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Crooked Handle Brewing Co. Adding 2nd Location
On Saturday, Crooked Handle Brewing Company announced plans to open a second brewpub in downtown Piqua. The project will transform an existing 10,000 square foot building to include a brewery, warehouse style beer hall, a full kitchen, an event space, and an outdoor biergarten overlooking Piqua’s emerging Lock Nine Park.
The adaptive reuse project was announced at the “Down A River – Down A Beer” event which is held annually along the Great Miami Riverway in Piqua. City of Piqua Community and Economic Development Director Chris Schmiesing made the announcement commenting, “Crooked Handle Brewing Company is a first-class operation that offers quality food, drinks and entertainment in a relaxing atmosphere, and we are extremely excited to welcome them to our community.”
Crooked Handle Brewing Company will be purchasing the property located at 123 N. Main Street from Piqua Granite and Marble Company. The brick structure dates back to the early 1900’s, and was previously occupied by motorcycle and car dealerships and numerous other uses. The new plans for the building call for the removal of various partitions and equipment to highlight the historic character of the building. The new configuration of the building will include two primary spaces, one for dining and the other for special events. The Warehouse Beer Hall will be located in the more industrial former garage space and will be the primary drinking and dining area and feature views of the brewery operations and provide access to the extensive patio areas overlooking the Lock Nine Park. The former display area, dubbed the Showroom, features large windows along the Main Street frontage and will function as a flexible space that can accommodate a variety of special event types. A full-service kitchen will be centrally located between the two public spaces with an order and pickup window easily accessible to both sides. The exterior of the building will feature attractive signage, a new entry inviting guests into the brewpub and a biergarten covered by a trellis fabricated from a dismantled gantry crane formerly used by the monument business.
Crooked Handle Brewing Company opened its first location in December of 2015 in Springboro Ohio, where they produce award winning craft beers, and offer a premium selection of wines, ciders, spirits, signature cocktails, and live music. In 2020 CHBC added a full kitchen that is now serving a menu of made from scratch pub fare. The Piqua location will provide similar and expanded offerings along with the Showroom being available to rent for special events.
Crooked Handle Brewing Company is owned by Jason and Kristy Moore, and Jeff and Emily Pedro. When asked what attracted them to Piqua they commented, “The timing was right. We really like the vision for the redevelopment of the downtown riverfront, and the location is ideal for what we offer. We see a real opportunity in Piqua and are excited to be a part of what is happening in the community.”
The design team for the project includes Gamble Associates, PorterFanna Architecture, Booker Design Collaborative, Omloop and Choice One Engineering. Urban Improvement Company (UIC) is the development consultant and Denligner Construction will serve as the general contractor for the project. The renovation work is expected to begin fall 2021 and be complete by late summer 2022.
This article originally appeared on the City of Piqua website.
Springboro Holiday Promotion Begins Today!
The Springboro Community Foundation has announced a special event that will take the place of
the 34th Annual Christmas in Historic Springboro this year. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and the safety of attendees and vendors, the original festival has been
cancelled and rescheduled for 2021.
The “12 Days of Christmas in Springboro” offers an event passport that encourages participants to visit businesses around the city of Springboro; Warped Wing, Crooked Handle, Heather’s Cafe, Mr. Boro’s Tavern and The Barrel. With any food or drink purchase, participants will receive a stamp and three stamps will enter them into a grand prize drawing for a 65” 4K TV provided by Custom Connections Audio Video and a collection of (23) $25 gift certificates from the Historic Downtown Springboro shops ($575 Value). The winner will be announced on Tuesday, November 24th.
This twelve-day holiday event begins on Wednesday, November 11th and will run until Sunday, November 22nd. Bus transportation will be available to each of the five businesses the weekend of Friday, November 20th through Sunday, November 22nd. Social distancing and responsible drinking will be encouraged.
The 12 Days of Christmas in Springboro passports are available beginning TODAY at the Chamber from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (available until 11/10). You can also purchase at the Chamber on 11/5 and 11/10 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Passports are $1 and the Children’s Passports are FREE!
Passports are $1 and the Children’s Passports are FREE. Proceeds from the passports go directly to support three local organizations: SCAC, The Pantry serving Franklin, Springboro & Carlisle and Operation Santa through the Springboro Police Department.
Visit 3 businesses and you’ll be entered to win the GRAND PRIZE: A 65″ 4K TV provided by Custom Connections Audio Video, Ltd. and (23) $25 Gift cards ($575 Value) from the Shops in Historic Springboro.
