Reconnect the Kauffman!
September 9, 2010 at 10AM
Join us as we reconnect one of Cincinnati's historic pre-Prohbition breweries!
John Kauffman began working for his uncle in 1844 at the Franklin Brewery, located at a site along Reading Road. In 1853, along with his father-in-law George Eichenlaub, he started the Kauffman and Company brewery on Vine Street. Construction of the Vine Street Brewery began in 1859, and at its height was the 4th largest in Cincinnati, exporting beer throughout the country including Nashville, Montgomery, Atlanta, Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans. The brewery buildings date from 1859 and 1886, and are stellar examples of Cincinnati’s grand brewing history.
The tunnels underneath Hamer Street are common of Nineteenth Century brewery buildings in Cincinnati because of federal laws that required bottling operations to be separated from brewing facilities, as well as for convenience. (The law meant that beer had to be kegged initially, then bottled directly from the keg in a building separate from the brewery. This law was changed in 1890.) The brewery closed due to Prohibition in 1919 and never reopened. Subsequent businesses in the building sealed off the tunnels and lagering cellars and used them as trash pits. This event will remove the last obstructions and “Reconnect the Kauffman”.
On September 9, 2010, volunteers will break through the remaining walls and remove debris to reconnect one of Cincinnati’s historic pre-prohibition breweries via its underground tunnel under Hamer Street. Even more special is that one of the buildings is the future location of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company's Over-the-Rhine brewery. We’ll celebrate afterwords with a few cold Moerlein beers and a preview of the upcoming Prohibition Resistance Tour on Oktoberfest weekend.
photo courtesy Queen City Disco
The event will start at 10AM and is open to the public. Enter at the Christian Moerlein Brewery (located at 1621 Moore Street).
For any questions please email or call (513) 604-9812.
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