Cincinnati beer history brewing at Forest Park Women's Club
Garrison Hilliard
Charlene Lausche doesn�t drink beer, but she�s excited about the program on
Cincinnati�s brewing heritage that will be presented at the September 17 meeting
of Forest Park Women�s Club.
The program, �Foam, Sweet Foam,� will feature Jim Bruckmann of the Cincinnati
Museum Center. Bruckmann�s family operated a brewery in the 19th and early 20th
centuries, and he will recount the heady days of beer production when a large
German immigrant population in the Queen City guaranteed a strong demand for the
beverage.
�They took their beer drinking seriously,� said Lausche. �On average, each
Cincinnati resident consumed 40 gallons a year, which was 24 gallons more than
the national average at the time. In 1860, Cincinnati had 36 breweries; there
were 26 still operating before Prohibition.�
Lausche, the women�s club�s program chair, plans to serve pizza and beer to
accompany the program � with root beer floats as a non-alcoholic alternative.
The program, which begins at 7 p.m., is free of charge and open to the public.
Prospective members are always welcome. Location is the Forest Park Senior
Center, next to the city�s police department at the corner of Winton and Kemper
roads. Meeting information: 513-522-0066.
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