Cheers for beer brewed here

With the growing number of breweries in the Cincinnati area, there are more options than ever before for those who want to drink beer that's brewed here.

To help you keep track, here is a list of the "mainstays" – each area brewery's core beers; the ones that can typically be found in their tap rooms, at local bars or on store shelves. (Of course, many breweries change their offerings often and produce seasonal brews, so keep an eye out for those, too!)

How many of these local beers have you tried?

BAD TOM BREWING: Founded Jan. 1, 2013. Columbia Tusculum. 513-871-4677; badtombrewing.com

• Addlehead

Style: India pale ale (IPA)

Brewery's description: Has a golden yellow color and full rich body with a creamy head and medium lace. It is rated at 95 IBUs and has a hoppy finish but has a sweetness balance which is rare with IPAs. 7.8 percent alcohol by volume (ABV); 95 International Bittering Units (IBU).

• Bad Tom Smith

Style: Brown ale

Brewery's description: A medium-bodied ale with rich reddish-brown color, a small tan head and fruity aroma. Has an essence of toasted malt combined with candied nuts and a light caramel flavor. A well-balanced beer with a clean finish. 5.8 percent ABV; 30 IBU.

• Black Kettle Stout

Style: Stout

Brewery's description: A seven-grain dark, full-bodied ale made with vanilla bean, cocoa nibs and cinnamon sticks. Has a strong cinnamon/roasted flavor and a mild chocolate finish. Maintains a thick texture with a rich, smooth and creamy feel on the pallet. The color is dark brown to black with a heavy amber lace. 5.4 percent ABV; 25 IBU.

• Brother Clement

Style: Belgian wheat

Brewery's description: A light citrus aroma and a clean, refreshing finish with a light white lace. It's made with 40 percent wheat and clementines go into the boil. 6.5 percent ABV; 36 IBU.

• Eastern Ave IPA

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: Triple-hopped IPA with a full body and a strong, hoppy finish. 8.4 percent ABV; 95 IBU.

• Fink Red Rye

Style: Red rye ale

Brewery's description: Our red rye has a distinctive reddish color with a creamy head and medium lace. It has a caramel nose and produces a light, dry beer with a crisp taste and spicy finish. 8.7 percent ABV; 40 IBU.

• Gehenkten Lager

Style: Lager

Brewery's description: First Bad Tom lager. A malty beer with a clean finish and mildly hopped. 5.4 percent ABV; 28 IBU.

• Kloppenburg

Style: Helles

Brewery's description: A full-bodied, sweet, malty Helles ale with a hint of butterscotch finish. 5.4 percent ABV; 24 IBU.

• Old Abe

Style: American strong ale

Brewery's description: Has a sweet balance of malt with a faint buttery taste. A four-grain, three-hop recipe that creates an unusually creamy but full-bodied beer with a dark amber color and a medium lace. Has a lactic berry malt aroma and the finish is slightly hoppy but very crisp. 10 percent ABV; 95 IBU.

BLANK SLATE: Founded in March 2011. www.blankslatebeer.com

• Fork in the Road

Style: India amber ale

Brewery's description: The first beer in Blank Slate's "Traveling IPA" series. Autumn is a time of change, and Mother Nature is at a fork in the road as the bright summer gives way to fall's darker colors. This beer sits squarely at the fork where darker malts and brighter hops meet. Munich and CaraRed malts give it an amber color and bigger malt presence than a standard IPA. Generous amounts of Citra and Centennial hops remind you that it's still an "India" style beer nonetheless. 6.8 percent ABV; 70 IBU. Available October-March.

• FUME

Style: Cherrywood smoked porter

Brewery's description: There was a time when all dark beers had a smoky flavor. Grains were traditionally roasted over an open flame. Then technology took over. Blank Slate's smoked porter pays homage to those early days. Unlike many traditional smoke beers, which are smoked with Beechwood, Fume uses cherrywood-smoked malt, which gives this brown porter a very refined smoke character with a unique flavor profile. 5.4 percent ABV; 33 IBU. Available October through March.

• The Lesser Path

Style: India White Ale

Brewery's description: Blank Slate continues the "Travelling IPA" series into the spring and summer with this well-balanced wheat IPA. A refreshing flavor profile containing two different wheat malts in addition to oats and honey malt meld with copious amounts of Columbus, Cascade and Nugget hops. The warmer weather of spring and summer is definitely a good time to get out and explore the "lesser known paths" in this world. 6.5 percent ABV; 70 IBU. Available April through September.

