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After over a year in the works and going through a name change, the Seventh Son Brewing Company officially opened their doors for the first time last weekend for a soft launch party. The new business boasts 4,500 square feet of rentable event and entertainment space divided into two indoor areas and a beer garden patio out back.
“We’re not sure how much we’ll be open as a regular venue,” said co-owner Collin Castore. ”But at first we need to get people in here to see the space.”
Last weekend’s launch party included food trucks parked out front and a full bar featuring other local brews on draft such as Weasel Boy, Elevator, Four String and CBC.
“The party went very smoothly,” said Seventh Son co-owner Jen Burton. “There was a great vibe and people loved both Swoop and That Food Truck.”
The only component missing is Seventh Son’s own beer, which will begin production sometime in the coming weeks as the last of their equipment is installed and connected.
“It was supposed to be finished last week, then it was supposed to be this week, and now it might be next week,” explained Castore of the delays. “But we’re almost there.”
Once up and running, Seventh Son’s equipment has the capacity to produce 30 kegs of beer at a time, and they are hoping to produce between 2,000 to 4,000 kegs in their first year of operation.
“We also have a little bottling machine,” said Castore. “We’ll start bottling for retail sales once we have our recipes where we want them to be and producing consistently.”
In the meantime, Seventh Son will continue to host visitors interested in their new space (and interested in food trucks) this Thursday from 6pm to Midnight as well as Friday and Saturday from 6pm to 2am.
“We still don’t have our sign out front yet,” said Castore. “So it feels a bit like a speakeasy right now.”
The Seventh Son Brewing Co. is located at 1101 North Fourth Street in Italian Village. More information can be found online at www.seventhsonbrewing.com.
Ok, so I’m sorry, but WHAT did they open? An old car fix up lot and took over a year to add a few food trucks and someone elses beer on a tap? But they may or may not be open for regular hours, but they may.
Good for them, give me some more meat in the opening of a “NEW” place.
It’s a brewery. They’re going to be brewing beer. It’s in the name of their business.
Hard to blame Todd too much. This place has gotten a ton of hype lately, and all it seems to be is a bar with weird hours. Let me know when the beer is brewed and I’ll stop by; until then I’ll keep going to the St. James down the street.
Ok, then brew the beer. To open with a few kegs of someone elses beer and random hours and to call a few food trucks falls flat. *YAWN*…Wake me when there is a story about brewing beer to tell.
It always takes longer (and costs more) than anticipated. If people are coming in the door and spending money there is some cash flow and a chance to check out the venue. It looks like a fun space and a welcome addition to a neighborhood. I, too look forward to tasting the brew, though.
I was there last weekend. IT IS AWESOME! I love the layout, great for private parties.
Who pissed in your Cherrios Todd? They’ve had difficulties with suppliers and the state. As for random hours, the hours they’ve posted are fairly common for other microbreweries that are starting up (Zauber, etc). I think this is a great idea for them to generate some cash where they can. You don’t want to support them, then don’t. You also don’t have to post comments that bash them for doing the best they can in their situation. Merry Christmas!
+1 duncan. I can’t believe some people’s negative attitudes.
I stopped by over the weekend with friends and we all thought the space looked great. They had a lot of solid local beer on tap- I think I got the last glass of Barley’s Xmas ale and enjoyed it by the outdoor firepit. Living in Weinland Park, it was fantastic to stroll across the park, turn the corner and be at a new bar. Renovating an old space like that garage into a brewery had to have come with a world of hoops to jump through, let alone taken a considerable investment. Welcome to the neighborhood Seventh Son, looking forward to stopping back in for your own brew soon!
everbody is a critic. Ill be there for sure #supportyourhomies
Thanks everyone for the positive words, I wish you guys could have seen the raw space before we tore out the walls, took up the floor, trenched in a serious amount of plumbing, and built bathrooms, office and a sweet poured-in-place concrete bar top. It was a huge transformation, I’m kind of amazed it only took a year honestly. As for the beer we are, unfortunately, at the mercy of some very specialized contractors needed to install a very large boiler. Like Collin says in the interview we’re right on the cusp, aka, any day now… In the mean time pop in for a local pint or a cocktail featuring locally produced spirits. Cheers!
My Wheaties have milk only; I just like fire without smoke.
My first business I self financed with little fanfare; and every business after that. My money is always on the line. I don’t bs, I just bring it. I know everyone can be a critic, but come on, don’t hype something without having your sh** done.
Todd, in case you haven’t noticed Columbus seems to be full of hype and hyperbole when it comes to the “cool crowd”.
I am a fan of the microbrewing scene here, but I just wonder about the location. Why pick a location that is so dead at night and so close to the ghetto? I’d love to see this place succeed, but I don’t see how they are going to get people to keep coming to that location.
umm…what ghetto?
wow @ “ghetto”… so wrong in so many ways! Anyways, good luck to the new business. i will be sure to check it out.
This place strikes me as an rather ambitious and off-beat concept, and I applaud them for trying this. Converting a commercial garage to a microbrewery & bar & party space can’t be easy. Also, this is a tough time of year to open a space that, with all of the glass, is perhaps more suited for warm weather/outdoor access.
I stopped in last Friday for a few beers after work. My impression is that this place is going to ROCK once we get through the winter. It seems like there’s enough space here, indoors and out, to serve hundreds of people. Once they get the brewery working and they can roll open the overhead doors, and fill both the indoor and outdoor beer gardens, they could do close to BodegaX4 level of business, selling their own product and not even having to worry about making food! I think it will attract lots of Short North hipsters and OSU people onto 4th St and make that part of NE IV and SW WP much more populated and active at night.
Things might be slow in the coming 3-4 months, but once spring arrives and people find it, it should work great. These slow months are the right time to get the brewery up and running. There’s no harm taking time ramping up brewing operations and getting the service activities ironed out as they are doing now.
“I am a fan of the microbrewing scene here, but I just wonder about the location. Why pick a location that is so dead at night and so close to the ghetto? I’d love to see this place succeed, but I don’t see how they are going to get people to keep coming to that location.”
Spoken like someone who’s spent zero time anywhere near that location. SJT is one street away, and is always busy. I was just there last night and it was elbow to elbow from 7:30 on. Brothers Drake is a block away on the other side and packed with people constantly too. It’s a block east of Surly Girl, Skully’s etc. You should get out a little more.
That said, I checked out this place last weekend. I was also a bit bummed to not be able to sample any Seventh Son brews, but I was super happy with the selections they’d chosen in the meantime. The space is absolutely FANTASTIC. That is going to be THE place to be when it’s warmer with those big garage doors open in the front and the huge open patio out back. Kudos, I say. There can never be enough places in this city to go get a great beer.
Okay, dismiss me, but mark my words, the location will have this place out of business in less than 2 years. St. James Taven barely stays afloat, well, at least that’s the word through the grapevine. And all those places you listed are on High St, which is a world away from 4th Street.
Brothers Drake is not on High St. High St. is less than a 5 minute walk from all of the places mentioned here. I lived in between High and 4th St. and between 5th Ave. and Detroit for over 3 years, so I’m pretty familiar with the foot traffic around there, thanks. And again, anyone who suggests that SJT is struggling obviously never actually goes in there.
Why pick a location that is so dead at night and so close to the ghetto? I’d love to see this place succeed, but I don’t see how they are going to get people to keep coming to that location.
I had no idea I live in “the ghetto”!
Perhaps, unlike yourself, many people do not get the vapors at the sight of a person of color or those driving cars older than 5 years.
Lol at “the vapors” :) Nice.