(Covington), March First Brewing (Cincinnati), Tecate (Mexico) and Heineken. While the Cheese Fest partnered with Christian Moerlein for craft beer last year, this year the beers will be provided by Terrapin (Georgia), Braxton Brewing Co. Baltimore’s Biltmore Winery will provide the wines. They will include cheesecake using honey goat cheese and a mint-flavored ricotta dessert with mascarpone sauce.Īs with every Cincinnati Cheese Fest, there will be cheese pairings with food, wine and Kentucky bourbon. One demo will consist of Kroger corporate chefs suggesting unconventional cheeses to add to your recipes.

Keystone Bar & Grill.īesides the Cheese Twins, the Cheese Fest’s educational tent will also feature several instructional sessions and demonstrations. The Macdown competitors are B&A Street Kitchen vs. This year, the Meltdown gladiators are: Eli’s BBQ vs.

There is a People’s Choice award and an award given by a panel of experts. They had to make sure the piano was strong enough to survive a lot of use from a lot of people (and be nonslip so those people won't get hurt).Every year, various Cincinnati restaurants compete to produce the best mac and cheese and best grilled cheese. Thirty-two notes correspond to 32 bronze bells that hang from a beam.īut the building process, which started in November, was anything but simple. To play, you simply step on the sensor circle. There are two parts to the musical instrument: the piano system and the tubular bell system.Įach key has a sensor that connects a striker on an individual bell.

The result, from the player's perspective, is also simple. Klosterman's task was simple: Park officials asked him to imagine an interactive musical feature that would get park visitors of all ages moving. A ribbon cutting and opening is planned for June 4. The one-of-a-kind musical instrument will be installed at the park's P&G Go VibrantScape, which will include a series of play and exercise features, including a flying pig and water pumps and channels. is colossal in both size and in ambition: The Cincinnati bell and clock manufacturer's latest public project is the Smale Riverfront Park's giant foot piano. Jack Klosterman's latest feat of engineering for The Verdin Co.

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