Ohio City’s bookish little brewery is getting a second chapter. Noble Beast Brewing is taking over the former Bookhouse Brewing space on West 25th and reviving it as Anthology Cask House, a snug, old-school beer bar that will lean hard into cask ales and rotating European drafts. Owners Shaun and JoLyn Yasaki say they want to preserve the pub’s intimate character and turn it into a neighborhood spot for serious beer nerds and casual sippers alike.
The takeover was first reported by Crain's Cleveland, which notes that Anthology will move into the old Bookhouse storefront at 1526 W. 25th St. Bookhouse had announced it would close after New Year’s Eve 2025 because of rising costs, according to News 5 Cleveland. Crain's Cleveland also reports that Anthology’s core concept will center on on-site cask ales and an ever changing list of imported draft beers.
Shaun Yasaki told Cleveland Scene that Anthology will showcase European styles such as Belgian lambics and English ales served at cellar temperature, and that those beers will be poured the old-fashioned way, “pulled from an old-school beer engine.” He added that Anthology “will not serve Noble Beast beers,” treating the bar as its own thing rather than a satellite taproom. The Yasakis also plan to team up with neighboring Little Cloud, creating a physical connection between the kitchens so guests can move easily between food and beer. Inside, expect only modest tweaks, including televisions tuned to soccer and Formula 1, while much of the cozy, literary vibe that Bookhouse fans loved is set to stay put.
Where This Fits In Cleveland's Beer Scene
The Ohio City project lines up with the Yasakis’ broader expansion plans, including a year round Noble Beast biergarten on Lorain Avenue that Cleveland Magazine describes as a greenhouse centered indoor outdoor destination designed to stretch Cleveland’s patio season well past the first cold snap. Since opening their Lakeside Avenue taproom in 2017, Noble Beast has built a reputation for European influenced beer and seasonally driven food, and Anthology is positioned as a smaller, more discovery focused cousin to those larger ambitions.
Yasaki told Cleveland Scene that he hopes to open Anthology in the coming months. When the doors finally do swing open, Ohio City regulars can expect a quieter, cellar temperature counterpoint to the lager heavy Noble Beast lineup downtown, another tweak to a neighborhood beer map that keeps refusing to sit still.
