A guide to Oktoberfests in Cincinnati

Raise a stein to local Oktoberfest beers Story by Polly Campbell, photos by Amanda Davidson

As the beer barrels are rolled out again for Greater Cincinnati's Oktoberfest season, beer drinkers in Greater Cincinnati have an unprecedented number of locally produced beers to try.

It's a good bet that by this time next year they'll have even more. Cincinnati is several years into a micro-brewing explosion, with small craft breweries growing and new ones planned or about to start producing.

You'll see a hint of this growth at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, where they'll be pulling Rivertown beers, which are brewed in Lockland; Sam Adams Oktoberfest, brewed in Sam Adams' Cincinnati brewery; and beer from Moerlein/Hudepohl, a Cincinnati-based company that brews some beers at the Lager House Downtown.

But that's just a small percentage of the hometown beer you can try this fall. It keeps getting easier to keep your beer money local. Depending on how you count, there are about a dozen breweries making beer in the Greater Cincinnati area, from the first, Mt. Carmel, to tiny new Triple Digit. They turn out a wide variety of styles, including quite a few Oktoberfest and other beers suitable for this time of year. Read Polly Campbell's full story.

A pumpkin ale, from Rivertown Brewery, is seen among barrels of barreled beer at the brewery's warehouse on September 5. / The Enquirer/Amanda Davidson

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