Cincinnati beer, recorded close to the source.
Cincy Brewcast is a Cincinnati craft beer show built around local taprooms, brewers, events, and the culture around the glass. It moves easily from brewery expansion talk to Oktoberfest brackets, event logistics, and beers opened in odd corners of the city.
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Cincy Brewcast is a local craft-beer chronicle centered on Cincinnati's breweries, beer events, seasonal releases, and the social world around them. The show is led on mic by the Gnarly Gnome, whose style is informal, opinionated, and visibly invested in the city. It is not polished into generic beverage media. That is part of the point. Episodes often feel like sitting at the table while someone who knows the scene catches up with brewery people, talks through what has changed, and opens something worth discussing. The focus stays mostly on Cincinnati beer, but the frame can widen into drinking culture more broadly, including Cincy Drinks magazine, cocktails, spirits, coffee, soda, tea, and whatever else might belong in that local beverage conversation. Recent episodes cover Bacchus Brewfest, Higher Gravity's Beervent Calendar, Alexandria Brewing Company's move toward West Chester, Streetside conversations after major beer competitions, and Braxton's Factory 52 space. The show also has a strong streak of annual ritual. The Oktoberfest Quest turns packaged Cincinnati Oktoberfest beers into a bracket-style seasonal obsession, with logistics, eliminations, and repeat tastings treated as part of the fun. Cincy Brewcast likes the community side of beer as much as the beer itself. Event hangouts, music, designated-driver tickets, grab bags, neighborhood bars, and odd recording locations all matter here. So do bigger questions about brewery identity, growth, and what happens when customers want restaurants and light beer while breweries still want discovery and excitement. The show is useful for local drinkers tracking openings and events, but it also works as a record of how one city's craft-beer scene talks to itself. It can be rambling. It can be funny. It can be very specific. That specificity is the appeal.
Made for: For Cincinnati craft-beer drinkers, brewery regulars, event-goers, and local beverage obsessives who want scene knowledge with personality. It especially suits listeners who enjoy taproom talk, seasonal tastings, and behind-the-scenes brewery updates.
What sets it apart: Cincy Brewcast stands out because it is embedded in one local beer community rather than surveying craft beer from a distance. Its recurring quests, brewery check-ins, event previews, and unusual recording locations make the city itself part of the show.
We bring you all the latest happenings in the Cincinnati Beer Community, from the voices of the people who make it all happen. Talking to the owners, the brewers and the drinkers of Cincinnati Beer we will always attempt to show you that craft beer isn’t always just about what’s in the glass, sometimes there’s a bigger picture involved!
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Brewcast pairs festival ticket details with relaxed talk of beer, music, and time with friends.
Brewcast makes the festival sound like an afternoon built for lingering with friends. Beer is part of the draw, but the host also makes room for people who would come just to hear the music. The practical details are useful: general admission starts at 4 p.m.
At Braxton Factory 52, the Gnarly Gnome asks whether brewery growth can leave room for discovery.
At Braxton Factory 52, the Gnarly Gnome starts with Braxton's new spaces and soon gets to a question that reaches beyond them: how can a brewery grow without losing the fun of discovering beer? Changing drinking habits put that question in practical terms.
Beer talk opens into the people and practical work behind a food truck gathering.
The host opens a Thursday afternoon with Listerman's Helles Rauch lager, finding it light, with smoke that stays in the background. Tony from the Queen City Mobile Food Truck Association joins him to talk about a food truck gathering.
Bourbon talk, barrel stories, messy good pours.
Bourbon reviews with memory, candor, and community.
Everyday life, thought through together.
Live from Bockfest, the host interviews the founder about the festival's history and atmosphere.
David Nilsen discusses his work in craft beer writing and his projects, including Final Gravity and chocolate, while sitting down at Muller Brew Barn in Dayton.
Cincy Brewcast opens with Listerman’s Helles Rauch, reading "nearly 200 years ago" from the can and debating whether smoke should stay "balanced" instead of "over smoked." The beer conversation also covers Streetside’s "Midwest-y" West Coast IPA, the label restrictions around words like "shit," and the odd case where a s'mores can art was changed because the beer did not use marshmallows.
The Gnarly Gnome returns from hiatus to announce the new season of Scentsy Brewcast and previews the upcoming Bacchus Brewfest with Bill Marks.
The Gnarly Gnome breaks down Higher Gravity's 2025 Beervent calendar, which contained 26 beers across categories including five Belgians, five crushers, four hoppy beers, and three barrel-aged beers.
The Gnarly Gnome interviews Andy Reynolds of Alexandria Brewing Company about the nearly open West Chester Outpost, which brings the brewery closer to customers north of Interstate 275.
Garrett Hickey discusses recent wins at GABF and World Beer Cup on the Cincy Brewcast.
The host concludes their annual quest to find the best Oktoberfest beer in Cincinnati, live from MadTree Brewing.
Cincy Brewcast visits Braxton Factory 52, where Jake and Evan Rouse explain why Braxton took over High Wire’s Cincinnati facility after Hurricane Helene disrupted Asheville operations.
The host and guest sit at a secret party tree in the woods, opening beers and discussing the location's mystique before diving into a craft beer tasting.
The host introduces a unique recording location for the Cincy Brewcast at Happy Hollow, a quirky bar in Norwood, and sets up a conversation with guests.
The host introduces guests at Higher Gravity, including Elijah Moreland, a local craft beer enthusiast and homebrewer, with playful banter about train tracks.