Prohibition Resistance Tour 2008

April 12-13, 2008

This year's tour saw over 520 people come to the Brewery District to learn about the incredible history we have here. The tours started at the Cincinnati Museum Center, where the Cincinnati History Museum's special exhibit on Cincinnati's brewing history was on display. Christian Moerlein Brewing Company's CEO Greg Hardman intorduced us to the amazing story of how Christian Moerlein left his native Germany and started one of the biggest breweries in the country, a story that mirrors the history of Cincinnati. The bus tour included many of the remaining brewery buildings in Cincinnati, including the John Hauck Dayton Street Brewery, the Clyffside Brewery, the Jackson Brewery, and the Christian Moerlein Brewery. We explored the life of another of Cincinnati's great brewers at the John Hauck House Museum, where this restored mansion on Cincinnati's original "Millionaire's Row" contains original antiques, furnishings and brewing memorabilia. The final stop was at another of Cincinnati's great breweries, the Kauffmann Brewery, where we journeyed to the sub-basements and tunnels of the brewery, spaces unused since Prohibition. The tour was topped off with some delicious beers at the Ale Haus on Findlay Market.

Prohibition Resistance Tour 2006

September 16, 2006

The Brewery District presented a guided tour of some of the most significant remnants of Over-the-Rhine's Nineteenth Century brewing heritage. Almost 500 people from around the Tri-State volunteered or participated in a tour of the neighborhood and some of its breweries, and heard about Cincinnati's brewing history. In addition, hundreds of signatures were collected to encourage City Council to save the Kauffmann Building, an important part of Over-the-Rhine's history and architecture.