Barley's Smokehouse & Brewpub - Columbus, OH

Finally made it back on the road for some brewery trips...this time Columbus & Akron, OH. Our first stop was at Barley's Smokehouse & Brewpub for lunch.  Barley's also has just a brewery located about 10 minutes away.

For lunch time, it was pretty dead. Not complaining...I like uncrowded places.  This place is really big with plenty of seating and a giant bar.

They had about 8 of their own beers on tap, lots of guest beers and a huge bottle list, but we got a sampler of 4: Christmas Beer...really good Christmas beer with a lot of the good flavors you expect from that kind, Alexander Russian Imperial Stout...we both really enjoyed this and was as good as most Russ Imp Stouts I've had and at only 7.6% it was great for me, Bitter Dan Extreme IPA...this beer was 103IBUs and you could tell! It was smooth and tasty, lastly was the Highland Hammer IPA...just too sweet for me for an IPA.

For lunch, I had the slider sampler which consisted of three different sliders...pulled pork, brisket and pulled chicken.  The brisket was a big stand out for me.

All in all, very solid place, good service, not overpriced, they had a few merchandise items just typical t-shirts and pint glasses.  Check them out...smokehousebrewing.com