have a couple of breweries that I consider can't miss places. Those would be Brink, Nine Giant, Mad Tree, Streetside, Taft, and Braxton. Are there any other out there I should be looking at? Also saw some decent reviews for The Woodburn, Esoteric, and Fifty West. And Darkness brewing just intrigues me. I did see Urban Artifact gets some good scores, but it appears that they are all sours or something similar. I'm not a big sour guy, so I'll probably need to pass. I was excited to see that Listermann was having their anniversary that week, then I learned you needed tickets to get in there, and they were sold out. That was disappointing. I really wanted to check them out. I saw these beer bars that seemed pretty cool: The Growler House and Hopscotch. Any thoughts on those 2? As for food, I usually look for a place with good wings and a place with good pizza. I saw a poll that had Knockback Nats and Wild Mikes listed for wings. For Pizza, a friend told me that Mad Tree was pretty good. Let me know your thoughts on breweries, beer bars, and the pizza/wing scene. Thanks!!
I'm not from Cincy so there's other people who can give you better recommendations. In addition to the places you mentioned, if you're over on the KY side I also liked Darkness Brewing and Wooden Cask. Both aren't that far from the Braxton Labs location at Party Source. I also liked Little Miami and HighGrain too. Haven't been to Esoteric or Fifty West yet, but I really liked Woodburn, Nine Giant and Urban Artifact (since I really like fruited sours). And just down the street a bit from Urban Artifact is Humble Monk. They had a lot of Belgian style beers but some other too, I thought they were solid overall. Just all depends on how much time you have to spend there. I'm sure some of the Cincy locals can help you out more though. Cheers!
Rhinegeist is a fantastic place. Rooftop Bar is especially great. Their beer is better than average too IMO
This thread is appreciated and depressing at the same time lmao... had a trip to Cincy (never been) end of March that didn’t happen obviously. I’ll plan to visit again, possibly next summer. Rhingeist was on my list before... now it’s a definite based on this feedback. Thanks ya’ll and keep the suggestions rolling :-).
Off of your list, I recommend Brink, Nine Giant, MadTree, Taft's (Ale House...not Brewpourium), Fifty West and Streetside. Braxton would be a skip for me...IMO most of their beers are mediocre at best. As for beer bars I like Higher Gravity. For wings...Wild Mike's all the way. Be sure to go to their location on Harrison Ave...much better food than the Shady Lane location... it's too bad too... because Shady Lane does have a better bar/tap selection...but the food is just off there compared to the Harrison Ave location.
