Urban Artifact

Microbrewery in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Urban Artifact Brewing

Established in 2015

Contact
1660 Blue Rock St, Cincinnati, OH, 45223, United States
Description
Urban Artifact is Ohio’s home for sour beer; located in the historic St. Patrick’s church in Cincinnati. With a special emphasis on fruit beers, they have created a niche with their signature overfruited Midwest Fruit Tart style focusing on balance, drinkability, and real fruit. Brewing a bevy of different sour beers, from the standard German style gose, to the exotic spontaneously fermented barrel aged sour with a wide variety of different fruits, there is sure to be something new and exciting to explore. We are currently on pace to use over 400,000 lbs of real fruit this year alone!

Our Northside, Cincinnati taproom is open seven days a week, with food service provided by Wildfire Pizza Kitchen. We host live music five nights a week at the Radio Artifact Live stage, and make the historic church sanctuary, The Reliquary, available for receptions and events.

Radio Artifact, the Urban Artifact hosted independent music radio, can be listened to on 91.7FM HD2 in Cincinnati or live streaming online at radioartifact.com

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6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2026 at 15:02

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
1/8/2026. Can shared by SHIG, cheers! Nice pour, deep and red. Huge raspberry aroma and taste. WDK like. Slightly perfumed. Tart finish. Nice but not very beerish.
Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2026 at 14:54

8.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
a: hazy orange coloured body | thinnish off-white head
a: mangoes (duh!) | rich wheats | dank
f: grapefruit zest | crisp | herbal finish
t: chewy malts | juicy throughout | light hop bitterness
o: enjoyable | refreshing taste of fruits | entirely, rich (in a good way that's still drinkable in July heat of Washington)

12 ounce can | Total Wine: Alexandria (Potomac Yard), Virginia | 31-May-2026 | US$2,99 | canned: 02-March-2026 | lot: 260212 | sampled: 12-July-2026
Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - Alexandria on 12 Jul 2026 at 18:15

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can: Poured a maroon purple with a pinkish white fast dissipating head. Aroma is full on raspberries, seedy. Taste is sticky raspberries, seedy, grain backbone, not sweet but not tart either, balanced and enjoyable.
Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - Orlando (Millenia Plaza) on 22 Jun 2026 at 02:46

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Slightly hazy gold with a medium sized white head. Tart and tangy with lemon, mango and tequila notes. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2026 at 15:09

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Murky pale red with a large fluffy head. Tart and tangy with strong watermelon and fruit punch. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried from Can at 3 Rivers 6 Pack Eatery on 18 Jun 2026 at 20:28

2.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 1 Texture 1 Overall 0.5
Can for 2.5$ at vintage estate. Looks like grapefruit juice, smells like grapefruit juice. No head. OH, very bitter, not like most other urban artifact brews I've had. Yes, almost phenolic in bitterness, quite unnatural, even for an IPA. Where is the mango? Is it hidden? Non existent. The sharp rude not-IPA bitterness reminds me of that taste you get from an immature brewer who has not straightened out his brewing yet. Rather rude, would not recommend this even to an IPA lover. Quafability quotability factor is very close to zero, hehehhehh. The impolite discourteous flavor is something to be reckoned with, I couldn't even tell if it had any co2 in there, or if it was simply mouth coating. If it wasn't for the appearance or the aroma, this would rate just as bad as UA Fruited IPA, whew. There, you have it.
Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 13 Jun 2026 at 17:23

6.8/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can.

A- Purple color, clear liquid, pink head.

A- Raspberry, candy.

F- Raspberry, sweet, hard candy.

T- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, sweet finish.

O- To be fair, this was a year+ old but it was also only 99 cents for the can in 2026, so in this economy at that price, it's worth the cost of admission. Tasted like a raspberry hard candy. More soda like than beer in terms of mouthfeel and flavor.
Tried from Can on 25 May 2026 at 01:58

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Mørk rød klar med lys rosa skum. Lukter husholdningssaft og bringebærene. Fruktig, noe sur. Smaker røde bær, solbær, bringebær, kirsebær og noe vanilje. Middels lang.
Tried from Can on 04 May 2026 at 18:03

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
a: hazy golden coloured body | thin white head
a: pineapples | caster sugar | floral
f: fragrant | funky yeasts | peaches
t: great fruits | tart throughout | drying finish
o: super complex | great sour flavours | nice for Spring Season!

12 ounce can | Giant Eagle (supermarket): MorganTown, West Virginia | 28-May-2023 | US$11,99/mixed six pack | canned: 08-March-2023 | sampled: 27-April-2026, a bit after three years after purchase!
Tried from Can from Giant Eagle - Market District - Uniontown on 27 Apr 2026 at 21:07