For more information visit www.springborofestivals.or
Crooked Handle- Great Beers and Now Good Eats!
Crooked Handle, the Springboro brewery located in the strip center anchored by Dorothy Lane Market, has been serving up some great brews since December of 2015. They’d often have food trucks or even promotions for DLM’s pizza’s. They even added a full bar, so you can choose between the Berry Boro Blonde, the Bombs Away IPA or a Moscow mule. But they never really had much to offer in the way of sustenance to accompany their beers.
Well that’s changed as they’ve added a kitchen and quietly rolled out a pretty extensive food menu a few weeks ago. I was able to take a peek into the kitchen and looks like they’ve done it right! With a kitchen manager and crew that really understand how to put out great food in a relatively short amount of time. I’ve eaten there twice already and I’ve got to tell you it’s good! Currently following covid safety procedures, you order and pay at the register near the front doors, get assigned a # and then a food runner brings it out to your table.
On my first visit with a friend we tried some of the appetizers. Starting with some shareable apps, like traditional nachos, beer cheese and pretzle bites to flatbread and hummus, crispy cauliflower bites and even a charcuterie board and my favorite, the Crooked Tots-loaded with Beer Cheese, Onions, Jalapeños, Sour Cream, and Green Onions and the option to add a protein like chicken, beef or mojo pork. Most of these are in the $6-8 range, except the boards $9 for a 1/2 and $16 for a full board.
On my next visit I tried the CHBC Burger – Beer Cheese, Caramelized Onions, Roasted Mushrooms, Bacon, Fried Egg, and Lettuce and choose onion straws as my side. I could not get my mouth open wide enough for this ginormous burger- but even eating it with a fork it was one of the best burgers I’ve had in a while. And yes, I should have taken a picture, but I was so excited to dig in, I forgot
For those of you that might prefer a salad:
To check out the entire menu, visit the website.
They have two patio’s one out back and a newly expanded front patio:
Crooked Handle Brewing Co.
760 N. Main Street,
Springboro, OH 45066
(937) 790-3450
Wed & Thurs : 4-9p
Fri & Sat: 4-10pm
Sunday: 1-8pm
Crooked Handle is Looking For Award Worthy Chili!
Does your chili have what it takes to reign supreme at the 3rd Annual Crooked Handle Chili Boss Competition?
On Sat, Oct 12th up to 15 chili cooks will vie for the Championship!
To enter purchase a $20 ticket to submit your chili into the main event competition. Ticket includes 2 “Vote for People’s Choice” tickets. (one chili per $20 ticket). Your entry must be on the table no later than 2:30pm. Please provide a minimum 5 quarts of chili and a crock pot. Toppings WILL NOT be judged in the main event. If you have any questions please email brewery@crookedhandle.com
The Judging Panel of experts will decide who walks home with the1st place cash prize of $250! (Full disclosure, DaytonDining has been a judge the previous 2 years, and will be again this year!)
~ First place in the main event will receive $250 cash and their name engraved on the Crooked Handle Chili Boss plaque
~Second place in the main event will receive a plaque and a $100 gift card
~Third place in the main event will receive a plaque and a $50 gift card
Fine chili should look good, smell good, and taste good! Accordingly, main event entries will be judged on the following criteria to arrive at a whole-number score for each category of 0 to 10 with 10 being the highest.
(a)Aroma—(b)Color—(c)Consistency (d)Taste—(e)Aftertaste
Last year Springboro resident Bill Lawton took home both the judges and people’s choice award. Mason Walusis won second place and Jeff Glackin took home third.
WANT TO HELP CHOOSE THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE?
Purchase a $5 “Vote for People’s Choice” ticket, come out to CHBC, grab a pint & spoon, and vote on your favorite chili for the People’s Choice Award. People’s Choice Award will be decided by ballot and the winner will receive a plaque and $150 in gift cards.
The main event judging will begin at 3pm. Popular vote ballots will close at 4:30pm. Award presentations will begin at 5pm.
*If applicable please provide a warning against any potential food allergens, such as peanut oil, milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy, and wheat.
Dayton Breweries Bring Home The Awards
This past weekend in Lexington, KY the finale of their Craft Beer week celebration was the Alltech Craft Brews and Food Fest. With 60 breweries pouring over 200 beers from across the US, the highlight of the festival is the Commonwealth Cup Craft Beer Competition. Beers were judged on appearance, aroma, flavor, body, color, carbonation, foam, clarity, balance, drinkability, technical quality, and overall impression.