• Movin' On

Style: American session ale

Brewery's description: English "session ales" used to keep the working man happy all day long. Lower in alcohol but still flavorful, this beer won't keep you from being able to "move on" with your day. Blank Slate's take on the English "Best Bitter" style combines English Maris Otter and Brown Malt with American 2-Row Malt. Classic American hops including Cluster and Cascade up the ante from its traditional namesake and round out the flavor profile of this American Session Ale. 4.2 percent ABV; 45 IBU. Available January-June.

• Out & About

Style: Crisp wheat ale

Brewery's description: In Eastern Germany there is an old, nearly forgotten style of wheat beer known as gose (pronounced "goes-uh"). Traditionally brewed with coriander and salt and fermented to produce a slight sourness, this beer has a tart, refreshing finish. Blank Slate's version uses German "Sauermalz" and a little caraway to go along with the coriander and just a touch of sea salt. The result is a crisp, refreshing wheat ale that is just the thing when you are "out and about" on a warm day. 5.4 percent ABV; 26 IBU. Available April through September.

• RYEsing Up

Style: Rye saison with peppercorn

Brewery's description: This Belgian farmhouse style of ale is a crisp, spicy and refreshing beer. The Blank Slate version uses the addition of rye malt to accentuate the peppery phenols that this special yeast is known to produce as well as add a little bit of body to the finished beer.Two different kinds of peppercorns added to the brewing process really take things to the next level. 8 percent ABV; 27 IBU. Available July through December.

• Shroominous

Style: Brown ale with shiitake mushroom

Brewery's description: Beer brewed with mushrooms? Yep. Umami is one of the five basic tastes and roughly translates to "pleasant and savory." We think this brown ale fits the bill. English character malts combine with earthy American hops in this hybrid Northern English/American brown ale. The addition of the shiitake gives it an extra hit of earthiness and a touch of that savory quality. Brewed as a way to bring food and beer together, Shroominous was built for pairing with anything from steak to risotto. 8 percent ABV; 52. Available January through June.

CELLAR DWELLER: Founded in February 2012. Morrow. 513-899-2485; www.valleyvineyards.com

• Can I Get a Wheatness

Style: American-style wit

Brewery's description: An American-style wit beer – light and refreshing with a subtle citrus finish. 4.4 percent ABV; 11 IBU.

• Cellar Blues

Style: American light

Brewery's description: A refreshing, light ale for any time of year, this easy-drinking beer is perfect for friendly family gatherings. 4.7 percent ABV; 10.9 IBU.

• Copperhead

Style: American pale ale

Brewery's description: Fresh floral aromas and spice follow a burst of citrus with a clean, crisp finish on the palate. 5.8 percent ABV; 36.5 IBU.

• Dead Dweller

Style: English ale

Brewery's description: Soft, sensual mouthfeel gives way to flavors of espresso and peanut intermingling in the finish. 5.5 percent ABV; 37.8 IBU.

• Hopewell's

Style: Oatmeal milk stout

Brewery's description: Smooth and light stout capturing the fine-tuned coffee flavor of roasted barley malt. 5.8 percent ABV; 35 IBU.

• Jeremiah's

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: Brewed according to a recipe recovered from the back pages of Jeremiah Morrow's personal bible. An India pale ale with the crisp citrus, uplifting effect of hops followed by a enticing, full-mouth feel finish. 6.1 ABV; 60 IBU.

• Ryno's

Style: Amber ale

Brewery's description: A true American amber ale with a perfect balance of malt and the accentuation of a delicate blend of hops. 5.8 percent ABV; 60 IBU.

CHRISTIAN MOERLEIN: Reintroduced in 1981 (originally founded in 1853). Over-the-Rhine. 1621 Moore St www.christianmoerlein.com

• Barbarossa Dark Lager

Style: Dunkel lager

Brewery's description: A slow-aged Dunkel lager with a deep reddish-brown color and a malt aroma derived from Munich dark malt. 5 percent ABV; 14 IBU.

• Lager House Original Golden Helles

Style: Helles lager

Brewery's description: This Münchner-style Helles is a remarkably balanced lager featuring a lightly toasted, yet defined malt character, and a touch of hops for a clean finish. 5.2 percent ABV; 19 IBU.

