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Lineage Brewing — a Clintonville craft brewery that is definitely inside the Clintonville borders — and its Spaceship #6 IPA had News & Brews pondering these important questions this week. The brewery opened in 2015 and has carved out a dedicated following thanks to its status (until recently) as Clintonville’s only craft brewery. Though Lineage can be found on taps around town, it doesn’t sell in stores so taproom visits are a must to get the full taste of its offerings.

The week was light on beer news, but not on drink news. We also discuss the new venture from former BrewDog USA CEO Tanisha Robinson and a local-concocted sparkling tea coming soon to the market.

Hungry? There’s updates on Harvest Pizzeria’s return to the German Village/Brewery District area and a pair of Lebanese restaurants, one expanding to the Short North area and a second with an Italian twist coming to German Village.

Other topics of note: Old relative names, “log rolling” and hummus versus haggis (the food discussion you didn’t know you needed).

This week in our podcast The Wrap, we discuss plans to turn the old Longaberger headquarters into a basket-shaped boutique hotel and the closing of a Cameron Mitchell restaurant in the Short North.

We also look how much revenue the ticket taxes brought in over the summer and the "micro grocery" moving into the Columbus Commons.

Check back weekly for our regular review of the week's top stories.

Brewery cats and the Grateful Dead highlight this week’s News & Brews.

After a run of (mostly) malty fall beers, the switch was made this week to a classic golden ale — Seventh Son’s Assistant Manger, named for the brewery’s beloved brewery cat. Did the can art play a role in the beer’s selection? Of course it did.

In addition to praising the aforementioned can art of Seventh Son and other local brewers, this week’s talk dives a little bit into wet hopped beers and rotating hop IPAs, spurred by Columbus Brewing Co.’s recent decision to dump a batch of a popular seasonal IPA that didn’t meet its standards.

Columbus Business First is launching a Grateful Dead Networking meet-up, the first of which will be Tuesday Oct. 29 at Columbus Brewing.

News-wise Land-Grant Brewing has an interesting collaboration beer, Saucy Brew Works provided and update on its Harrison West brewpub and one of Ohio’s largest wineries has a new Columbus-based owner whose name might ring a bell.

In News & Brews great tradition of plugging podcasts that aren’t our own, Office Ladies gets a shout-out this week before the discussions turns toward Millennial love for The Office television show, but otherwise tangents mostly stick to the topic of local alcohol news.

This week in our podcast The Wrap, we discuss plans for the last undeveloped corner of Capitol Square downtown and Otterbein's big day when the Democratic debate shined the national spotlight on the small college.

We also looked at the newest medical marijuana dispensary opening in Columbus and discussed Bob Evans Restaurants' plans for the future.

Check back weekly for our regular review of the week's top stories.

Which child is the best child — first, middle, last?

News & Brews tackles the important questions this week prompted by Sibling Revelry’s Spoiled Brat, a sour IPA that divided the team both on matters of beer and matters of birth order. Which of the team were misbehavin’ as youth? Choose your side wisely.

Topics of the newsy variety — a report from the Columbus Crew stadium ground breaking. Was Don Garber really happy to be there? SIP Local is now open in Clintonville.

Hang around and get to know our newest reporter Hayleigh Colombo maybe, possibly, a little too well. Please spell her name right though. No u, only o.

With fall weather now here, the News & Brews team finally cracked open some pumpkin beer.

The divisive style peaked a few years ago and while it isn’t as prevalent as it once was (or as its coffee equivalent is), there are still a few to be had around town.

We kicked it with Sideswipe Brewing’s Squashing Pumpkins, an ale that uses both squash and pumpkins in its recipe in addition to the traditional assortment of spices.

Was it gourd to the last drop? Tune in to find out.

We talk about the interesting origins of the Columbus craft brewery before jumping into the notable beer news of the week including naming the new Blue Jackets-BrewDog USA beer (there’s still time to vote); Seventh Son Brewing gets into the hard seltzer business; New England-based Narragansett arrives in Ohio; and the self-serve Whistle & Keg opens in the Arena District.

This week’s News & Brews got a taste of an old beer recipe from the area’s newest brewery.

Gemut Biergarten opened late summer, serving up German- and European-inspired beers. We grabbed a crowler of its new Golem Czech-style pilsner, an easy drinking classic good in a cold mug under a hot sun or tapping toes to oom-pah music in the confines of a beer hall.

Lord of the Rings, D&D, Jewish mythology, Michael Chabon — we cover a lot before we cleared that 32-ounce can.

News? Ok. How about White Castle developing a beer? You want a side with that? There’s also an update here on the construction of that venerable Columbus company’s new headquarters building (which will sell sliders and maybe, possibly also have a slide?).

I get pedantic about drinking in fast-casual restaurants versus drinking in fast food restaurants and we slag both the Krystal chain and Ram Restaurant & Brewery too.

Finally, if you’ve ever dreamed of meeting any of us in person, there’s an opportunity this week at our next News & Brews event to be held Thursday at Zaftig Brewing Co at 7020A Huntley Road in Worthington.