Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. Â I'm going to say one's impression of this joint is entirely dependent on your level of affection for beer. Â Oh, do they have beer. Â WOB is 10 bajillion beers with beeristas who seem to know the inside baseball backstory on all of them, 3 wines and 1 mead and 1 big room to walk around while consuming them. Â That's it. Â No liquor. Â The only food to speak of is kinda/sorta available from Shadowbox's kitchen next door. Â They be kinda spendy...and their visiting wait staff is hard to come by. Â So don't come hungry.
If you're thirsty....we'll that's another story. Â If you love beer...you'll love WOB. Â If not...you're not going to find much else to hold your attention.
Beer Beer Beer and yes, several brands of gluten free beer.
Try brands from all over the world, found some German brands I would never ever expect outside of Germany, but they have it.
Place sometimes really packed and loud, hard to understand your buddies next to you.
Live Music is great, like it a lot.
Parking possible on the backside for $3 (price April 2013).
I like to hang out there with good friends and having a great time.
This location is much better than the Easton one!!! The upstairs has seating and a separate bar, the servers are much nicer and it seemed quite a bit cleaner.
We went here on a Friday night to just grab a couple beers and relax. The best place to catch a game and not be overcrowded was the upstairs bar (at least when at that time we went).
James, the bartender, was very cool, talkative and had some great beer suggestions. I'm  big fan of Bourbon ale and the Rogue John John Dead Man was a pretty solid substitute for the KY Bourbon Ale. Also, the Founders Breakfast Beer is excelente, especially if you're a coffee lover. Prices were reasonable considering the types of beers they had.
Extra info: There is street parking and a parking garage right across the street. There is live, local music here pretty much every night. Also, I heard this place was a "Bro-Zone", but for the most part, there were a myriad of ppl here on that Friday night.
Overall, this was a much better experience compared to the Easton visit.
It's a really good space. Â Cool building, nice seating and the new-ish patio is appreciated. Â If you're a beer nerd, you'll be very happy here and the events they have been bringing in have been getting better. Â
The food system? Â Kind of confusing, but good enough. Â My biggest gripe? Â There isn't a good way to track your beers. Â I know they have an app now, but that's a recent addition. Â It's sometimes too much work here to order a beer. Â It's a good place where'd I'd like to stop in more often but sometimes it's just easier to get a quick, cheap bud light elsewhere.
I prefer this location to the Easton one. Everything's pretty much the same, though trade out some of the selection the Easton location has for a far superior attentiveness from the employees and - this location serves food! Both huge plusses in my book. Great location. I'm here quite a bit, say "hi!"
Review Source:I love certain imported and exotic beers and that means they usually only come in bottles, so to have a spot where I can sample a flight or just a perfect pint, is a place I can go back to anytime. We were here during the calm of Happy Hour (insert sarcasm here), but it was a nice stop on an eventful night. Â I can see a work Happy hour or a guys beer club, making World of Beer their home away from home. Â
Date spot? Â not so much...
It's hard to try to speak negatively about a place that has hundreds of beers from around the world. A bar with a name that is a synonym for heaven has to meet high expectations. Stopped by for a drink on the night of their Rogue Tap Takeover. I wasn't particularly fond of these brews, but the manager let me have a few tastes adn talked about some of his favorites that they had that night. It seems like a place with many regulars. The lady bartenders were kind, but it seemed like they were incredibly partial to the regulars only, really pushing to get people to buy gift cards for the holidays.
Met a guy who works for a beer distributor, named Kevin. GREAT guy, loved talking beer with him, and he made my experience ten times better. Hope to connect with him again some day.
I just moved from California, so I typically expect to pay $6-7 for a good beer, but some of their selections seem to be a bit overpriced. I'd make this a regular stop if they had more specials and opportunities to get flights of their favorite brews. Â If you like Belgians or IPAs, you're gonna leave this spot happy as can be.
This place is awesome. It's not just a clever name. Their beer menu is quite possibly the most extensive beer menu I have ever seen. It's well organized and service was great.
They don't serve food here, but they have menus available and allow local places to deliver to your table which was fantastic.
My only complaint, and the reason for the 4 star rather than the 5 star review, is that while there seem to be thousands of options for beer (and options for cider and wine) they have only 4 options for non-alcoholic beverages: Coke, diet coke, sprite and water. As a pregnant lady, I was bummed that there weren't at least a few types of root beer on the menu, particularly because there are several breweries on the menu that brew their own root beer (Goose Island, for example, has an awesome root beer) and it would have been appreciated.
