Precipitation Retaliation Happy Hour

Friday February 23, 2023 5P-8:30P at TBA
In 2008, Bockfest was almost entirely shut down by the largest snowfall in 20 years. A motley band of hardcore Bockfest fans took to the streets to parade through the snow, and hunkered down at Bockfest Hall to enjoy their delicious Bock beer. Unfortunately, everyone else was not so lucky and couldn’t make it to Over-the-Rhine.
In 2009, we felt a little retaliation was in order. A snowman effigy was acquired, and set alight at Grammer’s amid much celebration. The gods were thus put on notice, and provided us with a beautiful Bockfest weekend. With similar results in 2010 after burning another snowman at Milton’s, a tradition was born. We cannot conclusively guarantee that we have acquired the power to control the weather in Cincinnati, but it has worked for the past three years. In 2012, in fact, we attribute this ritual to why a tornado that was supposed to hit downtown Cincinnati was substituted with clearing skies in time for the parade. As importantly, burning a snowman is a lot more fun than watching a groundhog stick its head out of a hole.

Join us as we make our ritual sacrifice for 2023. Watch as we burn this year’s victim at the stake at 8PM and toast to a beautiful Bockfest weekend. $5 pints of Cooper Hellerbock plus you can poke your beer with a hot iron! 

​The Precipitation Retaliation Happy Hour will be held at TBA on Friday, February 23, 2024 from 5P-8:30P. Snowman burning will take place at 8P.

Sausage Queen

TBA
The renowned (and sometimes notorious) Bockfest Sausage Queen  helps lead the Bockfest Parade by carrying a symbolic tray of  Bockwurst. The Sausage Queen is Bockfest royalty who is anointed in the least aristocratic manner we could create: a gender-neutral pageant that has multiple preliminary rounds in local bars and beer halls. Winning contestants receive prizes, but are mostly vying for the honor and prestige of being the 2024 Sausage Queen.

Details to be announced in early January 2024.

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