Cincy Brew Bus
Cincy Brew Bus
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Distillery Tours • Beer Tastings & Tours • Private Tours • Wine Tours & Tastings • Bus Tours
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9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Monday
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Friday
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
About
We are Cincinnati's Original and Premier Craft Brewery, Winery, Distillery tours and Bourbon tastings. We have several different tour options to cater to your preferences. Weekday's, weeknights, weekends, we have you covered! Private tours are the lion-share of our business so let us help organize your unique function. You get ample tastings at each location as well as behind the scenes tours. Our tours have been written up in USAToday Travel, Beer and Brewing Magazine, Cincinnati Magazine, Cincinnati USA and recently was written on page 13 of the Book "100 things to do in Cincinnati Before you Die". We are passionate about Cincinnati, local craft beer, wine and bourbon.
Cincinnati, Ohio

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2022

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Lmorton22
Kentucky, United States105 contributions
Apr 2022 • Friends
Our group filled the bus with (14) gals to celebrate a friends’ 50th birthday. We had a fantastic Saturday afternoon while visiting 3 Cincy spots full of wine tastings and fun. My 5star rating is specifically for Mike S. (owner). He made sure we got exactly what we wanted, including a pickup and drop off at a private residence 20 minutes south of downtown Cincinnati (for a reasonable fee). I highly recommend for any of your Cincy Tour needs.
Written May 13, 2022
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MichaelS142
Thank you for coming out and giving the company a try. We are super glad you enjoyed it and got to help design exactly what you wanted. Hope to see you again soon.
Written May 24, 2022
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Tammie12_13
West Chester, OH3 contributions
Aug 2022
This is a great way to enjoy some of Cincinnati's great breweries and neighborhoods and learn some really great Cincinnati trivia and brewing facts! My husband and I took the Cincy Brew Bus and met several other couples/families as well as celebrated with a bridal party. Our guide, Michael, had a plethora of facts to share about Cincinnati, the featured breweries and brewing in general. He also did a great job of making sure that everyone was having a great time and getting the most out of their Brew Bus experience. Great job and thank you Michael, we highly recommend and will be bringing friends and family on more of these great Cincinnati excursions!
Written August 29, 2022
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MichaelS142
Thank you Tammie! That means the world. Mike is the best! Hope to see you out again someday!
Written September 18, 2022
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Jason Y
Youngstown, Ohio2 contributions
Aug 2022
I used Cincy Brew Bus to plan a private brewery tour for a group of college friends that gets together every year in a different city for a long weekend trip. The owner, Mike, was extremely helpful and flexible when I was planning our private tour. Our tour guide, Blake, was extremely knowledgeable and did a great job keeping us entertained at each brewery stop. He did a fantastic job and we will certainly be doing this again in the future!
Written August 15, 2022
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MichaelS142
Thank you so much Jason! We really appreciate the ongoing support and know this wasn't your first time with us. It means a ton for you to pick us when looking for things to do in town. We really enjoyed your group and are thankful for you taking the time to share your experience! Cheers!
Written August 16, 2022
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Nicole_MP_51512
1 contribution
Dec 2021
My family and a few of my friends were really excited to do this when my family came in from out of town around Christmas. Per the website the 3 stop hop consisted of: "We will cover Cincinnati Brewing History, talk beer, and taste 9 different beers along the way. Each stop comes with 18 ounces of fresh, locally made craft beer all manufactured in house. Cincinnati has a rich brewing heritage we wish to share with you and your guests. Join us for a fun filled afternoon or evening!". Not a single thing was told to us regarding the Cincinnati brewing history, anything about ANY beer, and nothing about the individual breweries. Our guide basically drove us around then said "here's a pilsner" and left. It was a glorified uber and 9 small tastings. Very disappointed and total waste of money. Maybe would have been better with a more involved guide but it was truly a bummer experience for my family since we had been looking forward to it.
Written January 11, 2022
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MichaelS142
We have some newer guides that are still in the process of learning how to do their jobs. I hate that you didn't get the experience that we promote and would love to get some more details so we can train to it. We take all feedback seriously as you can see below in other reviews we pride ourselves on providing a memorable experience. We definitely want to make it up to you as well. We didn't get this feedback directly prior to it being posted here but would be open to direct communication in lieu of going direct to other potential clients.
Written January 16, 2022
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Corie
Fairfield, OH6 contributions
Mar 2022
I bought my husband the NKY distillery tour with Cincy Brew Bus for Christmas. On March 5 we went on the tour. We had a fun time! Our driver, Willie, was awesome. Of course, he got us to where we were going and back! He is also pretty cool. We enjoyed the distilleries and the bourbon bar we visited and plan to go see them again on our own. I also liked that it was a smaller group than what I've been with before on brewery tours. I highly recommend Cincy Brew Bus for a fun afternoon/evening of checking out Cincinnati and NKY breweries, bars and distilleries.
Written March 10, 2022
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MichaelS142
Thank you for giving us an opportunity, we are really glad you enjoyed our distillery experience and thanks for being a repeat customer!
Written March 10, 2022
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Justin F
Zanesville, OH1 contribution
Jun 2021 • Couples
We did the bourbon, wine, and beer tour with Michael and he couldn’t have been better! His knowledge of
the area was great, and his friendly personality made personal conversations great! We talked about our experiences at local breweries and he was happy to join in and share his experiences. Overall a perfect way to spend our Saturday afternoon. We have been on Cincy Brew Bus tours in the past, and highly recommend any of the experiences.
Written June 12, 2021
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MichaelS142
Thank you for the kind words, we really appreciate the opportunity. It was fantastic hanging with you. Hopefully we see you again.
Written August 17, 2021
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lilmel23
1 contribution
Jan 2020
I had a good time in the wine tour. It wasn't the best time of my life but was different and interesting. Let's start with the bus, it holds 14 but it would be more comfortable with oy 12 people because the seats aren't very big. Our tour was in late January and while it wasn't freezing it was cold and rainy and we still needed heat. Our drive rode around with the window down and everyone was freezing. We had to ask a couple of times for the window to be rolled up or the heat on. I don't think our driver cared much about that.

