Cincinnati and vicinity brewery suggestions

I think Listermann was my favorite stop. They have a good variety, but keep an eye out for their barrel aged stouts and other big beers.

Urban Artifact would be my second, in the basement of an old church, with a focus on sours.

I'm not familiar with their COVID restrictions or on-site consumption right now though.

 

On site consumption is in place - pretty much standard guidelines where masks must be worn everywhere but while sitting down at a table to drink. I'd probably check with each brewery's facebook to confirm they don't have any particular issues or temporary closings.

Within 10-15min of downtown:

Listermann is great for a variety of stuff and usually will have some interesting sweet dessert beers and barrel aged stuff, in addition to hazies and fruited sours.

Urban artifact is amazing for authentic over the top fruited sours, pretty cool taproom too. Not usually too busy. If you go there, about 5 min up the road is Brink Brewing, and they really make quality beer with a more traditional style. Smaller chill taproom too.

Streetside is consistently making some of the best tasting beers in the city across the board, can't go wrong.

Rhinegeist is downtown and has a really cool massive taproom in an old industrial canning building, their beers can be a bit more "tame" but the quality is good and they have variety. Its a nice place if you want to stick to downtown and there is tons of restaurants in the Over the Rhine area nearby

If you want to go a little further out of downtown:

Sonder Brewing is north and has great beers and good food, a newer modern taproom.

50 West has a nice taproom east of the city, good beer and good food (Streetside is mostly on the way here)

 

And the weather is forecasted to be fantastic while you are here...so the outdoor facilities may be worth a look.

 

If you're downtown checking out Rhinegeist, I'd recommend checking out Northern Row as well. Northern Row is in another former Christian Moerlein Brewery building from the late 1800's (like Rhinegeist) and is right around the corner from Rhinegeist.

Taft's Ale House is another cool spot downtown. Not far from Rhinegeist or Northern Row.

 

When I visited Cincy a couple years ago, my buddies and I loved Braxton Labs, which is inside Party Source, a massive beer store.

 

Saving this thread, had to cancel my trip to cincy this year.. never been. Hopefully I can make it out next summer but we’ll see.

 

Listermann, Streetside and Brink are the 3 best breweries in the city right now. Sonder would be a close 4th.

Urban Artifact is up there as well, but is all sours. If that's your thing, then go there as well.