Columbus Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Columbus,
Ohio,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1988
Contact
Description
The Columbus Brewing Company was originally founded in 1830. In 1988, the name was once again chosen to resurrect the proud brewing heritage of its namesake.
Our Brewmaster brings years of experience to the brewery including an apprenticeship with a German-trained Brewmaster, completed the Master Brewers progam at U.C. Davis, and brewing at several breweries throughout North America.
We are dedicated to exploring the flavors of American hops, subtleties of German-style lagers, the intensity of barrel-aged beers & everything in between.
Our Brewmaster brings years of experience to the brewery including an apprenticeship with a German-trained Brewmaster, completed the Master Brewers progam at U.C. Davis, and brewing at several breweries throughout North America.
We are dedicated to exploring the flavors of American hops, subtleties of German-style lagers, the intensity of barrel-aged beers & everything in between.
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 3
Overall 1.5
2$ can from chalet. Pour is a somewhat darker orangish pale. Creamy off white head. Nose is fairly fresh hops, perhaps some metallic pine. First taste is a building bitter bite, almost that of an IPA. Yea, you can tell this is a straight up american style ale fer sher. After each slug you get this fairly sharp bitter bite that hangs around for a while. Almost astringent but its not quite there. Some odd pine off lemon taste building as the session continues. Not pleasant, but has a desired calming effect. There you have it, would not buy again but good for a tick.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 28 May 2026
at 17:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Everyone rates this super high, which makes me think I must have a shelf troll here. Smells of grapefruit and lemon. Pours clear golden with decent head retention. A fair dose of rust here. Light malty finish, body on light side for style. Can.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Run
on 16 Apr 2026
at 01:25
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can from kroger. Slight orange tint on pale. Maybe some orange in the nose, otherwise neutral. Yes, a little tart and interestingly quite dry. Good level of co2. A little dull as I near the middle. Maybe could use a little sweetness, but I know many beer dudes wouldn't like that. Rather dull very mild lemon but quaffable. Not as dull as many domestic fruit beers. Strawberry is non existent. End is decent, no real ill character in this. Not bad overall. Could drink a few of these. Yes, good carbonation to the end of the can. The lemon is finally getting stronger on the finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Kroger - Cincinnati (Mason)
on 01 Mar 2026
at 20:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Pours clear golden with a large foamy light beige head, faint piney aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter citrus peel-piney taste, very smooth body, long finish. Very smooth and easy to drink.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2026
at 21:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Four pack acquired and the last one was poured into a snifter which is what this review is mostly based on.
Appearance: burnt thick dark golden orange with a two finger foamy white head which dissipated to leave some messy lace
Aroma: semi-pineapple, dankiness, white grapes, bittersweet grass and subtle earthiness
Flavor: bittersweet and danky sweet with substantial sweet earthy to grapey backing; super clean and quick aftertaste of white grapes and dankiness
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper; danky/earthy grip on my tongue; finishes clean with the white grapes and earthiness
Overall: I like it as this so called "New Zealand styled IPA" and would welcome this again.
Appearance: burnt thick dark golden orange with a two finger foamy white head which dissipated to leave some messy lace
Aroma: semi-pineapple, dankiness, white grapes, bittersweet grass and subtle earthiness
Flavor: bittersweet and danky sweet with substantial sweet earthy to grapey backing; super clean and quick aftertaste of white grapes and dankiness
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper; danky/earthy grip on my tongue; finishes clean with the white grapes and earthiness
Overall: I like it as this so called "New Zealand styled IPA" and would welcome this again.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2026
at 03:58
6.3/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 5
Overall 7.5
2$ can from vintage. Clear pale, white head fades quickly to nothing. Nose is lemony and a tad medicinal. First taste is tart lemon lime. Quite tart I'd say. Very refreshing too. Has some lime peel in there as well. The salt is there, and it sorta makes it come across like a more tart gose. Hard to find anything really negative about this except maybe you can't really tell that there is beer in there, hehehh. Finish is not bad, I think I could do a few of these. The tartness along with a decent level of carbonation feels good on the palate. Ironically, I don't like real margaritas per se.
Tried
from Can
from
Vintage Estate Wine and Beer
on 05 Oct 2025
at 19:20
Historical (80s/90s) beer collection #169 - no rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2025
at 22:16
1.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 0.5
Texture 1
Overall 0.5
Nice review, superspak!! My can pours orangish pale with a slight haze. White fine creamy head. Nose is sweet beefy alarming heavy malty hops. First taste is a big kick in the face, excessively boozy and it just don't care. So difficult for a pale lager lover, whew. Almost causes a gag reflex. So big, so bad, so bitchy, so bastard, so bollocks, so barbaric and bawdy. Like man, who gives a shit? After the first half can, I'm hoping some numbing sensations will begin to cool my brain. Don't know if I can finish this but my feeling is; if I can, I'll get the most buzzerie. Thanks to the massive mouth coating bitter bite, my reaction to the bitterness is rooted in instinct and genetics. Thanks to evolution, I was born with an instinctive super blech reaction to anything that tastes this nasty bitter. Towards the end, I'm thinken; this hop bomb is pretty viscous. Almost sticky in nature. So difficult to finish. It's actually making my eyes water. I'm such a wimp when it comes to these, my early ancestors were hunter-gatherers, and a primal reaction to bitterness helped them avoid poisonous plants. Certainly one of the most over achieving IPA I've had in months. Think Revolution X Hero Juicy Rush, Mad Tree Galaxy High, Green Flash Green Bullet and Lagunitas Waldo's Special. Niw my nose is runny, blah. Even if I cut this with 10 parts pale lager to one part creeper, it would still be a bonafide IPA! There you have it, the thoughts of a macro pale lager lover.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 23 Aug 2025
at 18:32
0.9/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 0.5
Flavor 0.5
Texture 1
Overall 0.5
Just another stupid ass IPA that is the same as a trillion others out there. Its nearly clear pale, with a white head that goes craggy. Smells like mild diesel fuel. Not sure why so many tasters love this style especially since they all taste the same. Terribly on style. If you like IPA, you need to try this one. Big bitter ass mouthcoating experience. I did have a longer descriptive explanation of the flavors, but for some reason, when I submitted it, it didn't take and erased it all. Piss me off. But anyway, there you have it. Happy BS I say.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 22 Aug 2025
at 16:59
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 1.5
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
2$ can. Smells like orange juice on top of hop perfume. Nice thick foamy head. Very hazy light orange tinted pale. First big swig is juicy and a little viscous. From the first impression of taste, not sure if I'd call this imperial or not but it is quite boozy. Slight warming sensation on the way to the tummy. Think orange juice poured into yer favorite double impy IPA and you'll get the drift of this brew. In the middle this big ass beer is getting bigger, now I think its wandering around and crossing into impy territory. The bitterness keeps building and I realize I think its a sonnah bitch. Toward the end, that orange nose keeps my olfactory busy. Its a facade of what actually lies within. There is some co2 but it needs more to keep my mind off this brutal awakening. What a finish, glad its over. Hoping the 8+ alky kicks in soon to take my mind off this straight up rude ass bastard IPA experience. There, you have it.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 20 Aug 2025
at 16:36