Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing debuts in Central Ohio next week with tap takeovers and tastings all over Columbus.
SweetWater, the 19th largest craft brewery in the country, is best known for their 420 Extra Pale Ale, a west coast-style pale. The brewery has won several medals for its beers at the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup, among other competitions.
SweetWater will initially launch with four beers in the Buckeye State: 420, SweetWater IPA, SweetWater Blue and Take Two Pils, though a few extra will be available during select launch events. Look for their trout taps at the following events planned throughout the week:
Monday, October 6
Whole Foods Dublin 6 food pairings with 6 SweetWater beers – 6pm
Tuesday, October 7
Woodlands Tavern Official Launch Party with the SweetWater crew – 6pm
Wednesday, October 8
Park Street Tavern Cbusr meetup – 6pm
Pies and Pints Tap takeover – 6pm
Pint House Tap takeover – 6pm
16-Bit Bar + Arcade brewery spotlight and high score video game challenges – 8pm
Thursday, October 9
Blacklick Wine and Spirits tasting – 6pm
Daily Growler Upper Arlington tap takeover – 6pm
Bobs Bar tap takeover – 8pm
Friday, October 10
Aficionado’s tasting – 6pm
Saturday, October 11
Brothers Bar brewery spotlight
Sunday, October 12
World of Beer Brewery District brewery spotlight
SweetWater has already launched in Cincinnati and will debut in Cleveland and Akron a week after the Columbus launch. The distribution extension into Ohio brings SweetWater’s availability up to 12 states.
full disclosure: SweetWater’s local distributor is a client
5 Comments on "SweetWater Brewing launch events in Columbus"
Does this mean we’ll be getting bottles here or just kegs?
both!
So glad to hear this! I’ve missed my Sweetwater IPA since moving back from Nashville.
Cheryl.
Please add Aficionado’s to the tasting list. The Sweetwater reps will be here pouring samples from 6-8pm on Friday Oct 10th
added, thanks!