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We did a blind taste test to try and pick out Rhinegeist\u2019s Cincy Light in a lineup of five light beers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Raise your glass and fill it with the best bock beer<\/a> Cincinnati has to offer!\u00a0Bockfest<\/a>\u00a0returns this weekend.<\/p>\n The 34th annual festival celebrating Cincinnati’s brewing heritage<\/a> and all things bock beer returns\u00a0March 6-8. The weekend features a wide range of events for all ages, from the parade to the 5K to the crowning of the Sausage Queen.<\/p>\n Here’s everything you need to know before you go to Bockfest.<\/p>\n Bockfest is Cincinnati’s annual celebration of spring, Over-the-Rhine’s brewing heritage and bock beer. The weekend festival is filled with beer, live music, sausage, a 5K race and an extravagant parade that travels through Downtown.<\/p>\n Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co. created Bockfest in 1993 to celebrate the brewery’s introduction of Christian Moerlein Bock, according to the\u00a0festival’s website<\/a>. The company eventually decided to make the launch of the bock beer into an entire festival.<\/p>\n According to the Bockfest site, bock beer is traditionally brewed for special occasions, with a particular link to spring due to German monks drinking it as a substitute for food during Lenten fasts.<\/p>\n The 34th Bockfest runs March 6-8 at several\u00a0participating locations in Downtown and Over-the-Rhine. Admission, music and entertainment at the Bockfest Halls and other official venues are free.<\/p>\n This year, the festival is being sponsored by Servatii.<\/p>\n The\u00a0full list of participating Bockfest locations<\/a>\u00a0can be found on the official Bockfest website,\u00a0bockfest.com\/official-venues.html<\/a>. These are the five Bockfest Halls:<\/p>\n Bock beer is German in origin<\/a>. It’s complex and hardy, with a relatively high alcohol content.<\/p>\n Cincinnati was a brewing city in the 1800s, and Over-the-Rhine\u00a0was the center of beer production and consumption. According to the Bockfest site, bock beer is traditionally brewed for special occasions, with a particular link to spring due to German monks drinking it as a substitute for food during Lenten fasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n The annual\u00a0Bockfest 5K<\/a>\u00a0is 10 a.m. March 7.<\/p>\n Runners race around downtown Cincinnati and end near one of the Bockfest Halls, Moerlein Lager House.<\/p>\n All registered participants receive a shirt, two drink tickets and a Skyline Chili cheese coney. Bockfest 5K finishers also receive a medal that doubles as a bottle opener.<\/p>\n The\u00a0annual parade<\/a>, traditionally led by a goat pulling a keg and the\u00a0reigning Sausage Queen<\/a>, starts to form in front of Arnold’s Bar & Grill, at 210 E. Eighth St. in Downtown, at 5 p.m. March 6.<\/p>\n By 6 p.m., the parade begins its route.<\/p>\n The overall Best of Bock receives a special custom trophy at the Bockfest Parade Awards Ceremony. The ceremony takes place March 7 at 2 p.m. at Northern Row Brewery & Distillery. These are the other awards up for grabs:<\/p>\nWhat is Bockfest?<\/h2>\n
When and where is Bockfest?<\/h2>\n
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What is bock beer?<\/h2>\n
When is the Bockfest 5K?<\/h2>\n
When is the Bockfest parade?<\/h2>\n