Rhinegeist Beer: Where To Buy And What To Know

Rhinegeist Brewery takes its name from Cincinnati's historic Over-the-Rhine Brewery District, with its name translating to Ghost of the Rhine. The brewery was built within the 1895 Moerlein bottling plant, which was the city's largest brewery. Today, the historic bottling plant has been revitalized with house-brewed Rhinegeist beers and a taproom. The brewery's classic beer is Truth Indian pale ale, but they also offer a range of other beers, including Cougar blonde ale, Knowledge Imperial India Pale Ale, and Mosaic Seasonal Pale Ale. Rhinegeist beers are currently distributed in select states around Ohio, but they can also be found online and shipped to your door.

Rhinegeist beer online

Rhinegeist beer is available for purchase online and can be shipped directly to your door. The Rhinegeist website has a store where you can place orders for store pick-up. The website also features a search tool and map to help you find Rhinegeist beers in stores, bars, and restaurants near you.

In addition to the Rhinegeist website, you can also buy their beer online from Drizly, which offers delivery in under 60 minutes.

Rhinegeist beers are currently distributed in select states around Ohio, including Cincinnati and Columbus, where they self-distribute. Distributors in other states include Heidelberg Distributing Company, Ohio Valley Wine & Beer, Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale, and more.

Rhinegeist beer in Ohio

Rhinegeist Brewery, meaning "Ghost of the Rhine" or "Spirit of the Rhine", is a craft brewery and craft cidery based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The brewery's 25,000 square feet taproom and production facility is located in the Over-the-Rhine neighbourhood, occupying the former bottling plant of Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. The brewery also operates a shipping, storage and innovation facility in the Camp Washington neighbourhood.

Rhinegeist self-distributes in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, and its products are available in bars, restaurants and stores across the state. The Rhinegeist website features a search tool and map to help customers find its beers and ciders. The brewery's taproom is also open to the public seven days a week, offering games such as corn hole.

Rhinegeist's product range includes:

• Truth (IPA)
• Juicy Truth (Hazy Juicy IPA)
• Knowledge (Imperial IPA)
• Geist Tea (Hard Craft Tea)
• Bubbles (Hard Craft Beverage)
• Cheetah (Lager)
• Franz (Oktoberfest beer)
• Press Tart (Berliner Style Weisse Fruit Beer)
• Crumb Cake (Imperial Red Ale)
• Ink (Imperial Stout)
• Uncle (Session beer)
• Vision (Intensely aromatic, bright with hops)
• Flamingo (Creamsicle cruise into lupulin lagoons)
• Nitro Luck (Irish Stout)
• Cougar (Blonde Ale)
• Spikelet (Hoppy Wheat Beer)
• Zen (Session Pale Ale)
• Cincy Light
• Amber

In addition to its core range, Rhinegeist also releases dozens of seasonal and limited canned, bottled and draft-only products each year.

Rhinegeist beer in Cincinnati

Rhinegeist Brewery is a craft brewery and craft cidery based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The name Rhinegeist means "Ghost of the Rhine" and refers to the brewery's location in the historic Over-the-Rhine Brewery District in Cincinnati. The brewery was founded in 2013 by Bob Bonder and Bryant Goulding and has since become one of the largest independent craft breweries in the United States.

The Rhinegeist Brewery taproom and production facility is located in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. The taproom is open seven days a week and offers games such as corn hole. The brewery also has a rooftop bar that is restricted to patrons aged 21 and above. The brew hall can be rented out for private events and has hosted weddings and various other events.

Rhinegeist distributes its products in Ohio, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. The brewery self-distributes in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, and has additional shipping, storage, and innovation brewing facilities in Cincinnati's Camp Washington neighborhood.

The brewery offers a wide range of beers, including IPAs, pale ales, stouts, lagers, and more. They also sell ciders under the name Cidergeist, using an alternative apple-shaped skull logo. Rhinegeist's main brew hall and taproom are located in a 25,000-square-foot facility in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, occupying the former pre-Prohibition bottling plant of Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.

