This month a brand new brewery referred to as Species X Beer Mission opened within the former Platform Beer Co. house on Sixth Avenue downtown! They’ve reinvigorated a long-empty taproom and brewery that was as soon as a hopping spot.
Platform went dormant early on within the pandemic, earlier than the Cleveland-based firm finally closed utterly. Now Species X has given it a contemporary coat of paint and began brewing one of many metropolis’s most unusual line-ups of beer.
Species X brews beer in two separate classes of “species,” Carbon and Silicon. Each are brewed utilizing experimental recipes, elements, and methods.
Carbon beers are constructed round novel organic microorganisms, notably hybrid or mutated yeast strains.
Silicon beers, in the meantime, are developed utilizing AI!
Proprietor Beau Warren runs a collection of algorithms that develop the Silicon recipes inside sure parameters.
Beers on the menu are labeled as Carbon and Silicon, with the Silicon ones figuring out the fashions that created them.
For individuals who by no means visited Platform, the taproom is lengthy and open, with a bar working alongside many of the house and a patio (in addition to a small rooftop patio). The brewery itself sits towards the again.
Warren brews on a 3.5-barrel system, already producing an ever-changing menu of about 6-7 beers, in addition to canned four-packs. Ultimately, although, they’ll be filling the greater than two dozen faucet handles with home beers.
On our go to I sampled a beer from each the Carbon and Silicon species. The Lunar Base (pictured right here) is a lager-conditioned blonde ale, crisp and just a little grassy.
The Sp3ktral IPA (pictured up prime) is designed by their Gh0st mannequin, and is wealthy, hazy, citrusy.
Species X additionally presents a small food menu of salads, sandwiches, and pizzas. The pepperoni pizza makes use of a tall however mild and crispy crust, and is topped with pepperoni, ricotta, basil, and scorching honey.
The kale Caesar salad is tossed in a lemon-garlic dressing.
Cabinets and coolers provide Species X beer and swag for buy.
Species X is presently open:
- Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9 p.m.
- Friday, 3-10 p.m.
- Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Sunday, 11 a.m. to eight p.m.
Species X Beer Mission
408 N. Sixth St.
Columbus, OH 43215
Internet: speciesxbeer.com
IG: @speciesexbeer