The Commonwealth Cup was awarded to the highest rated beer, which this year was awarded to Braxton Brewing Company for their Barrel Aged Dark Charge Mole Stout.
In addition to the Commonwealth Cup three tiers of recognition were awarded: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. A gold medal beer is an outstanding beer that displays the correct balance of taste, aroma and appearance appropriate for the style, and excellent technical merit. Dayton breweries bringing home the Gold are:
Dayton Beer Company – 3 Gold Medals:
Beast of Tadmor Village, Upright Smoked Lager,
Midnight Dream
Hairless Hare – 3 Gold Medals:
Imperial CRV, Barrel Aged Barley Wine, Barrel Aged Cold War
A silver medal beer is an excellent product that displays the correct balance of taste, aroma and appearance appropriate for the style, and a high level of technical merit. The Miami Valley can claim seven silvers:
Crooked Handle – 2 Silver Medals:
Wee Bit O Trouble
, Roadside Peanut Butter Porter
, Roadside Peanut Butter PorterHairless Hare – 4 Silver Medals:
Bitter Hare, 3 Quarter Porter, Kings Reserve, Kickback Kolsch
Bitter Hare, 3 Quarter Porter, Kings Reserve, Kickback Kolsch
The Dayton Beer Company Lost Tunnel Deep Sea Diving
A bronze medal beer is a quality product with the correct balance of taste, aroma and appearance appropriate for the style, and the absence of major faults. Area breweries brought in six bronze medals:
Devil Wind Brewing – 2 Bronze Medals
Heading East, Steel Cut Stout
Heading East, Steel Cut Stout
Lock 27 – 4 Bronze Medals
Alpheaus, Mouth Breather, Waterway, Brewing Charlosta
Alpheaus, Mouth Breather, Waterway, Brewing Charlosta
Crooked Handle: Trinity Haze
A great showing for Dayton breweries, especially for Devil Wind to medal, as a rookie brewery. We’re lucky to have such great local beers in the Miami Valley. Hope you get a chance to taste all these award winners soon!
Seven New Beers At Stone House Tavern Event
Tickets are still left for THURSDAY JAN 25th’ “NEW BEERS EVE” Party, featuring 7 local breweries and their newest concoctions! Yes, it is your chance to try the latest inventions from the area’s beer experts. The fun starts at 7pm
Today we get to share with you the beers and appetizers that will be on the tasting trays.
Food Adventures and Dayton Most Metro has partnered with Stone House Tavern to bring you this one night only event.
“NEW BEER’S EVE” is an unprecedented chance to meet, listen and learn about the brewery owners, and hear their “NEW BEER RESOLUTIONS for 2018.”
ADMISSION: Tickets are $30 pre-pay or $35 at the door
*****CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS*****
The event will take place at STONE HOUSE TAVERN in WAYNESVILLE, and we now have the list of beers and featured appetizers.
Includes 7 beer samples, appetizers, and a pint of your favorite beer at the end.
BEER 1 :
BLUEBERRY KOLSCH
FIFTH STREET BREWPUB, DAYTON, OHIO
DARREN LINK – BREWMASTER
BEER 2:
STRAWBERRY FARMHOUSE ALE
EUDORA BREWING COMPANY, KETTERING, OHIO
NEIL CHABUT, OWNER
BEER 3:
BUILDING 26 (BIERE DU GARDE, FRENCH FARMHOUSE ALE)
STAR CITY BREWING CO., MIAMISBURG, OHIO
JUSTING KOHNEN, OWNER
BEER 4:
JOHNNY LONGBOIL – A BARLEYWINE
LOCK 27 BREWING CO, CENTERVILLE and DAYTON, OHIO
STEVE BARNHART, OWNER
BEER 5:
TRINITY HAZE IPA – A NEW ENGLAND IPA
CROOKED HANDLE BREWING CO., SPRINGBORO, OHIO
KRISTY and JASON MOORE, OWNERS
BEER 6:
EXPERIMENTAL STOUT
HEAVIER THAN AIR BREWING COMPANY, CENTERVILLE, OHIO
NICK TARKANY, OWNER
BEER 7:
SILVERBACK SNACK – CHOCOLATE BANANA STOUT
RIVERTOWN BREWING COMPANY, CINCINNATI, OHIO
JASON ROEPER, OWNER
*****APPETIZERS*****
CRAB CAKES
STUFFED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS
STRAWBERRY GOAT CHEESE BRUSCHETTA
LUXARDO CHERRY AND ALMOND WHIPPED CREAM CHOCOLATE CUPS
(full cash bar and full menu will be available if you want to order at additional cost).