• Northern Liberties IPA

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: A well-hopped IPA featuring three hop varieties and four malts. Centennial, Columbus and Cascade hops fused with 2 Row, Light Munich, Caramel 40 and Carapils hops create this well-balanced copper ale. 6.3 percent ABV; 65 IBU.

• O.T.R. Pale Ale

Style: English-style pale ale

Brewery's description: A unique presentation of an early settlers' ale from Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine. In an era of limited refrigeration, the brewer was generous with the hops for stability; a full malt flavor would then balance the flavor. Today, three malts and an infusion of Cascade and Fuggle hops make Moerlein O.T.R. a crisp, quaffable ale. 6 percent ABV; 35 IBU.

• Red Hop Mess

Style: Red IPA

Brewery's description: Our team of craft brewers collaborated on this unique red IPA with a recipe bearing the perfect fusion of malt and a mad dose of Amarillo hops. The result, Red Hop Mess – the elusive elixir – a stroke of pure genius with just the right amount of madness. 7.2 percent ABV; 70 IBU.

• Zeppelin Pale Ale

Style: Bavarian-style pale ale

Brewery's description: A German-inspired pale ale that showcases the characteristics of traditional pales, enhanced by the distinctive flavors and aromas of German noble hops. Pilsner and Munich malts provide a significant backbone balanced by delicate floral and fruity notes from a late kettle hop addition and dry-hopping; 40 IBU.

• Hudepohl Amber Lager

Style: Amber lager

Brewery's description: A tribute to the 125th anniversary of the Hudepohl Brewing Co. This rich, amber lager is made from pure, quality ingredients and limited to malt, hops, yeast and water. 4.7 percent ABV; 19 IBU.

• Hudy Delight

Style: American light lager

Brewery's description: A low-calorie, true-brewed American Light Lager with full flavor and a smooth, clean, refreshing finish.

DOGBERRY BREWING: Founded in January 2015. West Chester. 513-847-8208 or Facebook.

• Blonde Ale

Style: Blonde ale

Brewery's description: Classic American blonde ale featuring a light, floral aroma provided by El Dorado Hops. A simple, flavorful but mild brew, our blonde has mild malt sweetness and a clean finish." 6.5 percent ABV.

• Bray's On Target Brown Ale

Style: Brown ale

Brewery's description: A deep ruby, bright brown ale that is roasty without being sweet or nutty. It's hopped with restraint for sessionable enjoyment. It has a bright oak and roasty nose with medium to full body. This beer finishes balanced and dry with piney hop notes. 6.8 percent ABV.

• Maiden Flight RyePA

Style: Rye ale

Brewery's description: Our take on a modern rye ale. An English malt background with the right amount of rye spiciness. Featuring Falconer's Flight hops in conjunction with a spectacular array of accompanying aroma hops. 5.5 percent ABV.

• On the Aisle Kolsch

Style: Kölsch

Brewery's description: German-style blonde ale twisted with a modern day hop approach. Citrusy sweetness that is not overpowering. This light-bodied beer with a dry and clean finish reminds us of summer and great times at the ball yard. 6.6 percent ABV.

• Wildfire IPA

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: A copper hued, crisp yet caramel bodied IPA. It's hopped to evoke notes of citrus. Spiced with a touch of coriander and black peppercorn for a perfect little kick. This smooth, mid-weight beer with a bright grapefruit bitterness has a dry peppery finish. 6.7 percent ABV.

Ei8HT BALL: Founded in 2013. Newport (in the back of the Party Source). 859-291-0036; ei8htballbrewing.com

• Prodigal

Style: American pale ale

Brewery's description: Our version of an American pale ale. This beer has enough malt to balance the massive amount of dry hops we introduce after fermentation. This lends a very piney, citrus, floral and even grassy notes. Keep your eye on what batch it is, because we change the hops in every batch. Same base beer, just different hops to keep things exciting. 6 percent ABV; 45 IBU.

• Red Drink

Style: Red IPA

Brewery's description: Red IPA, yes, RED IPA. Tons of caramel malt gives this beer its color and caramel flavors and aromas. In order to overcome all the malt, we put even more hops into this beer to give wonderful piney aromas which come from the single hop variety named Centennial. 8.0 percent ABV; 70 IBU.

• Tarnished

Style: Ale

Brewery's description: Fall sunset hue in color with high clarity. Slight citrus and ripe white grape aromas. Balanced malt flavor with a crisp, clean finish. It reeks of freshness from front to back. 6 percent ABV.

