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    Brews Cruise: A Review of Six Microbreweries

    The Alive wrote Brews cruise

    Thursday, September 18, 2008

    By G.A. Benton

    My assignment: to report on the six brave locally situated microbreweries who could. To this end, over the course of several beery and bleary and blessed days, I rustled up a few enablers, er, I mean designated drivers (who’ve subsequently shown me barely legible signed documents wherein I pledge never to sing in their presence again), and I thus hit the pubs.

    BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

    Barley’s Brewing Company Ale House No. 1

    Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant

    Barley’s Smokehouse

    Elevator Brewery and Draught Haus

    Columbus Brewing Company

    When all the haze settled, I discovered that while some of these accommodating taverns operate on a totally local basis – some not so local – in general, their suds, snacks and style made them all well worth a visit. Only try keeping a kibosh on the fighting, and ixnay on the ingingsay. Cheers!

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