Wed 2/6 Beer Week Kickoff-Collaboration Beer Tapping on Fountain Square 4:30-7pm

Thurs 2/7 Coaches Corner Official Tapping of Cincinnati Beer Week Collaboration Beer 12pm
Thurs 2/7 Mt Carmel Brewing Company Lighting of the Beer Week Torch noon-10
Thurs 2/7 Coaches Corner Coaches Choice Burger Paired with Beerfest Ale lunch
Thurs 2/7 Virgil’s Café KY Beer Dinner Lunch and Dinner
Thurs 2/7 Mainstrasse Village Pub Local Beers $3.50 during Beer Week 3p-2:30a
Thurs 2/7 Flip Daddy’s Great Divide Pint Night 4pm
Thurs 2/7 Dutch’s Hops and Heifers Burger Night with Oskar Blues 5-7pm
Thurs 2/7 Moerlein Lager House Barrel Aged Beer Night 5-Close
Thurs 2/7 Sidebar Leinenkugel Big Eddy Tap Takeover 5pm
Thurs 2/7 Party Source Sours, Ciders and Sliders 5:30-8pm
Thurs 2/7 Comet Sour Night 6pm-11pm
Thurs 2/7 Arnold’s Rogue Good Chit Pilsner Tapping 6pm happy hour
Thurs 2/7 Cock N Bull Hyde Park Left Hand Beer/MouCo Cheese Pairing 6pm
Thurs 2/7 Cock N Bull Covington Left Hand Beer/MouCo Cheese Pairing 6pm
Thurs 2/7 Taste of Belgium Goose Island Flight of limited edition sours 6pm
Thurs 2/7 Goodfellas Rivertown Beer Tasting 6pm
Thurs 2/7 Holler Hops Dogfish Head Tap Takeover 6pm
Thurs 2/7 Party Town Great Lakes Tap Takeover 6-7pm
Thurs 2/7 Habit’s The first Keg tapping of Chickow! 6:30p
Thurs 2/7 Molly Malones Covington Upland Tap Takeover 7pm
Thurs 2/7 Keystone Covington Bell’s Tap Takeover 7pm
Thurs 2/7 Cock N Bull Glendale North Coast Old Rasputin Night 7-11pm
Thurs 2/7 Brew River GastroPub Stone Beer/Food Pairing

Fri 2/8 Arthurs Cincinnati Brewers Choice for Charity 11am-2:30am
Fri 2/8 Coaches Corner CBW Collab Pairing with Reuben Burger 11am-9pm
Fri 2/8 Virgil’s Café KY Beer Dinner Lunch and Dinner
Fri 2/8 Mt. Carmel Brewing Company Last of the Snapshot Series 12-10pm
Fri 2/8 Mainstrasse Village Pub Local Beers $3.50 during Beer Week 3pm-2:30am
Fri 2/8 Cork N Bottle Covington Upland Tasting 4-7pm
Fri 2/8 Deps Ft.Thomas Magners/Hornsby’s Tasting 4-8pm
Fri 2/8 Valley Wine & Spirits Blank Slate Growler Tasting 4:30-7:30pm
Fri 2/8 Moerlein Lager House Barrel Aged Beer Night 5-Close
Fri 2/8 Mayberry Epic Brewery Hors D’oeuvres Party 5-10pm
Fri 2/8 Arnolds P3 (Peaty Pepper Porter) 6pm happy hour tapping
Fri 2/8 Party Town Bells tap takeover 6-7pm
Fri 2/8 Brew Monkeys Brewing 101: Making Your First Beer 6-10pm
Fri 2/8 Neons Best of the Midwest
Fri 2/8 Cock N Bull Hyde Park Heavy Seas Brewery Night 6pm
Fri 2/8 Everything’s D’Vine Goose Island Flight of Vintage Ales 7pm
Fri 2/8 Firehouse Grill Rivertown Beer Dinner & Meet the Brewer 7pm
Fri 2/8 Fogarty’s Dogfish Head Tap Takeover 9pm-close
Fri 2/8 Brew River GastroPub Ballast Point and Abita Beers/Food Pairing

