The Cincinnati Comic Expo descends upon the Duke Energy Convention Center this weekend. Both are absolutely delicious and worth the ride. This one nearly pegs the scale at 10% ABV and 90 IBU. If it doesn’t for some reason, see if you can grab a Bells The Oracle IPA. At 8.4% and a very high IBU it will certainly get the job done. Next, it was time to turn off the heavy machinery and sit very still. This pint was poured from a nitro tap which was a definite bonus. Not quite a Hazy IPA and yet totally different than the Moerlein or Mad Tree Blood Orange IPAs that you may have tried before.

Sly Fox Brewing has an amazing beer called Orange Slyce IPA. Maltier than I normally like an IPA, but it works for this one. Their Big Hop American Ale is a standout. Sampled some delicious East End Brewery beers while in Pittsburgh. It’s been a tight rope, and it’s taken incredible plays from unexpected playmakers.Ĭlose and nerve wrecking is better than anything else there’s been recently in this city, though, and Thursday’s win might be remembered as one of this group’s most memorable. Two games into the season, Cincinnati has consistently toed the line between winning and losing. There were flashes of brilliance on offense in the first half, even a dog pile in the endzone after Green’s third touchdown. Throw in Williams’ sack and interception, and these were the plays that swung the game. On one of them, cornerback Darqueze Dennard hit Ravens running back Javorius Allen inches short of conversion. Punting on five consecutive possessions has the same effect.īut the Bengals stopped the Ravens twice on fourth down tries past midfield. Six points and 134 total yards doesn’t win the day, even when you drive 65 yards in the fourth to extend your lead to eight. For most of the second half, with its starting center and running back out of the lineup, the offense was as bad as the numbers looked. The margin was thin last night between the Bengals being the tour de force and the laughing stock. When he caught his third, it was football as perfect as the Chicago Bears’ masterpiece last week on Sunday Night Football, not counting their tragic second half collapse.Īctually, it was almost exactly the same.

When he caught his second, it looked like the team’s golden ticket into first place and a game or more lead over of Cleveland, a team missing its most talented player and the one it was lapping around the field. When Green caught his first touchdown, it was 28 unanswered points spanning two games and a promising start for the quarterback with a history of struggling in primetime. It took the highs felt during Boyd’s touchdown catch last year and stretched them over an entire season. It was the exact opposite of how it felt when the Colts intercepted Dalton on the second play of the year. For the umpteenth time.Īfter one of the most prolific offensive halves in recent memory, the game’s best plays were the ones made on the defensive side of the ball.īut man, that first half was something. The game was clinched when on what could have been a game tying drive, Flacco was blindsided by Williams and the ball came loose.

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