There are a lot of spaces that are ideal for hosting a brewery. Opening a brewery in a former church continues to be more common. The space is usually quite large, which is ideal for brewing beer. The group behind Urban Artifact initially planned to open its facility in a former brewery. However, the current space allowed the group to open significantly earlier, which led to the change of plans. Brewery’s history Urban Artifact encompasses many things. It includes a brewery, an event space, a music venue, and a radio station. Bret Kollman Baker and Scotty Hunter, who attended Ohio University together and studied engineering, oversee the brewery. Eventually they…
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A pint at 3 Points Urban Brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio
An equilateral triangle possesses three sides of equal length and three congruent internal angles. 3 Points Urban Brewery brings together three equally important components to offer craft beer drinkers a unique experience in the up-and-coming neighborhood of Pendleton in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brewery’s history A few years ago development firm Model Group and hospitality group Hickory Wald sought to open a brewery in Pendleton. Ultimately that led to a pair of brewers from Cincinnati mainstay Rhinegeist Brewery seeking to make their own mark to join the yet-to-be-named brewery. Head brewer Patrick Mulrey and brewer Caleb Ochs-Naderer are responsible for the beers people consume at the brewery. Despite the notoriety the brewers…
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My experience at The Guild Cincinnati at The Banks
During a recent business trip to Cincinnati, I was searching for a unique accommodation near downtown. I ended up finding The Guild Cincinnati at The Banks. The Guild offers apartment-style accommodations in prime locations. The Guild Cincinnati at The Banks is a two-minute walk from Great American Ball Park and a five-minute walk to Paul Brown Stadium. Visitors have several restaurants within walking distance ranging from quick eats like Jimmy John’s to craft beer-focused Yard House. 2-bedroom Although I was traveling by myself, I ended up choosing a two-bedroom. It is approximately 1,300 square feet and has a king-size bedroom, a queen-size bed, and a sleeper sofa that can sleep…
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A pint at Listermann Brewing in Cincinnati, Ohio
The craft beer industry is full of stories of homebrewers who opened their own commercial brewery. Listermann Brewing Company in Cincinnati takes a unique twist on the homebrewer turned commercial brewer. The history of Listermann Brewing closely mirrors that of craft beer in Cincinnati with each growing year by year to reach their current stature. Brewery’s history In 1991, after several years of homebrewing Dan Listermann officially started a small manufacturing company that produced homebrewing equipment. Listermann continued his day job as a quality engineer, and with his wife Sue’s encouragement they rented out space at the Hamilton County Business Development Center. Fast forward four years, Dan had quit his…
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A pint at Rhinegeist Brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio, was once a city well-known for its beer. With a large German immigrant population, the city boasted over thirty breweries by 1860. However, Prohibition in the early-1900s led to several breweries closing. The explosion of craft beer in the United States since 2000 has led to the city boasting more breweries now. Rhinegeist Brewery was not the first craft brewery in town, but may be one of the city’s best known brands with its easily recognizable ghost skeleton logo. Brewery’s history The short version of Rhinegeist’s history is that the brewery opened in a former Christian Moerlein Brewing Company building in 2013. However, the tale is much longer…
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Five great places for beers & bites in Cincinnati’s OTR
There is a lot to say about the Queen City and its beer and culinary scene. However, instead of trying to cover everything available across the city, let’s focus on the one area at a time. The hippest, hottest part of Cincinnati is the Over-the-Rhine (OTR) District. So here are five great places for beers and bites in OTR. A brief history of OTR The district earned its name because of the large German population that walked over the Miami and Erie Canal (now Central Parkway) to work in downtown in the mid-1800s. The canal was jokingly called “the Rhine” in reference to the important river in Germany. Today, the…
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Five great places for beer & bites in Cincinnati’s The Banks
There is a lot to say about Cincinnati and its beer and culinary scene. However, instead of trying to cover everything available across the city, let’s focus on the one area at a time. One of the most visited areas in the city is The Banks, which sits between the city’s football and baseball stadiums. A brief history of the Banks Cincinnati has quietly been undergoing a revitalization. It started in the early-2000s when the local football and baseball teams opened new stadiums. The football stadium (Paul Brown Stadium) opened in 2000, and the baseball stadium (Great American Ball Park) opened in 2004. However, it has been within the past…
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Touring the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum
For six years I have participated in the Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography Reading in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the first week of June. Each year, I attend a few Reds games (and blogged about last year’s visit to the park – read it here). However, one thing I had not done until this year’s visit was tour the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum. I didn’t plan on visiting it this year either, but when I saw that the museum was giving away a special Pete Rose bobblehead with admission during my first weekend in town I felt like I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. So following the Friday…
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William Howard Taft Birthplace in Cincinnati, Ohio
Alphonso and Louisa Maria Taft lived in Mount Auburn, just a mile from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The couple lived in a Greek Revival house where William Howard Taft was born on Sept. 15, 1857. William lived at the house until entering Yale University in 1874. The house was sold in 1899, and later restored with the aid of the William Howard Taft Memorial Association, who transferred the property to the National Park Service in 1969. The National Park Service operates the property as the William Howard Taft National Historic Site, which became a national historic landmark in 1964.