****To PURCHASE TICKETS CLICK HERE***
Join us at Stone House and make your New Beer’s Resolution at this Food Adventure!
HERE’S THE SKINNY:
NEW BEERS EVE at STONE HOUSE TAVERN
258 South Main St, Waynesville, OH 45068
7pm THURSDAY JANUARY 25th
$30 in advance, $35 at the door
7 beer samples, 1 pint of your favorite, 4 appetizers.
(Gratuity not included)
Cash bar available for extra drink and food orders
Crooked Handle Chili Boss Competition
WANT TO HELP CHOOSE THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE?…Get your free “Vote for People’s Choice” ticket, come out to CHBC, grab a pint & spoon, and vote on your favorite chili for the People’s Choice Award ! On Sat, Oct 14th starting at 3pm the competition is on!
~ First place in the main event will receive $250 cash and their name engraved on the Crooked Handle Chili Boss plaque
~Second place in the main event will recieve a trophy and a $100 gift card
~Third place in the main event will receive a trophy and a $50 gift card
Fine chili should look good, smell good, and taste good! Accordingly, main event entries will be judged on the following criteria to arrive at a whole-number score for each category of 0 to 10 with 10 being the highest.
(a)Aroma—(b)Color—(c)Consi
People’s Choice Award will be decided by ballot and the winner will receive a $150 in gift cards.
The main event judging will begin at 3pm. Confirmed Judges include:
Heather Sukola- Heather’s Coffee and Cafe
Rich Gillette- Dayton Daily News
Jack Gridley & JoAnn Potts- Dorothy Lane Market
Lisa Grigsby- DaytonDining
Popular vote ballots will close at 4:30pm. Award presentations will begin at 5pm.
All proceds from the registration fee will be donated to a local charity Wild Again Animal Rescue.
Dayton Breweries Bring Home 17 Medals from Ky Craft Beer Competition
The awards have been announced for the 4th annual Alltech Craft Brews and Food Fest that takes place in Kentucky this weekend. This professional craft beer competition held at the Lexington Convention Center featuring beers from around the globe of all styles judged by a panel of industry veterans. Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal were awarded as well as an overall champion who will take home the Alltech Commonwealth Cup. Winners were chosen by an expert panel of judges based on blind judging of appearance, aroma, flavor, body, style and quality.
Dayton breweries brought home 17 total medals. Congrats to our local breweries for bringing home the following:
2017 Gold Medal Winners:
Hairless Hare Brewing CO – Cold War Russian Stout
2017 Silver Medal Winners:
Crooked Handle: Boro Blonde
Crooked Handle Brewing Co: Short Fuze
Dayton Beer Co: Broken Trolley Blonde
Dayton Beer Co: GCS Lager
Dayton Beer Co: Batch 300
Hareless Hare: Kings Reserve
2017 Bronze Medal Winners:
Crooked Handle : Wee Bit O Trouble
Crooked Handle : The Farm
Crooked Handle : Roadside Peanut Butter Porter
Dayton Beer Co: Brown Street Barrel Aged
Dayton Beer Co: Brown Street Ale
Dayton Beer Co: Midnight Dream
Dayton Beer Co: Batch 100
Hairless Hare Brewery: Barrel Aged Barely Wine
In 2016 Dayton Beer Company’s – Oregon Alley IPA brought home a Gold Medal and in 2015 it was named the overall winner. 2017 is indeed the best year overall for Dayton breweries at this industry respected competition. So now it’s up to you to head out and try these award winning brews.
Cheers to The First Year at Crooked Handle
A New Peoples Choice Voted In At Beer!
Over 500 beer lovers gathered today at The Yellow Cab Tavern for the annual annual beer tasting event that is a celebration of Dayton brewing culture. All of the Dayton area breweries submited one beer for tasting and attendees were able to try a 6oz pour from all 13 breweries. Then you get to vote for your three favorite in this unique “people’s choice” event.
