Saturday, May 5th we will be gathering in celebration of  National Homebrew Day with BIG BREW at the newly expanded Rivertown Brewing on Saturday, May 5th from 9am-6pm! The Cincinnati Malt Infusers will once again be joined by our friends from the BBL & BABC out at Rivertown Brewing. Homebrewers will be staging & brewing with out equipment out in the rear parking lot by the loading dock. Free food will be grilled, cornhole will be played and a whole lot of beer brewing will be taking place! On the front side Rivertown Brewing will have their tap room open. We CAN bring our homebrew to enjoy while we brew in the rear parking lot.    For those who wish to sign up for it, we will also be doing a communal brew on the Rivertown pro brewing system, making the BIG BREW Bucksnort American Brown Ale Receipe using Rivertown's Pro Equipment. The cost will be $12 per participant to help make your 5 gallons ...

 Thank you to all who entered, judged, and stewarded the 2012 All-American Ale Homebrew Competition Results. We had over 88 entries in our first year & look forward to building on this year's success for the 2013 edition.    BOS Place Brewer(s)  1st Greg Irving Tiffani Amber Thiessen 10B: American Amber Ale Society Of Northeast Ohio Brewers (SNOB) 2nd w/ Honorable Mention Richard Dreyer Leroy Brown Ale 10C: American Brown Ale Cincinnati Malt Infusers 3rd Gautam Bagchi Bagslam 14C: Imperial IPA SODZ Table 1: Pale Ale 1st Patrick Jones C-n-c Dynamite American Pale Ale 2nd Aaron Britton Braddock Run Pale Ale American Pale Ale Queen City Homebrew Club 3rd Peter Roller Pomello Pale Ale American Pale Ale CMI Table 2: Brown Ale 1st Richard Dreyer Leroy Brown Ale American Brown Ale CMI 2nd Randy Simmons West Coast Brown Ale American Brown Ale 3rd Jeffrey Mcelfresh Brown Eyed Girl American Brown Ale DRAFT Table 3: IPA 1st Gautam Bagchi Alan's Hoppyness American IPA S...

 For those of you hoping to grab a spot on the infamous Cincinnati Malt Infusers pub crawl, the 15th edition of it is now completely SOLD OUT!! However, you are able to join us at our stops along the way, as we explore Cincinnati & various beer styles, one stop at a time. Our itenary is:   11:30-12:00  Meet at Rock Bottom  1:00pm          Leave Rock Bottom 1:15pm          Arrive Holy Grail - Banks 2:45pm          Leave Holy Grail - Banks 3:00pm          Arrive Molly Malone’s 4:30pm          Leave Molly Malone’s  5:00pm          Arrive Mecklenberg Gardens                             (German Buffet!) 6:30pm&nb...

Registration Ends February 6th For the Cincinnati Malt Infusers & Cincy Winter Beerfest All-American Ale Homebrew Competition. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to enter, judge or steward! We have a great program, awesome medals, and the winner gets to make their recipe at Rivertown Brewing! Register TODAY! Go to http://allamericanale.brewcompetition.com/index.php. Questions? Contact Competition Director Rick Franckhauser at franckenbrew@yahoo.com or 513-379-8705. 

The 10-week 2012 Cincinnati Malt Infusers Beer Judge Certification Program Preparation Course begins on Tuesday, Feburary 14th...sort of. This weekly study group will be meeting at Table Top Brewing each Tuesday to prepare participants for the BJCP Exam. The Cincinnati Malt Infusers are hosting the BJCP Exam at Table Top on Saturday, April 28th. However, due to the fact the initial date falls on Valentine's Day, the start date may be delayed one day or postponed a week so no one's significant other is neglected. Check back soon for an update. For more information about participating in the class or the exam, please contact Will Magnuszewski at will_deisel@yahoo.com or 513-252-8767.