Prohibition Resistance Tour

Saturday March 6 and Sunday March 7

Join us as we explore Cincinnati's rich brewing heritage, both above and below ground.

Each tour will start at Bockfest Hall, where participants will learn about the Brewery District and then travel to the Clyffside Brewery (also known as the Mohawk, Sohn, and Red Top Brewery). Here, a multimedia presentation will take participants back to 1888, when Cincinnati was one of the brewing centers of the country and beer was the backbone of Over-the-Rhine. We'll continue our tour past the remaining breweries on Brewer's Boulevard with such storied names such as Jackson, Moerlein, Lafayette, and Hudepohl. The next stop will be the Kauffman Brewery, where we'll hear about Cincinnati's beer barons and explore the massive subterranean lagering cellars under the building. A brief walk past the typical working class Italianate tenements will explore the typical Over-the-Rhine resident's life in 1888. The final stop will be the Crown Brewery (also known as the Schmidt Brothers Brewery). Here we'll learn how Prohibition closed most of the Cincinnati breweries and dealt a devastating blow to Over-the-Rhine. This tour will include a visit to the recently rediscovered and reopened lagering cellars and tunnel underneath McMicken Avenue, which have been sealed off for 50 years and never before opened to the public.

At the end of the Tour, participants will receive beer tickets to continue the festivities at Bockfest Hall!

To purchase tickets or to volunteer, please go HERE.

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