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Saturday fun.

This afternoon we walked over to Urban Artifact to go try their brand new Pink Guava Parfait Beer on draft in their taproom…

And it was delicious! While we were at Urban Artifact, we also had another delicious Wildfire Pizza Kitchen pizza for lunch. We shared a small Margherita pizza and some of their amazing cheese bread…

Wildfire’s pizza is so dang good. Later, we tagged along with our friends Chris and Tayler who were going over to their soon-to-be new neighborhood, Pleasant Ridge to check out Nine Giant Brewery & Kitchen…

Nine Giant had some really good beers. I liked their Conjure Me Coffee Milk Stout…

I was diggin’ this Nine Giant trucker cap…

And they have some really neat artwork on their walls. I like all the monsters…

It was another really fun Saturday. 😀🍕🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on January 5, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, January, Nine Giant Brewery & Kitchen, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Pizza, Pleasant Ridge, Saturday fun, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact, We ate this, Wildfire Pizza Kitchen

Posted by Thadd F. on January 5, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/01/05/saturday-fun/

Taft’s Brewpourium.

This evening we stopped at Taft’s Brewpourium for a flight…

And one of their delicious new haven style apizzas and some loaded tots…

We love Taft’s Brewpourium. It’s always delicious. 😀🍕🍻❤️

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by Thadd F. on January 3, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Home Sweet Home, January, New Haven style pizza, Northside, Ohio, Pizza, Shaken not stirred, Taft's Brewporium, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on January 3, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/01/03/tafts-brewpourium-2/

Inside our 2018 Higher Gravity Beervent Calendar.

We had a lot of fun with our 2018 Higher Gravity Beervent Calendar…

There were so many great beers in that big box. Click to see the photos of all the beers that were in our 2018 Higher Gravity Beervent Calendar. Cheers! 😀🍺🗓️🎄❤️

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by Thadd F. on January 1, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018 Beervent Calendar, 2019, Cincinnati, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home, Home Sweet Home, January, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred

Posted by Thadd F. on January 1, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/01/01/inside-our-2018-higher-gravity-beervent-calendar/

Shopping in Over-the-Rhine.

After lunch at Sacred Beast, we did some shopping in OtR. We went to Mica 12v. They had this wall of clocks that was pretty mesmerizing to watch…

Then we went to The Native One. Genifer loves this store…

I wanted to steal these adorable dog toys, and I would take the dog bed too…

We saw this guy on Vine Street…

We went to Elm&Iron…

And then across the street to Elm&Iron Loft…

I think my dream job would be doing the Instagram for Elm&Iron. We stopped into Low Spark for a drink…

And then we walked down to Sundry and Vice for a drink before heading home…

We love their amazing cocktails. It was a really fun afternoon of shopping and hanging out in OtR. 😀🛍️🍹❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 21, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Over-the-Rhine

Tagged 2018, Cincinnati, Consumerism, December, Elm & Iron, Elm & Iron Loft, Holiday shopping, Low Spark, Mica 12v, Odds&Ends, Ohio, OtR, Over-the-Rhine, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Sundry and Vice, The Native One

Posted by Thadd F. on December 21, 2018

https://tplusg.com/2018/12/21/shopping-in-over-the-rhine/

Deskey holiday party.

Tonight was the Deskey holiday party, and this year it was held at Deskey…

Musical entertainment was provided by Moonshine and Wine…

And dinner was provided by Gabby’s Cafe in Wyoming…

It was another very fun holiday party. 😀🎉❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 14, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018, Central Business District, Cincinnati, December, Deskey, Downtown, Gabby's Cafe, Holiday party, Holidays, Moonshine&Wine, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred

Posted by Thadd F. on December 14, 2018

https://tplusg.com/2018/12/14/deskey-holiday-party/

Meet the Brewery: BrewDog.

Tonight, BrewDog USA was back at Higher Gravity. They were tapping a brewery only release single hop IPA from BrewDog called StrataHop. It was described as, “citrus and tropical with just a hint of weed.”

