Beer Hall of Fame effort taps out

Saturday, October 2, 2004 Beer Hall of Fame effort taps out

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By Cindy Schroeder Enquirer staff writer

The city of Covington and a Cincinnati architect say they're out of the race to land a national Beer Hall of Fame for the region.

Both say they dropped out of the running after the group promoting the attraction sought upward of half a million dollars in capital and marketing money in its request for proposals. The two were among 12 finalists trying to land the attraction proposed by a Maryland group.

Twenty-eight cities had competed to land the 100,000-square-foot attraction. Joe Gardenghi, director of operations for the beer group's U.S. Beer Drinking Team and Beer Radio - a radio talk show about beer

- has said the organization wants to build a tourist attraction focusing on the heritage of beer. The site will be announced Oct. 30.

"I was looking to sell my building to somebody, and they were looking for somebody to give them a building," said Denny Dellinger, an architect who owns a former brewery in Over-the-Rhine.

Dellinger said he understood another Cincinnati entrepreneur, Randall Herbst with Visions Implementation Group, was pursuing the attraction, but neither could be reached for comment Friday.

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Garrison Hilliard
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I was in Covington about a decade or so ago and went to the Oldenburgh Brewery (not sure on the spelling). They had the most incredible collection of Breweriana I've ever seen.

Does anyone know if they still exist and is the collection still on display. According to a worker there at the time the collection was accumulated by a husband and wife who toured the country trying the local brews of the day (1930's - 60's I believe). Again incredible collection!

Bruce

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Bruce

OK, the story's pretty thin on details (that's diplomatic for "completely lacking"), but on its face a beer "hall of fame" sounds pretty stupid to me. What do you do, just put up plaques with pictures of bottles or kegs? What are the admission criteria? Really good beers? Historically significant beers? Beers with the highest career batting average? And you think the politics over something like the GABF are nightmarish for having to try to find a way to rub the majors' balls?

A beer museum? Excellent idea. Most Americans are ignorant on the beverage itself and the role its played in our history. A beer hall of fame sounds way too gimmicky.

-Steve

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Steve Jackson

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