FIFTY WEST BREWING COMPANY: Founded in November 2012. Columbia Township. 513-834-8789; fiftywestbrew.com

• Coast to Coast

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: This American IPA is focused on hop flavor, aroma and bitterness. Five varieties of hops are combined in this brew to give a fruity and dank character. The combination of fruitiness and bitterness, makes for a perfectly balanced IPA both coasts can agree on. 6.8 percent ABV; 70 IBU.

• Coffee Please

Style: Coffee stout

Brewery's description: There are few better pairings than a cold winter day and deep chocolate coffee stout. Our brewers partnered with Coffee Please coffee shop in Madeira to bring together the delicious blends of a toddy-prepared Columbian roasted coffee with a deep chocolate stout. 7.1 percent ABV; 70 IBU.

• Paycheck's Porter

Style: Porter

Brewery's description: This robust porter is sweet and chocolaty, with a touch of smoke to add depth. 6.1 percent ABV; 50 IBU.

• Speed Bump

Style: Kölsch-style light ale

Brewery's description: We call it 'Speed Bump,' as it's a great entry beer into the wonderful world of craft beer. Crisp and clean, this easy-drinking light ale has a sweet floral finish that leaves you wanting more. 5.25 percent ABV; 25 IBU.

GREAT CRESCENT BREWERY: Founded in November 2008. Aurora. 812-655-9079; www.gcbeer.com

• Blonde Ale

Style: German kölsch

Brewery's description: A German kölsch-style beer fermented with British ale yeast to create a true hybrid-type beer that is clear, slightly malty with medium hop aroma and relatively low bitterness. German Perle hops are used for bittering, and German Hersbrucker hops are used for flavor and aroma. 5.3 percent ABV; 22 IBU.

• Coconut Porter

Style: English porter

Brewery's description: Great Crescent Coconut Porter is brewed as a traditional English-style porter. Organic coconut is added during the brewing process to give this beer a nutty flavor and a little touch of sweetness that blends perfectly with the style. A hop blend of English East Kent Goldings and Fuggle give this beer an authentic flavor. 5.6 percent ABV; 33 IBU.

• India Pale Ale

Style: English-style IPA

Brewery's description: India Pale Ale is the beer created to make the long ocean voyage to India when it was still a British colony. This beer lives on today in many interpretations; Great Crescent IPA is made in the classic English style and maintains balance between the malt and hops. The clean finish of this beer comes from the use of Glacier hops for flavor and aroma. 5.8 percent ABV; 60 IBU.

HOFBRÄUHAUS NEWPORT: Founded in 2003, modeled after the 400-plus year-old Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Germany. 859-491-7200; www.hofbrauhausnewport.com

• Hofbräu Dunkel

Style: Dunkel lager

Brewery's description: Dark beer existed in Bavaria long before light beer. This was the first type of beer to be brewed at Hofbräuhaus when it was founded. Today, when beer-lovers all over the world talk about dark beer, they usually mean a Munich style dark beer. Today, Hofbräu Dunkel – the archetypal Bavarian beer – is still as popular as ever. With an alcohol content of around 5.5 percent by volume and a subtle spicy and rich flavor, this is a refreshing beer that suits all kinds of occasions. 24 IBU.

• Hofbräu Hefe Weizen

Style: Wheat

Brewery's description: Back in 1602 Weissbier could only be brewed by ducal privilege. It was Munich's first Hefe Weizen. Hofbräuhaus enjoyed this exclusive right for nearly 200 years, thus holding a monopoly on Weissbier in Bavaria. But even without a monopoly, Hofbräu Hefe Weizen is a really special kind of beer. Characterized by its sparkling rich foam and distinguished by its unforgettable refreshing and fruity taste. It is brewed according to an ancient tradition and offers an alcoholic content of approximately 5.1 percent by volume. 15 IBU.

• Hofbräu Light

Style: Light lager

Brewery's description: Hofbräu Light is a lager beer which has been brewed lighter in body and with less alcohol, which is approx. 3.6 percent volume but with a lovely hop flavor as it is typical for German beers. 20 IBU.

• Hofbräu Premium Lager

Style: Lager

Brewery's description: More than any other, Hofbräu Premium Lager embodies Munich's character as a city of beer, spreading its fame throughout the world. Full-bodied with an alcoholic content of approximately 5.1 percent by volume, and offering a truly fine hops aroma, it is a superbly well-balanced lager. 25 IBU.

