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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampler at brewery. Lightly hazy gold color. I like the lactic sharp tartness but house character is blah. So, it was surprisingly nice compare to most of the other 15 beers.
Tried on 25 Dec 2016 at 15:30

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sampler at the brewery. For me, the best of all 15. The brett is strong with this one. An herbal brett overload. Flavor has a not actually bitter hop flavor but more like a rough green flavor. But love the brett. Thick, muddy yellow, can’t see thru it, appearance. The brettiness covers up the house character and the poor hoppiness.
Tried from Can on 25 Dec 2016 at 15:28

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sampler at brewery. I was skeptical of a pickle beer while hoping for the most awesomeness. It’s fresh dill and cucumber, very strong. Not what I call pickle but the strong salt in the gose helps a lot compared to other cucumber beers. Unfortunately, I seem to dislike the base beers from this brewery. They are empty with a prevalent house character across beers that is meh. Clear straw color.
Tried on 25 Dec 2016 at 12:41

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Sampled on draft at Vintage Estate this beer poured a copper color with a small foamy white head that left excellent lacing. The aroma was chalk, Sweettart candies and funk. The flavor was sour with a hint of vinegar, chalk, Sweettart candies and funk. Long finish. Moderately full bodied. Alcohol well controlled. Meh.
Tried from Draft on 24 Nov 2016 at 10:49

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Sample at Kraft House No. 5 during the "Jackie O’s Tap Takeover and Sustainability Celebration" on 08/25/2016. The beer is a hazed golden color with a medium white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Aroma of funky fruit, hops and malt. Medium body with flavors of funky citrus, resiny hops and malt. The finish is mildly funky and bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried from Draft on 24 Sep 2016 at 14:32

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Draft - Lemony notes. Cloudy gold. Lemon, sweet notes and a touch of malt. Not the best of this style.
Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2016 at 19:18

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
draft - pours orange white head -nose/taste of brett, oak, light malt and orange peel - medium body
Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2016 at 19:25

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
draft - pours yellow white head -nose/taste of sea salt, key lime and jalapeno heat -medium body
Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2016 at 19:24

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft - pours yellow white head -nose and taste of pineapple, brett, citrus - medium body
Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2016 at 19:24

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at source - pours dark brown tan head - nose/taste of coffee, light brett and funk - med body
Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2016 at 19:23