Sat 2/9 Brew Monkeys Brewing Better Beer: Master Lessons w/Gordon Strong 10-3:30pm
Sat 2/9 Virgil’s Café Beer Dinner Lunch and Dinner
Sat 2/9 Dutch’s Chicago Invasion! W/ Three Floyds / Revolution / Two Brothers 11a-11p
Sat 2/9 Jungle Jim’s Fairfield Bottle Signing with Collab Brewers 12pm
Sat 2/9 Cork N Bottle Covington Samuel Adams Tasting 1-4pm
Sat 2/9 Deps Ft Thomas Local Beer Tasting 1-4pm
Sat 2/9 Party Source Upland Tasting 1-4pm
Sat 2/9 Jungle Jim’s Eastgate Bottle Signing with Collab Brewers 2pm
Sat 2/9 Dingle House Stone Brewery Tasting 2pm
Sat 2/9 Party Source Three Floyds Zombie Dust Tapping! 2pm
Sat 2/9 Mainstrasse Village Pub Local Beers $3.50 during Beer Week 3-2:30am
Sat 2/9 Brew Monkeys Brewing Better Beer Book Signing w/Gordon Strong 4-6pm
Sat 2/9 Wine World Two Brothers and Revolution Tasting 4-6pm
Sat 2/9 Mt Carmel Brewing Company ART.CRAFT.BEER 5pm-midnight
Sat 2/9 Deps Ft Thomas Upland Growler Tap Takeover 5-7pm
Sat 2/9 Cock N Bull Hyde Park Oskar Blues Brewery Night 5-7pm
Sat 2/9 Moerlein Lager House Belgian & Sour Ales 5-Close
Sat 2/9 Arnold’s Listermann’s Jungle Honey Preview 6pm happy hour tapping
Sat 2/9 Coaches Corner Wiedemann’s Meet the owners/beer & cheese pairing 7pm

Sun 2/10 Virgil’s Café Beer Dinner Lunch and Dinner
Sun 2/10 Brew Monkeys Brewer’s Best Homebrewing Demo 12:30-4pm
Sun 2/10 Mt Carmel Brewing Company ART.CRAFT.BEER noon-5
Sun 2/10 Moerlein Lager House Meet the brewers of CBW Collab Beer 1-3pm
Sun 2/10 Cock N Bull Hyde Park Bell’s Ice Carving Demo & Hopslam Cask Party 2pm
Sun 2/10 Bucket Heads Rivertown Tasting 3pm
Sun 2/10 Mainstrasse Village Pub Local Beers $3.50 during Beer Week 3-2:30am
Sun 2/10 Flip Daddy’s Mariemont Breckenridge Brewery Feature
Sun 2/10 Coaches Corner Beer Pairing 7-9pm
Sun 2/10 Coaches Corner Pint Night 7pm-1am
Sun 2/10 Brew River GastroPub Great Divide, Bell’s, Blank Slate & Three Floyds feature.
Sun 2/10 Brew River GastroPub Stein Club Members event

Mon 2/11 Virgil’s Café Beer Dinner Lunch and Dinner
Mon 2/11 Mt Carmel Brewing Company Industry Night noon-10
Mon 2/11 Brew Monkeys All-Grain Brewing Demos-IPA & Saison 10-3:30pm
Mon 2/11 Mainstrasse Village Pub Local Beers $3.50 during Beer Week 3-2:30am
Mon 2/11 Neons Listerman’s Double Bock Tapping 5pm
Mon 2/11 Cock N Bull Hyde Park Upland Flight of the Dragonfly 6pm
Mon 2/11 Cock N Bull Covington Upland Flight of the Dragonfly 6pm
Mon 2/11 Cork N Bottle Buttermilk Oskar Blues Sampling 6-8pm
Mon 2/11 Arnolds Rivertown Tap Takeover 6pm happy hour tapping
Mon 2/11 Moerlein Lager House Advanced Brewing Process w/ Jim Matt 6-9pm
Mon 2/11 Coaches Corner Upland Tasting 7pm
Mon 2/11 Mellow Mushroom Wilder Bell’s Brewery Tasting 7pm