Musical entertainment by Todd The Fox, and outdoor games like cornhole and giant jenga kept the crowd entertained and food trucks kept them fed, as they worked their way through the following beer list:
Star City Brewing Adena APA American Pale Ale
Hairless Hare Brewery Strawberry Kolsch
Crooked Handle Roadside Peanut Butter Porter
Dayton Beer Co Upright Kolsch
Fifth St Brew Pub Mango Cure All Cream Ale
Brewery representatives.
Carillon Brewing Co Berliner Weisse
Lock 27 Wicked Hopsta IPA
Warped Wing Trotwood Lager
Eudora Mother Fuggle Brown Ale
Toxic Brew Brunette Belgian Brown
Nowhere in Particular Beat You Wheat
Yellow Springs Grapefruit wobbly wheel
The camaraderie of the local brewers was obvious, as many of the owners and managers were on hand, sharing insights on their beers, the industry’s explosive growth and upcoming plans for August’s 7th beer week celebration.
“Considering that there were no breweries in the Dayton area just four years ago, it is great to see the number of breweries growing and that they all have so much support,” shared event organizer Brian Johnson.
In the first year of this even
t Fifth Street Brewpub was declared the people’s choice. Last year Hairless Hare Brewery edged out the first champ by just 7 votes. Tallying the votes this year put Eudora in third, second place went to Yellow Springs Brewery and for 2016 the popular vote was in favor of the Peanut Butter Porter from Springboro’s Crooked Handle. “With Crooked Handle being the newest brewery and taking home the people’s choice award just goes to prove that Dayton’s a region that supports all of our great breweries,” Johnson says.
Votes were counted after the event was over, so no trophy photo was available, but we’re sure you’ll be seeing this big stein behind the bar at Crooked Handle, when you visit them at 760 N. Main Street, in the same shopping center as Dorothy Lane Market, just off St Rt 741.
Crooked Handle is open
Tuesday – Thursday 4 – 10PM
Friday – Saturday 12 – 11PM
Sunday 1 – 8PM
Crooked Handle Brewing Co. Opens For Christmas
The Miami Valley’s newest brewery opened their doors up tonight for a friends and family preview in the Springoboro Settlers Walk shopping center. Crooked Handle owner and head brewer Jason Moore he and his partner Jeff Pedro Jr started shopping their business plan for the micro brewery about 2 and 1/2 years ago. They found two Springboro investors and signed a lease for their Crooked Handle Brewing Co. location at 760 N. Main Street, just around the plaza from Dorothy Lane Market, on May 1st and began ordering equipment soon after. 
And then they waited. Equipment they expected in a couple of months didn’t arrive in full until November, pushing their opening back. While waiting they finished all the construction of the 3,600 square foot brewery and tap room. Their occupancy has been set at 104, with plenty of seats at the bar and a small lounge area of leather couches and come spring they’ll add another 20 seat on a small patio.
Jason and his wife Kristy, who will run the tap room, used some of that waiting time to get their Cicerone Server certifications. The certification requires competent knowledge of beer storage and service issues as well as modest knowledge of beer styles and culture and basic familiarity with beer tasting and flavors and basic knowledge about brewing process and ingredients.
With all of the equipment finally in place, they began brewing. Tonight for the preview they had 3 beers tapped, one they called Batch #1, which Jason admitted wasn’t exactly what he planned, but that’s typical when home brewers go from 5 gallon batches to a 7 barrel brewing system.
The Farm Saison seemed to be the crowd favorite at tonight’s tasting. Coincidene that the Saison is Jason’s favorite beer style? We think not. Beers were available in 5 oz tasters, pints or growlers to go. The other beer on tap was Your Mom’s Oatmeal Stout, rolled oats with a chocolate, nutty finish.
Moore says the next to be added to the taps are an IPA and an Amber Ale. By then end of January he predicts they’ll have all 10 tap handles filled with their beers. A quick tour of the cold room filled with kegs and 26 six barrels, Jason shared they’ll be doing some local distribution. Later on they will add bottling or canning and down the road they will be looking for a larger production facility.
Dorothy Lane Market and Milano’s have already signed on to carry Crooked Handle brews. While the Tap House will not have a kitchen , a notebook of to -go menus was seen on the bar tonight.
You’ll get your chance to check out Dayton’s 12th brewery this Christmas, when they will open the tap room at 4pm. They will have limited hours during the holidays and start working a regular schedule after the New Year. Cheers to Crooked Handle!