It wasn’t bad. We’re just not a huge fan of IPAs. The other BrewDog beer they had on tap was Choco Libre Nitro Mexican Hot Chocolate Stout. And it was pretty amazing…

It was a wonderful stout with the perfect amount of heat on the back end…

It’s become one of our new favorite beers. We love Higher Gravity. They always have something delicious on tap. 😀🇲🇽🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 13, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018, BrewDog USA, Cincinnati, December, Happiest hours, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home Sweet Home, Meet the Brewery, Northside, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, Thursdays

Posted by Thadd F. on December 13, 2018

https://tplusg.com/2018/12/13/meet-the-brewery-brewdog/

Urban Artifact’s Ram Press.

On the way home from work this evening, we stopped at Urban Artifact…

They were tapping a limited batch of their new Ram Press Spiced Apple Tart Ale…

We thought it was really pretty amazing. It tasted just like a delicious cross between applesauce and an apple strudel especially with the sugar on the rim of the glass. We also tried a taster of their Wine Poached Pear. It was very good as well. They create such incredible tasting beers at Urban Artifact. Completely different than anything else around. No wonder they’re one of our favorite breweries. 😀🍏🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 11, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, December, Happiest hours, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Ram Press Spiced Apple Tart Ale, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on December 11, 2018

https://tplusg.com/2018/12/11/urban-artifacts-ram-press/

Northside Saturday.

Early this afternoon, we walked down to Blue Jay for lunch…

We both had grilled cheeses and fries. My grilled cheeses had so much turkey on it…

After lunch, we walked over to Urban Artifact…

UA was hosting the Holiday Ohio Explored Ohio Maker Mart. We didn’t know there were going to be food trucks at Urban Artifact this afternoon. I don’t know that we would have skipped Blue Jay though. Those grilled cheeses really hit the spot…

There was even more stuff downstairs in UA’s taproom…

It was really fun to wander around and look at all the crafts. If you were looking for a new hand-knit winter hat, this was the place for you. Genifer got two new winter hats. And I got a really shiny ring with beautiful inlays. After the Maker Mart, we walked down to Second Place for a drink. They replaced all their beer tap handles with the tops of trophies. I wonder how long they’ve been like that and I never noticed…

It was another really fun Saturday in Northside. We love our neighborhood. 😀🛍️❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 8, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018, Blue Jay, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Consumerism, Dec8, December, Food trucks, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Ohio, Ohio Explored, Ohio Maker Mart, Second Place, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on December 8, 2018

https://tplusg.com/2018/12/08/northside-saturday-11/

Chocolate mint stout and empanadas.

After work this evening, I hopped the Cincinnati Metro 11 bus…

I rode the eleven up to East Walnut Hills…

I met her just around the corner from her work at Woodburn Brewery. Because we saw that Woodburn had their Chocolate Mint Imperial Stout back on tap. It’s the beer that tastes just like a Girl Scouts Thin Mint cookie…

There were also empanadas from Che. I really love empanadas…

We got the trio of empanadas. We tried the beef, Cuban and pepperoni empanadas…

All of them were very good but the traditional beef empanada is always my favorite.

I was a fun Friday evening with great empanadas and a pretty outstanding beer. We’ll have to do this again soon. 😀🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 7, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018, Che, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, December, East Walnut Hills, Empanadas, Happiest hours, It's a sign, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, We ate this, Woodburn Brewery and Taproom

Posted by Thadd F. on December 7, 2018

https://tplusg.com/2018/12/07/chocolate-mint-stout-and-empanadas/

Bonsai Project.

This evening Higher Gravity hosted an event that featured beers from both Shorts Brewing Company up in Michigan and Cincinnati’s Mad Tree Brewing Company. They each brewed a beer that was intended to be layered one on top of the other to create flavors imitating a gin and tonic…

It really didn’t taste much like a gin and tonic. But when the two beers were layered, they created a very delicious beer. After we finished our layered beer, we had a flight of the two Shorts beers and the two Madtree beers…