About CMI

CMI is a group of like-minded people dedicated to the tradition of homebrewing.

CMI Meets every second Thursday (except May and December) at Queen City Clay from 7:30 to 9:30.

The Cincinnati Malt Infusers were founded by transplanted Valley Fermenter Members (Greenfield, MA) Jeff Seeley & Todd Mansfield, along with Mike Weaver and five native Cincinnatians in 1994. Jeff Seeley registered CMI with the AHA upon the clubs inception, and hence CMI’s existence and contact information was published monthly in Zymurgy. This spurred more growth of the club, with new homebrewers lining up, more than happy to pay the $10 annual membership fee to get involved. Meetings were initially held in the rotating locations of various members homes, until moving to more centrally located drinking establishments, including the now defunct Main Street Brewery. This resulted in the now infamous Krowdenroundtrunken meeting, where the membership unable to hear the technical program given by member Dr. Kevin Ashley, PhD escaped the Muzak & the bar noise within by gathering in the unkempt parking lot outside in what was once a seedy part of town. Finding police sirens and ambient noise outside still much quieter than the inside of the Main Street Brewery, the meeting’s technical program continued on, with homebrew being distributed from plastic cups out of the trunk of a car. The club’s membership brazenly enjoyed their homebrew consumption in public, stopping only to hide from the occasional police cruiser, but remained well within range of some hostile street elements. What the original membership of the Cincinnati Malt Infusers didn’t then realize as they later grew sober, was this would represent the real genesis of the Cincinnati Malt Infusers. Word of this open display of homebrew bravado began to spread & the Krowdenroundtrunken meeting became the legend upon which the club rapidly grew.

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Directions

Queen City Clay
2760 Highland Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45212

FAQ

I am thinking about homebrewing. Can anyone attend a club meeting?

Yes! Anyone with an interest in homebrewing is welcome.

Do I need to bring anything?

No! If you are already a homebrewer and would like to share your homebrew, please feel free to bring it.

What do you do at meetings?

We have a program that is related to homebrewing. We cover a large range of topics including brewing tips, food and beer pairings, quick turnaround beers, and beer evaluation/judging. We are also open to program suggestions.

What other activities does CMI participate in?

We sponsor two large homebrew competitions (Octobersbest and The All American Homebrew Competition). We have a float that is used in several parades that CMI and family ride in. We also have a barrel aged project where members brew a specific beer and put it into a barrel with other members’ beer for aging. Click here to check out our upcoming events page.