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Oct 5
6 min

Called Up To the Majors, Featured Artist Brad Wehlitz Calls Dayton's Lock 27 A Hit

The downtown location is in a big white building adjacent to the home of the Dayton Dragons minor league baseball team. The brewery’s doors

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Maiden Voyage To Cincinnati's West Side Brewing... On the West Side

Dennis O'Hagan

Sep 5
3 min

Maiden Voyage To Cincinnati's West Side Brewing... On the West Side

Overall I'd say that the beers I sampled were some of my favorites of the region, so West Side would definitely now be on my short list of f

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Death & Taxes: Celebrating a Dead Man At Indianapolis' Taxman Brewing

Dennis O'Hagan

Aug 10
5 min

Death & Taxes: Celebrating a Dead Man At Indianapolis' Taxman Brewing

Today's venue was Taxman Brewing, and this was their downtown location, which was in a recently refreshed part of town called CityWay.

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Mad Paddle Brewery: A Worthwhile Stop While In Indiana's Secret Music Capital

Dennis O'Hagan

Aug 8
4 min

Mad Paddle Brewery: A Worthwhile Stop While In Indiana's Secret Music Capital

Mad Paddle, and Madison as a whole, was just further proof as I've mentioned so many times before on this tour that venturing off the more c

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Kicking Off A Long Hoosier Weekend At Indy's Mashcraft Brewing Company

Dennis O'Hagan

Aug 7
3 min

Kicking Off A Long Hoosier Weekend At Indy's Mashcraft Brewing Company

After returning from the late July run through coastal Virginia my next string of shows was in Indiana. I've played a handful of breweri...

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Back In Sweet Virginia For The Garage Brewery 1st Anniversary in Chesapeake

Dennis O'Hagan

Jul 25
5 min

Back In Sweet Virginia For The Garage Brewery 1st Anniversary in Chesapeake

My host for this evening was the Garage Brewery, which happened to be celebrating its first anniversary.

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February In Florida, Day 1 - Jacksonville's Bold City Brewery

Dennis O'Hagan

Feb 21
3 min

February In Florida, Day 1 - Jacksonville's Bold City Brewery

The downtown location was just around the corner from the Florida Theatre, and had nice overflow traffic from the theatre.

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A Weary Traveler Finds Comfort At Avon's Railroad Brewing Company

Dennis O'Hagan

Feb 11
7 min

A Weary Traveler Finds Comfort At Avon's Railroad Brewing Company

... heading up to Cleveland for my first visit to Railroad Brewing Company in Avon, OH. Avon is a community just west of Cleveland,..

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Leaving Texas Via Germany - Houston's Klaus Brewing Company

Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 29
6 min

Leaving Texas Via Germany - Houston's Klaus Brewing Company

Klaus is an authentic German brewer, which means they adhere to the German Purity Law of 1516. The purity law originally stated that beer c

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Waco Waco Un-day: Southern Roots Brewing Company

Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 28
4 min

Waco Waco Un-day: Southern Roots Brewing Company

After spending a few off days hitting the restaurants of Austin, the tour headed to Waco for a Friday night show at Southern Roots Brewing

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Expect the Unexpected: Austin's Infamous Brewing Company

Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 17
5 min

Expect the Unexpected: Austin's Infamous Brewing Company

Infamous is a well established (and well decorated... many years' worth of many brewing awards) brewery tucked away in a modest little locat

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A Brewery To Remember: San Antonio's Alamo Beer Company

Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 16
3 min

A Brewery To Remember: San Antonio's Alamo Beer Company

The Alamo name was tied to beer prior to prohibition, and then was resurrected in 1997, originally contracted out, and the current brewing

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Leveraging A Legacy To Forge A Future: Austin's Historic Celis Brewery

Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 15
4 min

Leveraging A Legacy To Forge A Future: Austin's Historic Celis Brewery

Celis has a history that goes back to Belgium, where Pierre Celis revived the witbier style

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One More Saturday Night At Milford's Little Miami Brewing Company

Dennis O'Hagan

Nov 29, 2019
5 min

One More Saturday Night At Milford's Little Miami Brewing Company

LMBC is located in an eastern suburb of Cincinnati, on the banks of the Little Miami River, where in the warmer months kayaks and canoes...

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Heroic Beers Served Up at Virginia Beach's Bunker BrewPub & Cadence Hall

Dennis O'Hagan

Sep 24, 2019
8 min

Heroic Beers Served Up at Virginia Beach's Bunker BrewPub & Cadence Hall

The night's brewery, Bunker Brewpub and Caddence Hall, is home to the Young Veteran's Brewing Company (YVBC).

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Sierra Nevada's Amazing Beer Wonderland Near Asheville, NC

Dennis O'Hagan

Sep 6, 2019
6 min

Sierra Nevada's Amazing Beer Wonderland Near Asheville, NC

Sierra Nevada is widely considered to be one of the forefathers of the current craft beer boom, along with one or two others, perhaps most n

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Cleveland Rocks... and So Does Westlake's Sibling Revelry Brewing

Dennis O'Hagan

Aug 27, 2019
5 min

Cleveland Rocks... and So Does Westlake's Sibling Revelry Brewing

Just west of Cleveland, on the shore of Lake Erie is a town called Westlake, and in that town is a brewery that has been around for some yea

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Sonder Brewing in Mason, OH Goes Top Shelf With Campus, Menu, Fantastic Brews

Dennis O'Hagan

Aug 21, 2019
6 min

Sonder Brewing in Mason, OH Goes Top Shelf With Campus, Menu, Fantastic Brews

Sonder sits on a 6.5 acre lot in a sort of business development, but bordered by a few larger neighborhoods, so it pulls a good crowd of loc

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It's Alive! Kombucha & Brews Are Crucial to Northern Michigan's Superior Culture

Dennis O'Hagan

Jul 13, 2019
4 min

It's Alive! Kombucha & Brews Are Crucial to Northern Michigan's Superior Culture

I knew when we booked this gig that it would be a little different, as their primary business is making Kombucha, and only recently beers

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Confessions of a Beer Enthusiast: Detroit's Atwater In the Park

Dennis O'Hagan

Jul 12, 2019
5 min

Confessions of a Beer Enthusiast: Detroit's Atwater In the Park

The drive to the UP is about 11 hours, so I luckily managed to break it up by kicking off the run at Atwater In the Park, a cool brewery...

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