As far as the tour, one thing I wish was available was a ranking scale if each winery. I expected to go from the least liked place to the best but I was wrong! The best place to most of us was the first stop. I wish I would have purchased a bottle there. But I held out thinking the best what yet to come and sadly it wasn't. SO if you taste something you like.....just get it!

I was surprised that our driver got off and joined us on the tour. He even sat with us during the tastings which we all thought was weird. It almost felt like he was watching our group closely and we didn't know why. We just felt a bit uneasy about that.

All in all my group enjoyed the experience. Would we do it again...hmmm....maybe, but definitely not my top of the list.
Written February 4, 2020
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Hello, thank you for the review, always appreciate feedback. We are sorry about the tour guide, I spoke to him and he was not aware of having his window down at all during the event. He even said he had the heat on and that bus gets pretty warm so I don't know what happened but thanks for bringing it to our attention, we will research the issue. I'll reach out to you directly to get more information as well. We ask our drivers and guides to make sure they are engaged with our groups, it may mean sometimes coming in, talking with them, hanging out near them, never to bother them but just to make sure they are having an amazing time. I don't know the particulars of what took place but have reached out to him to see whats the what. It is also so we can make sure that our vendors are giving you the level of service we agreed on, and to make sure no one is overly intoxicated along the way. We don't watch like a hawk but we do peek in, and in some cases our tour guide drivers like to hang, we don't do it to make anyone feel uncomfortable but I can see where that could be misconstrued with someone sitting there. You did the Ohio Valley tour and yes, Valley Vineyards does an excellent job with the tour, tasting the facility tour and the food, while we do think they do an awesome job we feel like Henke and Meier are also very cool spots with their own charm, in fact Henke just won top 10 Urban Winery in the country again by Wine Magazine, so we know the sit down portion of the tasting isn't as fun, but the wines are award winning at Henke and the history at Meier and incredible size is a cool touch to a fun filled afternoon. In Ohio, particularly in this region, unless we wanted to travel 100's of miles it would be tough to add much more variety than we have. Vinoklet would like for us to be first on their tour which logistically we just can't do, and some of the other spots are so far away its just too much. We were definitely sad to lose the Holtkamp tasting room this year, but adding Revel and Skeleton Root on our Urban Tour has been really great. I will definitely look into the window and the bus being cold as well as him sitting by you at the Winery.
Written February 5, 2020
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MoK
4 contributions
Aug 2020
We had a very small group, which given the current situation, we just perfect. Three of the four breweries we visited we had not been to before, so that was terrific as well. Driver was very knowledgeable, explained what we were tasting as well as information about the breweries and even had some trivia questions for us.

If there is one 'challenge' that I could provide a suggestion about, I would have to say that it would have been nice to choose our own tastings. There are specific beers that I do not like and/or can't drink, so there were times I was only tasting one beer. You do have the option to purchase beer, but we had already paid for the tastings, so we would have preferred to enjoy those.
Written August 3, 2020
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Thank you for the kind words! We do allow private tours to pick their three samples at each spot under 7.5%, unfortunately on public tours we cannot do that. It is how we keep the costs do low, however, most locations will allow you to try a small sip of their beers if you ask. I am sorry if that was not clearly explained at your time of touring. Thank you though for the four stars, that is very kind.
Written September 4, 2020
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513MeganGood
Cincinnati, OH1 contribution
Oct 2022 • Friends
I highly recommend the brewery tour! We did a tour with friends and family for my husband’s 40th. Everyone had a great time, even those in the group that don’t typically drink beer. Our tour guide Bill was informative and fun. I’m already trying to plan out my next brewery tour!
Written October 2, 2022
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MichaelS142
Thank you so much! I will let Bill know you all loved his service. Thank you for the opportunity, hope to see you again in the near future!
Written October 18, 2022
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DinaM
West Chester, OH1 contribution
Mar 2021
We attended the Bourbon Tour which took us to Buffalo Trace & Neeley Distillery. MIke was an excellent tour guide and each of the tours was informative and fun. We have been impressed with the Cincy Brew Bus every time we have booked a trip. I would highly recommend!
Written March 30, 2021
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Thank you so much for the vote of confidence, we appreciate your continued love and support for the various tour offerings we have. We can't wait to have you all out again and thank you so much for pioneering this with your group. See you soon!
Written April 13, 2021
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