Tues 2/12 Virgil’s Café Beer Dinner Lunch and Dinner
Tues 2/12 Coaches Corner Great Lakes Burger Beer Pairing 11a-3p
Tues 2/12 Flip Daddy’s Mariemont Fat Head’s Fat Tuesday All Day
Tues 2/12 Flip Daddy’s Symmes Fat Head’s Fat Tuesday All Day
Tues 2/12 Mt. Carmel Brewing Company Ladies Night noon-10
Tues 2/12 Mainstrasse Village Pub Local Beers $3.50 during Beer Week 3-2:30am
Tues 2/12 Dingle House Troeg’s Brewery Tasting
Tues 2/12 Lackman East Coast, West Coast, No Coast 4pm
Tues 2/12 Taste of Belgium Duvel and Ommegang Beer Dinner 5-10pm
Tues 2/12 Longnecks Beerfest Ale Sampling 5-7pm
Tues 2/12 Hebron Brew Haus Rivertown Tasting 6pm
Tues 2/12 Cock N Bull Hyde Park Fat Tuesday with Fat Head 6pm
Tues 2/12 Coaches Corner Fat Taco Tuesday with Great Lakes 6pm
Tues 2/12 Arnold’s Great Lakes Tripel Dog Dare 6pm happy hour tapping
Tues 2/12 Arthurs Meet the Brewer: Widmer Brothers 6-9pm
Tues 2/12 Moerlein Lager House Pairing Beer with Food w/ Exec Chef Carl Chambers 6-9pm
Tues 2/12 Firehouse Grill Dinner and Conversation w/ Triple Digit 6pm
Tues 2/12 Listermann’s All-grain brewing class 6pm
Tues 2/12 Brew Monkeys Hops Seminar 6pm
Tues 2/12 Dilly Cafe Weybacher Dinner 6:30pm
Tues 2/12 Mayberry’s Sierra Nevada Beer Dinner 6:30-9pm
Tues 2/12 Holler Hops Harpoon Tasting and Tap Takeover 7pm
Tues 2/12 Mellow Mushroom Wilder Oskar Blues Beer Tasting 7pm
Tues 2/12 Cock N Bull Covington Tasting/Meet the brewer of Blank Slate 7-9pm
Tues 2/12 Shortnecks Beerfest Ale Sampling 7:30-9:30pm
Tues 2/12 Pike Street Lounge Upland Tap Takeover 8pm
Tues 2/12 Brew River GastroPub Founders/Breckenridge/Abita Crawfish Boil

Wed 2/13 Virgil’s Café Beer Dinner Lunch and Dinner
Wed 2/13 Coaches Corner Burger Beer Pairing at Lunch 11a-3pm
Wed 2/13 Dingle House Sam Smith Bottle Blow Out All Day
Wed 2/13 Mt. Carmel Brewing Company Keep the Pint Night and Firkin Tap-In noon-10
Wed 2/13 Mainstrasse Village Pub Local Beers $3.50 during Beer Week 3-2:30am
Wed 2/13 Party Town Harpoon Tasting 4-7pm
Wed 2/13 Taste of Belgium Hopus Take-the-glass-home tapping 4-8pm
Wed 2/13 Zips Upland and Great Lakes Tap Takeover 5pm
Wed 2/13 Listermann’s Pint Night 5pm
Wed 2/13 Rivertown Brewery Rivertown Brewer homebrew tap takeover 5pm
Wed 2/13 Sidebar Leinenkugel Big Eddy Tap Takeover 5pm
Wed 2/13 Buckhead CBW Collab beer/meet the brewers 6-8pm
Wed 2/13 The Crazy Fox Upland Tasting 6pm
Wed 2/13 Dickmann’s Beer Week and Beer Fest Ale Sampling 6-8pm
Wed 2/13 Cock N Bull Hyde Park Victory Brewery Night 6pm
Wed 2/13 Arnold’s Bell’s Jazz Series 6pm happy hour tapping
Wed 2/13 Molly Malones Covington Founders tap takeover 6pm-2am
Wed 2/13 Deps Ft Thomas Bells tap takeover 6-9pm
Wed 2/13 Brew River Gastropub Jolly Pumpkin Beer Dinner w/Charles Psenka 6pm
Wed 2/13 Marty’s Hops & Vine Fat Head’s Night 6:30-8:30pm
Wed 2/13 Northside Tavern Ohio Beer Tasting 7-9pm
Wed 2/13 Cincinnati Malt Infusers Meeting & Program at Brew Monkeys 7:30-10:30pm

