The buildings that remain from Cincinnati’s brewing heritage have faced hard times along the way. Luckily investors and concerned citizens of Cincinnati have realized the importance and potential of these former brewing facilities The former Christian Moerlein bottling facility is one example, having been struck by a four alarm fire in 2010. There were fears [...]Passages into the Past: Photographing Cincinnati’s First Brewing Era 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 (Read more...)
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Cincinnati’s Over the Rhine neighborhood is one of the most interesting and beautiful neighborhoods to photograph. The turn of the century architecture as a whole is amazing and the buildings definitely have a story to tell; from the materials the buildings are made of to the ornamental touches carved into the stone or wood. The [...]Passages into the Past: Photographing Cincinnati’s First Brewing Era 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 (Read more...) [Carla and I are thrilled to welcome Jessica Huff Blank as our newest contributor. Some of us take pictures, but Jessica is a photographer who has a deep interest in beer (yes, she's a homebrewer) and history. It's a good combination. Along with her husband Joe Blank, she'll be exploring the area and ... well [...]Passages into the Past: Photographing Cincinnati’s First Brewing Era 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 (Read more...) Late this summer I took a backpacking trip through Colorado and eastern Utah, hitting up points of interest like Arches National Park, Canyonlands NP, Mesa Verde NP, and the ‘million dollar highway’ along the Rockies through central Colorado. On my way back to Denver, I stopped in Colorado Springs for a quick lunch and some [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Phantom Canyon Brewing Company (Colorado Springs) Looking for a unique fall getaway that beer related? This autumn, Colonial Williamsburg will be hosting a special program on brewing for the first time. Did you know that in the 18th century, beer was the drink of choice for adults and children of all ages due to its nutritional value, its uncanny ability to [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Colonial Williamsburg I had the pleasure of spending a couple of nights on a business trip in Asheville, NC. It just so happened to be located exactly in the middle of the two locations that I needed to visit so it seemed in the best interest of the company that I minimize my gas consumption and maximize my [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Asheville, NC Part 1  Comment @ Hoperatives  Hoperatives  @jrodwhalen, asheville, bar food, beer, Beer Travel, Belgian Beer, Best Beer Bars, Beyond, Breweries Beyond, Brewpubs Beyond, Brewsness Trip, Greenman Brewery, Jared Whalen, North Carolina, Restaurants/Bars/Pubs Beyond, Roadtrip!, Thirsty Monk, Traveling Tuesday, Traveling Tuesdays Early in July, my son Caleb and I took a short weekend trip down to visit my sister Katie and brother in law Jay in Charlotte North Carolina. As we discussed what we planned to do over the two and a half days, Jay, who has a taste for better beer, mentioned that some of [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Salud Beer Shop (Charlotte, NC) So Carla and I are in Indianapolis for the 2012 Beer Bloggers conference. Long-time readers may remember that we did the first one in Boulder two years ago. Last year it was in Portland and while it was an attractive location, to say the least, it wasn’t in the cards for us to make it. [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: At the 2012 Beer Bloggers conference As was probably pretty evident from the post about the Asheville Brewing Company I wrote for Traveling Tuesday this week, the family and I got back from vacation not long ago. Now, I realize that with that post, the other upcoming posts I’ve got in mind for the awesome beer places I convinced my family [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: One of the most important beers you’ll pick all summer The road was a long one. The Puddinette and I and all four of the puddinlings piled into the Family Truckster one bright, warm Tuesday morning two weeks ago, and bid farewell to la casa de Puddin for the week as we headed out on our Great American Family Summer Road Trip. Some hours later, [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Asheville Brewing Company, Asheville, NC As I was lamenting on my blog yesterday, most of us with kids are suddenly aware of the dire truth: school’s out, school’s out, teacher let the monkeys out. So, while the majority of us adult-types will—no doubt sullenly—continue our daily grind to put food on the table, our children will be running about free [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: The Better Beer Vacation Today’s Traveling Tuesday comes from Chris McGreevy (Hoperative #212). We’re hoping this is the first of many Hoperatives posts from Chris. For reasons unknown, and for some time now, I have been encouraged to contribute to the Hoperatives site. Though I am comfortable with my writing ability, my experience in writing is normally in the [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: District Chophouse and Brewery If you’re ever in Lancaster and looking for a great beer, you owe it to yourself to visit Iron Hill Brewery. . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Iron Hill Brewery – Lancaster, PA Last week, we were traveling on the Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship (the Disney Dream) and then stopped by Walt Disney World for a few days. While we were there, we noticed some beer related changes. First of all, the Disney Dream is much bigger than DCL’s previous ships (the Disney Magic and the Disney [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Beer Updates for Disney Cruise Line One of the new television shows this fall season is “Pan Am” on ABC. Set in 1963, the show tells the story of several flight attendants (then called “stewardesses”) at the beginning of the jet age. For us, the show immediately reminded us of the birthplace of Pan Am in Key West. And it just [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Kelly’s Caribbean Bar, Grill & Brewery – Key West, FL Liberty Street Brewing is tucked away in Plymouth Michigan’s historic Old Village. It’s a neat little brewery with limited food selections and a nice relaxed atmosphere. I slipped in here one night on a business trip to sample their wares and was pleasantly surprised by what I found. It was quiet on the weekday night that [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday – Liberty Street Brewing, Plymouth, MI Recently, we were part of an online conversation on the subject of shandies and their German cousin radlers. One of the participants had lived in Germany and knew much more about radlers than anyone else. So, knowing an expert when we saw one, we asked Ms. “Tisenfine” write a post for us on German radler. [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Radlers and German mixed drinks This week’s Traveling Tuesday post is from Michael Schuler (Hoperative #113) who we were lucky enough to meet at Teller’s of Hyde Park’s Craft Beer Symposia. We’ve had Cigar City beer before on one of our many trips to Florida, but we haven’t been to the brewery yet. Michael’s post definitely has us thinking that [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Cigar City Brewery, Tampa, FL After a long day of exploring San Francisco’s neighborhoods on foot, my wife (#102) and I (#13) found ourselves in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood on the western side of the city. Having worked up a thirst, we ducked into the Magnolia Pub and Brewery for a couple pints. . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Traveling Tuesday: Magnolia Pub and Brewery |
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Hoperatives: Surviving the better beer desert
A few months ago, when summer was in full swing and I was living the family vacation high life (so not to be confused with the actual brand, High Life), I wrote a post about finding a brew in an unknown place to keep on hand for the duration of your stay. The comments I [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Surviving the better beer desert