If you like to see a variety of beers, this is a place to be. The World of Beer is the world of craft brews from all over the country: Germany, Belgium, U.S., etc. I went with a group of 3 girls and we all just ordered what we liked. Ales and Stouts  while listening to a live band sing like Lil Wayne. This is a large spacial bar with plenty of TVs, people, and beer. It's a great place to grab a drink with some friends and some grub. Also if you're looking to just sit back, relax, and catch up. Very laid back atmosphere and the bartenders are knowledgeable on their beers. I think there were over ten beer selections on tap. Ask what their special is for the month, the time I went was during Oktoberfest so they had $3 beer special.
Review Source:If you like junk beer like Bud or Coors this is not going to be your kind of place. Â All they have here is good beer. Â Sorry people who have no taste, you're out of luck.
We sat at the bar and talked to three different bar tenders. Â They were all very knowledgeable about what they had on tap, what they had in bottles, events that were coming up, recommendations based off of the beers we were drinking or talking about. Â They had everything you would want from a high-end beer bar. Â There was plenty of room to sit, not just at the bar, and the place was not all that noisy. Â We could carry on a conversation rather than just stare and nod at each other which is what we get to do when going to Bodega due to the noise there.
Even though Bodega has very limited seating and a decibel level close to a jet engine they do excel at a couple of different things that World of Beer falls short on: food (WoB has none although they do have a roving person from some other restaurant), tap selection and beer price. Â If the name of your business is World of Beer I'd expect you to have more than 25 taps or whatever they had. Â It definitely wasn't over 30 taps. Â The ambiance and facility is much nicer than Bodega, but the way they get that is by charging you a lot more for beer. Â While their beer selection on tap was quite good it was not the extensive weirdo factor that Bodega has. Â Hell, Woodlands Tavern has almost as good of a tap selection (limited only by their amount of taps vs. WoB) as WoB does and they only charge $2 pours on pretty much everything. Â
I'd definitely go back here but it would not be as often as Bodega or Woodlands Tavern simply because I'm not rich.
Our waitress was incredibly knowledgeable about almost all of the beers that were on tap! She gave some really great recommendations to everyone in the group. Super friendly, also!
The beers listed on the menu were extensive, which is aweome. I'd say my least favorite part about our trip to World of Beer would be the waitress that brought around the free food samples (never a bad thing!) but would return to push us to order something because of the samples. Minor detail, though.
Good beer, great atmosphere, live band above the bar (awesome!), and a fun time!
Pretty much what I expected. Â Lots of space, lots of televisions, lots of beer choices, options to have food sent over from local restaurants.
My wife and I came over to watch a non-Ohio NFL game, based on their Facebook post that they had all the games on. Â Well, not really. Â "You want to see the Jets game?" This took some time, about 6 people, asking about 3 times, even though the place wasn't that busy. Â A bit longer then to get a waiter, then finally a drink order. Â From there things went pretty smoothly. Â Helpful input on the draft selection, which is extensive.
I'm afraid the dagger was, however, that the place didn't seem to bring much luck to my Jets (at least the first 1/2 while I was here). Â Mark Sanchez had more to do with this, but since I can't blame Mark...
I would have given this place one start except for the fact that they are actually open. I and I had to give Columbus Brewing Company one star because I couldn't give them less.
Other than the fact that World of Beers was open both times I tried to go to CBC and it was closed, the only other positive about World of Beers is that it has lots of beer. The selection is endless. Unfortunately, the prices are insane!
The "monthly special" - a stale palette from last year - is $3.50 a bottle. It's the cheapest beer you can get. The menu has a $3 beer but the waiters refuse to charge less than $4 for it. My friends, who have worked extensively in food service, left NO TIP because the waiter failed to fix the $3 beers even after he said he would. It takes phenomenally bad service to get a former waiter to NOT LEAVE ANY TIP AT ALL!
World of Beers also does not sell food. They have arrangements from several nearby restaurants to deliver food. Fortunately, the food was good. But I'm sure those restaurants also sell beer and probably charge less.
I had a "monthy special" and one other draft beer. My total was $11.50. We went to the Kroger nearby and bought a twelve pack of microbrews for $11.99.
I recommend avoiding the entire Brewery District. There's only one brewery and it's closed all the time. That leaves World of Beer and the Irish Pub. And the poor sots at the Irish Pub really try to make up for the sad state of affairs. Go there instead or just go somewhere else.
