brewery Nine Giant, in Pleasant Ridge, Ohio. We talk to them about their brewing philosophies, the unique qualities about their "P-Ridge" brewpub and what brought them to this point. We also get from them a fairly committal date for their spring debut! Head brewer Mike also brings along some samples for us to pull "From the Beer Fridge", including "Ess Eff" California "Steam" Common ale, "This Beer is Named Brothers" Red Rye IPA, their take on Berliner Weisse, Saison, Schwarzbier, Barleywine and a few more. It's a very exciting program from a brewery that we feel will become a "Giant" in the Cincy Craft scene.

Guests This Episode

Michael Albarella - Nine Giant

Brandon Hughes - Nine Giant

From The Beer Fridge

Homebrewed - Brett Saison

Homebrewed - Berliner Weisse

Homebrewed - Ess Eff, California Common

Homebrewed - Local Hopped Pale Ale

Homebrewed - Schwartzbier

Homebrewed - Barleywine

From the beautiful Moerlein Lager House in Smale Riverfront Park in Downtown Cincinnati, it's a very special Live edition of Cincy Brewcast. We are joined by the visionary Greg Hardman, who took a glorious, but dead name from Cincinnati's brewing heyday--Christian Moerlein--and turned it into a powerhouse of the modern craft beer movement in Cincinnati's exploding Craft Beer scene. We are also joined by the man charged with maintaining and expanding both the quality and repertoire of Christian Moerlein Brewing Company, Head Brewer Eric Baumann. We taste four of Moerlein's excellent seasonal brews--People's Pilsener, Crimea River Russian Imperial Stout, Plum Berliner Weisse and Shiver Chai Porter. Then we find out how the Lager House was the first element of the world-class Smale Riverfront Park, and Greg's story on how the plans for the Lager House came together in a weekend! Greg and Eric also break news on several new beers on the horizon for Moerlein, including the re-launch of the original recipe Christian Moerlein "Cincinnati Select Lager"--originally introduced by Hudepohl Brewing in 1981-- in celebration of this year's 500th anniversary of the German "Rhineheitsgebot" German beer purity law. Then, we are joined by Eddie Chimi and Chris Nascimento from the Greater Cincinnati Craft Beer Society for a discussion/debate on a wide-ranging selection of craft beer issues such as "National vs. Local" craft beer, Can "Big Beer" become "Craft Brewers" too, and should we even support craft brewers owned by major international beer corporations? There's lots of food for thought and great discussion on this week's special "Live" edition of Cincy Brewcast--"The Voice of Cincy Craft".

Guests This Episode

Greg Hardman - Christian Moerlein

Eric Baumann - Christian Moerlein

Eddie Chimi - GCCBS

Chris Nascimento - GCCBS

From The Beer Fridge

Christian Moerlein - People's Pilsner

Christian Moerlein - Crimea River

Christian Moerlein - Little Jack Plum

Christian Moerlein - Shiver (read more about this beer)

As we return to the "friendly confines" of the Cincy Brewcast Studios, high atop Mt. Carmel for our first show of 2016, we look ahead to the possibilities and the promise of a new year in craft beer. We taste what is very likely 2016's first new beer release in Urban Artifact's "Abacus" Cocao-Raspberry Gose; one of the top releases of late 2015 in Mt. Carmel's "Ice Cream Stout" (tasting just like Neapolitan Ice Cream!) and Anchorage Brewing Co.'s (AK) Galaxy White IPA with Brett. We also discuss both our craft beer "resolutions", highlighting The Gnome's article at www.thegnarlygnome.com and also some predictions for Cincy Craft in 2016 from the Cincy Brewcast team.

From The Beer Fridge

Urban Artifact - Abacus

Mt. Carmel - Ice Cream Stout

Anchorage Brewing Company - Galaxy White IPA w/Brett

Mike invades "The Gnarly Gnome Tavern" for a "Gnome Game" with the "Man Who Is Synonymous With Anonymous". The big man ducks his head to get on the elevator that delves into the subterranean enclave where "The Gnome" hoards beers and writes his blog posts. We drink beers from Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA), Sonoma Brewing (Phoenix, AZ), The Unknown Brewing Co. (Charlotte, NC) and the Maine Beer Co. (Freeport, ME), talk the top "taproom beers" from Cincy Craft, the top "News" stories in 2015 and get geared up for what promises to be a huge 2016 on Cincy Brewcast, "The Voice of Cincy Craft".

From The Beer Fridge

Firestone Walker - Union Jack

Main Beer Co - Zoe

Sonoran Brewing Company - Why Chclt

The Unknown Brewing Co - Brown Eyed Girl

North Coast - Old Rasputin (Cellar Aged)

Deshutes - The Abyss (Cellar Aged)