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Operation Plowshare.

We stopped at Urban Artifact this evening after picking up more pecan rolls from Shadeau Breads at the Northside Farmers Market to try their latest creation, Operation Plowshare. It’s a Black Raspberry Jelly Doughnut Ale made in partnership with Holtman Donuts and Yelp Cincinnati to Celebrate National Donut Month and Yelp’s Baked & Brewed! And Plowshare was delightful. It tasted just like biting into the center of jelly-filled donut…

We got one with sprinkles and one without…

Great stuff. I only wish we would have remembered to grab one of our growlers. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on October 12, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Holtman's Donuts, Northside, October, Ohio, Operation Plowshare, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on October 12, 2016

https://tplusg.com/2016/10/12/operation-plowshare/

Northside Farmers Market and Pickle Gose.

After work this evening, I met Genifer at Hoffner Park for this week’s Northside Farmer’s Market…

We picked up a few vegetables and some odds and ends, then headed over to Urban Artifact to try their newly tapped Pickle Gose…

We weren’t really sure what to expect. But it was surprisingly good. I don’t know that would want to drink a couple three of them in a row but it was pretty good for the first pickle beer I’ve ever had.

There’s always something interesting going on at Urban Artifact. I can’t wait to see what they come up with for next week’s #TapTuesday 🙂

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by Thadd F. on September 7, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Hoffner Park, Northside, Northside Farmers Market, Ohio, September, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on September 7, 2016

https://tplusg.com/2016/09/07/northside-farmers-market-and-pickle-gose/

Fifty West Wednesdays.

This morning Genifer dropped me off on her way to work at an all-day brainstorming offsite meeting in out in Mariemont…

Our brainstorming was at The Barn, which is a great place for an offsite meeting just as soon you get over the fact that it’s all the way out in Mariemont…

After the offsite meeting, Genifer picked me up and we went to Fifty West…

Every Wednesday at Fifty West is Burger & Beer Night. You can get a burger and a beer for just $12! Genifer got their BBQ Bacon Burger…

And I got their Mushroom Swiss burger…

Those were some pretty awesome burgers! And really good beers. I couldn’t imagine a better way to wind down a Wednesday when you find yourself out on the east side of town. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on August 31, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY

Tagged 2016, August, Burger Wednesdays, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Fifty West Brewing Co., Mariemeont, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on August 31, 2016

https://tplusg.com/2016/08/31/fifty-west-wednesdays/

Urban Artifact.

After dropping off Oscar at Genifer’s mom’s house, we stopped at Urban Artifact on the way home to get a couple of growlers to take with us to Michigan…

We got a taster to decide which flavors to get in our growlers…

There was an pretty awesome Elvis impersonator…

Did you know there’s live music every night of the week at Urban Artifact?

We got a growler of Keypunch key lime gose, The Gadget raspberry & blackberry sour ale and a howler of Keypunch infused with jalapeño and lime…

We love Urban Artifact. It’s our favorite Cincinnati brewery. And it’s just right around the corner from us. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on August 17, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside

Tagged 2016, August, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Downtown, Growlers, Northside, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on August 17, 2016

https://tplusg.com/2016/08/17/urban-artifact-2/

Volksfest.

After running some errands this afternoon, we stopped at Listermann Brewing Company to check out this year’s Volksfest. You might remember last summer we managed to pull ourselves away from all the festivities of All-star weekend to check out Volksfest. And it was a lot of fun. It’s basically a summer beer festival serving only local beer from local breweries, and it was back…

On a side note, we didn’t realize that Listermann was so close to our new house, not walking distance or anything. But a pretty short car ride. We really need to check out some of their weekly specials…

Here’s the beer list for the two-day festival…

Everything with an X next to it is what was on tap while we were there.