Thurs 2/14 Coaches Corner Burger Beer Pairing at Lunch 11-3pm
Thurs 2/14 Coaches Corner 1/2 the Taps Flight 11am-1am
Thurs 2/14 Brew Monkeys Brew The Beer You Love w/The One You Love 1-5pm
Thurs 2/14 Mainstrasse Village Pub Local Beers $3.50 during Beer Week 3-2:30am
Thurs 2/14 Lackman Oskar Blues Tap takeover 4pm
Thurs 2/14 Mac’s Pizza Pub Breckenridge Night 5pm
Thurs 2/14 Moerlein Lager House Ballast Point-A night of fermented Love
Thurs 2/14 Habits Fat Head’s Night w/Brian Kelley 6pm-close
Thurs 2/14 Dutch’s Jolly Pumpkin Beer Dinner w/Charles Psenka
Thurs 2/14 Dingle House Sam Adams Beer and Dessert pairing
Thurs 2/14 Taste of Belgium Say I Love you like a Belgian 5-10pm
Thurs 2/14 Olives Blank Slate and Triple Digit Tap Takeover 6pm
Thurs 2/14 Deps Ft Thomas Blue Moon Brewing Co Food/beer pairing 6pm
Thurs 2/14 Cock N Bull Hyde Park Tasting/pint night w/Rivertown and CNB collab 6pm
Thurs 2/14 Cock N Bull Covington Tasting/pint night w/Rivertown and CNB collab 6pm
Thurs 2/14 Amerasia Upland Beer Dinner 7:00pm
Thurs 2/14 Hebron Brew Haus Oskar Blues Tasting 7:30pm
Thurs 2/14 Brew River Gastropub Victory and Ballast Point Beer/Food Pairing
Thurs 2/14 Buckhead Teddy Bear Kisses for Valentines Day

We apologize for the technical glitches we have experienced with our website calendar. If you see a correction that needs to be made, please email us at events@cincinnatibeerweek.com. Thank you for your support! Lots of great events, we look forward to a terrific 2013 Cincinnati Beer Week!

