About
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
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
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can - picked up at random. Awesome color A very sour and tart. Cool beer overall.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2019
at 16:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a thick and cloudy pinkish gold with a full finger of foam that lingers. Bright young, wild strawberry aromas with some faint lemon and yeast aromas. More strawberry on the palate with some light cream flavors. Creamy strawberry through the finish with some mild tartness. --- Beer merged from original tick of Squeezebox on 29 Apr 2019 at 22:26 - Score: 7
Tried
from Can
on 30 Apr 2019
at 02:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, 22/04/19. Unclear raspberry red with a well presented faded crimson cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is tarte berry fruits, wood must, funk, red grape twang, vanilla essence. Taste comprises redcurrant, funk, grape must, vinous twang, vanilla, dusty fruits. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a mellow puckering climax. Decent well balanced easy drinking sour ... drinks well below the ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2019
at 15:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/23/2019. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of juicy, lightly tart/tangy oranges, lemon, lime, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, coriander, sea salt, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light vanilla/peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of oranges, fruity/acidic yeast, coriander, salt, moderate pale/wheat malts, and light vanilla notes; with solid strength. Taste of juicy, lightly tart/tangy oranges, lemon, lime, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, coriander, sea salt, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light vanilla/peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang; light coriander spiciness, and zesty bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of juicy/tart/tangy oranges, lemon, lime, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, coriander, sea salt, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light vanilla/peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of oranges, fruity/acidic yeast, coriander, salt, moderate pale/wheat malts, and light vanilla flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tartness, tangy fruit, and coriander spiciness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/acidic/tangy, and lightly sticky/saline balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a delicious fruited gose. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of oranges, fruity/acidic yeast, coriander, salt, moderate pale/wheat malts, and light vanilla flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink; with the mellowly acidic/tangy/drying finish. Not overly lactic or salty. very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of juicy oranges, Lacto complexity, coriander, salt, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2019
at 12:54
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Average, with an initial burst of orange zest, tart berry, and citric acid, turning to briny yeastiness on the back end and a fairly bland, slightly sweet fade. In dire need of depth. Eh.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2019
at 21:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can shared at Craft Brewed. Pours a hazy, juicy orange with a small bit of white foam that lingers. Big fruit forward nose with orange and pineapple juice standing out. Smooth and juicy on the palate....pulpy fruit throughout. Tart guava on the finish with more green pineapple. --- Beer merged from original tick of Kaleidoscope on 29 Mar 2019 at 23:10 - Score: 8. Original review text: Big fruit forward nosevw/ orange pineapple juice standing out. Smooth and juicy on the palate....pulpy fruit. Tart guava on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2019
at 04:38
8/10
02/20/19, a fton of strawberries, tart finish, fruit galore upfront.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Apr 2019
at 19:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a clearish straw gold with a finger of white foam. Fruit forward nose with what I suspect is kumquat...some faint citrus and light dried peach notes. Light and refreshingly tart on the palate, but doesn't really go much of anywhere. Highly drinkable...nice enough. --- Beer merged from original tick of Pinwheel on 30 Mar 2019 at 00:24 - Score: 7. Original review text: Light and fruity but a bit thin. Restrained tartness is nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2019
at 03:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a clearish orange pink with a finger of white foam that lingers. Acerola and cherry aromas abound. Smooth and tart cherry and berry flavors. Light stone astringency to balance it out. Bright & crushable with a lingering acerola note. Great! --- Beer merged from original tick of Victory Garden on 29 Mar 2019 at 23:06 - Score: 8. Original review text: Acerola and cherry aromas abound. Smooth and tart cherry and berry flavors. Light stone astringency to balance it out. Bright & crushable.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2019
at 04:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a deep brown with a small bit of beige head that dissipates. Raspberry and light cacao aromas on the nose. More raspberry on the palate with some light wild berry, salt and more cacao nib. Dry finish with a stronger lean on fruit than chocolate. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sliderule on 30 Mar 2019 at 00:21 - Score: 7. Original review text: Lots of raspberry and berry aromas. Palate has more of the same with some cacao nib flavors. Crushable.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2019
at 03:43