Local pour · checked 2026-09-03
Columbus drinks like a college town that grew a brewery district. The local pour is a $4 lager from a downtown taproom, a half-off draft on High Street, and a martini in the LeVeque Tower after. Ohio counts 440 craft breweries, and High Street pours the concentration.
Fourth Street brews it
Wolf's Ridge Brewing Taproom on North Fourth Street posts Happy Hour every day from open to 6 PM — Tue–Fri 3–6 and Sat–Sun noon–6 — with $4 614 Lager, $8 cocktails and wines, a $10 liter beer stein, and food from $5 to $12. The $4 lager is the city's baseline local pint, and the $10 liter stein is the statement order. The Ohio Craft Brewers Association, founded in 2008 to unify the state's brewers, tracks the industry behind it: 440 breweries strong.
High Street halves it
Short North runs on half-price math. Arch City Tavern on North High posts HAPPY HOUR Monday-Friday 3PM-6PM with 1/2 OFF All Drafts, Wine by the Glass and more, plus Burger Monday all day, just $10. The Pearl Short North on High posts Happy Hour Monday–Friday 4–6 PM in the tavern, with half-off selected beer, wines, spirits and specialty cocktails, half-off all snacks, starters and pub burgers, and $3 oysters raw, baked or fried. Between 3 and 6, the whole strip is half off something.
Downtown orders the martini
The Keep Kitchen & Liquor Bar in the LeVeque Tower on Broad posts Daily Happy Hour Monday - Friday, 4:00-6:00pm, plus Monday Martini Club with $12 martinis in all vodka and gin styles, and Wednesdays from 4 PM to close with half off select glasses and bottles of wine. Art deco room, tower address, $12 martinis — the grown-up end of the night.
How to drink it like a local
- Afternoon: $4 614 Lager at Wolf's Ridge (open–6 daily).
- 3–6: 1/2 OFF All Drafts at Arch City (Mon–Fri 3–6), then $3 oysters at the Pearl (Mon–Fri 4–6).
- Monday: $12 martinis at the Keep; Wednesday is half-off wine from 4 to close.
Windows and prices move — confirm on the venue's own page via Deals or On now before you go. Martini specs for the home bar are in six cocktail recipes.
Sources
- Wolf's Ridge Brewing Taproom (wolfsridgebrewing.com)
- Arch City Tavern (archcitytavern.com)
- The Pearl Short North events (thepearlrestaurant.com)
- The Keep happenings (thekeepcolumbus.com)
- Ohio Craft Brewers Association (ohiocraftbeer.org)
- About the OCBA (ohiocraftbeer.org)
Poured here: Wolf's Ridge Brewing Taproom · Arch City Tavern · The Pearl Short North · The Keep Kitchen & Liquor Bar