Check out the pics and video from our anniversary bash!

Written by on June 2, 2015 in News - 7 Comments

Last week we celebrated four years of booze news at Strongwater Food & Spirits – and the fine folks from Up Periscope Creative were on-scene to capture all the fun!

We are SO thankful for the almost 400 of you turned out to celebrate with us! Seriously, four years of beer blogging is like thirty years in the real world and it’s really great to have a supportive group of people who appreciate all the work we put into the site and the Columbus community.

drinkup15-75

We featured two AMAZING signature cocktails from Middle West Spirits at the event – here are the recipes so you can make them at home!

Stone Sour
2 oz OYO Stone Fruit Vodka
0.5 oz fresh-squeezed orange juice
0.5 oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice
0.75–1 oz simple syrup (to taste)
4–5 drops Angostura bitters
Shake well with ice, then pour all ingredients into a short glass with fresh ice. Garnish with an orange slice.

OYO Bourbon Mule
1-1.5 shots of OYO bourbon
5 fl oz ginger beer
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
ice
Fill glass with ice, then pour in your OYO Bourbon. Add the juice of one lime then the chilled ginger beer until glass is full. Stir, then top off with a lime wedge on the side and serve.

drinkup15-89

We also featured incredibly tasty citrus-infused Bodhi from Columbus Brewing Company, some seasonally satisfying Suncaster Wheat from Four String Brewing, and the deliciously dank 420 Pale Ale from SweetWater Brewing.

drinkup15-19

ALL of our attendees received one of these sweet beer tasting journals courtesy of Drink Up and The Wyne Girl.

drink up columbus

We gave away a TON of prizes from some of our favorite boozey businesses including Sideswipe Brewing, Pigskin Brewing, Actual Brewing, The Ohio Taproom, Watershed Distillery, Grandview Craft Beer Alliance, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing, North High Brewing, Lineage Brewing, Barley’s Brewing, Oldfield’s North Fourth Tavern, Four String Brewing, 101 Beer Kitchen, Outfit Good, Brother’s Drake and Digfest! We have a few prizes that went unclaimed at the event, so we are giving them away all week online — details at the bottom of this post!

drinkup15-54

Our friends at Outfit Good were on-site screening this super fun “This is my daydrinking shirt” for us – if you didn’t snag one at the event you can pick it up online for a limited time!

drinkup15-5

Eight Cakes a Week made us INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS beer-filled cake and cupcakes.

drinkup15-17

And blues rock trio The High Definitions rocked the house!

drinkup15-80

Everyone seemed to have a great time…

drinkup15-135

drinkup15-14

drinkup15-139

drinkup15-121

drinkup15-108

drinkup15-53

drinkup15-23

…even when our step-and-repeat collapsed on them. Whoops!

drinkup15-128

After the party is the afterparty and ours was across the street at Land-Grant Brewing!

drinkup15-148

drinkup15-145

Check out all the rest of the photos on Facebook, and big thanks to The Pink Woobie for photographing the party!

And thanks to all our sponsors: Middle West Spirits and Columbus Brewing Company, Four String Brewing Company, SweetWater Brewing Company and Eight Cakes a Week, Land-Grant Brewing Company, Zauber Brewing Company, Up Periscope, Crafted Drafts and The Wyne Girl Promo.

Giveaway

A few (un)lucky winners did not claim their prize at the event, so we’re giving them away to YOU! Enter below through Rafflecopter by interacting with us on Twitter and Facebook, and follow us on Instagram for extra chances to win! Note: You will need to pick up your prize from our office in Grandview.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

About the Author

Cheryl Harrison. Editor of Drink Up Columbus. Co-Founder of the Columbus Ale Trail.

7 Comments on "Check out the pics and video from our anniversary bash!"

  1. Maddie Aballi June 2, 2015 at 5:49 PM · Reply

    Definitely had a GREAT time at the anniversary party! Such a great atmosphere, location and choice of booze! Thanks for the great time!

  2. Christopher Wilson June 2, 2015 at 7:31 PM · Reply

    Sadly was out of town for this event. Hope to get out to the next one!

  3. Zane June 3, 2015 at 8:15 AM · Reply

    Another solid party and a great location. Here’s to the 5th Anniversary!

  4. Colin June 4, 2015 at 7:37 PM · Reply

    I missed it! Looks like I missed a great time

  5. Mallory June 5, 2015 at 3:46 PM · Reply

    Have not made it out to an anniversary party yet – maybe next year!

  6. Amy June 5, 2015 at 6:47 PM · Reply

    The beer tasting notebook was a great idea! Thanks!

Trackbacks for this post

  1. Shit I Did in May | Being Cheryl: Cheryl Harrison

Leave a Comment