Written By: The Gnarly Gnome
Photography By: The Gnarly Gnome<\/p>\n
2\/\/6\/25<\/p>\n I have a hard time believing that anyone who has been drinking craft beer for a while hasn\u2019t encountered one of the OGs: Left Hand Brewing. For the sake of argument and to give you a little context behind this whole post, I suppose I should catch everyone up, though\u2014just in case, you know?<\/p>\n Left Hand opened its doors in 1994 and has been making beers like its now-famous Milk Stout for as long as I have been drinking beer (longer, in fact). Located in Longmont, Colorado, it was one of the go-to breweries for many before the beer scene absolutely exploded here in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n Forgive me if I expect every craft beer drinker around me to know about them, but they did pioneer the use of Nitrogenated beer in the American craft beer industry. They were the first to put out a nitro beer without a widget, for the love of God.<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy to overlook them with everything that is currently happening in Cincinnati beer, so I won\u2019t get angry if you are just now learning about them. Let this be a call to action for you to get out there and see what they\u2019re about.<\/p>\n OG.<\/p>\n Back in the \u201cpre-COVID\u201d days, there was an active search happening here in Cincinnati for a spot to open a Left Hand Taproom. One of the two founders of the brewery spent a bit of time growing up here (his Dad was in the AirForce, so he bounced around a lot) \u2013 his Mom, though\u2026 her family was from right here in town, and through a cousin that still lives here, the connection was made for this taproom project to come to life.<\/p>\n The project took on a new life, though, when an ownership group that was trying to start their own thing in downtown Montgomery reached out with an idea\u2026 instead of opening a dedicated Left Hand space in a city like Cincinnati (we can get a little territorial), why not team up and work together?<\/p>\n That\u2019s why about a month after they hosted their grand opening in the summer of 2020, MPH welcomed in Left Hand beer alongside their own housemade beers.<\/p>\n Left Hand doesn\u2019t \u201cown\u201d MPH. That needs to be made clear from the top, before you can understand how it all works. With that being said, it\u2019s a little more complicated than just a brewery that likes to buy Left Hand beer to put on tap.<\/p>\n There are multiple owners of MPH, or Montgomery Public House (there was a group of four when they opened\u2026 I\u2019m not sure how that has changed in the almost 5 years, since) when the ownership team reached out to \u2018Left Hand Cincinnati\u2019 (that\u2019s the name of the company that was hoping to open up a taproom) \u2013 that company became the fifth owner of the brewery\u2026 so they have a small, minority stake in things \u2013 but don\u2019t really do anything to run the business day-to-day.<\/p>\n As I mentioned earlier, it\u2019s easy to overlook a place like Left Hand now that Cincinnati has so many great breweries. While I\u2019m always one to preach drinking local as much as possible and making your dollar matter on a deeper level than we often do, we can also miss out when we do that.<\/p>\n Drinkers don\u2019t pick up beers that hold an important spot in the bigger craft beer story, and I think that\u2019s a loss. Knowing where things came from and trying some of the best examples of a beer style are critical to becoming a better<\/em> craft beer drinker (which should<\/em> be our goal).<\/p>\n Having a taproom that brings some of those beers in front of us, like MPH does, is wonderful because it ties those two sides of the industry together: the older, legendary beers that built this industry and the new stuff that\u2019s happening now.<\/p>\n MPH (Montgomery Public House)<\/strong><\/p>\n MPH Brewery and Taproom<\/strong>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thegnarlygnome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LeftHand-Cover.jpg)
Left Hand? You Know Them, Right?<\/h2>\n
The Taproom Search Beings<\/h2>\n
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So, How Does All This Work?<\/h2>\n
How Do We Benefit As Drinkers?<\/h2>\n
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7880 Remington Rd
Montgomery, Ohio 45242
For More Information<\/strong>
www.MPHBrew.com<\/a><\/a>
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