The Top 10 Local Breweries in Columbus

Local breweries were hit hard by COVID in 2020, but creative pivots have ensued to help businesses weather the storm. While in-person bar foot traffic is understandably down, local breweries have switched to online orders, deliveries, curbside pickup and more grocery/retail options for drinking at home. When we surveyed our readers and editors at the […]
Jackie O’s Opens for Curbside Pickup, Taproom & Brewery to Follow in 2021

Jackie O’s is bringing a little bit of Athens to Columbus – at least in curbside spirit. The Athens-based brewery is now offering curbside pickup from its retail storefront at 171 N. Fourth St. In October, the brewery announced it had purchased the former home of Elevator Brewing Company Downtown, with plans for on-site brewing, […]
Seventh Son Issuing Beer Bonds

Buy Bonds! Support local….breweries?! Seventh Son is introducing a new kind of “bond” that’s way more fun than the buy-bonds-support-the-war-effort kind of nostalgia the word normally conjures up. Getting creative in the face of a year that has decimated the bar and restaurant industry, Seventh Son is issuing its own “bonds.” Folks can buy a […]
First Look: 1487 Brewery

1487 Brewery is pouring its first beers at its new Plain City taproom, 7620 Industrial Pkwy. The German-style brewery is entering its soft opening with a lineup of eight of its own beers, including a Kölsch, Altbier, Hefeweizen, Raspberry Weiss and more. It’s a small preview of what’s to come. 1487 is loaded with 25 […]
First Look: Saucy Brew Works

Saucy Brew Works has set a date. The brewpub and coffeehouse will make its debut in Harrison West on Friday, October 23. The brewery takes over the former home of Caffe’ Apropos at 443 W. Third Ave. The new joint is not dissimilar to its predecessor in serving coffee by day and booze by night. […]
Elevator Brewing Company is For Sale

The owner of Elevator Brewing has listed the brewery for sale, citing financial hardship related to the coronavirus shutdown. The business and all equipment is being sold collectively for $750,000. Launched in 1999, Elevator is one of Central Ohio’s oldest breweries currently operating today, predating a wave of new beer businesses that have launched over […]