Friday, November 1, 2013

Tap Room Grand Opening & Award Tour Finale

We are pleased to announce the Grand Opening of our 13th Floor Tap Room on Saturday, November 9th from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. To celebrate the occasion, we're closing out our 2013 Award Tour by pouring all 12 of our beers that have won national blind tasting medals within the last 16 months!

Beginning in the summer of 2013, we featured multiple medal-winning beers at various beer festivals, tastings and other events throughout Ohio, dubbing it the Award Tour 2013. We have won numerous medals from the Beverage Testing Institute's World Beer Championships; their Beer Judge Certified scores serve as the reviews for All About Beer magazine. Five of the 12 medals were the highest-rated beers in their respective categories (see the full list of medal winning beers below).

As the list of awards continued to grow, it became obvious that a big event was warranted to close out the run of accolades. Upon recently adding a tap room to our production brewery at 165 N. Fourth St. in downtown Columbus, the perfect event presented itself.

To announce the new 13th Floor Tap Room and to highlight all 12 of our national medal-winning beers, Elevator Brewing Company invites all fans of great craft beer to come celebrate with us on November 9th. Regular tap room hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., but starting at 5 p.m. there will be special tappings of limited and rare beers, culminating with the tapping at 10 p.m. of the last keg of BarBar Bourbon Barrel Barleywine - judged the Beverage Testing Institute's highest-rated Barleywine of 2012 with a score of 97.

There will also be bands and food trucks to keep the celebration going. Plus, it's a Buckeye football bye week, so the celebration will not interfere with anyone’s football enjoyment. Please come out and support Elevator Brewing Company – the local brewery that is winning national recognition.


List of Medal-Winners:

* Mogabi Hoppy Wheat – 92 Points, Gold Medal
* BarBar Bourbon Barrel Barleywine – 97 points, Platinum Medal
* Winter Warmer Spiced Holiday Ale – 93 Points, Gold Medal
* Three Frogs IPA – 95 Points, Gold Medal
Dirty Dick’s Nut Brown Ale – 95 Points, Gold Medal
Bear Ass Pale Ale – 90 Points, Gold Medal
* “Big Vic” Imperial Mogabi Wheat IPA – 91 Points, Gold Medal
Heiferweizen German Wheat – 87 Points, Silver Medal
Horny Goat Barrel-Aged Porter – 93 Points, Gold Medal
Angry Goat Barrel-Aged Nut Brown – 92 Points, Gold Medal
Ghost Scorpion Lager – 82 Points, Bronze Medal
Bleeding Buckeye Red Ale – 91 Points, Gold Medal

*indicates this beer won its category for the year.