Saturday March 4, 2017
Saturday of Bockfest has experiences for everyone, from the Bockfest 5K run to historic tours to homebrew competitions to a heritage series to delicious food, and of course plenty of cold bock beer at Bockfest Hall (located at the Christian Moerlein Brewery at 1621 Moore Street, Cincinnati Ohio 45202) and all the participating venues! Purchase a Bockfest ticket package to make sure you experience all the great things Bockfest has to offer!
Make a stop at a dozen and a half participating bars and restaurants all weekend long, many with drink and food specials for Bockfest goers. Admission is always FREE all weekend long! Check out the venues, schedules, and shuttle route HERE.
Bockfest 5K
Steps off at 10AM from Bockfest Hall
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You’ll run for beer? Then we have the perfect event for you! The Fifth Annual Bockfest 5K happens Saturday morning at 10A, March 4, right in the middle of Bockfest Weekend! Run (or walk) past many of the historic brewery sites throughout OTR, then celebrate your finish with a cold one at Bockfest Hall as the Bockfest party gets started early with food, music and lots of fun! Proceeds support the Brewery District and the Brewing Heritage Trail. Remember, the Bockfest 5K is part of the Christian Moerlein Beer Series, so if you want to be a Brew Hog, you need to do all three events (Bockfest 5K, Little Kings Mile, Hudepohl 14K or 7K). Get your series started at the Bockfest 5K! Sign up today at www.runbeerseries.com.
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Bockfest Hall
10AM till 1AM at the Christian Moerlein Brewery 1619 Moore Street
Bockfest Hall is the center of Bockfest activies on Saturday. Stop by and learn about our amazing history at the Heritage Series, you can even take a tour through some of the historic pre-Prohibition breweries including lagering cellars deep undeground. The Bockfest Bloatarian Homebrew competion is judged, you can also try out numerous bock beers including special bock beers being tapped on the hour throughout the day! You can't take a tour or drink on an empty stomach, so get a ticket for the Bockfeast or sample the food from our fabulous vendors Arnold's Bar & Grill, Washington Platform, Taste of Belgium, and Servatii. Plus there is live music on two stages all day long! Bockfest Hall is FREE all weekend long (though tours have an additional charge).
Heritage Series
The Cellers underneath the Christian Moerlein Brewery (below Bockfest Hall) will open its doors to speakers, presentations, displays, authors, stein and breweriana collections, and of course plenty of cold bock beer. The Series is FREE and open to the public all day!
SPEAKERS
Speakers include:
PRESENTATIONS
Presentations and displays will include the German History Museum, the Brewing Heritage Trail, the Over-the-Rhine Museum, and the Cincinnati State Brewing Science department. BREWERIANA
Steins, bottles, advertising signs, and other breweriana including many historic Cincinnati brands will be on display and for sale, including FREE appraisals of your items! |
Historic Tours
Lots of great tours all Bockfest long, including brand new tours along the forthcoming Brewing Heritage Trail!
MALZ TOUR
Join us for this all new 90 minute walking tour that celebrates how beer was made and consumed in pre-Prohibition Over-the-Rhine. Your tour starts at Bockfest Hall, and visits multiple sites within the neighborhood including a visit with costumed reenactors at the Lafayette Brewery, before descending deep in the lagering cellars of the Kauffman Brewery. Along the way, you’ll learn how the long ago beer drinkers, beer makers, and beer barons made this neighborhood. Upon your return to Bockfest Hall, you will be treated to a complimentary beer (21+ please) and all the fantastic fun of Bockfest. Offered Saturday March 4 and Sunday March 5, get your tickets HERE. VOLKS TOUR
Join us for this all new 90 minute walking tour that celebrates the people of Over-the-Rhine and how they lived, worked, and played. Your tour starts at Bockfest Hall, and visits multiple sites within the neighborhood including a visit with costumed reenactors, before descending deep in the lagering cellars of the Schmidt Brothers/Crown Brewery. Along the way, you’ll learn how the long ago beer drinkers, beer makers, and beer barons lived. Upon your return to Bockfest Hall, you will be treated to a complimentary beer (21+ please) and all the fantastic fun of Bockfest. Offered Saturday March 4 and Sunday March 5, get your tickets HERE. DR. MORGAN'S HANGOVER RELIEF TOUR
Join the man that Cincinnati Magazine declared “The God of Bockfest” and the author of “Over-the-Rhine: When Beer Was King” for a personal, behind-the-scenes journey. This Bockfest-only walking tour through OTR combines the neighborhood’s pre-Prohibition past with stories about the more recent reclamation of Cincinnati’s brewing heritage and the birth and evolution of the city’s most bohemian beer festival. Your tour includes a trip through Over-the-Rhine, into Washington Platform’s lagering cellars, the Gerke lagering cellars (four stories below ground), and then a complimentary bock beer (21+ please) with Mike Morgan. The unlicensed and irresponsible medical advice for how to walk off some of the previous night’s revelry and begin drinking your way back into the Bockfest spirit is worth the price of admission alone. Over-the-Rhine history that you can’t get anywhere else, two lagering cellars, one beer, and questionable wisdom all begin at Washington Platform, corner of Court and Elm. Offered Saturday March 4 and Sunday March 5, get your tickets HERE. Tickets available HERE.
