Tonight BuyCincy will join several other green businesses and organizations at The Cincinnati Zoo for Tunes and Blooms.  From 6 pm to 8 pm Come and enjoy a free concert by Faux Frenchmen and Pyschodots.  Mix and mingle with several green organizations that will help you be a little more environmentally friendly.

Admission to the Zoo is free after 5pm. Parking is $7.00.

So you might be asking, “How can shopping locally help the environment?”

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You’ve heard the rumblings, you’ve hoped and prayed that they were true, and now…they are. Christian Moerlein will soon be brewing all of its beers in Cincinnati, bringing a city tradition back to Over-the-Rhine. We are insanely excited about this. Press release after the jump.

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We received the following press release this morning.  It’s great to have you back in Cincinnati!

Christian Moerlein Brewing Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co. is announcing plans to expand brewing operations to Cincinnati’s historic Over-the-Rhine Brewery District. The site of the new brewing operation will be the former Husman Potato Chip plant located 1621 Moore Street just north of Liberty and east of Vine. “We are proud to be part of the continued renaissance and economic development of Over-the-Rhine,” said Greg Hardman President and CEO of Christian Moerlein Brewing Company.

“Our goal is to strategically implement a phased in production over the next two years from both existing production on some of our specialty beers and from the continued rapid growth our brands,” said Greg Hardman. The company has entered into a lease agreement with an option buy for the 125,000 square foot facility that will enable the company to expand their business for many years to come; additionally, the buildings sound infrastructure and historical significance were main considerations in choosing the Over-the-Rhine location. The site was also the malt and lager house of the former Kaufman Brewing Company from 1869 through 1919 (till start of prohibition).  
 

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