{"id":10108,"date":"2020-03-01T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dennygibson.com\/blog\/?p=10108"},"modified":"2020-03-01T01:42:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T06:42:23","slug":"festless-in-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/festless-in-cincinnati\/","title":{"rendered":"Festless in Cincinnati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/onf_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10110\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/onf_01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/onf_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/onf_01-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/onf_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/onf_01-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/onf_01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In <a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/2020\/02\/royal-competition\/\">last week&#8217;s post<\/a>, I told of becoming a big fan and semi-regular attendee of the annual Bockfest parade. At the time, I had every intention of attending this year&#8217;s event but it didn&#8217;t work out that way. Despite predicted near-freezing temperatures, those intentions survived until the afternoon of the parade but no further. Predictions of partly cloudy and low chance of precipitation became completely cloud covered with light snow. Recalling my 2013 \u201cI\u2019m too old for this\u201d decision, I gave the parade a miss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10111\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_02-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_02-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_02-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_02.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10112\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_03-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_03-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_03-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_03-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_03.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10113\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_04-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_04-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_04-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_04-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_04.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I had, of course, planned on the parade being the subject of this week&#8217;s post. Fortunately, there had been an event earlier in the week which makes a very suitable substitute.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.narrowpathbrewing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Narrow Path Brewing<\/a>, in nearby Loveland, held their own mini-Bockfest on Tuesday. There was no parade but there were genuine goats, imposing monks who may or may not have been genuine, and a genuine ceremonial tapping of a keg of bock beer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10115\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_06-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_06-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_06-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_06-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10114\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_05-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_05-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_05-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_05-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/onf_05.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/squeen_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10096\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/squeen_01-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/squeen_01-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/squeen_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/squeen_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/squeen_01-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/squeen_01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I didn&#8217;t make it to Bock Hall or the adjacent tent of many breweries in Cincinnati, but I did get to sample three of the area&#8217;s bock offerings. The first was the <a href=\"http:\/\/sonderbrewing.com\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sonder Brewing<\/a>&#8216;s William Goat featured in last week&#8217;s post, and the second was Narrow Path Brewing&#8217;s Pathinator that I enjoyed on Tuesday. The third was Common Denominator at&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/commonbeercompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Common Beer Company<\/a> on Saturday. I met fellow road and beer enthuiast Perry Huntoon there, and his son snapped our picture when there was still a little Common Denominator left in my glass.<\/p>\n<p>Scenes from when I actually made it to the big downtown bash can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dennygibson.com\/oddment\/bock2010\/\">2010<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.1583026980026.2074705.1366262067&amp;type=1&amp;l=8b557f7440\">2011<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/2014\/03\/drinking-the-bocks-outside\/\">2014<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/2015\/03\/bock-to-rock\/\">2015<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/2016\/03\/bock-again\/\">2016<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/2018\/03\/bocks-back\/\">2018<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/\/\/\/\/\/2019\/03\/horns-aplenty\/\">2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In last week&#8217;s post, I told of becoming a big fan and semi-regular attendee of the annual Bockfest parade. At the time, I had every intention of attending this year&#8217;s event but it didn&#8217;t work out that way. Despite predicted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/festless-in-cincinnati\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[60,10],"class_list":["post-10108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-cincinnati-ohio","tag-festival"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1WE0S-2D2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10108"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10120,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108\/revisions\/10120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}