Queen City Sausage Festival!

“Crafted Sausages, Grilled and Celebrated!”

Dates: July  13-15, 2012

Location: Newport’s Riverfront Levee

Start with the Greater Cincinnati region’s passion for and appreciation of locally made authentic German brats, metts, and other great craft sausages.   Add in the region’s best -selling independent sausage maker, Queen City Sausage.   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.   Sprinkle in a scenic view of the Cincinnati skyline and then offer free admittance, live entertainment, games, rides and plenty of relaxing shade and seating.  The result:  The Queen City Sausage Festival!

Authentic Recipes, Small Batch Production, Best Ingredients!

Queen City Sausage is a local “craft” sausage maker whose recipes are authentic with only the finest ingredients used including hand mixed spices.  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 Cincinnati Reds. 

The Queen City Sausage Festival will offer over 20 delicious ways sausages can be enjoyed in most any recipe.  Each festival food vendor will offer their very own specialty sausage dishes, using their favorite Queen City sausages .  Queen City produces brats, metts, Italian, Andouille Chorizo and more.  Other festival fare includes roasted corn, potato pancakes and strudel.  A special retail Queen City Sausage Shop will be on site offering the most popular sausages produced by the company.  The Shop will also feature a unique craft sausage made especially for the festival and not available anywhere else.  Newport’s Riverfront Levee is the perfect setting for this outdoor celebration!

A daily Eating Contest will feature 10 contestants.  The challenge:  Who can eat the most Queen City Sausages in 10 minutes.  Friday features a Footlong Contest @ 7:30PM, Saturday, a Brat Eating contest, and Sunday, a Beef & Swiss contest @ 4:30PM.  A daily corn hole competition will also take place.
 

Food, + Music+ Charity + Levee =Fun!

Admission to the Queen City Sausage Festival is free including continuous live, light-rock musical entertainment, rides for the children, and fun games appealing to all ages hosted by local charities.  For more information contact: Mark Balasa, marketing manager @513-541-5581, www.queencitysausage.com.
 

Queen City Sausage and Provision, Inc. was founded 1965 by Elmer Hensler. Authentic, German crafted sausage making is a hallmark of the company. The company is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, privately owned and remains in the Hensler family. Queen City brats and metts are the best-selling sausages in the region.

Queen City Sausage and Provision, Inc. 1136 Straight Street, Cincinnati, OH 45214