Well, one case, at least.
On Friday at the Elevator Brewery in downtown Columbus, two couples approached Dick Stevens, Elevator owner and operator.
"They stopped by the brewery and asked, 'Is this where we get the dark beer?'" Stevens recalled. The wandering souls were visiting from Florida, and a lunch stop in German Village took them to Schmidt's. There they sampled pints of Elevator's Dark Horse Lager. The verdict?
"They said it was the best dark beer they'd ever had in their lives," Stevens said. Inspired (and craving more elixir), the couples headed for the Elevator Restaurant before ultimately reaching the brewery, where they were able to purchase a case of Dark Horse for transport back to the Sunshine State.
It's a Great American Beer Festival Bronze Medal winner for a reason, folks.
