We then head into the pioneering point of the Brewery Triangle, Sideswipe Brewing, part of the “third wave” of craft brewers to call Columbus home in recent years, Starting as a nano brewery in an off the beaten path location, people are now beating a path to a microbrewery that has quickly doubled in size and tripled in production.. At Sideswipe we cover nano vs. microbrewing and offer a guided tasting of well crafted ales.

Our last stop will be the Four String Production Brewery which opened in 2015 as an expansion of the original Four String in Grandview. Here we will do a full tour with a focus on canning and ingredients. We wrap up with a guided tasting of four signature beers and a little downtime in the taproom. Throughout the tour we provide an overview of the history and techniques of brewing beer as we get a look into how these breweries and their owners handle questions of distribution, bottling, canning and scaling up production to meet the increasing demand for local craft beer n Columbus, Ohio and beyond.

This tour lasts about 3.5 to 3.75 hours and is offered on Saturdays throughout the year. On occasion we may venture out of the area by substituting Actual Brewing Company, Endeavor Brewing or the original Four String Brewing Taproom.