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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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8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy golden amber color with a 1-2 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tart lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, papaya, mango, melon, green apple, citrus zest, berry, herbal, floral, grass, wheat, cracker, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, citrus/tropical hops, and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, papaya, mango, melon, green apple, citrus zest, berry, herbal, floral, grass, wheat, cracker, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate lactic tartness and mild herbal/grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, papaya, mango, melon, green apple, citrus zest, berry, herbal, floral, grass, wheat, cracker, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, citrus/tropical hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/tartness balance, and zero puckering flavors after the finish, Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartness. Medium carbonation and light body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/acidic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.3%. Overall this is an excellent dry hopped Berliner weisse. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, citrus/tropical hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink; with the modestly acidic/drying finish. Flavorful and not watery feeling for the ABV, never overly lactic. Mosaic and Triskel hops. Great balance of Lacto and citrus/tropical hop complexity; with a nice solid pale/wheat malt backbone. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2018 at 00:48

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
EBF 2018: pours black with beige head. Aroma is chocolate and funk. Taste is lods of raspberry. Chocolate subdued. Good. definitely weird.
Tried on 04 Feb 2018 at 15:45

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy reddish orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy cherries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, green apple, red grape, vanilla, coriander, sea salt, almond, wheat, cracker, white bread, herbal, grass, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, cherries, spices/salt, and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/tart/tangy cherries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, green apple, red grape, vanilla, coriander, sea salt, almond, wheat, cracker, white bread, herbal, grass, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and light bitter/spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy cherries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, green apple, red grape, vanilla, coriander, sea salt, almond, wheat, cracker, white bread, herbal, grass, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, cherries, spices/salt, and moderate pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with zero puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/acidic/tangy/tannic, and lightly saline balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is an outstanding fruited gose! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, cherries, spices/salt, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and extremely refreshing to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Vanilla is definitely more noticeable here than the key lime gose. Super jammy authentic tart cherry presence with balanced wheat malts/vanilla; not overly salty or lactic. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Tastes like cherry pie as advertised.
Tried from Can on 04 Feb 2018 at 01:17

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at EBF, Boston. Color is murky red with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Berries, red berries, plum and some sourness. Juicy.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2018 at 00:26

5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Fra fat på Brewdog Berlin 15 Jan 18. Lys gylden. Lavt skum. Syrlig bæraroma. Smaken bringebær. En ok Berliner Weisse.
Tried on 02 Feb 2018 at 13:19

7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
At a tasting, many thanks, smallish head, cloudy palish red color, aroma of berries, rotten oranges, vanila and plaster, berry flavor with vanila and a hint of rotten oranges, medium empathic sourness, really light for the ABV' light sweetness. Easy drinking, very nice.
Tried on 31 Jan 2018 at 11:29

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can shared at a tasting at Tom L's place. Hazy orange-red. Aroma with lots of vanilla, some cherry, lacto. Sour flavor, acidic, lemony, puckering, cherry, lacto, a bit of salt, juicy. Very nice.
Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2018 at 23:50

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Thanks zvsn & rayaron. Nice pinkish peachy red color. Great aroma of juicy berries, lacto, some vanilla. Tart flavor, a bit sweetish, with berries, lacto, vanilla, jammy. Really good stuff.
Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2018 at 21:58

6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
How: Draught.
Where: Man in the Moon, Stockholm.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Lemon, wheat, fruit, salt.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Lemon, tart, citrus, some salt.
Tried on 29 Jan 2018 at 17:24

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours hazy golden orange color with a 1 finger fairly dense 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 key limes, lemon, citrus peel, pear, green apple, white wine, melon, coriander, sea salt, wheat, cracker, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, key limes, coriander, sea salt, and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart key limes, lemon, citrus peel, pear, green apple, white wine, melon, coriander, sea salt, wheat, cracker, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness; light fruit/wheat tang, and yeast/coriander spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart key limes, lemon, citrus peel, pear, green apple, white wine, coriander, sea salt, wheat, cracker, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, key limes, coriander, sea salt, and moderate pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with minimal puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy/acidic, fairly saline, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.3%. Overall this is an excellent fruited gose. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, key limes, coriander, sea salt, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink, with the mellowly lactic/tangy/drying finish. Didn't notice any vanilla beans as mentioned; but this tastes just like key lime pie, so they nailed it. Perfectly balanced key limes with classic gose style complexity. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2018 at 22:57