Another Review that's one work.....Beer!
And lots of it...this place is amazing! Â I walked in and looked at all those taps and bottles and fell in love!
I was also excited that they had Belgian Sours...I don't think that people understand how hard it is to find Belgian Sours when going out. Â So it was a rare treat to be able to have a couple of those.
The only thing is that they don't offer food. Â But they have a place that's next door and you can order stuff from them.
The beertenders were very knowledgeable about the beer that they sold...so that was great. Â So I was able to tell them things that I liked and they found things that I haven't had that were very good.
They also have Tap Takeovers...so they have a brewery that will come in and load up quite a few of their beers on tap. Â And the fact that they rotate beers is pretty cool...so you can keep going back and they will change.
I'm giving this place a two because they do have an excellent beer selection. Great Divide, Brewery Ommegang, Dogfish Head - the number of different beers they have is wonderful.
That's where the good ends.
The atmosphere is boring. The service is abominable.
The bartenders could not find the beer we ordered in the cooler. I didn't even ask for a specific beer. I wanted to know which Great Divide beers they had (and there were about 5 or 6).
The other bartender had pretty much no knowledge about different beers.
When you have a bar that only sells beer, the servers at the bar should know something about beer. They should also have an idea of where the different beers are in the cooler.
Get carry-out.
Beer. Huge, HUGE selection, bottles and tap. Â 6-8 bucks a pint. The atmosphere is nice bar, there is no food to speak of. There are lots of places close by to get food if you're looking for a meal, so to me that's not a biggie. The crowd seems to be of all ages, though my daughters did use the term sausage-fest. Whatever, we like beer, and maybe Tuesday at 6:00 is too early for the ladies. I'm married so again, what do I care?
Bottom line, I'd go back back in a heart beat if I'm looking for a nice time drinking great beer (and if I'm in Columbus).
WOB is fine. I didn't have a bad experience here, per se. I just don't think it's enough for me.
"Not enough" at WOB sounds dangerously close to an oxymoron. They have the largest beer selection in Columbus, hands down. So, for example, if you have a favorite you've only been able to find at Bodega, and you can't get a seat in Bodega, then try WOB.
However, how many beers can you drink (or should you drink) in a night, really? Certainly not enough for this outrageous variety of beers to make a dent, unless you came here every single day for five years. And the problem is, WOB doesn't have much going for it besides it's vast collection of brews.
For me, I'd rather go to a place with a well curated list of beers, but with something else going on. I can get reasonable variety, craft beer, unique beer, local beer, without having 100's of choices. Â WOB's atmosphere is pretty plain, and it doesn't have food. You can order from the Backstage Bistro and Planks, but I'm not a huge fan of either of these places and the service can be slow getting your grub. So, I say, what's the point?
At the risk of sounding like a Negative Nancy, I will give WOB props where props are due:
- Apparently it has live music some nights. That counts as "something else going on" though I'm not really a fan of live music in bars.
- I really appreciated their efforts at the German Village Haus and Garten tour. They had a mobile popup bier garten for the event, and that was pretty cool! It added some "atmosphere" that is lacking in their permanent, brick and mortar establishment.
- They've recently opened (but I haven't tried), a patio.
- I'm all for anything that is opening in the Brewery District and bringing peeps over to my neck of the woods.
- I think they have beer tasting events and some educational beer-centered classes. That's pretty neat. I have no idea what they cost, when they occur, or the level of information given, but maybe a good gift idea for the beer enthusiast in your life.
Despite all this (and it's a decent list of good things), your average experience at WOB is just going to be picking one or two from a gigantic list, sitting there in a plain, chainy environment (albeit in a cool neighborhood) and then probably moving on to your next stop. I think I'd rather pick up something interesting from a store, and drink it at home. Just sayin'.
I think this bar is a nice compromise - it has a park street-ish clientele on busy nights, but there's good service, places to sit and hang out, and a generally less crowded environment.
The beer selections are good, and they're helpfully grouped on the menu by type. Â This makes it super easy to pick out an easy-drinking IPA or a bold stout. Â
The service is impeccable - servers are available when you want them, helpful, but not intrusive. Â Very nice .
The food from next door seemed slow, but that could've been a function of it being a Sunday afternoon. Â Everyone's slow on Sunday afternoons....
I'm excited to try their new outside space - - it seems very un-summery inside right now (dark, dark dark...)
