"Return to Hudepohl Brewery and climb to the top."

 

That was the goal of Sherman, myself and some friends.

 

Back in January Queen City Discovery updated with a set of photographs and historical information about this local Cincinnati brewery that has been abandoned since 1985. Due to the cold, Sherman and I never went any further than the basement in January. This April we went back and went to the top, the result yielded some interesting photographs of the city:

 

- Inside

 

- Abandoned equipment

 

-Self portrait on very sketchy stairs. Check out the full blog to read about these stairs.

 

-More inside.

 

-Almost to the top

 

A small sampling of photographs from the top:

 

 

 

For more photographs and a more detailed write up of our adventure, check out www.queencitydisco.com

 

Edit: This came up in the last Hudepohl thread; yes, you can still purchase a form of Hudepohl called "Hude Delight" at local area Krogers. As far north as Middletown, that's the furthest I've been when buying it. It's not too bad. Cheap, but I enjoyed it. I'd take it over Naty light any day. Not that I know about anything concerning beer...at least not for another year :)

 

Modified by Sherman: Replaced Seicer with Sherman.

well the hudepohl brewery sure didnt close because of me, i drank my share of that cheap/awful beer at bg & in cinci-heh.

 

anyway nice shots, especially going in there at night. it's hard to say what i think about that because it seems like a dangerous thing to do even if you know the layout, but i balance that with the adventure and that i love abandoned buildings and cool night shots.

 

 

 

Skyline!

Hudepohl didn't close; it just merged and the company (in some form) produces fruit smoothie and healthy drinks today.

 

I loved watching people trying to scramble up the wall, whereas all of that work was for nothing :) It has one of the best views of Cincinnati, at least when Duke Energy keeps the lights on!!

Hudepohl didn't close; it just merged and the company (in some form) produces fruit smoothie and healthy drinks today.

 

 

that's exactly how my spouse talks about doubleclik. sorry honey, there is no more doubleclick, its google now!  :wink:

Hudepohl didn't close; it just merged and the company (in some form) produces fruit smoothie and healthy drinks today.

 

Uh, what? I would consider it closed considering the building was boarded up and no longer producing anything.

 

Schoenling makes smoothies?

Er, I was meaning Hudepohl as a company. In some shape and existence, it is still a company. From my article --

 

"In 1982, Hudepohl purchased the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company, one of the nation's largest. Four years later, Hudepohl merged with the Schoenling Brewing Company to form Hudepohl-Schoenling. [...] Schoenling Brewing had opened on Central Avenue in 1933. [...] In 1987, Hudepohl-Schoenling closed Hudepohl's brewery at Sixth Street in favor of expanding the Central Parkway location. [...] On December 19, 1996, the Boston Beer Company announced that it was purchasing the Hudepohl-Schoenling brewery on Central Parkway.

 

[...] Under the agreement, Boston Beer would continue to produce Hudepohl and Schoenling brand beers at the Central Parkway facility, and begin producing Boston Beer brands through an expansion of the plant. [...] On January 6, 1999, Hudepohl-Schoenling announced that it was selling its beer division to a group of investors led by a former executive of a major brewer. The purchaser, Royal Brewing LLC, a new Cincinnati-based company headed by Randy Hull, a former executive at G. Heileman Brewing Company of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, stated that it would brew and package Hudepohl's beer brands, and that it would maintain its relationship with the Boston Beer Company, which took over production of Hudepohl's trademark brands in 1997.

 

[...] Hudepohl-Schoenling would remain in operation as the Tradewinds Beverage Company, which would focus on increasing sales of non-alcoholic drinks, such as iced tea and juices. The rationale for the sale stemmed from little sales growth in the beer division, which by the 1990s, had become bargain sellers in order to drive sales.

 

[...] On July 19, 2001, a contract dispute forced the Hudepohl-Schoenling Company to cease brewing beers in Cincinnati."

 

Sorry, I was thinking of another company when I said smoothies (that and I was slurping on one too). They make teas and juices.

 

[...] Hudepohl-Schoenling would remain in operation as the Tradewinds Beverage Company, which would focus on increasing sales of non-alcoholic drinks, such as iced tea and juices. The rationale for the sale stemmed from little sales growth in the beer division, which by the 1990s, had become bargain sellers in order to drive sales.

 

[...] On July 19, 2001, a contract dispute forced the Hudepohl-Schoenling Company to cease brewing beers in Cincinnati."

 

 

 

wait. is there still both an h-s company and a tradewinds beverage company, or just the latter? or maybe they use both names interchangebly, could that be?

 

 

I believe H-S was purchased by Christian Moerlein Brewing Company in 2006, who is now attempting to bring back Burger beer and Hudepohl 14-K.

Hudy Delight - http://www.hudydelightbeer.com/

"In 1982, Hudepohl purchased the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company, one of the nation's largest. Four years later, Hudepohl merged with the Schoenling Brewing Company to form Hudepohl-Schoenling.

 

The original Christian Moerlein Brewing Company closed with Prohibition and never brewed again.  Hudepohl brought back the Moerlein name as a brand label in 1982 as the first American beer to meet the German purity law "Reinheitsgebot".

 

As you noted, Greg Hardman reformed the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company more recently to purchase Hudepohl-Schoenling back.

 

Burger is back and should be out in the next month or so.

thanks for these.  great view indeed!