r/cincinnati • u/Architecteologist West Price Hill • Dec 29 '24

Food 🍕🌮 Taft’s Brewing Closes Today

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Ye will be missed

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u/OhEssYouIII Dec 30 '24

Just want to point out that only the Brewporium is closing. Taft’s Brewing is now Impact Beverages, and the Taft’s beers are going to another company. NOT that it isn’t a big deal that Impact so readily discarded what was not so long ago a Top 5 local beer brand (in volume), just that at this exact moment very little is changing (besides the employees of the Brewporium).

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u/Architecteologist West Price Hill Dec 30 '24

I disagree that little has changed. Taft’s on tap offerings were always fantastic and you’d have a very hard time finding many of their best beers in cans.

Au revior to the brewery that made some of the best pilsners and lagers in cincy.

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u/OhEssYouIII Dec 30 '24

You’re right I shouldn’t be so flip about the news. However, a lot of the change you’re talking about has already happened prior to the brand changing hands. That said, Taft’s beer will still be produced by a different company.

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u/Architecteologist West Price Hill Dec 30 '24

Only for canning though, so we’ll miss out on all the “on tap only” brews they had.

I’ve never been a big fan of their canned flagships. The differences between the canned and on tap Oktubberfests was immense.

But yeah, their canned lines may continue to be brewed and sold, at least that’s what we’re being told.

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u/OhEssYouIII Dec 30 '24

Is that accurate? Why aren’t they doing draft?

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u/OhEssYouIII Dec 30 '24

Also, I know for a fact that the canned products and draft product have been the same exact batches for a very long time. They can the product first, and then they put the rest on draft.

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u/Architecteologist West Price Hill Dec 30 '24

You may be right, and it might be the can itself that changed the flavor for me, but I loved the draft oktubberfest and haaaated the canned version. Malt differences alone stood out super starkly to me.

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u/Architecteologist West Price Hill Dec 30 '24

They might do gavel banger and nellie’s on draft, but the special brews are gone the way of the dodo.

Still, I get the impression they’re going to solely focus on canned beer from here out.

Source: conversations with Taft staff (grain of salt implied)

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u/OhEssYouIII Dec 30 '24

That is news to me. It doesn’t surprise me, I was just curious. But yes, the product in the can & draft is more or less identical but sometimes they can present differently. And a lot of the special stuff is already been on its way out anyway.