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
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 6/5/2018. Pours moderately hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tart lemon, lime, mandarin orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, green apple, mango, melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, white wine, citrus peel/rind, hay, straw, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread, light musty/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, citrus/fruity/tropical hops, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart lemon, lime, mandarin orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, green apple, mango, melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, white wine, citrus peel/rind, hay, straw, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread, light musty/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, spicy bitterness; and lactic tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, mandarin orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, green apple, mango, melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, white wine, citrus peel/rind, hay, straw, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread, light musty/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, citrus/fruity/tropical hops, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance, and no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/tartness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly crisp/acidic/sticky/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.2%. Overall this is an excellent Sour IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, citrus/fruity/tropical hops, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/acidic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Great Mandarina Bavaria and Mosaic profile. Very juicy and fairly dank/earthy hops with balanced Brett/Lacto complexity; great pale/wheat malt backbone against acidity. Minimal residual sweetness from lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Aug 2018
at 23:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz can thanks to Toby pours out purple with ring of a head. Nose is big sweet berries with a touch of tart. Taste is more of the nice sweet berries cream and mores sweet berries.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2018
at 02:45
8/10
12 oz can from share, courtesy of Toby. Murky purple, pours flat. Big fruity aroma, berries. Taste is more of the berries, fruity, sweet, thick. Mostly sweet, hint of tartness.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2018
at 02:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz can. one weird beer, but it works. raspberry and chocolate works well in this Gose. cool stuff
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2018
at 21:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Craft Brewed shared. Pours a clear gold with a finger of foam that dissipates almost instantly. Brett forward aromas with some wood and apricot notes. Mildly tart, low carbonation on the palate. Easy drinking pale with some oaky creaminess and mild brett alongside citrus that lingers.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2018
at 05:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a clearish gold with a finger of foam that dissipates quickly. Key lime pie nose with some crust aromas as well. More key lime on the palate with cinnamon and flaky crust notes. Some light sweetness and mild tartness. Definitely captures the key lime pie vibe. --- Beer merged from original tick of Keypunch on 10 Aug 2018 at 20:57 - Score: 7. Original review text: Key lime pie nose with some crust aromas as well. More key lime on the palate with cinnamon and flaky crust notes. Some light sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2018
at 03:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Refrigerated 12.7 oz. brown bottle poured into a cup. Clear light orange with small white head. Aroma is pickle, medium body, low carbonation, and a little lacing. Taste is intense pickles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2018
at 23:29
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2018
at 15:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a thick and viscous pink banana color with a finger of foam that lingers, then dissipates. Lots of tart passion fruit aromas in the nose with some slight doughy malt notes. Creamy banana sweetness and guava texture on the palate. More passion fruit tartness with some passion fruit skin/seed astringency. Super creamy, and lingering tart finish that as some slight astringent and acidic notes. Banana sweetness keeps it from getting too harsh. Not really beer-like but fun. --- Beer merged from original tick of Fire Iron on 05 Aug 2018 at 17:35 - Score: 7. Original review text: Big passion fruit forward nose with fruity acidity...light strawberry. Banana and guava on the palate. Tart PF, creamy sweet banana finish.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2018
at 02:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can. A- Sour, tart, lemon juice, mild grass. A- Orange color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Bitter, pine, sour, tart, lemon juice. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, tart finish. O- This was as pure a hybrid as any I've tasted. They call it a sour ipa and it is every bit ipa and every bit sour. So that is indeed well done. On that note, it just didn't quite work for me. The tartness was pretty extreme, especially as it warmed and mixing that with the fairly aggressive bitter notes created a bit of an astringent taste. Not bad, but didn't quite work for my liking.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Aug 2018
at 17:26