I’ve had a lot of beers from West Side Brewing. They can a handful of different beers and I’ve tried almost all of them. I love their double IPA, a beer I featured for the beer of the game once during football season. (For each Bearcats game, football and basketball, I pick a Cincinnati area…
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Exploration Brewery: 13 Below Brewery
Earlier in the week I ran a poll on Twitter. I couldn’t decide on what brewery to visit next so I let the twitterverse do it for me. The competition was still and I was down to visit any of the four places I listed. After two days of voting 13 Below won out. 13…
Bohn’s Choice is NKU’s John Brannen
-The Beercat According to multiple twitter sources NKU’s John Brannen will be the next head coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats. Coach John Brannen is 45 years old and an alumni Marshall U where he received his bachelor’s degree in business management in 1997 and was a Rhodes Scholar finalist as a college senior. Seems like…
Exploration Brewery: Rivertown Brewery & Barrel House
The day UC head basketball coach Mick Cronin announced that he was leaving for UCLA I decided I needed a beer. Looking for a place I hadn’t been yet I went to a Cincinnati area OG, Rivertown. The basketball program was without a captain at the helm. I sought out a barrel house. Rivertown is…
Coach Cronin is Gone
-The Beercat Let me preface this with 1) I’ve been drinking and 2) I’ll continue to drink through the creation of this article. Let’s hit it. For the past 13 years Mick Cronin has been the head coach of the UC Bearcats men’s basketball team. In that time he has become the second, most winningest…
Fifty West hits the road in New Expansion
As a Chillicothe native and as someone who worked really hard for quite a while to bring a brewery to Chillicothe I couldn’t be more excited to hear the news of Fifty West’s plan to open a new brewpub there. A while ago I heard their vision was to open new brewpubs all along Route…
Exploration Brewery: The Queen City Brewery of Cincinnati
-The Beercat Cincinnati does opening day like no other city. Instead of fighting that downtown disaster I decided to spend it like no one else, exploring a new brewery in this wondrous city. I headed for Blue Ash and the Queen City Brewery of Cincinnati. I had just listened to the Cincy Brewcast featuring one…
Exploration Brewery: Devil’s Kettle
Come with me on a journey outside of the friendly confines of the Queen City as I explore the dark arts and brewing sorcery that is Devil’s Kettle tucked away in the sleepy college town of Athens, OH. Athens is home to three breweries, you’ve definitely heard of the biggest one and odds are you’ve…
Barrels and Bearcats: Bearcats Go Bust
If you’re looking for a pick me up, turn back now. If you’re looking for a pity party-fire everyone witch hunt, turn back now. Let’s pick up the pieces and drink. Definitely keep drinking, heavily. And as always remember this, with my opinion and $10 you can buy a six pack. The Round of 64…
Barrels and Bearcats: The AAC Tournament
Back in Memphis, TN, the AAC tournament left us with some head scratchers and hope. The Bearcats though took care of business and found themselves in the championship for a third matchup of the year against Houston. This team has left a lot of fans frustrated, perplexed, and dumbfounded. Hell some people are probably drinking…