LISTERMANN/TRIPLE DIGIT: Listermann was founded in 2008; The Triple Digit brand was launched in 2012. Evanston. 513-731-1130;listermannbrewing.com

• Listerman Losantiville Pre-Probibition Lager

Style: Lager

Brewery's description: Losantiville Pre-Probibition Lager is our tip of the hat to the way beer was made before prohibition. Before prohibition, corn was used in a lot of beers and is used in very few today. This lager has 25 percent flaked corn and finishes sweet as opposed to bitter, like most lagers. ABV 5 percent; 16 IBU.

• Listermann Nutcase

Style: Peanut butter porter

Brewery's description: Full-bodied porter made with dried, de-oiled peanut butter powder. It won't stick to the roof of your mouth, but has a strong PB presence in both the smell and the taste.

• Triple Digit Chickow!

Style: Hazelnut double brown ale

Brewery's description: Double the body and ABV of a normal brown ale, Chickow is big and nutty. Huge body finishes sweet with a large presence of hazelnuts. 10 percent ABV; 28 IBU.

MADTREE BREWING COMPANY: Founded January 2013. Columbia Township. 513-836-8733; www.madtreebrewing.com

• Axis Mundi

Style: Russian Imperial stout

Brewery's description: The Siberians believed there was a 'World Tree' that served as the Axis Mundi, connecting the different worlds through its roots and branches. While this Russian Imperial stout isn't necessarily the world's cosmic axis, it does connect rich flavors in a way to deliver you a cosmic beer. 9.5 percent ABV; 72 IBU.

• Galaxy High

Style: Imperial IPA

Brewery's description: At Galaxy High, the beer has 120 IBUs, yet finishes nice and dry. Join two New Zealand hops as you encounter a crazy collection of tropical and dank flavors throughout this Imperial IPA. It's big on your palate … disruptive even. Think "trophic cascades" disruptive. 10.2 percent ABV; 120 IBU.

• Gnarly Brown:

Style: Brown ale/robust porter

Brewery's description: Specialty malts bring intimations of brown sugar and vanilla, which meld into the Gnarly's character. Roasted coffee malt flavors and residual sweetness dance in harmony, obscuring the line between brown ale and porter. 7.0 percent ABV; 32 IBU.

• Happy Amber

Style: American amber ale

Brewery's description: This dry-hopped ale combines caramel and biscuit malt flavors in happy equilibrium with late-addition American hops. The approachable balance is intentional although the name is a "hoppy" accident. 6.0 percent ABV; 30 IBU.

• Identity Crisis

Style: Hoppy porter

Brewery's description: Not a ray of light penetrates the soul of this beer. Combines the roasted malt backbone of a porter with a huge amount of earthy and citrusy hops typical in many IPAs. 6.9 percent ABV; 61 IBU.

• Lift

Style: Kölsch

Brewery's description: Whether taking a break from a hard day of work or just a huge day of hops, this crisp, refreshing beer with a hint of orange will lift your spirits without lowering your expectations for what a craft beer should be. 4.7 percent ABV; 11 IBU.

• PsycHOPathy

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: The subtle malt backbone combats the bitterness and intensity of floral, grassy and citrus hop flavors. 6.9 percent ABV; 70 IBU.

MT. CARMEL: Founded in 2005. 513-240-2739; www.mtcarmelbrewingcompany.com

• Amber Ale

Style: Amber ale

Brewery's description: A deep amber in color, this beer enters with an aroma of fresh hops coupled with a smooth flavorful body and is balanced by a complex hop finish. 6 percent ABV; 34 IBU.

• Blonde Ale

Style: Blonde ale

Brewery's description: Golden in color, this hand-crafted beer enters with a subtle hop aroma followed by a smooth, refreshing body and finishes with a clean, crisp taste. 5.5 percent ABV; 21 IBU.

• India Pale Ale

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: Orange in color, this offering enters with a pine hop aroma, followed by a rich, malty body with hints of sweet biscuit and finished with a lasting spicy hop finish. 7 percent ABV; 56 IBU.

• Nut Brown Ale

Style: Brown ale

Brewery's description: Mahogany in color, this beer enters with hints of maple followed by a roasted hazelnut body and balances with a clean, malty finish. 6 percent ABV; 38 IBU.

