Cincinnati’s Queen City Sausage Festival is scheduled for July 11-13 at the Newport’s Riverfront Levee. Start with Greater Cincinnati’s passion for and appreciation of locally made authentic German brats, metts, and other great craft sausages including Italian, Andouille, and Chorizo. Add in the region’s best-selling independent sausage maker, Queen City Sausage Company. Invite the area’s best local food vendors and bring back Cincinnati’s historic brewing traditions: Christian Moerlein, Hudy Delight and Hudepohl Amber Lager beer. Provide a scenic view of the Cincinnati skyline, offer free admission, live lite-rock music, games, rides and plenty of relaxing shade and seating. The result: TheQueen City Sausage Festival! Friday: 5PM to 11PM. Saturday: Noon to 11PM. Sunday: Noon to 9PM.
“Queen City Sausage is a local “craft” sausage maker whose recipes are authentic with only the finest ingredients used including hand mixed spices.” According to Mark Balasa, Queen City’s Director of Marketing. Since 1965, Elmer Hensler, founder and president, still employs old world sausage craftsmanship and real wood smoke flavor in the company’s sausage production. Queen City Sausage is the Official bratwurst and mettwurst of the hometown Cincinnati Reds and Bengals!