By Hoperatives, on May 18th, 2012
● One of the three new better beer locations we told you about earlier in the week, Holler Hops & Grill, will be tapping a keg of Founders Old Curmudgeon this Saturday. Their goal is to see if they can blow through the keg in one day. Sounds like a challenge to us! ● The [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: May 18, 2012
By Hoperatives, on May 15th, 2012
Every once in a while, we declare a day a Hoperatives research day and we spend the day checking out new Better Beer locations in the Cincinnati area. We recently popped in at three new local restaurants that happen to serve better beer. 1) Holler Hops and Grill – Facebook Page We first heard about [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Three New Better Beer Locations to Check Out
By Hoperatives, on May 14th, 2012
Rivertown Brewing Company collected a pair of medals at the International Beer Fest held over the weekend at the I-X center in Cleveland. The brewery’s Roebling Porter won a Gold Medal in the Specialty and Experimental Beers category while its Lambic was awarded a Bronze Medal in the Wild and Sour Ales category. The latter [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Rivertown Brewing Rocks Cleveland’s International Beer Fest Competition
By Hoperatives, on May 14th, 2012
AMERICAN CRAFT BEER WEEK – MAY 14-20 Don’t forget the events scheduled at Arnold’s for this week. Monday, May 14th – Beer of the Day Special at Rock Bottom Brewery Each Monday, Mitch the brew master at Rock Bottom highlights a beer and you can enjoy it for just $3.25 all day. Tuesday, May 1st [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: This Week in Beer: May 14 – 20, 2012
By Hoperatives, on May 11th, 2012
● The new growler station at Rivertown Brewing’s tasting room has their Helles, Dunkel, Hop Bomber, Unit 6, Hop Baron, Blueberry Lager, Roebling, Oatmeal Stout, Wit and Jenneke (Belgian Blonde). Refills are $7.99 for everything but Hop Baron and Roebling, which are $11.99. If you need a growler, it’s $4 extra. ● The growler station [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: May 11, 2012
By Hoperatives, on May 10th, 2012
Monday May 14 – 6pm Tapping – Bell’s Third Coast Old Ale – We have one of two 1/5 barrels that are available in the whole city. Tuesday May 15 – 6pm Tapping – Listermann Brewing Co’s Experimental Batch Series – Double Black IPA 1st release of the beer, which is a pre-production prototype. They [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: American Craft Beer Week Events at Arnold’s
By Hoperatives, on May 4th, 2012
● The new growler station at Rivertown Brewing’s tasting room has their Helles, Dunkel, Hop Bomber, Unit 6, Hop Baron, Blueberry Lager, Roebling, Oatmeal Stout, Wit and Jenneke (Belgian Blonde). Refills are $7.99 for everything but Hop Baron and Roebling, which are $11.99. If you need a growler, it’s $4 extra. ● The growler station [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: May 4, 2012
By Hoperatives, on May 3rd, 2012
I knew that once I was done with all the training and the race, I had some catching up to do with an old friend. And I had to do something a little special to make up for lost time. To celebrate finishing my 2nd marathon I decided to open a few nice beers I’d had hiding in the cellar. . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: A Post-Race Reward
By Hoperatives, on April 27th, 2012
● The new growler station at Rivertown Brewing’s tasting room has their Helles, Dunkel, Hop Bomber, Unit 6, Hop Baron, Blueberry Lager, Roebling, Oatmeal Stout, Wit and Jenneke (Belgian Blonde). Refills are $7.99 for everything but Hop Baron and Roebling, which are $11.99. If you need a growler, it’s $4 extra. ● The growler station [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: April 27, 2012
By Hoperatives, on April 26th, 2012
This is the third of three posts on the new tasting rooms opening up at various breweries in Cincinnati. Tuesday was Mt. Carmel, yesterday was Listermann & Triple Digit and today is Rivertown. Enjoy! The Grand Opening to the Rivertown Brewery Tasting Room is this Friday (April 27th). They had a soft open this past [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Rivertown Brewing’s New Tasting Room
By Hoperatives, on April 23rd, 2012
