Even if animals and rides and fried food aren’t your thing, you may have a reason to check out the Ohio State Fair this year – for the first time ever, there will be alcoholic beverages for sale. Ohio-crafted beer and wine will be sold at the Celeste Center during adult concerts, and in the Taste of Ohio Cafe daily (wine only).
Beer
Elevator Brewing Company Dark Horse Lager
Elevator Brewing Company 3 Frogs IPA
Ohio Brewing Company Buckeye Blonde
Ohio Brewing Company Cardinal Ale
Wooden Shoe Brewing Company Wooden Shoe Canoe Pale Ale
There will also be Sam Adams, Sam Adams Summer Ale, Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob Ultra available.
Wine
Wines Available Every Day
Debonne Riesling Reserve
Ferrante Golden Bunches Dry Riesling
Laurello Vineyards Sweet Genevieve Ice Wine
Meier’s Sparkling Grape Juice
Old Firehouse Reflections of Lake Erie
Valley Vineyards Cabernet Franc Rose
Breitenbach Cabernet Sauvignon
Breitenbach Merlot
Ferrante Chardonnay
Ferrante Pinot Grigio
Maize Valley Cherry
Meier’s Concord
Valley Vineyards White Reflections
Debonne Chardonnay
Grand River Cellars Pinot Grigio
Grand River Cellars Cabernet Franc
Maize Valley Blueberry
Raven’s Glenn White Raven
Valley Vineyards Red Reflections
Valley Vineyards Vidal Blanc
Due to the overwhelming amount of Ohio wineries, there are some wines that will only be available for specific days of the Fair. For each of the daily featured wines, a representative from the winery will be at the Taste of Ohio Café from 11 am – 2 pm to meet with fairgoers and answer questions about their wines.
Ferrante Winery Gewurztraminer
July 28, 2011
Valley Vineyards Vidal Ice Wine
Meier’s 44 Cream Sherry
July 29, 2011
Breitenbach Red Raspberry
July 30, 2011
Henke Winery Norton
Henke Winery Seyval
July 31, 2011
Firelands Dolcetto
August 1, 2011
Troutman Vineyards Menagerie White
Winery at Wolf Creek Rhapsody
Shamrock Windfall White
August 3, 2011
Raven’s Glenn Evening Sonata
Raven’s Glenn Scarlet Raven
Raven’s Glenn Ice Wine
August 4, 2011
Debonne Chambourcin
Stone Crest Blue Stone
August 5, 2011
Grand River Cellars Vidal Blanc Ice Wine
August 6, 2011
Red Horse Joe Wine
August 7, 2011
Soine Vineyards Traminette
The 2011 Ohio State Fair will be held July 27th through August 7th.
7 Comments on "21 Ohio Breweries & Wineries Serving to the 21+ Crowd at the Ohio State Fair"
I freaking new they would find some bullshit reason/excuse/way to have Budweiser. WTF. #boycotting
yeah, the PR person who sent me the vendors listed those as from “columbus distributing” as though that made them local lol
Apparently I will NOT be trying any beers at the fair, as I do not wish to go to any of the ‘adult’ concerts. BTW, where does Ke$ha fall on the spectrum?
yeah, i don’t get why they’re not selling beer in the taste of ohio cafe either. i guess they don’t think beer is enough of a “foodie” commodity? also, kedollarsignha falls into the “not if you paid me to go” concert category, i believe.
Yeah I am bummed to see this too. This is the first year in many that I am not going to any of the concerts. It doesn’t make any sense to me that those are the only places we’ll be able to get beer. 🙁
I’d like to try Ohio-made beer and wine and have fun at one of the Ohio State Fairs. As a wine newbie, which one’s the best fair to attend to?
Which vendor? I’m a sucker for Raven’s Glenn and Ferrante!