Celebrate beer, history, and sausage queens with all kinds of events on Saturday of Bockfest.

Historic Brewery Tours

Take a unique behind the scenes tour of a historic Cincinnati brewery. Don't miss out on this very limited opportunity, available exclusively through the Brewing Heritage Trail.

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Bockfest Halls

All four Bockfest Halls are FREE to enter. Don't forget great specials at participating venues throughout the neighborhood! ​

Moerlein Lager House - 115 Joe Nuxhall Way

10AM – 2PM Official Bockfest Brunch. Special Bockfest Menu and the Bockfest Bloody Mary with Skewered ¼ Bockwurst with garnishments, and a 5oz. Bock Beer Sidecar. Learn more and make reservations HERE.

12PM-9PM Bock Beer Experience with special sampling package to try all 29 of the Bock Beers available at Bockfest. Learn more and purchase tickets HERE.

12:30PM Tapping of the 2024 Bockfest Brewing Champions Beer

1PM-5PM Live music with Zinzinnati Beer Band

1PM-5PM Jim Effler Poster Signing

12PM-3PM Bockfest Speaker Series (In Beer Baron Hall at Moerlein Lager House)

Technical Brewing Presentations

12PM-1PM Roxanne Westendorf Overview of Homebrewing and its origins and tools needed to get started

1PM-2PM Nick Landers – Moerlein Lager House Head Brewer What’s it like to be a commercial brewer

2PM-3PM Speaker TBD Sensory: what are we looking for in a well made beer and what’s not supposed to be there

4PM Bock Beer Competition winner announcements and award ceremony

5PM-9PM Live acoustic music in Tent

12 bock beers on tap!

2P Parade Awards Announcements!

Specials on LK's Beer Brat and Servatii Pretzel and beer cheese

Rhinegeist Brewery - 1910 Elm Street

27 Bock beers on tap!
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OPEN AT 12P

12PM-3PM LIVE MUSIC with the Route 161 Happy Wanderers

3:30PM-6:30PM LIVE MUSIC with Cincy German Band

7PM-8:30PM Sausage Queen Finals

8:30PM-10:30PM LIVE MUSIC  with the Klaberheads

Rosedale OTR - 208 East 12th Street

15 Bock beers on tap!
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1-11PM Cincinnati Grill
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3P-6PM LIVE MUSIC with the Polka Warriors

6:30PM Stein Hoisting Competition

7PM-11PM LIVE MUSIC with Lunchbox

Beer

Bock bier is the ​rich, complex, malty, low-hop style of lager that we celebrate every year at Bockfest. We are excited to offer over thirty different bock biers this year at our Bockfest Halls!