Ohio Breweries

Breweries

by Rick Armon

• 49 breweries and brewpubs
• Types of beer brewed at each site and the author's pick of the best beer to try
• Information on tours, takeout, and food for each brewery
• Features on Ohio's beer festivals, Winking Lizard's World Beer Tour, and the Ohio Craft Brewers Association

Genres: Beer

293 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 4, 2011

Reviews

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

 
Overall: 2.5/5

Cons: 1/5
- Outdated.
- Not comprehensive.
- Top beers have changed. After all, it has been five years at the time of this review since publication. (For instance, you won't learn about Columbus Brewing Company's "Bodhi.")
- Zilch about Dayton and the Miami Valley area breweries, brewpubs, or taphouses. I realize this book came out shortly before the Dayton area craft beer scene exploded, but a revised edition would be nice.

Pros: 4/5
- Breweries covered range from macros to little known micros.
- Inspirational start-up stories for burgeoning homebrewers, potential start-ups, and beer lovers.
- Snippets of interviews with owners.
- Little known details about the breweries revealed.

My advice: go ahead and read it if you are looking for background information, history, stories, and want a sampling of Ohio's breweries. The stories and interviews make it worth it for that. But don't use it as a travel guide or a comprehensive manual of the Ohio craft beer scene. Instead, go here http://www.ohiocraftbeer.com/breweries/brewerymap.cfm or here http://ohiocraftbeer.org/ and also check out Untappd, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and cities' news and business sites for more information.

Armon's efforts are applaudable, and I realize it's impossible to publish about beer as fast beer changes, but unless he's lost interest, he should definitely update this book.

[Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cool book if you are into beer. I have visited quite a few of these breweries and they are all great in their own way. This book is just like a guidebook. Go enjoy what Ohio has to offer but always remember to drink responsibly.

[Richard Gombert · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good guide to the breweries in Ohio.

Now to go visit all those that I have not yet visited. Already visited 4 breweries.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

There have been so many changes in craft breweries in Ohio that this book is rather outdated. However, I applaud the idea and effort.