For the past few months, Drink Up Columbus has been working closely with Experience Columbus, Columbus Brew Adventures, The Ohio Taproom, Blue Label Digital Printing and the Ohio Craft Brewers Association to launch a program which rewards visits to Central Ohio breweries – and now we are BEYOND excited to introduce you to the Columbus Ale Trail and 2015 Brew Book!

After acquiring stamps from visits to any four participating breweries, you’ll be able to pick up a FREE pint glass from an Experience Columbus Visitors Center, either in the Arena District or at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. And the first 500 users to visit all twenty eligible breweries will be rewarded with a FREE commemorative t-shirt! Best of all, thanks to our partners, the book itself is FREE!

Stops on the Columbus Ale Trail include Actual Brewing Company, Barley’s Brewing Company, Buckeye Lake Brewery, Elevator Brewing Company, Four String Brewing Company, Homestead Beer Company, Knotty Pine Brewing, Land-Grant Brewing Company, Lineage Brewing, North High Brewing Company, Pigskin Brewing Company, Rockmill Brewery, Seventh Son Brewing Company, Sideswipe Brewing Company, Smokehouse Brewing Company, Staas Brewing Company, Temperance Row Brewing Company, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing, Zaftig Brewing Company and Zauber Brewing Company.

Columbus Brewing Company, Granville Brewing Company and Hoof Hearted Brewing are featured in the book, but aren’t required to visit since they don’t have public taprooms… yet! Gordon Biersch and Hofbrauhaus, both of which brew beer in Columbus but are not locally-owned, are also mentioned in the 2015 Brew Book. The Columbus Brew Book will be re-printed annually, allowing new breweries to be added and new rewards to be earned by frequent supporters.

We’re debuting the books this weekend, and you’ll have till the end of the year to complete the Trail. A free copy of the 2015 Brew Book can be picked up at any of the participating breweries or sponsoring organizations after May 1, while supplies last (we printed 10,000 copies so they should last a while!) As you’re visiting stops on the Columbus Ale Trail to unlock your rewards, we encourage you to share your experiences using the hashtag #cbusaletrail, and to connect with the Columbus Ale Trail on Twitter and Instagram @CbusAleTrail.

And of course, we always encourage you to tag your local drinking adventures with #drinkupcolumbus!