Ohio has a great beer scene so I thought I'd ask a few questions about it.

1. Which breweries have you visited?
2. Which breweries are your favorites?
3. What are your favorite beers?

I have been to the following (that I can recall):
1. MadTree (Cincinnati)
2. Rhinegeist (Cincinnati)
3. Woodburn Brewery (Cincinnati)
4. Listermann's Brewing Company (Cincinnati)
5. Taft's Ale House (Cincinnati)
6. Urban Artifact (Cincinnati)
7. Fifty West (Cincinnati)
8. Blank Slate (Cincinnati)
9. Streetside Brewery (Cincinnati)
10. Paradise Brewing (Cincinnati)
11. Nine Giant (Cincinnati)
12. Rivertown Brewing (Cincinnati)
13. Christian Moerlein (Cincinnati)
14. Cellar Dweller (Morrow)
15. Buckeye Lake Brewery (Buckeye Lake)
16. Homestead Beer Co (Newark/Heath)
17. Yellow Springs Brewery (Yellow Springs)

I don't think I've been to any of the Columbus breweries, which will change this Spring/Summer. We are also thinking of going to Cleveland this summer so we would check out a few up there as well.

My favorites are MadTree, Rhinegeist, and Urban Artifact. MadTree does a little bit of everything well, Rhinegeist specializes in IPAs and Pale Ales and Urban Artifact specializes in sours/wild fermented brews.

I'll check in later with a list of my favorite beers.

We have a ton of good ones in NE Ohio. Great Lakes is obviously one of the most popular, and I do like their beer. They have a restaurant, but the food is meh IMO. I just stick to the alcohol. Ohio City has Market Garden and Nano Brew now, too, but I haven't been to either.

Fat Heads, Platform and Brew Kettle are other good CLE options.

I like Thirsty Dog, Hoppin Frog and R Shea in Akron.

http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?47567-Best-Microbreweries-in-Ohio&highlight=breweries

Sonofanump;1839883 wrote:http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?47567-Best-Microbreweries-in-Ohio&highlight=breweries

Nice.

Brew Kettle and Jackie O's are probably my two favorite non-Cincinnati breweries.

Visited
North High (Columbus)
Seventh Son (Columbus)
Lineage (Columbus)
Mother Stewarts (Springfield)
Rhinegeist (Cincinnati)
MadTree (Cincinnati)
Jackie O's (Athens)
Maumee Bay (Toledo)

Favorite
Rhinegeist

Favorite Beers
Mystic Mama (Jackie O's)
Truth (Rhinegeist)
Rectifier (Four String)
Hop Juju (Fat Head's)

TedSheckler;1839885 wrote:
Favorite Beers
Mystic Mama (Jackie O's)
Trust (Rhinegeist)
Rectifier (Four String)
Hop Juju (Fat Head's)

Truth?

justincredible;1839886 wrote:Truth?

Yea. Typo.

Truth is one of my go-to IPAs in the summer.

Oh man

Breweries I've visited:
GLBC
Thirsty Dog
Hoppin' Frog
Market Garden
Platform
Brew Kettle
Fat Head's
Willoughby Brewing Company
Rheingeist
Fifty West
MadTree
Municipal Brew Works
Portside

Fifty West, Thirsty Dog and Hoppin' Frog were my favorites. Fifty West is the only one that has food worth a shit IMO.

The Brew Kettle and their "White Rajah"is my favorite Ohio beer.

Really enjoyed Rockmill Brewery around Lancaster

wkfan;1839906 wrote:Really enjoyed Rockmill Brewery around Lancaster

Rockmill is really nice. Can't wait to get there again after the weather breaks to enjoy the outdoor seating.

Apple;1839908 wrote:Rockmill is really nice. Can't wait to get there again after the weather breaks to enjoy the outdoor seating.

OhioPodcast.com has some great information on Breweries...

Forgot that I've also been to Yellow Springs Brewery.

Thirsty Dog - Akron
Jackie O's - Athens
Great Lakes - Cleveland
Rust Belt - Youngstown
North Country Brewing Co. - Slippery Rock, PA (fav)

New one just opened in Jackson beside Arch & Eddies Restaurant....same owners

Sixth Sense

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Fat Head’s Brewery -
Great Lakes Brewing -
Warped Wing Brewing –
Hoppin’ Frog -
Wolf's Ridge-
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Maumee Bay Brewing Co.
Market Garden Brewery -
Elevator Brewery
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Tap Stack

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Brick and Barrel
Columbus Brewing Co. -
Willoughby Brewing Co. -
Phoenix Brewing Co –
Seventh Son Brewing Co. -
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Meh:

[/FONT]Catawba Island Brewery -
Granite City Food & Brewery –
Rock Bottom Brewery –
Put-In-Bay Brewing Co -

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Jackie O's
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Speaking of MadTree:

http://www.inc.com/scott-mautz/how-two-home-brewers-vaulted-to-the-top-of-the-regional-craft-brewing-world.html

justincredible;1840018 wrote:Speaking of MadTree:

http://www.inc.com/scott-mautz/how-two-home-brewers-vaulted-to-the-top-of-the-regional-craft-brewing-world.html

Justin you need to get up to Mercer County and get to the Moeller Brew barn and to Tailspin brewery.
http://www.moellerbrewbarn.com/mbb/home/default
http://tailspinbrewing.co/

Just been to four, I believe:
-- Weasel Boy (Zanesville)
-- Land Grant (Columbus)
-- Marietta Brewing (Marietta)
-- Moerlein Lager House - is this the brewery? (Cincinnati)

salto;1839893 wrote:The Brew Kettle and their "White Rajah"is my favorite Ohio beer.

I will second the vote on White Rajah.

Fab4Runner;1839882 wrote:We have a ton of good ones in NE Ohio. Great Lakes is obviously one of the most popular, and I do like their beer. They have a restaurant, but the food is meh IMO. I just stick to the alcohol. Ohio City has Market Garden and Nano Brew now, too, but I haven't been to either.

Fat Heads, Platform and Brew Kettle are other good CLE options.

I like Thirsty Dog, Hoppin Frog and R Shea in Akron.

R. Shea is awesome. I love the enormous cans they have to allow you to take some with you.

I'm ashamed to admit I've never actually been to Thirsty Dog. It even makes my favorite seasonal beer. Just haven't gotten around to it.

Have been to the Brew Kettle, Hoppin' Frog, and GLBC, though. They're all certainly good.

QuakerOats;1839927 wrote:Thirsty Dog - Akron
Jackie O's - Athens
Great Lakes - Cleveland
Rust Belt - Youngstown
North Country Brewing Co. - Slippery Rock, PA (fav)

Add Wolf's Ridge Brewing - Columbus. Would go again. Although they would not fill my North Country Brewing growler, which was a letdown. But as usual, I got some great comments on it!

My new favorite Ohio beer is a New England-style session IPA from Woodburn Brewery called Hammer. A nice bonus is I can walk to the brewery from my house.

Buckeye Lake Brewery is worth the trip