Wowza, I think I just stepped into Abercrombie HQ. I asked the bouncer if popped collars and boat shoes were the norm here at Abercrombie HQ and he just smiled and said, "Yep, great right?" Yes, great is what I was thinking too...
Honestly, though, I tend to like the young professional 20-something crowd and beer helps make everything seem to go doubly smooth. WoB has a cool thing going on in the Brewery District and if attendance can be used to judge success, I'd say the packed crowd on a Friday night signaled a strong future for WoB.
It looks like this place might be a jumping off point though. We arrived around 9pm and by 10/10:30ish there were considerably fewer people. If you're into being where the action is, you might want to start off here and then head elsewhere as the evening progresses.
Oh, and the live music they had left a little to be desired. Think Oasis crossed with a country twang. That seems too absurd for you? Pretty much the way I felt too.
You had me at beer.
Hundreds of options from all over the world! That's bound to make any beer lover ecstatic - including me!
The ambiance is awesome for the growing Brewery District and well, an all-about-beer place fits in quite nicely here, don't ya think?
Multi-levels allow for hoards of people to pack this place and I'm going to venture out and say that it's going to be rockin' come football season! (Secretly counting down the days, btw.)
I love the level of interaction they encourage, too, like the beer club or even their online social media efforts. Good times are happenin' @ WOB no doubt.
The food situation (they don't have a kitchen so you have the option to order from a few select nearby restaurants that deliver) although clever, hasn't always been as smooth for me, but food options are pretty slick. And it's an "organized" system so it takes the guess work out of hunting down places that would consider delivery. I honestly think that them not having a kitchen improves their ability to be a more focused & better bar - thus pleasing the masses.
A lot of the beers are craft so the prices are a bit high. That said, there are a few beers that are too high given what they are. If it's on draft, you can try before you buy, so keep that in mind.
Come here to perhaps find your long lost favorite, hard-to-find brew or discover a new taste for something entirely different. The choice (and there are hundreds) is yours.
I like beer. They have lots. I could go on and on--but if you do like beer there will absolutely be something you'd like here.
I like food. They have none (but they'll get some for you from someone else if you'd like). I'm still sort of on the fence about this arrangement. It's not a huge negative, really--but the options are rather limited. And it feels weird ordering something from someone who is just going to go pick it up somewhere.
I like liquor once in a while--here's where they lose a star. This is a bar, after all. Every once in a while it's nice to get a round of shots.Can't do it here--this is the only negative I can really come up with.
When they have live music (nearly every weekend) it's either really good or really bad--it's a real crap shoot.
I had a good time here, but there is just something missing...
The service was awesome....very friendly and helpful staff. Â The selection of beer is unrivaled in most of Columbus, if not all. Â But...there is just something that separates this place from an all-out awesome place and I don't really know what it is. Â Maybe it's because this place just feels drab and not very inviting...a little cold and boring like a two story BW3 or applebees. Â I would come back if I had an exotic beer itch that only a thousand exotic brands could satisfy. Â But, to hang out and have a better more eventful, fulfilling experience I might go somewhere else.
I have to say that I actually enjoyed World of Beer more than I thought I would. I figured it would be catered to "bros" and that I'd feel like I was in a commercial for Lady Jane's, but I felt pretty comfortable there. It's a casual place, and you really can't beat the selection of beer. I love the fact that they do samplers of anything, and the staff is really knowledgeable about the beer selection. It was a Friday night and the service was still good. Â
A couple of people have talked about what I think is the main drawback now: live music. It would have been really nice to go there, get a few beers, and talk with my friends. Instead, we had to yell to hear each other. I don't think I'd even mind that much if it was good live music, but the band that was there was absolutely atrocious. Â We probably would have stayed longer if it wasn't for them, but hearing the equivalent of Alvin the chipmunk singing top 40 songs at an excruciating volume was too much for me.
The food thing is really not a big deal, as they have menus from a few different places on the block and they all deliver right to your seat for free. Somebody from Shadowbox's bistro even came around and gave people menus and took orders. And as somebody else stated, you can even bring your own.
Overall, a solid bar worth checking out if for nothing else than the beer menu!
I must say that I was underwhelmed with World of Beer. The atmosphere and idea are cool, but every other category falls short.
Our server was less than helpful when she actually showed up. I pretty much had to guess whether or not I'd like a certain beer. I did discover Four Strings Backstage Blonde through a friend's recommendation, which was quite delicious.
Beer prices are a bit steep, but I guess that's what you get for unique beers. I'll also say that I am disappointed that they don't serve food there, though it is nice that they let you bring your own in.
