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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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

Canned, from Systembolaget. Clear pale amber, small head. Tart aroma of fresh raspberries. Sweet and mildly sour. Lots of fresh raspberries. Syrupy sweet with evident tartness. Low bitterness.

Tried from Can on 10 May 2025 at 19:32


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Smells of tart cranberries. The flavor is moderately tart with cranberries, malt, and a touch of vanilla. Fruity and well balanced. Very nice.

Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - West State on 09 May 2025 at 04:34


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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from the February 2025 Small Batch Society. Slightly cloudy purplish-ruby color with a thick pinkish-white head that evaporates steadily to a film. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of raspberry, tea and malt. Medium body with flavors of sweet-tart raspberry, black tea and doughy malt. The finish is mildly tart with a raspberry tea aftertaste. Pretty good overall.

Tried from Can on 07 May 2025 at 20:55


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

Can from the February 2025 Small Batch Society. Slightly hazy reddish-gold color with a medium off-white head that dissipates gradually to an outer ring. Sparse strings of lace. Aroma of strawberry, chocolate and spice. Medium body with flavors of sweet-tart strawberry, cacao, vanilla and cinnamon. The finish is fruity with a chocolate covered strawberry aftertaste. Above average overall.

Tried from Can on 07 May 2025 at 20:10


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7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can from the February 2025 Small Batch Society. The beer is a bright clear yellow-gold color with a medium thin white head that evaporates quickly to an outer ring. Aroma of roast coffee, fruit and spice. Medium body with flavors of roasted coffee, tart fruit and cinnamon. The finish is fruity with a pumpkin spice coffee aftertaste. Pretty good overall.

Tried from Can on 07 May 2025 at 20:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

12 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours a cloudy dark orange-amber color with an off-white head and decent retention. Barely any lacing. Strong fruit punch aroma. Very tart and sweet fruit punch flavor. No beer flavor here. Tastes like a flavored malt liquor. Light body. Lower than expected carbonation. Zero bitterness. Good for people who don't like beer. Boring can too.

Tried from Can on 30 Apr 2025 at 00:34


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

Tip Tap Room draught, 4/27/25.
Cloudy pink. Small, thick off-white head.
Juicy, fruity, rich nose with excellent maltiness. Clean, good, not-overdone acidity. Fruity, rich, coconut and authentic strawberry.
Soft, creamy, chewy and malty without any excessive sugar or syrupiness. The adjuncts are done be wonderfully, as they usually are with UA. Some vanilla and nuttiness on the finish. Lingering fruitiness, good amount of coconut.

Tried from Draft at The Tip Tap Room on 29 Apr 2025 at 15:08


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

Smells of strawberries and a little vanilla. The flavor is mildly tart with fairly sweet strawberries. There’s some creaminess to the body. Tasty.

Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - West State on 26 Apr 2025 at 03:14


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

This brew has a tart orange aroma. The flavor is moderately tart orange and a little vanilla. Quite enjoyable.

Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - West State on 26 Apr 2025 at 03:07


6.5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7

From a can $2. Pour is light brown tint on pale, slight haze. Nose is surprisingly boozy fruit. First taste is quite tart with a little bit of candy sugar. Another swig identifies a pretty good level of co2. Not bad, in teh middle I'm finding it quite agreeable. Wifey don't like beer, but she seems to like this; so I guess there's not much beer flavor in this, its hard to find, hehehh. Not bad overall, finishes with a decent fru-fru-fruity malt beverage attitude.

Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 13 Apr 2025 at 23:10


Brewery Stats
Score 6.94
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