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St. Patrick’s Day Activities at Arnold’s

Two great St. Patrick’s Day events coming to Arnold’s this weekend!

Friday March 12th Official St Patty’s Parade Kickoff

Join Arnold’s Friday March 12th for the Mad Hatter party. Ridiculous hats completely encouraged. Prizes given away for best hats. Jameson and Guinness will be in house giving away free hats and shwag as well. Both are having a Big Prize Drawing. Jameson is giving away a free mountain bike and Guinness will be giving away a Giant Guinness mirror. Prize Drawing is promptly at 10pm. You must be present to win. Full Irish menu all weekend. Live music from The Catfish Evans Trio 6-8pm and The Tadcasters 9pm-1am. Party starts at 8pm.

Kegs & Eggs At Arnold’s
Saturday March 13th Official Pre-Parade Breakfast

Arnold’s is opening at a very early 6am, parade day, for the official Kegs and Eggs breakfast. Start St Patrick’s day off right with a Guinness, delicious home cooked breakfast, and Premier League Soccer Highlights on our Big Screen Projector all morning. Beer Specials from 6-8am on Guinness, 3.50 Imperial pints (20oz). Head on down to the Parade about ten and return to Arnold’s afterwards for live music all day from The Flock, The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and Magnolia Mountain. Arnold’s is a tradition for many on the day of the parade. Come be a part of it.

Additional info: http://www.cincinnatisaintpatrickparade1.netfirms.com/schedule.htm

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Shorts Hops: March 9, 2010

● Cincinnati Enquirer: Old Hudepohl plant awaits rebirth

● Chicago Tribune: Chicago culinary titans collaborating on new craft beer

Check out these stories about the archaic beer laws in Pennsylvania. Absolutely unbelievable!

● Philly.com: Troopers raid popular bars for unlicensed beers

● Philadelphia Daily News: Pol calls beer raid ‘ridiculous use of manpower’

● Joe Sixpack: Outdated laws, a changed beer scene

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This Week in Beer: March 8 – 14, 2010

Monday, March 8th at 6:00 pm – Half Price Pint Night at JeanRo Bistro

Tuesday, March 9th at 7:00 pm – North Coast Beer Dinner at Honey
The cost is $65 per person and to make a reservation call (513) 541-4300 or email honeynorthside@yahoo.com See our earlier post for more information.

Wednesday, March 10th at 6:00 pm – Pint Night Wednesday at Catskeller (UC Campus)

Thursday, March 11th at 6:00-10:00 pm – Cock & Bull: Pint Night (Covington) Thursdays
This week, it’s Guinness.

Thursday, March 11th at 6:30 pm – Mug Club Tapping of at Rock Bottom Brewery
This annual event is a fundraiser tapping for the Local Fallen Firefighter’s Fund. Once again, the Cincinnati Firefighters Pipes and Drums will be on hand! If you are not a Rock Bottom Mug Club member yet, you can sign up on the spot!

Thursday, March 11th at 6:30 pm – Beer Tasting at Mama Vita’s
Mama Vita’s is located at 6405 Branch Hill-Guinea Pike, Milford, OH. Call 513-697-9705 for reservations, $5 per person.

Thursday, March 11th at 7:30 pm – Malt Infusers Monthly meeting

Friday, March 12th from 4:00-7:00 pm – Flowing Fridays Beer Tasting at Cork ‘N Bottle (Covington and Buttermilk Pike-Crescent Springs)

Friday, March 12th from 4:00-6:00 pm – Beer Tasting at D.E.P.’s Fine Wine and Spirits in Fort Thomas (formerly Liquor Direct)

Friday, March 12th from 6:00-7:00 pm – Friday Night Flights Beer Tasting at Party Town in Florence

Friday, March 12th from 7:00-9:00 pm – Smuttynose Beer Tasting at Jungle Jim’s
From the Jungle Jim’s web site:

Smuttynose Brewing Company is a craft brewery that was founded in 1994 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is named after Smuttynose Island, one of the Isles of Shoals. We will have as our guest Peter Egleston, the father of east-coast micro-brewing and the CEO of Smuttynose. Founded in 1994 by Egelston as a joint partnership with Ipswich Brewery (now Mercury Brewing Company), Peter quickly became the sole owner. The current, year round beer lineup consists of Shoals Pale Ale, Smuttynose IPA (aka The Finest Kind), Portsmouth Lager, Old Brown Dog, and Smuttynose Robust Porter. The Seasonals include Summer Weizen, Winter Ale, Pumpkin Ale, and Hanami Ale, a Belgian-inspired cherry ale introduced in the spring of 2007. The Big Beer Series lineup includes Barleywine, Wheat Wine, Imperial Stout, Scotch Ale, S’muttonator Doublebock, Farmhouse Ale and Big A IPA. Cost: $25.00 per person