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MusicLive music on two stages all day long!
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A Toast to WNKU1PM-7PM in the Bock Beer Tent
A Toast to WNKU will feature the on-air personalities past and present of WNKU throughout the day with a celebration toast at 5PM to honor WNKU for their years of service promoting Bockfest and a proper sendoff goodbye to the personalities of WNKU.
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Beer
Bock bier is the rich, complex, malty, low-hop style of lager that we celebrate every year at Bockfest. We are excited to offer 15 different bock biers this year at Bockfest Hall.
Offered all weekend long are:
Guest beers will be tapped on an hourly schedule Friday and Saturday in the Bock Bier Tent, Saturday's schedule: 1PM - MadTree Bockavelli 1PM - Braxton Ignitor Maibock 2PM - Listermann Smoked Bock 2PM - Wiedemann Brewhemian Bock 3PM - Triple Digit Doppelbock 3PM - Cellar Dweller Bock 4PM - Paulaner Salvator Dopplebock 4PM - Fifty West Roadbock Maibock 5PM - Samuel Adams Dopplebock 5PM - Woodburn Bock 6PM - Blank Slate Tank Bottoms Wiezenbock HOMEBREW COMPETITION
The Bloatarian Brewing League is again sponsoring the annual Bockfest Home Brew Competition. The competition is BJCP-sanctioned, and BJCP points are awarded. The Christian Moerlein Brewing company selects one entry from the Traditional Bock (5B) category to be used to produce the limited-edition Schoenling Bock the following year. The 2017 Schoenling Bock is the winning entry from 2016, is tapped at a special event the week before Bockfest, and will only be available at Bockfest venues. Get more information and register HERE. |
Food
There are lots of great food options at Bockfest Hall, plus you can get a full Bockfeast meal (suitable for sharing) at a special price as well!
bockfeast dinner
A hearty meal of herb roasted chicken, bockwurst and sauerkraut, german potato salad, salad, sides, and caramel cinnamon bread pudding. Dinner is available 1P-3P. Pre-purchase of tickets is recommended, get your tickets HERE. arnold's bar & grill
is the oldest saloon in the City of Cincinnati , founded in 1861 and in continuous operation ever since – straight through Prohibition. Specializing in above-par American comfort food, their booth brings a delicious taste to Bockfest Hall. washington platform
A restored restaurant, built in 1860, originally established as The Johan Armleder Wine and Lager Beer Saloon. Their booth showcases the inventive and often playful takes on crab, lobster, paste, meats they are known for. taste of belgium
is a restaurant group of Belgian-inspired eateries. They take traditional Belgian recipes and twist them; they take American classics and Belgianize them. Their booth will serve the famous waffle n'chicken among other specialties. SERVATII
Wilhelm Gottenbusch, a German immigrant, came to the United States after traveling around the world and in 1963 opened his first bakery in Hyde Park. Servatii has enjoyed creating special memories for the Cincinnati area for the last 50 years and is looking forward to creating many more over the years to come. Their booth will feature their authentic pretzels and beer cheese. ELI's BBQ
Serving up their famous BBQ all weekend, you can come in and hear the record player run a needle through an old favorite song while you eat and visit with good friends and meet a few new ones. Visit the Findlay Market location at 133 West Elder Street |
Make a stop at a dozen and a half participating bars and restaurants all weekend long, many with drink and food specials for Bockfest goers. Admission is always FREE all weekend long! Check out the schedule below and go HERE for additional venues, schedules, and shuttle route.
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11A-12A |
The Craft Menagerie Indie Craft Market from 11A-4P, Live Music at 5P, Live Music from The Cincinnati Dancing Pigs at 9P, 5 Rare Bock Tappings every hour from 5P-9P |
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10A-9P |
All Weekend Special: Pretzels featuring spent grains from local breweries |
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11A-1A |
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12P-2A |
Smoking' Dudes BBQ grilling on the patio. Live music with Big Whiskey 7P-10P, DJ 10P-2A |
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7A-7P |
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11A-3A |
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12P-1A |
Goat Rodeo |
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10A-2:30A |
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12P-2A |
Happy Hour |
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4P-2:30A |
Happy Hour 4P-8P with $2 off drafts, $2 off calls, $2 off signature cocktails, $1 off wine & $1 off domestics |
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4P-2A |
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10A-2A |
DJ 10P-2A |
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12P-2:30A |
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11A-2:30A |
Queen City Sausage pairing different types of sausage with bock beers (all day) |
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9A-2A |
EPL Games 10A |
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11A-2A |
Value |
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11A-12A |
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11A-11P |
All Weekend Special: Bottle of Bock Beer with Goat Soup $6.50 |
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8A-11P |
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11A-11P |
All Weekend Special: Bock Beer & Special Bockfest Menu. Live music with The Less More Band 1P, John Ford 4P, George Cunningham & Joe Lukasik 6P, CD release party with Michael Sharfe and Brad Myers Trio 9P. "Dr. Morgans Hangover Relief" walking tour 12P & 2P, tour patrons get 10% discount on food purchases before & after tour |
tHANKS TO THE AWESOME PEOPLE WHO MAKE BOCKFEST POSSIBLE
PRESENTING SPONSORS
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BOCK SPONSORS
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AMAZING BOCKFEST HALL VENDORS
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