Big Weekend For Craft Beer In Ohio
If you want to know anything about beer in Ohio, you have to check out the Beer Blog written by Rick Armon. The Beer Blog chronicles anything and everything beer in and around Ohio. This week he has chronicled all of the cool craft beer festivals that will take place this weekend.
Here’s the beer in Ohio rundown:
• The Craft Brew at the Zoo runs from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium in Powell. There’s also a VIP session starting at 5 p.m. but that’s sold out. The event offers more than 50 craft beers, food and live music by J.T. Hillier, Drake White and the Big Fire Band, and Keith Anderson. Tickets are $30 and include a 10-ounce tasting glass and six 4-ounce samples. For more details, click here.
• The Grandview Craft Beer Alliance’s Summer Session runs from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday in the park at the southeast corner of Grandview and Goodale in Grandview Heights. The festival will focus on beers containing 5 percent alcohol by volume and less from 16 Ohio breweries. There also will be food trucks and live music.
Tickets are $25. For more details, click here.• The 16th annual AleFest Dayton takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Wegerzyn Gardens. A VIP session gets you in an hour earlier. The event features more than 400 beers and ciders. Tickets are $35 for general admission and $50 for VIP. They include a commemorative tasting glass and 20 sampling tickets. For more details, click here.
• The inaugural Waterfront District Brewfest runs from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday in downtown Lorain. The event features all Ohio breweries. Tickets are $25 and include a souvenir glass and 15 4-ounce samples. For more details, click here.
• The eighth annual Cincy Brew Ha-Ha runs from 5 p.m. to midnight Thursday, 5 to midnight Friday and 4 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Sawyer Point Park in Cincinnati. The festival combines beer and comedy. For full details, click here.
But wait, that’s not all.
The Moerlein Lager House in Cincinnati is holding “Hop Heaven” all day Saturday. They are offering a ton of hoppy draft and bottled and canned beer throughout the day.
And the Firehouse Grill in Blue Ash will hold the finals for its Battle of the Beers competition starting at noon Sunday. The brewery that sells the most beers wins the Firehouse Cup. For more details, click here. To read a rundown of the event by Queen City Fresh, click here.
We always encourage you to have a great time and drink some great craft beer around Ohio this weekend, but be responsible and designate a sober driver. The weekend festivities coincide with “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” a major law enforcement initiative targeting impaired motorists. You can bet that law enforcement will be aware of these great beer in Ohio events. If you need an attorney, give us a call.
Attorney Charles M. Rowland II dedicates his practice to defending the accused drunk driver in the Miami Valley and throughout Ohio. He has no tattoo, but the credentials and the experience to win your case and has made himself Dayton’s choice for drunk driving defense. Contact Charles Rowland by phone at (937) 318-1384 or toll-free at 1-888-ROWLAND (888-769-5263). If you need assistance after hours, call the 24/7 DUI Hotline at (937) 776-2671. You can have DaytonDUI at your fingertips by downloading the DaytonDUI Android App or have DaytonDUI sent directly to your mobile device by texting DaytonDUI (one word) to 50500. Follow DaytonDUI on Facebook, @DaytonDUI on Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Pheed and Pintrest or get RSS of the Ohio DUI blog. You can email CharlesRowland@DaytonDUI.com or visit his office at 2190 Gateway Dr., Fairborn, Ohio 45324. “All I do is DUI defense.”
Have fun at all of the great Beer in Ohio events and check these city-specific sites at the following links:
Fairborn, Dayton, Springfield, Kettering, Vandalia, Xenia, Miamisburg, Huber Heights, Oakwood, Beavercreek, Centerville
