upcoming events: bockfest + cincinnati rollergirls

don't have plans this weekend? well you do now. get your ass to bockfest, the best and most awesome beer festival in cincinnati (and anywhere else). if you want to know more about bockfest, click on the link above or check out my post about it from last year.

here is a very interesting enquirer article about cincinnati's fascinating beer history. i am so obsessed with this. did you know that back in the 1880s vine street alone used to have 137 beer gardens on it? and in case that was not enough, you could take one of five funiculars up the hill to clifton where there was a whole other beer garden district. pubs used to offer free lunches to anybody who bought a beer, and beers were only 5 cents. can you imagine how awesome cincinnati was back then? unfortunately prohibition destroyed everything. jerks.

the awesome prohibition resistance tour is going to be showing people around some of the abandoned breweries this weekend, and i am going to be giving one of the tours. unfortunately the tours sold out weeks ago, but if you are still interested in seeing some cool architecture and historical landmarks in the old brewery district, you should check out the over-the-rhine historic church tour on sunday, which has not sold out as of right now anyway. and you still get free beer tickets with that tour too.

other than the tour, there are all kinds of fun things happening over the weekend. lots of bars (even some that are usually closed) will be open all weekend. the kauffman brewery at 1621 moore street (which is normally just closed up) will be the location of bockfest hall. there will be a parade starting at 6 pm leaving from arnold's and going up to bockfest hall, and on saturday night is the always hilarious sausage queen competition. and in case you don't feel like trekking all over, there will be free shuttles going around all weekend. it does not get more awesome than that.

in other non-beer related news, the cincinnati rollergirls are about to start up their season. as most of you know, our very own lauren (aka miss print) is on the team. in case you haven't already, you can check out lauren's other blog, roller derby diva.


the first bout will be on saturday, march 27 against the san diego derby dolls, and i am sure it will be a great time as always. bouts are held at cincinnati gardens and start at 7 pm. tickets are $10 and you can buy them here or from your favorite rollergirl, or just at the door the night of the bout. for the first couple of hours after the doors open, pbrs are only $1 (oops, there i go with the beer again) and you can buy them 2 at a time so you can just stock up and nurse them throughout the match if you are cheap like me.

after every bout, the team has an after party, and this year they are taking place at molly malone's in pleasant ridge. roller derby is competitive, hilarious, and so much fun to watch, and draws a big crowd. you should definitely check it out if you haven't already.