Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is home to one of the largest collections of pre-Prohibition brewery architecture, in the middle of one of the largest historic districts in the country. Let us show you the breweries, cellars, and tunnels that were the heart of Cincinnati's brewing industry.
The Beer Barons Bock Tour
March 3-4 2012
This tour will return on Bockfest weekend on March 3-4, 2012. We'll visit three different pre-Prohibition brewing spaces, including lagering cellars and tunnels deep below the city streets (some never seen before on any tour!). Some of Cincinnati's beer barons will be on hand to discuss the importance of Over-the-Rhine's brewing heritage, before ending at Bockfest Hall for further Bockfest festivities! Make sure to check out www.bockfest.com for additional details on Cincinnati's best festival celebrating bock beer, the coming of Spring, and Over-the-Rhine's brewing history. Tickets are now on sale here.
The Lager Tour
May - September 2012
Starting in May 2012 and continuing on Saturdays and Sundays through September 2012, this 1 1/2 hour walking tour will explore the heart of Cincinnati's Brewery District.
Participants will start at historic Findlay Market in the Over-the-Rhine Biergarten. We'll see historic pre-Prohibition breweries such as the original Christian Moerlein
Christian Moerlein complex, once one of the largest in the country. We'll visit the Clyffside brewery, one of the most stellar examples of brewery architecture in the city, and see the ornate high-bay brewing spaces inside. We'll travel deep under the Jackson brewery to the massive lagering cellars in the Clifton hillside. We'll finish the tour past the old Bellevue Incline location, Phillipus Church, and Lafayette Hall.
The Marzen Tour
September 2012
Details for this tour will be relased in early summer 2012.