When Shannon Went: August 21, 2020
Where: 3301 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45209
MadTree Brewing Company started pouring pints in Cincinnati, Ohio back in 2013. Since then, they have evolved into one of the top producing breweries in Cincinnati and southwestern Ohio. If you don’t have the pleasure to visit them in person, you can take a virtual tour of the expansive taproom on their website. The virtual tour starts at the entrance, leading directly to Catch-a-Fire, the brewery’s pizza restaurant. Turn around and you’ll be greeted with a huge bar with 32 draft handles, a vast sea of bar top tables, a merch store, and a view of their canning and brewing production. Off the main taproom in one direction are two very large private event spaces, and in the other direction, is an entire outdoor bar with tons more outdoor seating. I’m not kidding when I say that MadTree Brewing is HUGE!
Shannon: Something I’ve learned pretty quickly is that Cincinnati loves good beer and big breweries. The size of taprooms in Cincy seem to be bigger than any I’ve ever been to outside of Ohio. Consider MadTree Brewing another beer giant at home in the Queen City. If the size of this brewery hasn’t impressed you yet, their draft list surely will. During my visit they had 29 beers on draft, 4 canned beers, plus wine and cocktail options!!! There was a beer for every style. Even the pickiest of beer drinkers will find a drink they’ll like. Heck, there were some beers on draft that I have never even heard of before – like an American super stout or a hoppy porter. Someone tell me what a hoppy porter is please! The only negative thing I have to say about MadTree is that I haven’t found their canned beers to be very fresh. That’s not to say their canned beer isn’t good though – they’re just not as fresh as beer straight from the draft.
Other Cool Things:
- MadTree has donated 15,000 tree saplings to aid in regenerating our forests! They also donate 1% of their sales to non-profit organizations focused on environmental sustainability!
- They can 72,000 beers a week in their Cincinnati production facility
- They also use 50,000 pounds of spent grain to feed local cows each week
- Trivia every Monday in their huge indoor and outdoor brewery!
- Lots of cool brewery merchandise available
- In house kitchen that make some really great brick oven pizzas
- MadTree offers tours of their brewing and canning facilities!
What Shannon Drank:
Shannon: Snoot Boopin (NEIPA) 7.4% ABV – 3.5 out of 5
Shannon: Dreamsicle (Kolsch) 4.7% ABV – 4 out of 5
Shannon: 42 Mile (Cider) 5.6% ABV – 3.5 out of 5
Brewing Persuasion: rating 4.5 out of 5
Feeling persuaded yet?
Brewing Persuasions 