• Stout

Style: Stout

Brewery's description: Black in color, this beer enters with a dark fruit aroma atop a thick, light brown head as the crown of a chocolate malt body. Balanced with hints of coffee and the intense flavor of roasted grains. 6.7 percent ABV; 38 IBU.

OLD FIREHOUSE: Founded in 2014. Williamsburg. 513-536-9071; www.oldfirehousebrewery.com

• Code 3

Style: Red ale

Brewery's description: A well balanced, malt forward, copper colored ale with a roasted dry finish. 5.2 percent ABV; 22 IBU.

• Flash Point

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: East Coast-style, tropical fruit aroma, delectable hop body with a slightly sweet finish. 6.7 percent ABV; 50 IBU.

• Hoser Gose

Style: Gose

Brewery's description: Originated in Goslar, Germany, this wheat based brew is flavored with coriander and sea salt, with an OFB twist of sweet orange peel added to produce a tart, refreshing finish. 5 percent ABV; 15 IBU.

• Pin-Up Girl

Style: American blonde ale

Brewery's description: An easy-drinking, slightly malty, golden color ale with an exceptionally clean fruity finish. 5 percent ABV; 15 IBU.

• Probie Porter

Style: Porter

Brewery's description: A perfectly robust ale with chocolate/coffee notes and firm hop bitterness. 6.5 percent ABV; 36 IBU.

ROCK BOTTOM: The Cincinnati location opened in 1996. Downtown. 513-621-1588; www.rockbottom.com

• Cincinnati American Light

Style: Blond ale

Brewery's description: Our blonde ale is light, refreshing and highly drinkable. 5.1 percent ABV; 20 IBU.

• Crosley Field IPA

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: A west coast IPA brewed with an aggressive amount of Cascade hops, which imparts a dry citrus character. 6.4 percent ABV; 60 IBU.

• Tall Stacks Red Ale

Style: Red ale

Brewery's description: Brewed with a generous amount of imported malts, this ale has a vibrant red color and a unique malt profile, making this an extremely smooth and drinkable ale. 5.8 percent ABV; 27 IBU.

• White Tiger Wheat

Style: Hefeweizen

Brewery's description: A Southern German-style Hefeweizen. The Bavarian yeast strain used adds a unique blend of banana- and clove-like characteristics. This unfiltered beer finishes with a subtle spiciness. 5.6 percent ABV; 22 IBU.

RHINEGEIST: Founded in 2013. Over-the-Rhine. 513-381-1356; rhinegeist.com

• Cougar

Style: Golden ale

Brewery's description: A bright golden ale with light honey malt tones hopped with Crystal and Bravo for notes of mandarin and citrus. 4.8 percent ABV; 20 IBU.

• Truth

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: Intensely hopped, dry IPA with Centennial, Citra, Amarillo and Simcoe hops. It's hopped at a rate of 3 pounds per barrel to rev up peach, mango and passion fruit notes. 7.2 percent ABV; 75 IBU.

• Uncle

Style: British mild

Brewery's description: Sessionable British mild with complex malt character. 3.8 percent ABV; 17 IBU.

RIVERTOWN: Founded in December 2009. Lockland. 513-827-9280; rivertownbrewery.com

• Divergent

Style: Sour

Brewery's description: Flappers have always been a symbol of change and rebellion, harkening to a time where challenging the norm was all the rage. This beer embraces and celebrates that vibrant, relentless spirit. Representing the rebirth of a brewery and the reclamation of a dream, this beer is a completely contradictory experience where the wort is soured, the hops are minimized and the beer is filtered to be brilliant. Crisp, delicate, cutting edge, complex and tart, pouring a bright citrine with a nose of gently soured rind fruit, this beer is exactly what is needed when looking for a little something … Divergent. ABV: 3.8 percent; IBU: 10.

• Jeanneke Belgian Style Blonde

Style: Belgian-style blonde

Brewery's description: Many know of Jeanneke's big brother, Manneken-Pis, who proudly relieves himself into a fountain basin in Brussels, Belgium, but little Jeanneke, hidden discreetly at the end of an unlit, unmarked, dead-end alley, proudly squats and smiles offering tenderness and virtue to anyone who witnesses her brazen display. Our Belgian Blonde Ale was created by Rob Westendorf, a Cincinnati home brewer who has since won many awards in his perfection of this style. Inspired by a trip he took to Brussels, where he first met Jeanneke and drank the most incredible Belgian Blonde ales, he was determined to brew a blonde that would do justice to his incredible experiences. Featuring Belgian beet sugar, imported aromatic hops, spicy noble hops and pilsner barley, Jeanneke is playful, fruity, crisp and, just as in real life, wonderfully balanced. ABV: 6.2 percent; IBU: 25.