Rhinegeist has received national recognition for its beers, with the Truth IPA being named one of the 100 best beers in the world by Men's Journal in 2014. The brewery has also been featured in publications such as GQ, Forbes, and Thrillist.

Rhinegeist beer in bars and restaurants

You can find Rhinegeist beer in bars and restaurants in various locations across the United States. The Rhinegeist website has a search tool and map that can help you find their beers in your local area.

The brewery is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and they self-distribute in Cincinnati and Columbus. The Rhinegeist taproom is located at 1910 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. They also have a presence in the historic Over-the-Rhine Brewery District in Cincinnati, which inspired their name, which translates to "Ghost of the Rhine".

Rhinegeist beers are distributed in select states around Ohio, including in SE Ohio, Cleveland, Dayton, Lorain, Toledo, Youngstown, Clinton, Highland, Brown, and Adams County. Their website provides a list of distributors and regions, which includes areas outside of Ohio, such as Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

Some bars and restaurants serving Rhinegeist beer include:

• The Bar, Dayton, OH
• Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, OH
• Rhinegeist Rooftop Bar, Cincinnati, OH
• Schmidt's Restaurant und Sausage Haus, Columbus, OH
• Tip Top Kitchen & Cocktails, Columbus, OH
• Waterfront Warehouse, Kenosha, WI
• Oat Soda, Lake Orion, MI
• The Harp & Fiddle, Park Ridge, IL

Rhinegeist beer in stores

Rhinegeist beer is available in select stores in Ohio, including Cincinnati and Columbus, where the company self-distributes. You can use the search tool and map on the Rhinegeist website to find Rhinegeist beers, ciders, bars, and restaurants near you. However, it is recommended to call ahead to your local store to check availability, as it can change rapidly.

If you are located in Ohio, you can find Rhinegeist beer at the following distributors:

• Heidelberg Distributing Company (SE Ohio, Cleveland, Dayton, Lorain, Toledo, and Youngstown)
• Ohio Valley Wine & Beer (Clinton, Highland, Brown, and Adams County)
• Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale (Pittsburgh and SW Pennsylvania)
• Erie Beer (NW Pennsylvania)
• Nittany Beverage (State College)
• Penn Beer (Southeastern PA)
• Bounty Bev (Nashville and Davidson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Rutherford, Maury Trousdale, and Cheatham)
• Hand Family Companies (Chattanooga, Clarksville, Cookeville)
• Holston Distributing Co (Johnson City)
• Eagle Distributing Co
• Tarver Distributing Co
• Mountain State Beverage (Whole State)
• Aalco Dist (Fort Wayne and Angola, Auburn, Warsaw, and Huntington)
• Best Beers Inc (Bloomington, Bedford, and Nashville)
• Boone Beverage (Boone, Clinton)
• Cal Brew (Gary and NW Indiana – Hammond, Crown Point, Valpo, Chesterton, and Merrillville/Schererville)
• Craig Distributing (Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Union)
• Greenfield Distributing (Fayette, Hancock, Rush)
• Jay County Distributing (Jay & Randolph counties)
• Mid-Am Bev (Kokomo, Carmel, and Lafayette)
• North Vernon Beverage Company Inc (SE Region & Madison, Jeffersonville, and Shelbyville)
• Orange County Distributing (Floyd, Washington, Orange)
• Tas Smith Dist (Muncie, Anderson, Noblesville and Fishers)
• United Beverage (South Bend and North Central Indiana – Elkart and Goshen)
• Working Distributors (Evansville and SW Indiana – Gibson, Knox, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick)
• Zink Distributing (Indianapolis and Terre Haute)
• Wisconsin Distributors Inc (Southern Wisconsin)
• Larry's Distributing

Rhinegeist beer is also available for online purchase and store pick-up during taproom hours.

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