Saturday, March 13th from 5:00-8:00pm – Ludlow Wines: Beer Tasting

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Short Hops: March 6, 2010

● Chicago Now: 8 Beer Sites You Should Be Using

● Pabst brings back the Schlitz ‘Tall Boy’ can

● Washington City Paper: Beer Pairing Tips? Try barleydine

● Brewing Over the Science Of Beer

● Pensacola News Journal: They may not win Oscars, but beer flicks are golden

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Save money on your tickets for the Cincinnati Beer Fest

Like the old commercial said, membership has its privileges. Here’s a great offer for all of our Hoperatives.

Cincinnati Beer Fest offer

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Short Hops (Tastings and Growlers edition): March 5, 2010

● City Cellars at 908 Race Street is having a Beer Closeout party today from 4 to 9 p.m. You can get $8 draft pitchers and select 500ml bottles for $2. Some select 650ml and 750ml bottles are buy one, get one free. Plus, the wood fired pizza oven will be cranking out the pies. Check out their web site for more information. (Thanks to Jason Siebert, Hoperative #34, for passing this information along to us.)

● Tonight’s Friday Night Flights at Party Town in Florence feature Avery Brewing Company of Colorado. In addition, they will be tapping Avery 15th and 16th Anniversary Ales and giving growler customers a free Avery pint glass with a fill of either beer. Remember that the cost for the regular tasting is $2 for a full flight of beers and it goes from 6:00 – 7:00 pm.

● At this week’s Cork ‘N Bottle beer tastings, they will feature at Covington: On the growler station: Summit Maibock, Goose Island Matilda, Cork ‘n Brew Brown Ale/ Boulder Mojo Rising IPA and in bottles on Friday, it’s a Mini-Bock Fest featuring Steigl Columbus Bock, Ayinger Weizen Bock, Sierra Nevada Glissade Golden Bock, Berghoff Bock. At the Buttermilk Pike location, on the growler station, it’s Gulden Draak, Avery White Rascal, Goose Island IPA and Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout. And in bottles, it’s O’Fallon tasting that was rescheduled from last week: Cherry Chocolate Ale, 5-Day IPA and Smoked Porter. No tastings on Saturday at either location until spring. The tastings at both locations are from 4:00 – 7:00 pm on Fridays and from 2:00 – 5:00 pm on Saturdays. Cost is $1 for 6 to 8 beers.

● At Main Street Wine and Spirits, they will be tasting bocks from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. They are located at 1252 W. Ohio Pike, Amelia, OH.

● D.E.P.’s Fine Wine and Spirits beer tasting today at their Fort Thomas location is tasting Flying Dog this week. The tasting usually goes from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

● On the Growler Station at Party Town in Florence: Bourbon Barrel Smoked Stout ($12.99), Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine ($18.99), Dogfish Head 90 Minute ($11.99), Lindemans Framboise ($24.99), Sierra Nevada Pale Ale ($6.99), Founders Bourbon Barrel Porter ($14.99), BBC Brandy Barrel Queens Knickers ($9.99), Ommegang Rare Vos ($10.99), Rye 75 ($6.99), Stone Oaked Arrogant ($11.99), Unibroue Ephemere ($12.99), Great Lakes Burning River ($6.99), Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald ($6.99), Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale ($9.99). All prices are for a refill. For a new growler add $2.00.

● On the Growler Station at Party Source in Bellevue: Founders Centennial IPA ($12.99), Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter ($14.99), d’Achouffe La Chouffe ($21.99), Bell’s Cherry Stout ($14.99), Goose Island Bourbon County Stout ($29.99), Dogfish Head Red and White ($28.99), Three Floyds Topless Witch ($23.99), Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale ($10.99). Prices include empty growler.

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Great Lakes Black Ice available today only at Party Source

From the Party Source newsletter:

Don’t forget that today we are pouring a rare brew – GREAT LAKES Black Ice. This brew is only available at the famed Great Lakes Brew Pub in Cleveland. As always, we’re out trying to find the best beers available and not so easily available. We do this so that we can bring you the most amazing selection of craft delicious. We’re also fortunate to have friends in the right pubs. This is one of the most limited beers we have ever offered and to share the love with as many as possible, we’re offering half growlers. Come early and come thirsty!

Date: Thurs. 03.04.2010 Time: 4:00 – 6:00 pm (or until the last drop)

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How to Survive Bockfest 2010

As the saying goes, some things are worth repeating. With Bockfest coming up this weekend, we wanted to remind everyone of some survival strategies for beer events like this.

