Dog-friendly distillery with locally made vodka & gin opening in historic schoolhouse this month
While a lot of Columbus breweries allow us to bring our dogs, this time, a distillery is welcoming everyone with two or four legs.
A historic, 1800s schoolhouse is transforming into a 1920s-themed distillery, dubbed DoG Distilling Company, and it opens this month at 3773 East Powell Rd.
Velvet & leather accents, cozy exposed brick, antique lighting, a hanging chandelier, and gorgeous cocktails await you starting June 19th. If you’re itching for a sneak peek, a ticketed event is taking place the 13th-15th, including drinks and food and first look at Central Ohio’s new distillery.
Duo Kevin & Lauri Webb are teaming up with their good pals and now business partners, Kelly and Wes Stark, to open this new project. All four are dog lovers, raising dogs their entire lives, and their concept is a celebration of not only their friendship with one another, but their commitment to their pups, too.
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The Webbs started brewing their own spirits at home (with a state liquor license, of course!), which they called Distillers of Galena LLC (DoG), and quickly realized they wanted to open a tasting room to share their products and vision with the rest of their community. When the old schoolhouse (which was then converted to a Christmas decor shop and then a pottery studio) became available, “We thought this would be an awesome space as soon as we saw it,” Kevin remarked.
He continued, “It still has the original exposed brick walls, and the previous owners ripped out some of the second and third floors so that it’s one big, open space, floor to ceiling.” They’re preserving the magic of the space, but enhancing the property by building a production building behind the main schoolhouse, plus a full bar, patio, and a firepit area.
Guests will be able to enjoy house-made vodkas infused with locally sourced corn, as well as gin, and later in the future, whiskey and bourbon, too. They’ll be selling their own bottles of DoG Vodka and DoG Gin right away at their property, plus in local stores. “My wife and I have also been making our own flavored vodka from fruits,” said Kevin. “So we’re going to take what we’ve done at home and scale it up.”
That cute white dog face on their logo and bottles is their white German Shepherd, Brinley, although their puppy Zoe will be their designated distillery dog.
For more information, visit their website. We’ll see you (and your dog) there this summer!
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