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Fifty Fifty Gin Club, Cincinnati's first gin bar, opens this week in Over-the-Rhine

Fifty Fifty Gin Club, Cincinnati's first gin bar, opens this week in Over-the-Rhine
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Fifty Fifty Gin Club, Cincinnati's first gin bar, opens this week in Over-the-Rhine
Calling all gin fans!Cincinnati's first gin bar, Fifty Fifty Gin Club, is opening this week in Over-the-Rhine.The bar is inspired by gin bars in Barcelona and a Cincinnati television institution.The bar is located on E. 13th Street adjacent to HomeMakers Bar. Both bars are owned and operated by Julia Petiprin.Video above: HomeMakers Bar opens in Over-the-Rhine“As a Cincinnati transplant I always get excited to show people my favorite things that I’ve seen and tasted in other places," Petiprin said in a statement. "The Gin Club does just that. This menu is a collaboration with a few of the incredible bartenders at HomeMakers, our beverage director — Michael Nauer — and myself.” The bar will feature gin-and-tonics and gin-focused classic cocktails like a Fifty Fifty gin martini, which has a house-made brine for dirty martinis and gimlets.The bar will also honor Ruth Lyons, a Cincinnati institution, creator of the daytime talk show and broadcasting trailblazer.The bar will also have beer, wine and snacks sourced from local makers and music from a record player featuring Motown, old school R&B, jazz, and 60s rock n’ roll.

Calling all gin fans!

Cincinnati's first gin bar, Fifty Fifty Gin Club, is opening this week in Over-the-Rhine.

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The bar is inspired by gin bars in Barcelona and a Cincinnati television institution.

The bar is located on E. 13th Street adjacent to HomeMakers Bar. Both bars are owned and operated by Julia Petiprin.

Video above: HomeMakers Bar opens in Over-the-Rhine

“As a Cincinnati transplant I always get excited to show people my favorite things that I’ve seen and tasted in other places," Petiprin said in a statement. "The Gin Club does just that. This menu is a collaboration with a few of the incredible bartenders at HomeMakers, our beverage director — Michael Nauer — and myself.”

The bar will feature gin-and-tonics and gin-focused classic cocktails like a Fifty Fifty gin martini, which has a house-made brine for dirty martinis and gimlets.

The bar will also honor Ruth Lyons, a Cincinnati institution, creator of the daytime talk show and broadcasting trailblazer.

The bar will also have beer, wine and snacks sourced from local makers and music from a record player featuring Motown, old school R&B, jazz, and 60s rock n’ roll.