Back in January, one of our contributors John Lavelle wrote a post in anticipation of the Cincy Winter Beerfest that weekend called “PSA: Surviving a Beer Festival” with lots of great tips. Read it again and apply many of them to Bockfest this weekend.

Ronda from Arnold’s echoes many of the tips John mentions in her post “My Idea Of The Perfect Bockfest Evening” on her blog Eating at Arnold’s and More. As she points out, you really need to pace yourself at Bockfest. We try to always make sure we have a large glass of water after each beer. You need to stay hydrated!

Have an iPhone? City Beat’s Bockfest Handbook is available for you at http://npaper-wehaa.com/city-beat/bockfest2010/. We’re also working on a text only version of our (Nearly) Complete Guide to Bockfest that we posted yesterday. We’ll let you know when it’s available.

If you need a cab ride home, remember you just need to call Fetch Taxi at 513-35-FETCH. They use a single telephone number that gets you connected with over eight different taxi companies that serve the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky region. We suggest you add that number to your cell phone’s directory right now. [Thanks to Monika from the (such a) RedKatBlonde blog for telling us about Fetch Taxi!]

If you really want to think ahead, get a hotel room downtown. This will be the second year we’re doing this. The closest one is the Garfield Suites Hotel. As of this writing, they have available for both Friday and Saturday nights. Rates start at $99 a night for a one bedroom condo suite. We loved how the staff asked if we were having a good time at Bockfest every time we returned to the hotel.

Bockfest is one of the great events that makes Cincinnati the city we love. Here’s wishing all of you a wonderful Bockfest!

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The (Nearly) Complete Guide to Bockfest 2010

Thanks to Bockfest.com, Chris Breeden at Arnold’s, Jean-Francois Flehet at Taste of Belgium, Micah Paldino and many other folks for providing this information. Any additions or corrections are welcomed!

Wednesday, March 3rd
• 5:00 p.m. – Keg Tapping of Schoenling Bock and Hudepohl Bock at Mecklenburg Gardens
Spaten Maibock and a German buffet also available

Thursday, March 4th
• 5:00 p.m. – Bockfest Happy Hour at Senate Restaurant
$2 Moerleins, $5 Hot dogs on the grill and Schoenling Bock on tap

Friday, March 5th
• 11:00 a.m. – Arnold’s opens
Six Bock beers on tap for the weekend, Special wild game menu
• 11:00 a.m. – Washington Platform opens
Hudepohl & Schoenling Bocks on tap. Bockwurst sandwiches, ruebens, fresh shucked oysters and a Spring Clambake on Friday evening, which is a one night all-you-care-to-eat “boil” of shrimp, crawfish, clams, mussels, corn & potatoes.
• 11:00 a.m. – Iris Book Cafe opens (closes at 6:00 p.m.)
Dopplebock brownies!
• 3:30 p.m. – Courtyard Cafe opens
Menu for Bockfest includes Aunt Gertie’s Famous Bockwurst Sandwich, Smoked Turkey Legs, Mock Turtle Soup, Soft Pretzels with Beer Cheese, and Hot Slaw. Lots of Bock Beers On Tap.
• 4:00 p.m. – Bockfest Hall opens
Food at Bockfest Hall this year is from Mecklenburg Garden and Taste of Belgium. Jean-Francois at Taste of Belgium promises traditional savory crêpes (egg, ham, gruyere) and their twist on a Reuben: buckwheat batter with sauerkraut, corned been and 1000 island dressing. The crêpes are made with Christian Moerlein beer.
• 4:00 p.m. – Todd Hepburn live at Arnold’s Beer Garden
• 4:00 p.m. – Grammer’s opens
Live music and a special sausage menu for Bockfest
• 4:00 p.m. – Milton’s Prospect Hill Tavern opens
• 5:00 p.m. – Mr. Pitiful’s opens
Grilled Brats and Metts
• 5:00 p.m. – Jack Potts Tavern opens
• 6:00 p.m. – Bockfest parade
The parade starts to form in front of Arnold’s at 5:30 and then moves up Main Street at 6:00 p.m.
• 6:00 p.m. – 46 Long live at Arnold’s courtyard
• 6:30 p.m. – Blessing of the Bock at Bockfest Hall (the historic Kauffman Brewery at 1621 Moore St)
• 7:00 p.m. – The Bier Band live at Bockfest Hall
• 7:00 p.m. – Continuous free shuttle to all Bockfest Venues starts running (stops at 1:00 a.m.)
• 9:00 p.m. – Jake Speed and the Freddies live at Bockfest Hall
• 9:00 p.m. – Lagniappe live at Arnold’s courtyard and throughout the bar
• 9:00 p.m. – The Goshorn Brothers Band live at Mr. Pitiful’s
• 9:00 p.m. – Stays in Vegas live at Jack Potts Tavern
• 10:00 p.m. – Lucy Blue Pizza opens

