In recent years, the resurgence in craft beer breweries has exploded. If you enjoy this alcoholic beverage, you probably won’t mind learning a few interesting facts to impress your friends. As luck would have it, the Cincy Brew Bus, based in Cincinnati, OH, offers local brewery tours through which you can visit distilleries and taste the city’s finest brews. Here, their beer tour team shares some of the craft beer facts you might learn during a tour.

Local Brewery Tour Guides Share 4 Craft Beer Facts to Make You Feel Smart

1. Craft Beer Defined

Independent owners of American breweries who maintain a small production size and practice traditional brewing and fermentation methods are known as craft beer brewers. Maintaining an independent brewery is what separates craft brewers from large beer manufacturers. There are other requirements as well, such as producing less than six million barrels of beer, less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by a beverage alcohol industry member which is not itself a craft brewer.

2. Seal of Approval

The Brewers Association, publishers of the website Craftbeer.com, have created an easy way to recognize and support independent brewers. They designed a symbolic logo of an upside-down beer bottle that can be placed on packaging and websites to let consumers know they are purchasing a product that is made by a small, independent U.S. craft beer brewer.

3. Presidential Brewers

Some of the first presidents to make their own home brew include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. More recently, president Jimmy Carter is credited with “saving” craft beer in 1979 when he deregulated the beer industry, making it easier for small-scale brewers to make their home brewed beer without taxation, opening the door for creative brewers to try new and exciting recipes of beer. Many of these early home-brewers started their own breweries, sparking a revolution that we are in the midst of today. 

4. It’s Healthy in Moderation

Beer contains high levels of silicon which helps to build strong bones. The bitter acids in beer aid digestion and control bad gut bacteria. Additionally, lower levels of heart disease were found among moderate beer drinkers, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). It’s a great reason to pour a pint!

Are you ready to learn about the greater Cincinnati craft beer scene? Book a local brewery tour with the Cincy Brew Bus and spend the day tasting the best brews in town. The beer tour bus company offers private events and tasting tours for ale aficionados and newbies. Call (513) 258-7909 or visit the website to learn more about their tour schedule.