Cincinnati's Historic Baseball and Brewery Experience: Trace the Reds' Past in Beer and Ballparks

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Experience Cincinnati’s rich baseball and brewing history as you visit the locations where the Reds played in the 19th and 20th century. Discover the connection between historic breweries and America’s favorite pastime.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Union Grounds Historic Location - Visit the location where professional baseball originated!
Historic Crosley Field - The Cincinnati Reds played baseball at this site for more than 80 years!
Over-The-Rhine - We visit several historic brewing sites connected to Reds baseball.
Great American Ball Park - We stop by the current…

What's Included

Minimum Drinking Age is 21
Souvenir Map

Additional Information

Professional baseball has its roots in Cincinnati, and this exceptional tour takes visitors to every site where the Reds played during the 19th and 20th centuries, highlighting the links between local brewing and baseball.
Starting at the Moerlein Lager House, adjacent to Great American Ballpark and the former Riverfront Stadium site, the tour proceeds…

Location

115 Joe Nuxhall Wy

Joe Nuxhall Way

Tours begin at the Moerlein Lager House at the Banks, next to Great American Ballpark.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

3.9

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W6955adandrewr

Sep 26, 2023

Good tour if you like Cincinnati Baseball history and beer - I took my dad for his 76th birthday. We enjoyed it very much. Our tour guide Aaron was very knowledgeable about the history and kept us entertained with quiz questions. We will definitely be back for other tours. We had a small group and a beautiful Saturday morning, finished off with a pint and a goetta sandwich. Well done.

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David_c

Aug 20, 2023

Great tour - Enjoyed this experience. Tour guide knowledgeable of Cincinnati and was very interactive. Would definitely recommend.

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482jeffreyf

Jun 5, 2023

Must see for any baseball fan! - Great tour! I really enjoyed hearing the history of baseball in Cincinnati and it's connection to brewing history. Seeing the locations of all the old ballparks was very cool. If you love baseball and beer, this is the tour for you!

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E8192xskatien

Apr 23, 2023

Great tour! - This was such a cool tour! The tour guide was really knowledgeable about the city and its ties to baseball and beer. The bus was nice and the souvenir map was really nice quality, I am going to frame it. This is a perfect tour for someone who love baseball, beer, and history. I will be recommending this tour to others I know.

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Hylyn2

Aug 20, 2023

Baseball vacation - The tour was very informative. However, the tour guides needed microphones and also needed to know the information better so they weren't reading off the written scripts. It was a great way to see the city and the beer was good at the end

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B5687snjerryw

Sep 18, 2023

Wasn't what we thought it would be. But totally our misunderstanding. - A lot of history and we had to get off the bus often. It was hot and wasn't what we thought it would be. We thought we would be able to tour their baseball park.

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Michelli_r

Sep 29, 2024

Rooting for this team! - These tour operators are super nice and with some tweaks, the tour could be really fun, but it definitely needs some improvements from what we had this summer. All in all, it was a 3-hour small bus tour in a dark hot bus in July (no air conditioning), no bathroom breaks, to tour historic landmarks which are largely paved over, fields, or down-trodden buildings. I think these guys are onto something and have a great idea, however, we would recommend the following four improvements: (1) get a more comfortable bus with working air/heating; (2) consider broadening out the trivia questions to general MLB questions with Cincinnati-specific questions sprinkled in (since a lot of us will be out of towners, who just like baseball - not necessarily Cincinnati-specific fans); (3) maybe add a stop at the mid-point at a brewery, where folks can use the bathroom and grab a drink; and/or (4) add the hall of fame/baseball shop as a stop.

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Lesli_v

Jun 22, 2024

No breweries on the tour, too hot for the summer - Our tour was very disappointing. Unfortunately there was a heat wave and our tour should have been cancelled for inclement weather. It was so hot outside that the tour guide didn't want us to get off at any of the stops, and the bus is built so that the seats face inward and you can't really see out of the windows to actually see the buildings that he was talking about. Then, the AC went out on the bus about halfway through and it was 100+ degrees inside of the bus. We had to get off because I have a 6 month old daughter and Ubered to meet them at the last stop. My dad stayed with the tour and said the other older children on the tour got very cranky because it was completely miserable inside. The tour guide seemed knowledgeable, but was not a great storyteller and it seemed like 2 hours of random facts strung together. We didn't visit any interesting sites or breweries except one brewery at the end. I'm not sure why this is called a brewery tour because you don't actually see or tour any breweries except that you have a free beer at the brewery at the end. We were very disappointed to have paid $70 per person to boil alive and listen to a guy ramble for two hours.

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