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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8.1
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Green can from vintage estates. Pour is light pale with an ever so slight haze. Nose is mild lime. First taste is quite nice and tart. Can't really get the vanilla but the sour, lime and co2 level really make this interesting. Much better than expected, almost has some wild or lambic feel to this. In the middle, my mouth begins to water and pucker, yummy. Yes, this is appetizing delicious and succulent. Finish is heavenly flavorful and delish. Wow, I'm impressed! I got to get another one of these bad ass babies. Fer sher. Forget about the vanilla, its absent.

Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 29 Nov 2025 at 20:42


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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Brun klar med beige skum. Lukter hasselnøtter, kavring og noe karamell. Middels fylde. Smaker nøtter og noe brød. Middels lang.

Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2025 at 17:45


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7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can web SB 2025-11-14 Göteborg
AR: sweet roasted malt, caramel, smooth
AP: clear amber , frothy steady head
F: sweet roasted malt, caramel, smooth

Tried from Bottle from Systembolaget webbeställning on 14 Nov 2025 at 18:02


6.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dark red with a large foamy pink head that left great lacing. Tar and tangy with strong raspberry. Long finish. Medium body.

Tried from Draft on 02 Nov 2025 at 23:04


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

This hazy pink brew smells tart and fruity. “Fruit salad” is a fair description of both the aroma and the flavor as the blend of fruit makes it hard for me to pick out specific ones. It works though. The malty, fruity blend and well balanced sweet and tart flavors are tasty.

Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - Lima Rd on 30 Aug 2025 at 04:49


5.5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

EB - Can 12fl.oz. @ [ Trinntorp 🇸🇪 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 ☀️ 🐝🦋 [ As Urban Artifact Kilobyte ]. ABV: 10.0%. ✅ [20250816]. 5/2/6/3/-11

Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2025 at 14:51


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can courtesy of a friend. Thanks John! Pours a purple, ruby color with a full 2 fingers of pink head that dissipates slowly. Blackcurrant and strawberry dominate the nose with more various berry notes. Tart berry and stone fruit with a touch of banana on the finish. Enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2025 at 00:27


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8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Canned 1/29/25, drunk 8/5/25.
Hint of haze in this vibrant blackberry-colored liquid. Small, purple-tinged head.
A bit grapey? But it's just black raspberry so I guess that's it. Smells great, though. Fruity and soft and rich and clean with moderate acidity.
Grapey, but juicy, rich, soft, malty and clean with proper acidity and balance. A flavorful, balanced beer right in UA's wheelhouse.

Tried from Can from Julio’s Liquors on 05 Aug 2025 at 21:46


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Tiny HF glass at Sam's place. Thanks Mr. Muck!

Hazy orange, pear gold.
Strong apple juice, brown sugar & floral pear nose.
Strong, stiff, heavy honey pear, strong sharpness, mild berry, big bittersharp apple finish, lovely grassy finish.
Boozy, sharp, hyper pear, not terribly boozy for what it is.

I thought it was big for what it is. Mixer material.

Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2025 at 22:23


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Hazy pour with minimal head. It smells of grapefruit, passionfruit, and cinnamon. The flavor is pleasantly tart with passion fruit and grapefruit. Spices, particularly cinnamon, are in there but kind of subtle. I don’t care for grapefruit on its own but it works well here

Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - West State on 25 Jul 2025 at 05:26


Brewery Stats
Score 6.94
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