Monday, April 23rd – Beer of the Day Special at Rock Bottom Brewery Each Monday, Mitch the brew master at Rock Bottom highlights a beer and you can enjoy it for just $3.25 all day. Tuesday, April 24th at 5:00 pm – Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout at Arthur’s Café Arthur’s will be releasing the first [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: This Week in Beer: April 23 – 29, 2012
By Hoperatives, on April 20th, 2012
● Hofbräuhaus Newport will be having a special May Festival Keg Tapping tonight at 7:00 pm. The Saengerfest Bier (5.8% ABV) is described as a “full bodied lager bier with a rich amount of German aroma hops and a sweet malty character.” May Festival Chorus Director Robert Porco will tap the first keg. ● For [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: April 20, 2012
By Hoperatives, on April 19th, 2012
Thursday, April 19th at 6:30 pm – Beers of the World, Part II at 20 Brix In January, we did a “best beers of the World” and it was a resounding success. You’ve asked us to do a sequel of the tasting guided by Jeff Dunn of Cavalier Distributing and we have it scheduled! Cost [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Even More Beer Event News
By Hoperatives, on April 13th, 2012
● For tonight’s Friday Night Flights at Party Town in Florence, they will be sampling new brews from Three Floyds, New Albanian and Fort Collins. The cost for the regular tasting is $2 for a full flight of beers and it goes from 6:00 – 7:00 pm. ● On the Growler Station at Party Town [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: April 13, 2012
By Hoperatives, on March 16th, 2012
● Whole Foods has a ONE DAY DEAL every Friday and this week’s deal is on Growler Fills! They’re giving away an empty growler (32oz or 64oz) to the first 25 people at either location today and they’re offering 30% off Growler Fill-Ups ALL DAY (Friday 3/16). Because of the high volume, they expect will [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: March 16, 2012
By Hoperatives, on March 12th, 2012
Monday, March 12th – Beer of the Day Special at Rock Bottom Brewery Each Monday, Mitch the brew master at Rock Bottom highlights a beer and you can enjoy it for just $3.25 all day. Tuesday, March 13th – Pint Night at Rock Bottom Brewery Purchase a logo pint glass filled with your favorite Rock [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: This Week in Beer: March 12 – 18, 2012
By Hoperatives, on March 9th, 2012
● For tonight’s Friday Night Flights at Party Town in Florence, they will be… …launching Aurora Indiana’s Great Crescent Brewing Co. For this “Back Room Brawl” we will be, once again, keeping things local. But this time we are pulling out all the stops. Being an all draft event, proceeds from all Great Crescent growler [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: March 9, 2012
By Hoperatives, on March 3rd, 2012
They’re at it again! The great folks who bring you the Cincy Beer Fests have something new up their sleeves — The inaugural All About Stout Fest: 25 Stouts in one place. Set for next Saturday (March 10th) from 2:00 to 10:00 pm, the All About Stout Fest is going to be at Molly Malone’s [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Inaugural All About Stout Fest Set for Sat., March 10th
By Hoperatives, on March 2nd, 2012
● For tonight’s Friday Night Flights at Party Town in Florence, they will be pouring beers from Great Lakes Brewing Company. Lisa Farmer of GLBC will be joining them for the 2012 release of their Dopple Rock Double Bock. In addition, they will be tapping a special brewpub exclusive as well as handing out some [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: March 2, 2012
By Hoperatives, on February 24th, 2012
● For tonight’s Friday Night Flights at Party Town in Florence, it’s time for HOPS OF DOOM again! Beers will include Avery Hog Heaven, Boulder Mojo Risin’ and even maybe a Bigfoot. They are also promising a mystery beer on draft only. The cost for the regular tasting is $2 for a full flight of [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Growlers and Tastings Report: February 24, 2012
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Hoperatives: A Post-Race Reward
I knew that once I was done with all the training and the race, I had some catching up to do with an old friend. And I had to do something a little special to make up for lost time. To celebrate finishing my 2nd marathon I decided to open a few nice beers I’d had hiding in the cellar. . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: A Post-Race Reward