The Growler House — Restaurant in Cincinnati

Recently the Growler House had a change in management. At first I thought this was a good thing. They began to have a better lineup of beers on tap, a decent selection of bourbon to pick from, and even began a weekly mug club. Sadly though, I've noticed several negative changes as well in the past month or so. For starters the music in the bar is entirely too loud. You can barely have a conversation with anyone and I felt like I had to yell at the bartender to order a drink. I have also heard from residents that live above the bar that the music volume is a real issue and can be heard clearly in their apartments to the point that they have had to place multiple complaints on the bar. To me this is just a total lack of respect for the residents that live there. Also, from speaking with residents, I learned there were several nights the bar was breaking the 10pm curfew and operating well past midnight. Secondly, I have seen the new owner several times appearing to be drunk behind the bar, drinking while working, and basically treating the place as if it was his own personal bachelor pad. In my eyes this is very unprofessional and I am sad to see this place be reduced to this level. Because of all this I cannot recommend spending your hard...

I've stopped by the Growler House a few times since they've opened and I have to say that I think this is one of my new favorite craft beer stops in Cincinnati. When you walk in the first thing you're greeted by are the giant chalkboards with the important information, the beer on draft. For those who might be overwhelmed by the 30 different beers on tap they've cleverly and helpfully provided a color coded key to group beers by general styles and provided some notes next to the tap list! As an added bonus they're really making an effort to keep an up to date tap list on their Facebook page so you can get an idea of what's available on any given day.

The noise levels vary from evening to evening, as does the crowd, but every time GH is consistently filled with people having fun and enjoying beer. The staff has been nothing but friendly, taking the time to answer questions, make suggestions, discuss styles, and just talk beer. If you just cannot decide on your own they have a couple suggested flights, 'light', 'dark', 'hoppy', and sometimes...

Interesting review from Allen Voter three years ago about growler fillings, I also had a weird experience with my growler - recently I went in to the Growler House because it was on the way home. The manager refused to fill my 128 ounce growler. She insisted it was impossible to charge me for two growlers, sometimes math is tough. She insisted it was impossible for to click "64 ounce growler" at the register, and then click the same button a second time.

Seems like a nice enough place, just writing this review to warn potential customers that if you are going there for a growler, despite the brewery name, you may have...