Allyn’s Café 3538 Columbia Pkwy. Cincinnati, OH 45226 (513) 871-5779www.allynscafe.net
Amerasia 521 Madison Ave. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 261-6121 www.kungfoodchu.com
Arnold’s Bar and Grill 210 E 8th St. Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 421-6234 www.arnoldsbarandgrill.com
Arthur’s 3516 Edwards Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45208 (513) 871-5543 www.authurscincinnati.com
Beer Sellar 301 Riverboat Row Newport, KY 41071 (859) 431-6969 www.beersellar.net
Blank Slate Brewing Company 4233 Airport Rd. Unit C Cincinnati, OH 45226 (513) 979-4540 www.blankslatebeer.com
Brew Monkeys 4312 Harrison Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45211 (513) 330-8806 chris@brewmonkeys.com www.brewmonkeys.com
Brew River Gastro Pub 2062 Riverside Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 816-2484 www.brewrivergastropub.com
Buckhead Mountain Grill 35 Fairfield Ave. Bellevue, KY 41073 (859) 491-7333 www.eatatbuckheads.com
Bucketheads 6507 Harrison Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45247 (513) 574-5600
Catskeller 2766 UC Main St. Cincinnati, OH 45221 (513) 556-2831 www.uc.edu/mainstreet.catskeller.html
Cincinnati Malt Infusers (513) 304-4763 cmnase@yahoo.com www.maltinfusers.org
Cincy Winter Beerfest 525 Elm St. Cincinnati, OH 45202 info@cincybeerfest.com www.cincybeerfest.com
Coaches Corner 317 E 6th St. Newport, KY 41071 (859) 261-2800
Cock N Bull Public House-Covington 601 Main St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 581-4253 www.candbpublichouse.com
Cock N Bull Public House-Glendale 275 E Sharon Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45246 (513) 771-4253 www.candbpublichouse.com
Cock N Bull Public House-Hyde Park 2645 Erie Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45208 (513) 533-4253 www.candbpublichouse.com
The Comet 4579 Hamilton Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45223 (513) 541-8900 www.cometbar.com
Cork N Bottle 501 Crescent Ave. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 261-8333 www.corknbottle.com
The Crazy Fox 901 Washington Ave. Newport, KY41071 (859) 261-2143
Deps Fine Wine 424 Alexandria Pk. Ft. Thomas, KY 41075 (859) 486-8595 www.depsfinewine.com
Dickmann’s 479 Orphanage Rd. Ft. Wright, KY 41017 (859) 331-8076 www.dickmannscafe.com
Dilly Café 6818 Wooster Pk. Cincinnati, OH 45227 (513) 561-5233 www.dillycafe.com
Dingle House 9102 W. Chester Town Ctr. West Chester, OH 45069 (513) 874-7468 www.dinglehouse.com
Dutch’s 3378 Erie Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45208 (513) 871-1446
The Elusive Cow 519 Fairfield Ave. Bellevue, KY 41073 (859) 291-0269 www.theelusivecow.com
Everything’s D’Vine 320 W. 4th St. Cincinnati, OH 45402 (513) 621-6700
Fifty West Brewing Company 7668 Wooster Pk. Cincinnati, OH 45227 (513) 834-8789 www.fiftywestbrew.com
Firehouse Grill 4785 Lake Forrest Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45242 (513) 733-3473 www.firehousegrillcincinnati.com
Flipdaddy’s 7824 Wooster Pk. Cincinnati, OH 45227 (513) 272-2337 www.flipdaddys.com
Fogarty’s Irish Pub 3620 Harrison Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45211 (513) 515-3215
Goodfellas Pizzeria 603 Main St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 916-5209 www.goodfellaspizzeria.com
Habits Café 3036 Madison Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45209 (513) 631-8367 www.habitscafe.com
Hebron Brew Haus 2030 Northside Dr. Hebron, KY 41048 (859) 534-5600 www.hebronbrewhaus.com
Holler Hops & Grill 7500 Oakbrook Dr. Florence, KY 41042 (859) 918-6532
Hoperatives both@hoperatives.com www.hoperatives.com
Hyde Park Wine and Spirits 2719 Madison Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45209 (513) 533-4300
Jeff’s Marathon 6094 Bridgetown Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45248 (513) 598-3350
Jungle Jim’s Eastgate 4450 Eastgate S. Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45245 (513) 647-6000 www.junglejims.com
Jungle Jim’s Fairfield 5440 Dixie Hwy. Fairfield, OH 45014 (513) 674-6000 www.junglejims.com
Keystone Bar & Grill-Covington 313 Greenup St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 261-6777 www.keystonebar.com
Keystone Bar & Grill-Hyde Park 3384 Erie Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45208 (513) 321-2150 www.keystonebar.com
The Lackman 1237 Vine St. Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 381-0741 www.lackmanbar.com
Lehr’s Bier Barn 740 Main St. Milford, OH 45150 (513) 831-3411 www.lehrsmeats.com
Listermann/Triple Digit 1621 Dana Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45207 (513) 731-1130 www.listermann.com
Liquor City 430 Bakewell St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 431-5380 www.liquorcity.net
Longneck’s 1009 Town Dr. Wilder, KY 41076 (859) 291-5664 www.longneckssportsgrill.com
Mac’s Pizza Pub 205 W. McMillan St. Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 241-MACS www.macspizzapub.com
Mad Tree Brewing 5164 Kennedy Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45213 (513) 204-9692 www.madtreebrewing.com
Mainstrasse Village Pub 619 Main St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 431-5552 www.mainstrassevillagepub.com
Marty’s Hops and Vines 6110 Hamilton Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45224 (513) 681-4222 www.martys-hopsandvines.com
Mayberry 1211 Main St. Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 381-5999 www.mayberrycincy.com
Mellow Mushroom Wilder 1014 Town Dr. Wilder, KY 41076 (859) 441-6600 www.mellowmushroom.com
Mellow Mushroom West Chester 9238 Floer Dr. West Chester, OH 45069 (513) 860-0888 www.mellowmushroom.com
Mt Carmel Brewing Company 4362 Mt Carmel Tobasco Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45244 (513) 240-2739 www.mtcarmelbrewingcompany.com
Moerlein Lager House 115 Joe Nuxhall Way Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 421-2337 www.moerleinlagerhouse.com
Molly Malones-Covington 112 E 4th St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 491-6659 www.covington.mollymalonesirishpub.com
Neon’s 208 E 12th St. Cincinnati, OH 45208 (513) 827-9361
Northside Tavern 4163 Hamilton Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45223 (513) 542-3603 www.northsidetav.com
Olives 342 Ludlow Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45220 (513) 221-4200 www.olivesonludlow.com
One Stop Liquors 10 Donnermeyer Dr. Bellevue, KY 41073 (859) 291-0240 www.onestopliquors.com
Paradise Brewing Supply 7766 Beechmont Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45255 (513) 232-7271 www.paradisebrewingsupplies.com
Party Source 95 Riviera Dr. Bellevue, KY 41073 (859) 291-4007 www.thepartysource.com
Party Town 6823 Burlington Pk. Florence, KY 41042 (859) 371-4466 www.partytownky.com
Pike Street Lounge 266 West Pike St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 916-5430 www.pikestreetlounge.com
Plum Street 423 Plum St. Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 651-4341
Rivertown Brewing Company 607 Shepherd Dr. Unit 6 Lockland, OH 45215 (513) 827-9280 www.rivertownbrewery.com
Rock Bottom Brewery 10 Fountain Square Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 621-1588 www.rockbottom.com
The Root Cellar 7699 Montgomery Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45236 (513) 984-4111
Sidebar 322 Greenup St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 431-3456
Shortneck’s 830 Monmouth St. Newport, KY 41071 (859) 360-1234 www.shortnecks.com
Taste of Belgium 13 West 12th St. Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 381-4607 www.authenticwaffle.com
United Liquor 8470 US 42 Suite E Florence, KY 41042 (859) 371-8470
Valley Wine & Spirits 3485 Valley Plaza Pkwy. Ft. Wright, KY 41017 (859) 331-3564 www.valleyws.com
Virgil’s Café 710 Fairfield Ave. Bellevue, KY 41073 (859) 491-3287 www.virgilscafe.com
Wine World 7737 5Mile Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45230 (513) 232-6611 www.basketsgourmetwineworld.com
Zip’s Café 1036 Delta Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45208 (513) 871-9876 www.zipscafe.com

