E-Malt.com News article: USA, MD & OH: DuClaw Brewing’s beers will be distributed in Cintinnati beginning October 5

Baltimore-based DuClaw Brewing Company signed a partnership agreement to distribute its beers in Cincinnati, Cincinnati.com reported on September 30.

DuClaw Brewing Company beers will be distributed by Ohio Valley Wine & Beer to eight Greater Cincinnati counties beginning October 5. DuClaw Brewing, based in Baltimore and founded in 1996, will initially rollout with four beers-in 6-packs and draft-in the Greater Cincinnati market: Funk Blueberry Citrus Wheat Ale, Sweet Baby Jesus! Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter, Dirty Little Freak Coconut Caramel Brown Ale and Neon Gypsy IPA. Ohio Valley Wine & Beer’s distribution territory includes Adams, Brown, Butler, Clinton, Clermont, Hamilton, Highland and Warren counties.

DuClaw Brewing Co. began distribution in Northeast Ohio markets in May 2015. Their Sweet Baby Jesus! chocolate and peanut butter porter was pulled from Heinen’s Grocery Stores throughout Cleveland in June due to some customer complaints surrounding the beer’s name. DuClaw Brewing named the beer Sweet Baby Jesus! as a phrase evoking excitement and awe, in reaction to the remarkable chocolate and peanut butter flavour and taste of the beer and never intended it to be offensive.

“DuClaw Brewing Co.’s quality beer lineup evokes feeling, passion and emotion and we’re thrilled to partner with them in their rollout in Southwest Ohio. We can’t wait for people to experience DuClaw Brewing’s beers and express their own irreverent exclamations about the deliciousness of the beer,” said Ryan Horan, craft beer manager at Ohio Valley Wine & Beer.


02 October, 2015