Cincy Brewcast

It's finally time for us to visit our old friend Sean Willingham at his new brewery in Hamilton, Ohio. The brewery is located in the city's old Municipal building and is a perfect addition to the city, right as it's beginning a new renaissance.

We talk about the backstories of not just the brewery and its founders, but of the space itself - and get a little sneak peek at some of the exciting "oops" moments as they were working to get open. It's a lifetime dream for these guys, and the excitement that we get to share with them now is real.

Guests This Episode

* Jim Goodman - Municipal Brew Works* Sean Willingham - Municipal Brew Works

From The Beer Fridge

* Municipal Brew Works - Approachable Blonde* Municipal Brew Works - Courageous IPA* Municipal Brew Works - Station 2

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!

Guests This Episode

* Tony Meyer - DogBerry Brewing

* Chris Frede - DogBerry Brewing

From The Beer Fridge

* DogBerry - Burning Bridges

* DogBerry - Undone

* DogBerry - Turnin' Two

* DogBerry - Hop Springs Eternal

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!

On this program, we revisit our 2015 Cincinnati "Craft Draft", (Vol 1, No 6) and man, is it strange. We look at what we selected, what we put in, what we left out and, and maybe most importantly, what we would replace. Our 24 tap selections (plus our 6 beer "Taxi Squad") is for sure a snapshot of the early days of Cincy Brewcast and just how much the Cincinnati craft beer scene has changed in just one short year. We also discuss the latest in beer news, including an opening date for Nine Giant, real action at Madtree 2.0, what we did over the weekend--and we drink beers from Mt. Carmel, Jackie O's and Mayflower Brewing Co, (Plymouth, MA) on this all-new edition of Cincy Brewcast, "The Voice of Cincy Craft".

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!

We also have some discussion of the upcoming explosion of craft beer breweries in Cincinnati (Darkness, Nine Giant and Municipal all coming online in the next month, with Woodburn not far behind) and much more, including a brief rundown of upcoming programs on Cincy Brewcast, "The Voice of Cincy Craft"!

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"!

It's a first anniversary party on Cincy Brewcast! No, not ours, but three of the newest and fastest growing craft breweries in Cincinnati. First, we visit and do our show on location at Urban Artifact Brewery in Northside, where we are joined by co-founders Bret Kollman-Baker and Scotty Hunter. They discuss UA's first year in business and their upcoming First Anniversary party at the brewery on April 23. They will be having special beers, bands, food trucks and much more.

Then, we revisit the big Anniversary party at Braxton Brewing Company last week--we talk to Jake and Evan Rouse, Richard Dube, Jonathan Gandolf, Dave Dixon and Lisa Graham, whose Brewhaus Dog Bones educational program received the inaugural "Trophy" Grant from Braxton.

Finally, we sit down for a one-on-one interview with Kevin Moreland of Taft's Ale House on their busiest day--Reds Opening Day also is the day Taft's opened last year--so they obviously host a mega-party! Kevin talks about the year that was for Taft's, the fine "liquids" that come out of the old church on Race Street and what Taft's means to the OTR community--and vice versa.

So sit back, relax, crack open a cold one, and enjoy this all-new episode of Cincy Brewcast, "The Voice of Cincy Craft"!