Lots of great things are in store for everyone during the 2013 Cincinnati Beer Week! Please check back soon for more news and exciting announcements!

Each brewery will be serving the Beer Week Brewers Collaboration Beer – the Embree Dark Porter!

$25 Includes your seat on a chartered bus that will makes stops at Moerlein Lager House, Rockbottom Brewery, Rivertown Brewing, Listermanns/Triple Digit Brewing, Mount Carmel Brewing, and 50 West Brewing. In addition, beers from Blank Slate Brewing and Great Crescent Brewing at some of these stops. You also receive a souvenir T Shirt and pub glass. Proceeds support Cincinnati Beer Week which will take place February 7th – 14th, 2013.

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Beer weeks have sprung up all over the county as a way to focus attention on the craft beer movement that’s changing the way people think about beer. On the Sunday of Bockfest weekend in 2011, a group of beer connoisseurs from all over the city met at a downtown pub to discuss the idea of having a Cincinnati Beer Week. There were owners and employees of bars, restaurants, breweries and beer distributors. There were also home brewers and bloggers. Something that was decided at the first meeting was that Cincinnati Beer Week was going to be a volunteer, grassroots effort. That has carried through to today. Everyone working to make Cincinnati Beer Week happen is an unpaid volunteer. No brewery sponsorships are  accepted so breweries of every size can participate without conflict.

So what is Cincinnati Beer Week? The mission statement says it’s “… a grassroots movement aiming to educate, inspire and celebrate well-crafted beer in a welcoming environment.” For the eight days of the “week”,  bars, restaurants and stores all over the Greater Cincinnati become Official Cincinnati Beer Week Venues and hold special events like beer tastings, beer-pairing dinners, and brewery nights. Cincinnati Beer Week pint glasses and other merchandise is available at the venues. Information about what’s going is posted here at the Cincinnati Beer Week web site.

After the last night, the week really isn’t over because the annual Cincy Winter Beerfest takes over the Convention Center for two more nights of celebration. While it’s not an accident that Cincinnati Beer Week is the week leading up to the popular Cincy Winter Beerfest,  they are separate events.

“Cincinnati Beer Week is a time to recognize the evolution and significance of flavorful beer in America, along with its impact on our region, nation and world,” says Jay Ashmore, Chair of the Cincinnati Beer Week organizing committee, “It’s time our community recognizes this gift, celebrates and encourages its progress. Cincinnati Beer Week is a week to enjoy community, culture, and fun.”

“Cincinnati Beer Week is not just a good thing, it’s a great thing!” says Lindsey Bonadonna, who organized that first Beer Week meeting and is still a committee member today. “We’re hoping to encourage the new, the adventurous and the casual imbiber to try something new and to explore and be entertained in a responsible manner.”

Mark your calendars now: February 7th – 14th, 2013, the Second Annual Cincinnati Beer Week. And keep watching here for more details.

Organizing Committee

• Jay Ashmore — Chair
• Chris Nascimento — Venue & Wholesaler Liaison
• Jason Roeper — Member & Cooperative Brew Coordinator
• Lindsay Bonadonna — Member
• Jill Hettersimer — Member
• Adam Bankovich — Member
• Craig Johnson — Member
• Gregg Wilson — Member