A DCP beer geek’s exclusive Dayton ale trail By Kevin Gray Photo: Use the Dayton City Paper guide to explore the region’s craft beer scene The Dayton beer scene has received a lot of regional and national attention, but it’s a good bet that most people still haven’t tried all of Miami Valley’s breweries, or […]
Dayton beers it all By Kevin J. Gray and Hayley Fudge Photo: “Many critics note that kettle sours can be more one-dimensional than barrel sours, but [their] accessibility has led to a huge surge in demand for them.” It’s no surprise that 2015 continued to be a big year for craft beer not only nationally, […]
Dayton duo craft beer-centric menu By Kevin J. Gray and Hayley Fudge Photo: Antipasta at Spent Grain Beer and food pairing is old news. The new dining trend is using beer as an ingredient in dishes. Two local brothers, Tony and Drew Trick, have teamed up to open the first local restaurant with this concept […]
Carillon Brewing Co. turns one By Kevin J. Gray Photo: Brewster Tanya Brock oversees all production at Carillon Brewing Co. Carillon Brewing Company, the nation’s old museum brewery, celebrated its first anniversary earlier this month. Dayton City Paper sat down with brewster Tanya Brock about what she’s learned, and what’s next for the brewery. What […]
Brown ales round out fall seasonals By Kevin J. Gray Photo: Ellie’s Brown Ale from Avery Brewing Company is a popular American version of the brown ale style Cooler weather means changes on local beer shelves, including an influx of pumpkin-spiced beers, fresh- and wet-hopped beers and other seasonals (at least until the winter beers […]
Ohio Beer Counsel: Legal services for breweries By Kevin J. Gray Photo: Kevin Connell and Adam Armstrong of the Ohio Beer Counsel pose for a picture at AleFest 2015 As the Miami Valley’s craft beer scene continues to expand, ancillary businesses arise to support the industry. One such example is the Ohio Beer Counsel, a […]
Area bottle shops blur border between bar and retail By Kevin J. Gray Photo: Local establishments The Barrel House an Ollie’s Place are changing the face of beer retail Craft beer, with its reinterpretations of old styles and bold flavors, has changed the way Americans drink beer. It is also transforming the way retailers sell […]
Dayton celebrates craft beer at AleFest By Kevin J. Gray // photos: Jim witmer Photo: AleFest Dayton is excited to announce an all-cask tent, which will feature cask conditioned beers AleFest moves downtown For most of its existence, AleFest was synonymous with Carillon Park. That is, until 2014 when founder and longtime owner of the […]
The art (and science) of beer trading By Kevin J. Gray Photo: Beer trading can be a hobby for geeks who want to try beers that are rare, interesting or outside of their distribution area—but the practice exists in a legal gray area With thousands of breweries scattered across the world, one of the most […]
The Dayton Beer Company joins forces with Bonbright Distributing By Kevin J. Gray Photo: The Dayton Beer Company tap list features three dozen Ohio beers, with nearly half brewed in-house In early June, the Dayton beer scene reached another milestone in its maturation when The Dayton Beer Company inked a deal with Bonbright Distributing. This […]
Belle of Dayton breathes new life into old moniker By Kevin J. Gray Photo: The Belle of Dayton still is made of stainless steel and is visible from the distillery’s tasting room Humble beginnings & historic roots Belle of Dayton started as a simple idea: To produce the best small batch spirits available in Dayton. […]
Brothers Drake meadery re-energizes man’s oldest alcoholic art By Kevin J. Gray Photo: Brothers Drake meadery in Columbus maintains a strong focus on community; photo: Rainer Zeihm Columbus, Ohio-based Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar makes some of America’s most innovative and flavorful honey wines, from their Apple Pie, which blends honey, cider and spices, to […]
Ohio’s craft beer scene continues growth By Kevin J. Gray Photo: Enthusiasts gather for Dayton Beer Company’s downtown opening In March, Cincinnati’s nearly two-year-old Rhinegeist brewery announced a jaw-dropping expansion plan. As part of a $10 million undertaking, the brewery bought the building it previously leased, added a massive new brew system and fermenters and […]
Aquifer protection measures impact area breweries By Kevin J. Gray Photo: Dayton’s neutral water allows brewers like Toxic Brew flexibility Beer is comprised of four ingredients: malt, hops, yeast and water. The ways the first three ingredients impact beer are fairly obvious. Although water makes up about 90 percent of a beer, to the general […]
Eudora lets you brew your own By Kevin J. Gray Photo: A colander holds the hops to steep while the wort boils at Eudora Brewing Company On a mid-winter afternoon, Neil Chabut welcomes me to Eudora Brewing Company, one of the nearly two dozen breweries that dot the Miami Valley. Like the others, Eudora sprang […]
DCP-exclusive announcement: AleFest announces AleFest 2015 – Aug. 29, 2015 at Dave Hall Plaza downtown! AleFeast Dayton blends food and beer By Kevin J Gray Photo: The AleFeast craft beer and food pairing event begins at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 The purchase of the AleFest brand in summer 2014 reinvigorated Dayton’s largest craft […]
Love thaws the ice queen with the Dayton Opera The scale and spectacle of Turandot is something not to be […]
Dayton Philharmonic backs prodigy Jackie Evancho at Schuster Jackie Evancho will sing opera favorites as well as her new more […]
DVAC auction returns to Sinclair’s Ponitz Center Attendees can appreciate local artists while socializing with their friends and family. By […]
Tracy McElfresh sews, up-cycles, and blogs her fashion forward McElfresh is fan of vivid colors and bold patterns in her […]
Dayton Funk Forever brings the spirit of 70s soul to Oscar’s (L-R) Joseph Hamp, Patrick Coyne, Brandon Guthrie, Adam Uhlenhake, […]