I really liked World of Beer! It is a great addition to the growing number of restaurants in Columbus with lots of good taps, and definitely rivals Bodega and Bob's in my mind.
The good:
-There's a lot of beer! And there's not only no crap on tap, but none of the beers that are literally everywhere in Columbus. Definitely a pleasant change of pace.
-There's an extensive bottle list. And by extensive I mean ridiculous.
-There's a lot of leaning space around the place, so you don't have to awkwardly huddle in the middle of the room holding your beer and praying that nobody bumps you.
-The crowd is more my age and style than Bodega - more young professionals and fewer hipsters.
The bad:
-The organization of their bottle list makes me want to punch someone in the face. Why is it in alphabetical order? I don't care who made it, I want this organized by beer style. I want all my stouts and porters in one place, darn it!
-No food. This is actually not that bad, because you can bring in outside food and nearby restaurants also deliver here. Still, annoying.
-Everything is I would say, about $1 more expensive than elsewhere in Columbus. Still, really cheap for such an awesome and hard-to-find selection.
A pretty good place. Their beer list is large, but not entirely impressive at the same time. No food, but you can bring in your own. Super crowded on a happening night.
All beers are about a dollar more than elsewhere in Columbus. Not terrible, and cheaper than other cities, but still more than your average bar here and as far as I saw, no specials.
Will return, but its really not much different than Bodega without food.
This bar has a good thing going. It tries to do 1 thing, and 1 thing well. That 1 thing is offer a lot of different beers. So with the mantra that they should do beer, they gave the food making business to their Brewery district friends. Great partnership!
So in terms of beer, they have a vast menu beers. I drank a couple of random beers from Belgium and Germany that I could not recall the names (or pronounce them if I had it in front of me). Happy hour wise you get $1 off all drafts.
So if you want food, they give you a menu with 4 local restaurants listed, Shadowbox (remember they do have food), Planks, T Murrays, and Claddagh's. The menu has a map of the tables in WOB and once you place your order, tell them what table you're at and they deliver straight to your table. Along with your food the restaurant also brings paper plates and utensils. Brilliant! WOB takes care of the beverages, and they leave the food to their brewery district buddies. It's like a little ecosystem.
Yesterday, the boy looked in the fridge, and said "Beer?" and I said, "No beer..." and he said "Beer!" Â
A few minutes later, we were driving down High St. past what seemed like every single government building in Columbus. Â Arriving at World of Beer, it took a few minutes to find parking on the street. Â We didn't quite understand the concept before coming here, so the bar atmosphere was a little surprising, since we were expecting more of a storefront environment. Â The boy spent a few minutes flipping through the catalogue, picking out four beers which came to a total of over $20. Â The list price for an Anchor Steam porter was a surprising $5, although all the prices were discounted slightly off the list since we were taking the beer to go. Â
The atmosphere seems like it would be fun for those who enjoy plenty of variety in their beer, but if you are penny-conscious, going to Andersons in Dublin will save you some money and still provide a good variety.
I would totally give this place 5 stars just for helping to revive the brewery district. Â I'veonly lived here about a year and a half and when i first moved here I couldn't figure out why the brewerry district was so dead. Â I'm thrilled for businesses to be, moving and opening up there.
That being said, I do have some issues with WOB. Â I have to agree with the other reviewer about the live music. Â And i love live music in a bar, but it is entirely too loud. Â It is impossible to carry on a conversation anywhere I the bar when a band is playing. Maybe just turn it down ( if i can say that w/o sounding like an old fart)?
The prices are STEEP. Â They arent Columbus beer prices that's for sure. Â My husband got a relatively local pint of beer and it was $7.50 for a normal not super special seasonal, or high alcohol, beer. Â You can easily spend way too much money there just grabbing a few beers with friends.
I do like the food service. Â I like the option of going only for drinks and having no pressure to order food or feel like you're taking up a table, but that food is available if you want it. Â And I like the layout and style of the place.
Overall, a great addition to the area.
Really fluctuating between 3 and 4 stars for this one.
So the for the good points, we have:
1) I love beer, and this place has a ton of good ones on draft, especially my favorite delicious Belgians, like delirium tremens and omegang abbey ale, so...woot!
2) An equitable $1 off all drafts at happy hour.
3) The staff is genuinely helpful. Â They almost seemed to be fishing for a reason to help us pick a beer. Â A little pushy, but totally appreciated!
