I promised cocktails, so we’re going to drink cocktails. I didn’t promise that I’d find this week’s cocktail by any means more than randomly flipping through a cocktail book and picking one that looks tasty, though – but as it turns out, that’s a good method. The Fiesta Cocktail turned out to be a good one! It was a good start to some fun stories like the latest in the Lager House collaboration series coming this week, and the introduction of High Grain’s new canned cocktails: all fun stuff.

From there – we had to take a big dive into the deep end as we tried to start unpacking the chaos of By Golly’s and their parent company Epic Eeats. As these things go, though… we got a little sidetracked by the very first part of the story. Looks like there will be more to talk about!

This week’s episode is about ‘Small Beers’ and their growth. It’s not just small format servings, though… breweries are leaning hard into lower ABV beers that meet drinkers where they are right now. The question that brings forth for me is what does this mean for drinkers? What does it mean for breweries, and most importantly – what the heck does it mean for the industry overall?

It’s a booze fueled conversation… fueled specifically by a flight of four “Rums” – I say that lovingly… because one of them might have been some sort of rum-like NA option. It was weird, a little surprising, but in the end a great way to keep rolling through my warm weather Rum-exploration.

In local news, through a label out of Rhinegeist, we might have a sneak peek at one of the first beers to come out of the New Riff collaboration (and I say ONE of, very carefully… because if I’m right – we might be seeing more than one of these!)

Cuvee’s, plans for next week’s episode. It’s action freaking packed.

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I’m not one to pay attention to what other people do to influence what I’m drinking – but the recent annoucement of Cincinnati’s ‘HighBall’ in OTR got me wondering if this is a sign of people not wanting big drinks… or if it’s just a part of the natural ebb and flow of the bar industry. How does one solve a riddle such as this? You drink a big old HighBall, that’s how.

We might be getting ahead of ourselves.

To kick off this week’s episode of The Weekly Pint we’re continued the journey that is lovingly called the “rumination” – that is my journey thorough the world of rum (one glass at a time, of couse) with a taste of one that I haven’t been looking forward to: Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum. It might not come as a surprise to most of you who have tried it before – but it’s not very good. Lots of vanilla, very “fake” tasting… not something I’ll be chomping at the bit to try again any time soon.

Evidently you’re supposed to put it with coke.

I jumped into this week’s news with the closure of Highball, and then to make things a little happier, shared the fun news that Fabled Brew Works is currently on the way to Copenhangen for an international tap takeover. I’m not how that happens, or what the crowd at an event like this will look like – but I think it’s awesome, and if my wife would let me, I’d be on a plane right now to go support.

From here, we covered the death of Schlitz at the hands of their Pabst ownership group a sad story for anyone who is a fan of legacy brands, or regional brands that hold on tight to the historic side of things.

A chonky can of MadTree’s Queen City Pale Ale led into a detective session about what Craft Beer-centric restaurant might be for sale (or might be sold aready?) and that quickly moved into a can of something called Ožujsko – and no… I have no idea how to pronounce it.

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This time of year feels like it was MADE for drinking something tasty. So what type of gnome would I be if I DIDN’T have something? I continue my quest through rum with a little taste of some Rhum Agricole in the form of Rhum JM VSOP, and follow that up with two beers – a perfectly on theme can of Rhinegeist Summer (a lemonade shandy) and a can of Highgrain and Nine Giant’s ‘High Giant’ collaboration.

Good show? Yeah, good show. Standard mistakes… yeah, I make some of those.

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With a bunch of fun new products being announced by local places this week, we have plenty to talk about on tonight’s episode of ‘The Show That Isn’t A Show” – fueled by a mystery beer pick (that ends up being so good I had to pick the second choice too)!

The Rumination continues with a bottle of Plantation (or is that Plantaray?)… all in all… It’s a great way to kick off a new week!

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This week is one of those weeks where this show allows me the chance to unload a bit. I’ve been feeling a little “put off” by the lack of care that has been put into too many beers these days, and over a pint of Tsingtao – very NOT local – I’m going to let loose. We’ll drink a little rum first, and then we’ll dive into it all. Of course, we’ll hit some of the other local news, like the return of Misrule Brewing and some hard soda hitting one of our local taprooms.

It’s a great episode if you ask me!

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I’ll admit that the last month has been an adjustment for me, schedule-wise – but that doesn’t mean that I’m not still paying attention to what’s going on in the Cincinnati drinks scene! THC beverages aren’t legal anymore. Guest taps mean what? Is Bad Tom Smith really done for good? There’s a lot to talk about, and some labels to fuel the fun… Plus a big old IPA to start the week off right!

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I think we might be distant cousins, Gnomes and Leprechauns… it would at least explain the affinity that I have for the drinking holiday a little bit more. As we head into “Paddy’s Day Week” here in Cincinnati, I thought we should dive into some of the places that I recommend that you go to celebrate, and I am curious what everyone has planned (it’s gonna be a cold one!).

I also wanted to take a dive into the world of influence – are there people that influence you to buy a beer, and what makes a good partnership for a brewery in that regard?

I probably SHOULD have figured out what in the world influenced me to open up a bottle of ‘Four Loco Pregame’ because it certainly wasn’t the highlight of my drinks on this episode – that honor will go to the can of ‘Sapporo Black’ that I opened up, later, which was delicious!

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I don’t know if it’s even considered big beer news, but it sounds like BrewDog might be broken up and sold, which gives you a chance to own your own evil empire if you’re in the market for it! We talk about that, we drink some beers, and we talk about the Ohio Beer Awards.

It’s a good night for some good drinks!

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It sometimes feels like the news likes to go after craft beer; it also sometimes seems like people are looking at certain breweries over others. I’m here to ask why? I’m also here to explore how much of the health inspections we care about versus other ones, and like everything else, it seems that the answer is very complicated. There might be a gray area.

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