2 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Join the Brewing Heritage Trail on this mostly indoor tour to learn about modern and historic brewing and distilling, but that’s not all, we’ll get to sample beverages and visit a 19th century underground lagering cellar along the way! The first stop on the tour is Northern Row Brewery and Distillery, where we’ll get a close-up look at their distilling process, followed by a spirit sampling. Next stop are the lagering cellars of the historic Jackson Brewery, where beer was fermented and cold stored dating back to the 1850s! We then head to the Rhinegeist Brewery, located inside a pre-Prohibition brewing structure, where we’ll take a behind the scenes tour of their modern and historic facility (stairs are required for part of the tour), concluding with a flight of their seasonal beverages. No other tour in the city offers historic and modern brewing and distilling, with an underground cellar exploration, so don’t miss out on this unique tour offered only by the Brewing Heritage Trail!
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Beer Flight and Spirit Sampling
Northern Row
We learn about the history of the pre-Prohibition fermentation house where the brewery & distillery is located, followed by a behind the scenes tour of their distilling operations. The tour then concludes with a spirit tasting in their taproom.
Rhinegeist Brewery
Guests will take a behind the scenes tour, where we learn how the Rhinegeist Brewery produces their beer, along with some history of the pre-Prohibition structure that houses their operations and taproom. We conclude this portion of the tour with a flight of their winter beers.
30 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Lisa K,
May 25, 2025
- Viator
Great historic information given during this tour. Lots of great details and overall fun tour. The distillery and brewery were both great and seeing the tunnels were very cool too. Very glad we did this tour, it was a great time.
PATTY D,
Mar 26, 2025
- Viator
The tour was educational and enjoyable. Our hosts are very good at their job and made the tour fun. They were extremely knowledgeable about the beer industry and Cincy. My friends and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour.
Charles R,
Jan 19, 2025
- Viator
It was fun informative tour great tour guide and would do another tour through them again. Lisa was awesome at this.
Janet K,
Nov 17, 2024
- Viator
Lisa was excellent! Knew her Material and clearly enjoyed sharing it Will sign up for another on our next trip to Cincinnati
Jamie S,
Nov 11, 2024
- Viator
The tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and clearly passionate about the subject. He was funny and time and well-prepared, but the tour was far too long—it should have been capped at 1.5 hours. There was a lot of standing around and listening to lengthy explanations, which felt more like a lecture. A little less talking and more engagement would have made the experience better. Offering something interactive, like a local beer to sample during the talks, could help break up the monotony.
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