Saturday, March 6th
• 10:00 a.m. – Bockfest Hall opens
Sarah Stephens, author of Cincinnati’s Brewing History and Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, author of German-Americana: Selected Essays author and President of German-American Citizens League of Greater Cincinnati, will be on hand both Saturday and Sunday to talk about Over-the-Rhine history and sign copies of their books.
• 10:00 a.m. – Continuous free shuttle to all Bockfest Venues starts running (stops at 1:00 a.m.)
• 10:00 a.m. – Prohibition Resistance Tours begin
SOLD OUT!
• 11:00 a.m. – Arnold’s opens
Try a sampler of the six Bock Beers on tap
• 11:00 a.m. – Jack Potts Tavern opens
• 11:00 a.m. – Iris Book Cafe opens (closes at 6:00 p.m.)
• 11:00 a.m. – Washington Platform opens
• 12:00 noon – Blotarian Brewing League Second Annual Hudepohl Bock Brewing Competition begins
• 12:00 noon – Courtyard Cafe opens
• 1:00 p.m. – Milton’s Prospect Hill Tavern opens
• 2:00 p.m. – Lagniappe at Milton’s Prospect Hill Tavern
• 3:00 p.m. – Mr. Pitiful’s opens
• 4:00 p.m. – Todd Hepburn live on the piano at Arnold’s
• 4:00 p.m. – Grammer’s opens
• 6:00 p.m. – Cheryl Renee sings the Blues live in Arnold’s courtyard
• 8:00 p.m. – “Little Kings” Sausage Queen Competition Finals at Bockfest Hall
Expect the unexpected at this event!
• 9:00 p.m. – Cincinnati Dancing Pigs live at Arnold’s
• 9:00 p.m. – Laika live at Jack Potts Tavern
• 9:00 p.m. – Special live at Mr. Pitiful’s
• 9:30 p.m. – Straw Boss live at Bockfest Hall
• 10:00 p.m. – DJ Dirty C (aka Carl) live at Milton’s Prospect Hill Tavern

Sunday, March 7th
• 10:00 a.m. – Arnold’s opens
Special Bock Brunch with live music from classical guitarist Brian Deyo
• 11:00 a.m. – Bockfest Hall opens
German Day with music by the Polka Dots Band and German dancing by the Enzian Tanzgruppe dancers and the Donauschwaben Schuhplattler dancers
• 11:00 a.m. – Prohibition Resistance Tours begin
• 11:00 a.m. – Continuous free shuttle to all Bockfest Venues starts running (stops at 7:00 p.m.)
• 11:00 a.m. – Iris Book Cafe opens (closes at 10:00 p.m.)
• 12:00 noon – Courtyard Cafe opens
• 12:00 noon – Jack Potts Tavern opens
• 1:00 p.m. – Milton’s Prospect Hill Tavern opens
• 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Over-the-Rhine Historic Church Tour
This walking tour includes stops at Old St. Mary’s, Nast Trinity, First Lutheran and St. Frances Sereph. Tickets are $20 per person and benefit the Over-the-Rhine Foundation.
• 4:00 p.m. – Grammer’s opens
• 4:00 p.m. – Washington Platform opens
• 7:00 p.m. – Friar Tuck live at Jack Potts Tavern

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North Coast Beer Dinner at Honey – March 9th

Honey in Northside is going to be hosting another beer dinner on Tuesday, March 9th at 7:00 pm. This time, the featured beers are from North Coast Brewery of Fort Bragg, California and the special guest is John Bisson who is the Midwest Representative for North Coast. The menu and beer pairings include:

● Pranqster Belgian Style Golden Ale paired with seared Chilean sea bass with local vegetable slaw and orange-fennel jelly

● Red Seal Ale paired with baby arugula and local green wave with lemon Stilton, prosciutto di Parma, and toasted pecans

● Brother Thelonius Belgian Style Abbey Ale paired with pork tenderloin atop house-cured bacon and apple bread pudding with Rouster’s apple compote

● Old Stock Ale paired with braised veal cheek over root vegetable purée and local Swiss chard

● Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout paired with Old Rasputin vanilla bean crème caramel

According to Adam Bankovich of Cavalier Distributing, the dessert course with Old Rasputin is incredible. The cost is $65 per person and to make a reservation call (513) 541-4300 or email honeynorthside@yahoo.com

Hope to see you there!

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