Columbus Craft Beer week is wrapping up this Saturday with Six One Pour, a big beer fest in the heart of the Brewery District featuring all Ohio-made beer.
Thirty Ohio craft breweries will be pouring local beer at the event, including Actual, Barley’s, Brew Kettle, Buckeye Lake, Christian Moerlein, Columbus Brewing, Fat Head’s, Four String, Great Lakes, Homestead, Jackie O’s, Land-Grant, Lineage, MadTree, North High, Phoenix, Pigskin, Rhinegheist, Sam Adams, Seventh Son, Sideswipe, Smokehouse, Thirsty Dog, Warped Wing, Weasel Boy, Willoughby, Wolf’s Ridge, Yellow Springs, Zaftig and Zauber.
In addition, all seven collaborative beers brewed as part Columbus Craft Beer Week will be available at the event. If you haven’t had a chance to try them yet, some really cool stuff came out of these collaborations. My favorites the Four String/Land-Grant/Sideswipe Ghidorah Peach Saison; the Wolf’s Ridge/Elevator Hoppy Kolsch; the Seventh Son/Homestead “Gatekeeper” and “Keymaster” set (I preferred the Gatekeeper, but by a narrow margin); and the Smokehouse/Zaftig Oak Skyhopper pale ale.
There will also be live music from The Lovebenders and Matt Monta, and a special menu created by Chipotle, who also worked with Columbus Brewing to feature a habanero-and-citrus infused Bodhi. In addition, local breweries were tasked with creating the tallest, still-functional tap handles, and the Tallest Tap Handle judging will take place at the event.
Six One Pour will take place this Saturday, May 9 from 5-9pm inside the historic Brewmaster’s Gate, once part of August Wagner’s brewery. Tickets are $40 advance or $50 at the door.
