Hoperatives: A Craft Beer Weekend To Remember

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last month or so, you probably know that this past Friday and Saturday was the two night Cincy Winter Beerfest along with the 5B conference at the Cincinnati Duke Energy Convention Center.  If you didn’t make it downtown this weekend for the festivities, you missed [...]A Craft Beer Weekend To Remember is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your support of the blog where this (Read more...)

Hoperatives: Repost – PSA: Surviving a Beer Festival

Certain posts need to be re-run just to remind folks to think ahead when attending a beer festival. With the Cincy Winter Beerfest right around the corner, we thought it might be a good idea to offer some tips for how to better survive and better enjoy ingesting so much better beer. These are all [...]Repost – PSA: Surviving a Beer Festival is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your support of the blog where (Read more...)

Hoperatives: Feb. 9th – Last Day to Register for 5B Conference

SATURDAY IS IT! Saturday, February 9th is the very last day you can register for the 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging conference. In order to open up the event to more bloggers, we are waiving the requirement of blogs having to have at least eight posts in the last two months. If [...]Feb. 9th – Last Day to Register for 5B Conference is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your support of (Read more...)

Hoperatives: Cincinnati Beer Week: Blank Slate Brewing Events

Scott LaFollette from Blank Slate Brewing was kind enough to send us all of the Cincinnati Beer Week events he’s doing. Friday Feb 8 – Valley Wine and Spirits in Ft. Wright from 4:30-7:30. Several BSBC beers on the growler station. Friday Feb 8 – Arthur’s in Hyde Park from ~8:30 until ???. Arthur’s is [...]Cincinnati Beer Week: Blank Slate Brewing Events is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your support of the blog where (Read more...)

Hoperatives: Cincinnati Beer Week: Events at Party Source

Thursday, February 7th from 5:30-8:00 pm – Sours, Ciders & Sliders As we kick off Cincy Beer Week 2013, The Party Source Beer Department has decided to use this opportunity to showcase some of the most unique Sour and Wild Ales, as well as an array of Ciders, all from the biggest and best producers. [...]Cincinnati Beer Week: Events at Party Source is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your support of the blog where (Read more...)

Hoperatives: Attention Bloggers! Here’s Even More Reason to Register for 5B This Year

So, remember when we told that your 5B registration already included conference registration plus a general admission ticket for the Friday night session of the Cincy Winter Beerfest, a Connoisseur ticket for the Saturday night session AND the Craft Beer industry Trade Show & Locals Tasting Session? Wait! There’s more! Due to the positive reaction [...]Attention Bloggers! Here’s Even More Reason to Register for 5B This Year is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your (Read more...)

Hoperatives: 2013 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference Schedule

As you can imagine, we are working feverishly trying to finish up the schedule for the second 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging conference. We are proud to reveal it now. Special thanks to our co-conference planners: Julie Niesen Gosdin of Wine Me, Dine Me, Andi Brofft of udandi.com & Lunch it Punch [...]2013 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference Schedule is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your support (Read more...)

Hoperatives: Registration is Now Open for 5B 2013: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference

Attention bloggers! Registration is now open for the 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference to be held Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the Cincinnati Convention Center. For more information and to begin the application process, go to http://www.hoperatives.com/?page_id=9709 and follow the instructions there. If you are interested in submitting a panel proposal [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Registration is Now Open for 5B 2013: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference

Hoperatives: Guest Post: Gluten Free Beers Info from ourgoodfoodlife.com

Our friend Jen over at ourgoodfoodlife.com posted yesterday about a question we are getting more and more lately — are there any good gluten free beers out there? With her permission, we are reprinting her post here for our Hoperatives readers and we invite you to join in the conversation. Can I just say that [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Guest Post: Gluten Free Beers Info from ourgoodfoodlife.com

Hoperatives: Registration for 5B is Now Closed!

Thanks, everyone! We have reached our limit on registrations for this year’s 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging conference. If your registration application has already been approved but you haven’t completed your registration, you need to do that no later than Thursday, February 2nd using the information that was emailed to you earlier. [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Registration for 5B is Now Closed!

Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: An Ode To Cincinnati Craft Beer

I was dead set on writing a Traveling Tuesday this week (I even opened a new post and typed “Traveling Tuesday”).  I have been on the move a lot this year, so I still have a bunch of great places to cover.  But once I cracked a Cincinnati Beer Week Barleywine Ale, I began reflecting [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: An Ode To Cincinnati Craft Beer

Hoperatives: 5B Conference Tentative Schedule

As you can imagine, we are working feverishly trying to launch the inaugural Cincinnati Beer Week and plan the premier 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging conference at the same time. We’re still tying up some loose ends, but we do have some more information on the schedule to share. The conference is [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: 5B Conference Tentative Schedule

Hoperatives: Bloggers! Don’t Forget to Register for 5B!

The 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference is just over a month away. To be held Saturday, February 11, 2012, 5B is a one-day blogging conference featuring sessions on beer blogging, food blogging and blogging in general and is hosted by Hoperatives in conjunction with Cincy Winter Beerfest. Bloggers will sign up [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Bloggers! Don’t Forget to Register for 5B!

Hoperatives: Registration is Now Open for 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference

Attention bloggers! Registration is now open for the 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference to be held Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the Cincinnati Convention Center. For more information and to begin the application process, go to http://www.hoperatives.com/?page_id=9709 and follow the instructions there. Cheers and here’s to better beer! (And bites and [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Registration is Now Open for 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference

Hoperatives: Announcing 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference

Hoperatives in conjunction with Cincy Winter Beerfest is proud to announce the 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference to be held Saturday, February 11, 2012. 5B is a one-day blogging conference featuring sessions on beer blogging, food blogging and blogging in general. Bloggers will sign up for one of the three tracks [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Announcing 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites and Blogging Conference

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