The Weekly Pint

I've been sitting in the middle of a lot of news stories, a lot of conversations, and a lot of deep thoughts about what success and failure actually mean. What does it mean for the breweries that we love? Where does what we want and what they want have crossover? What does any of that matter when it's "just beer" at the end of the day?

We're back from a great long weekend of camping with the family - which means things are a little "out of sorts" around the house (when are they not?)

On this week's episode, I had the live audience choose a beer for me, although - when I was disappointed with their choice, we all called an audible and switched things up. After a long process of trying to figure out how old my beer was... we finally dove into the news of the week.

Seltzer Smash is back at March First - and I wanted to make sure you knew about it for all your 'Fizzhead' friends that need to get their seltzer fix.

In addition, there are some new breweries under construction around town that I felt we needed an update about.

To wrap it up - we had plenty of label approvals that were prime for some quick discussion.

The Weekly Pint is more than a live show that airs on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter every Monday evening around 9:30 pm - it's a happy hour where we all get together over a drink and talk about life. Sure, we talk about Cincinnati Beer news, crazy regional and national booze news, and big things that are happening in the world - but at its core, it's an excuse to hang out with friends.

If you like what I do here - or anywhere you like to consume my content, know that it all happens because of folks like you.  If you want to support The Gnome, you can always go to ⁠http://www.TheGnarlyGnome.com/Support⁠ and do just that.

After letting everyone down with a sort of broken cocktail promise last week, we're back with another "crowd-sourced cocktail" on this week's episode. It's so much fun that I think it's safe to say that this will become a regular feature on the show. It's where the live listeners get to randomly choose a few ingredients that I'll attempt to throw together into a mess of a drink.

I promised that we were going to drink a cocktail this week but things have been a little nuts. While I'm not sure if it counts as a "cocktail," I am going to dump a bunch of booze in some beer and see what happens. What could possibly go wrong?

It's been a crazy week! I teamed up with a group of our local podcast community that we lovingly call the "Cincy Pod Squad" to knock out the Flying Pig this year - and it was insane to say the least. On top of that, HighGrain Brewing Company opened their new location in Springfield Twp - and I have some fun drinks calling my name from the fridge.

With a trip to Columbus in the rearview mirror, there are more than a few things to talk about on this week's episode. I took a spin through ALL our stops while we were out of town and gave you the highlights (and lowlights of each one).

Since it's been a few weeks, we had a nice selection of beer label approvals to cover—and there were some goodies in the mix!

The live viewers selected a mystery beer out of the beer fridge, and I ended up with an absolutely great pint of Urban Artifact's Papaya Passionfruit Green Tea Fruit Tart.

The Weekly Pint is more than a live show that airs on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter every Monday evening around 9:30 p.m—it's a happy hour where we all get together over a drink and talk about life. Sure, we talk about Cincinnati Beer news, crazy regional and national booze news, and big things that are happening in the world—but at its core, it's an excuse to hang out with friends.

If you like what I do here - or anywhere you like to consume my content, know that it all happens because of folks like you.  If you want to support The Gnome, you can always go to ⁠http://www.TheGnarlyGnome.com/Support⁠ and do just that.

I was running a little behind schedule, and things are little chaotic for this week's episode - but there's a good reason - a once in a lifetime insanely amazing celestial event.

I opened a can of Gaffel Kolsch, which, fittingly enough, also created its own chaos.

The Weekly Pint is more than a live show that airs on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter every Monday evening around 9:30 pm - it's a happy hour where we all get together over a drink and talk about life. Sure, we talk about Cincinnati Beer news, crazy regional and national booze news, and big things that are happening in the world - but at its core, it's an excuse to hang out with friends.

If you like what I do here - or anywhere you like to consume my content, know that it all happens because of folks like you.  If you want to support The Gnome, you can always go to ⁠http://www.TheGnarlyGnome.com/Support⁠ and do just that...

Part of being a content creator - and absolutely loving it is enjoying watching other folks out there kick the creative parts of their mind into overdrive. It's why April Fools Day is so much fun for me!

This year, we've got a couple of really great ones from our local spots - And I couldn't help but share them with you!

I also dove into the beer cellar to crack open a bottle of Urban Artifact's Phrenology that I've been trying to drink on this show for weeks!

The Weekly Pint is more than a live show that airs on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter every Monday evening around 9:30 pm - it's a happy hour where we all get together over a drink and talk about life. Sure, we talk about Cincinnati Beer news, crazy regional and national booze news, and big things that are happening in the world - but at its core, it's an excuse to hang out with friends.

If you like what I do here - or anywhere you like to consume my content, know that it all happens because of folks like you.  If you want to support The Gnome, you can always go to ⁠http://www.TheGnarlyGnome.com/Support⁠ and do just that.

Not only do we have some fun label approvals to talk about this week, but we've also got some really wild news about some distilling "stuff" in town.

With that... I think it's only fitting that we not only drink a cocktail, but that I let those folks listening live choose the cocktail ingredients for me - this'll be interesting!

This week's episode was recorded "even more live" from Northern Row Brewery in OTR. They host a Kolsch night once a month, and I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to things like that. We still talked about all the good stuff from the week that you'd expect, including the pure happiness that comes from a brewery's grand opening celebration, as well as the nerdy joy that I get from Narrow Path, adding the beer engine taps.