Brewery District History: Architectural and Brewing Tour

Explore the rich history of the Brewery District on this architectural and brewing tour. Visit historic breweries and learn about the people who shaped the beer industry. Includes a visit to the underground cellars of the Jackson Brewery and a pint of local beer.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Over-The-Rhine - Walk along the Brewing Heritage Trail past historic breweries, including a visit into one of the pre-Prohibition breweries’ underground lagering cellars.
What's Included
  • Visit into a historic pre-Prohibition brewery lagering cellar.
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Discount on merchandise in the Brewing Heritage Trail store.
Additional Information

Beginning at the Brewing Heritage Trail Sign at Findlay Market, this tour explores the western part of the Brewery District, highlighting the impressive 19th and early 20th-century buildings and recounting tales of those who established or dismantled these brewing empires during the beer industry’s revolution.
The tour features a visit to the underground…

Location
101 W Elder St
West Elder Street
This tour begins from Findlay Market at the Brewing Heritage Trail "Hop On" Sign, located on the east side of the market, where West Elder Street meets Race Street. 101 West Elder Street is the nearest physical address using Google Maps, however, the meeting point is just north of this location.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Robert_p
Sep 21, 2025
Walking tour in the area... - Walking tour in the area around Findlay Market. Stops at one former brewery and ends with a beverage at a local brewery. Most of the tour is spent viewing area around Findlay Market. Overall distance walked over 2 hours was less than 1 mile.
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Odyssey302739
Sep 8, 2025
History of Cincinnati Brewing - Our guide Lisa led us on a great tour of the history of brewing in Cincinnati, including a visit to lager tunnels and a current brewery. She has extensive historical knowledge of brewing as well as of Cincinnati. Definitely recommend this tour.
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Ericrd7263pz
Aug 10, 2025
Built on Beer Tour - Lisa was our tour guide and she provided a highly detailed and personal tour. This tour provided a history of the brewery business in OTR, and what it was like for the residents to live and work in there. Lisa kept us engaged and used humor to lighten the mood and heighten our interest. Thank you Lisa!
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Bev1013
Aug 4, 2025
Fun Tour - Learned a lot about the OTR area and how it got started, tour guides explain everything very well. They gave us fun facts. Ended at a greater brewery Rhinegeist, great selection of beers.
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Karenmn1543cx
Jul 13, 2025
Great tour! - What a great tour! I learned so much about Cincinnati’s beginnings as well as buildings that I’ve passed many times without knowing their rich history. Our tour guide, Jack, was able to answer all our questions. Well done!
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Jackoz3182ia
May 29, 2025
Fantastic Tour! - Great tour with Kanah, our guide! Tour was perfect. Great balance of history, fun, and beer! Not too long, not too short — it was just right. Thanks for a great experience!
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Audreyhx105mt
May 29, 2025
Great tour - Amazing tour with Kanah! Very interesting history to learn about in Cincinnati about. One of us was a local and another was visiting, we both learned so much.
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Mike_t
May 12, 2025
Very informative tour... - Very informative tour with history of city, architecture and how cinci was so popular for beer. Mike was great tour guide. The one negative is i think it would be better if the beer at the end was from a cincinnati brewery like rhineguist.
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Tama_p
Apr 27, 2025
Fun Tour - Loads of great information on the early days of brewing. Lisa was a wonderful guide and we enjoyed the tour.
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Meander782963
Sep 9, 2025
Just do it yourself - About 45 mins of info stretched into 2 hours. Spent way too much time standing in one place listening to over-dramatized accounts of iffy information. Husband/wife combo of tour guides was awkward at times with them either correcting each other, trying to fill info the other one hadn't yet, or just plain taking at the same time. Best to just get the free Brewing Heritage Tour app and do it yourself. Then you can go to Ghost Baby in downtown Cincy and have a drink inside a giant lager storage bunker instead of the dilapidated one on this tour.
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From $45
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).