Bean to Barstool Podcast | Third Eye Brewing’s Award-Winning Chocolate Beers

June 18, 2025 | David Nilsen

Third Eye Brewing Company, with locations in Sharonville and Hamilton on the north side of Cincinnati, has won numerous awards at the Great American Beer Festival, World Beer Cup, and many other beer competitions. Led by brewmaster Kelly Montgomery, they’ve medaled in styles as diverse as Scotch Ale, Pumpkin Beer, and Milk Stout, but they’ve had particular success with chocolate beers. Their Double Astral Chocolate Imperial Milk Stout won gold as the best chocolate beer in the country at GABF in 2023.

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Finding Passion Again: Ohio’s Third Eye Brewing Returns to Beer’s Biggest Stage

September 28, 2023 | David Nilsen

Third Eye Brewing was the second name called during the 2023 Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony, signaling the start of a momentous day for the small brewery from Sharonville, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Their beer Mounds of Importance—brewed in collaboration with nearby Narrow Path Brewing—took home silver in the Collaboration Competition, the first category awarded. After brewmaster Kelly Montgomery and his wife Maureen, along with brewers Andrew Moore and Tom Argo, accepted the medal with their friends from Narrow Path on beer’s biggest stage, they barely had time to return to their seats before hearing their names again.

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