• Lil' Sipa Session IPA

Style: Session IPA

Brewery's description: Sometimes in life, we don't want to sacrifice flavor for responsibility. That is why we created Lil' Sipa, our session IPA. Think of this beer as the one you drink when you want the kick in your face punch of a double IPA, but not so much the knock you down blow that the higher alcohol of a double IPA serves up. We found that the combination of Citra, Galaxy, Columbus and Cascade hops partnered up with some good ol' American 2-row barley makes the perfect crisp, bright, all day drinkable IPA that doesn't end up being JUST what you need, but also, just what you want. 4.5 percent; IBU: 55.

• Roebling Porter

Style: Porter

Brewery's description: Roebling Imperial Porter brings together Cincinnati coffee, Ugandan vanilla beans and raw, organic turbinado sugar into a big, rich, chocolate, espresso-infused brownie of a beer that is as innovative as its namesake. Rivertown was asked to craft a beer for a community festival in 2011 which celebrated the 145th Birthday of the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge linking Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky. This Imperial Porter is inventive, unique, well-balanced, strong and has been created to be as timeless and remarkable as the Roebling Bridge, the man who dreamed big and the community that brought that dream to life. ABV: 7.9 percent; IBU: 35.

• Soulless

Style: Sour

Brewery's description: A sultry, voluptuous, scarlet-hued ale brewed to seduce with velvety, sweet notes of toffee and caramel paired with a provocative lactic finish all wrapped up in a racy, estery bow. Soulless will tease the senses with unexpected and unique flavors celebrating the life lesson that sometimes, indulging in something a little risquè can have its benefits. ABV: 5.4 percent; IBU: 20.

• Wit

Style: Wit

Brewery's description: With a complex herbacious aroma to entice the nose and a rich, hazy pour as bright as sunshine to captivate the eyes, Wit is brewed to engage all of the senses. Tantalizingly bright orangey-citrus notes backed up with just a zing of coriander dance atop the taste buds, offering up the promise of a sunsensational season. ABV: 4.9 percent; IBU: 20.

TAP & SCREW: Founded in 2014. Westwood. 513-451-1763; www.tapandscrew.com

• Dr. Kool

Style: IPA

Brewery's description: Overtones of grapefruit, passion fruit and gooseberry. Hopped four times though the brewing process to add more intense flavor without adding extra bitterness. 6.8 percent ABV; 72.3 IBU.

• Funnel Hat

Style: Kölsch

Brewery's description: Our sessionable hybrid between an ale and a lager. It has light, crisp, with slight wheat undertones and a clean finish. 4.5 percent ABV; 24 IBU.

• Irony

Style: Belgian Dubbel

Brewery's description: A malt forward Belgian Dubbel made with dark Belgian candi sugar. Combines the initial sweet taste with a spicy pop. 7.2 percent ABV; 15.8 IBU.

GEO. WIEDEMANN BREWING CO.: Jon and Betsy Newberry revived the brand in mid-2012. The original Wiedemann was founded in 1870 and closed in 1983. wiedemannbeer.com

• Wiedemann's Special Lager

Style: Bohemian-style pilsner

Brewery's description: A crisp and flavorful lager in the Bohemian tradition. It is relatively low alcohol compared to heavier craft beers and is brewed with several kinds of barley malt, including specialty pilsner and Munich malts that are used in many craft beers. True to the beer's Bohemian origins, a generous dose of aromatic Saaz hops provides a zesty finish that will have you thirsting for another round. 4.3 percent ABV.

• Wiedemann's Royal Amber (will become a year-round beer in March, after Bockfest).

Style: Dortmunde-style lager

Brewery's description: A refreshing Dortmunder lager made with noble Tettnanger hops from Germany. Smooth and well-rounded, it's a tribute to the original Royal Amber made by Wiedemann in the 1960s and '70s as a super-premium beer (before there was craft, there was super-premium). The earlier version was rated the best beer in America in a national blind taste in the early 1970s. The recipe for the new Royal Amber picks up on that illustrious tradition. 5.4 percent ABV.