4) Food options - this is kind of awesome, but since they don't have food, they will deliver food from shadowbox and few other nearby places. Â Ask the wait staff for menus.
And, of course, the bad. Â I feel like a complete hipster douchebag for saying this, but you can tell that it's a franchise chain. Â The atmosphere has that quality of totally forced cool, like walking into a slightly less cheesy Mellow Mushroom (pun absolutely intended). Â I went during happy hour on a Wednesday, so the place was pretty chill. Â Nevertheless, I get that nervous feeling that this place would easily fill up with a bunch of annoying frat boys, perhaps wearing sports jerseys. Â I mean, it is the brewery district. (wow...Julie P. really is a hipster douchebag).
Anyway, it's worth checking out, and I may go back sometime, but it's not my first choice.
I went with my friend Vince, it was my first time going. I was expecting it to be huge, but it was just the right size. It could be close/intimate or it could be a place you could hangout with your group.
  I enjoyed our waitress she worked with my taste of IPA's and helped select the perfect beer. I at first I thought I was going to pay an arm and a leg for a beer, but the price was right. Two beers and my tab was $10.68 not including the tip. The music is what blew my mind such a big variety of music from all genres. I really enjoyed this place and will be returning frequently.
Enjoy.
I went there with a buddy on a Friday Night. Â Â This place was packed and had a great vibe. Â It is what the Brewery District needs.
The have all the varieties of beer that you can ask for in a bar of like stature. Â The cost will be a little more because you are dealing with higher alcohol beeers.
I recommend all CBuser's try this place out.
Average cost of the beers I believe is $5-10 depending on what you get... Â
Good Luck!
So from the very first time I heard about this place, I knew I must visit. I'm a huge beer fan, love trying new ones any chance I get.....and this is definitely the place to do it. I went with some friends from work recently and I am amazed at the beer selection. 2 seperate menu's....1 for bottled beer, 1 for drafts. Granted, a lot of folks won't like some or even most of the beers, but if you are truely a "beer connoisseur" like I "think" I am.....this is truely a place you must visit.
I signed up for their Loyalty rewards program as I am certain this place will be visited often......I must make the Top 10!!!
I went here very shortly after it opened and it was so great! The beer selection (as the name implies, duh) is phenom. Â There is a huge tap list and bottle list, but there's also a carryout in the upstairs, just in case you wanna keep the good times rolling when you leave.
They don't have their own kitchen aka no food menu, BUT you can order delivery right to your table from four restaurants in the immediate area! They have a little book of the menus and the phone numbers of the places and a little map of the seating in World of Beer so you can tell them exactly where to bring your food. So cool, and since you get to choose from four places you get a lot of options.
This is the place for you, beer snobs!
Are you a downtown resident, wishing for a suburban style bar which has the personality and ambiance of a generic chain? Â Well then, check out WoB. It's like a Winking Lizard... without the food or liquor.
The seating is awkward and hard to come by. If you go on a weekend night, you'll most likely be corralled to the corner. That is unless you ENJOY being jostled in the middle of the room while balancing your beer. I dislike both options, so we left after a couple of rounds. Also, we ordered two different beers off the draught list, both came in bottles. Â
Caveat Emptor - There is a reason you've never heard of that random 9 dollar imported bottle of ale. It's is because it tastes like dog pee.
It was 10 minutes after they opened for business when I walked in, but my four stars in this trip is based entirely on variety, rather than on the service.
THE VARIETY! It's all here, anything you'd ever want to try. Weird french beers? (see gueuze) check. 11% heavy ales? check. All there, either on draft or in bottle form. Instantly this is the best selection of beer in Franklin County.
The staff, while passing some sort of "beerversity" training still has a lot to learn, IE the girl had to ask another person what a good substitute for lambic that wasn't kriek or lindemanns was (again, see geueze).
What was unacceptable was the amount of time it took the server to hunt down the 8 bottles on my shopping list (16 minutes) or the amount of time I had to wait after that to get rung up and on my way (13 minutes).
I wish they had a self-service bank of coolers for a quick getaway, but it seems the general interest here is getting people in the door and keeping them there drinking. I can live with that for this selection.
Another thing that made me almost bump my star rating down another notch was the fact that "to-go" beer does NOT count towards their rewards card. So the $70 I just plunked down counts for pretty much nothing, although to raise the bar a bit, they do give you 20% off a six pack or more, not too bad.
It's a good bar, but could use some work on the "retail" service side of things. Stop in and try something new!