Ohio Department Of Transportation District 12

Ohio Department Of Transportation District 12

Ohio Department Of Transportation District 12

You love your beer and you know the big brand names; Budweiser, Miller, Michelob … the list goes on and on. But did you know that Ohio was once a powerhouse producer of beer and ale? Beer and ale breweries have a long history in Ohio, especially in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus.

Cincinnati Beer History

Although Cincinnati’s first commercial beer brewing company was established in 1812 by an Englishman named Davis Embree, it was in 1829 when German immigrants created the first brewery in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. More German immigrants came to Cincinnati throughout the 1840s and within the next 30 years, there were 36 breweries in the city.