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We got to taste a lot of new beers. We got to try…

Blank Slate Out and About Gose
Tap & Screw Witty Friar Hefe
Rhinegeist Chester Cherry Saisson
Mt. Carmel Hibiscus Blue Blonde Ale
Triple Digit Cortex Imperial Coffee Stout
Mad Tree BA Rubus Cacao Stout aged in wine/bourbon barrels
Cellar Dweller BmlGrl Experimental Brown Ale
Braxton Summertrip Berliner Weiss with passionfruit

Genifer’s favorite was the Braxton Summertrip. Mine was the Rhinegeist Chester.
Good stuff. Volksfest was really a lot of fun. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on August 5, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY

Tagged 2016, August, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Listermann Brewing Company, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, Volksfest

Posted by Thadd F. on August 5, 2016

https://tplusg.com/2016/08/05/volksfest/

Taft’s Ale House.

After Asian Food Fest, we walked up Race Street….

To go to Taft’s Ale House…

While we were there, we had to get some smoked wings with tots and beer cheese…

And on the way home, we saw the Streetcar out and about…

🙂

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by Thadd F. on May 15, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Over-the-Rhine

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Downtown, May, Ohio, Over-the-Rhine, Shaken not stirred, Taft's Ale House, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on May 15, 2016

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Happy Cinco de Mayo!

We had our inspection this evening for the house we’re looking to buy in Northside. It went pretty well. Afterwards, we went over to Urban Artifact in Northside for a rather untraditional Cinco de Mayo beer….

We had a couple of their Key Punch key lime gose sours. They were pretty amazing…

When we got home, we thought about going over to nada for their Cinco de nada celebration. But it started to sprinkle. So we just called it a night. We had been to nada’s Cinco de nada celebration in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010. So we felt pretty okay missing this year’s festivities. Taken with Instagram. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on May 5, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Northside

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Cinco de Mayo, Holidays, May, Northside, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on May 5, 2016

https://tplusg.com/2016/05/05/happy-cinco-de-mayo/

Hustle Home Run Derby.

On this rainy Thursday evening, we went up into Over-the-Rhine to Rhinegeist…

They were hosting their Hustle Home Run Derby for a Cause…

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It was the launch of Rhinegeist’s Hustle Rye Pale Ale, and wiffle ball home run derby! A $5 donation got participants 10 swings and the chance to win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place. All proceeds benefit Bow Tie Cause and Butler County Challenger Baseball…

Prizes included a limited edition Rhinegeist-branded bat from Louisville Slugger, free tickets to the Galloping Pig annual polo event and Rhinegeist merch. There were also ballpark style hot dogs provided by Dutch’s Larder…

With the launch of Rhinegeist’s Hustle Rye Pale Ale, you got to take home a Hustle pint glass for $1 with the purchase of a Hustle Rye Pale Ale…

I think I’ve just found a brand new favorite pint glass for Reds baseball season!

And then it was finally my turn…

I didn’t hit any home runs. I made some good contact but had a couple of swings and misses too. Still, it was a blast of an evening. Bring on baseball season! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on March 24, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Odd & Ends

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, For a cause, Home Run Derby, Hustle Home Run Derby, March, Ohio, OtR, Over-the-Rhine, Rhinegeist, Shaken not stirred, Wiffle ball

Posted by Thadd F. on March 24, 2016

https://tplusg.com/2016/03/24/hustle-home-run-derby/

Urban Artifact.

After driving around Northside for a little bit and looking at some houses, we stopped in to check out Urban Artifact. Urban Artifact is a craft brewery with a taproom, full bar and live music venue. The taproom is built in the lower level of the historic St. Patrick’s church on Blue Rock Road in Northside. The brewery is located in the old church gymnasium building just behind the church. Only the taproom was open when we stopped in to check the place out this Sunday afternoon…

Our favorites were the Finn, Tiramisu Cauldron, Kicksled but our very most favorite was Abacus, a Chocolate Raspberry Gose. We had tried it before at Nation with my parents. We played some Battleship…

When Genifer sunk my little ship, it was all over…

And we played some Connect Four…

Connect Four is a pretty silly game. It’s like the tic-tac-toe of board games. The taproom was pretty empty…

Probably because of the snow storm that was starting to pick-up. But it was a really fun place. A little on the chilly side. Also probably because of the snow storm. But it was a great place with some incredible beers. We can’t wait to come back and check out the rest of Urban Artifact:)

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by Thadd F. on February 14, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Northside

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, February, Northside, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on February 14, 2016

https://tplusg.com/2016/02/14/urban-artifact/