Yellow Springs Brewery is closing its Clintonville Taproom & Kitchen at 2855 Indianola Ave. on Dec. 23, shutting down a little over three years after it opened as the brewery's first venture outside its hometown. The original taproom and production brewery in Yellow Springs will keep operating as usual.
According to The Columbus Dispatch, the Clintonville location will close its doors Dec. 23 after a little over three years in business. The paper reports that the business' core taproom and production brewery in Yellow Springs will remain open even as the Columbus satellite shuts down. Columbus Business First also confirmed the Clintonville location is closing in December, with the brewery pegging its last day of business as Dec. 23.
Yellow Springs Brewery opened in 2013 and distributes its beer throughout the Dayton and Columbus areas, per the same Dispatch report. The Clintonville spot marked the brewery's first expansion beyond its hometown, moving into the Indianola Avenue building in fall 2023 after replacing the restaurant and gastropub The Crest. That predecessor wound down after a decade in business, with its final night of service landing on a Saturday in early September, according to Columbus Underground.
What the Taproom Offered
When it debuted, the Clintonville location came stocked for variety. Columbus Underground reported the brewery has 20 taps at the Indianola Avenue site — 16 dedicated to beer, two for cocktails, and one each for cider and seltzer. The setup gave the Columbus outpost a broader drink menu than a typical beer-only taproom, reflecting how brewers have been diversifying their offerings as the industry shifts.
A Tough Stretch for Ohio Craft Beer
The Clintonville closure lands amid what the Dispatch describes as a growing list of craft breweries closing in central Ohio. Nocterra Brewing Co. abruptly closed its Powell and Scioto Audubon locations in late August, according to Axios Columbus. The same report noted that Carroll's Outerbelt Brewing announced its own upcoming closure, as did Cincinnati brewery Fifty West's Chillicothe taproom.
Axios Columbus also points to a larger industry slide: breweries are now struggling amid a post-pandemic decline in alcohol consumption following Central Ohio's craft-beer boom in the 2010s. Nearly 500 U.S. craft breweries closed last year, with closures outpacing openings by nearly 200, and production was down another 4% in the first half of 2026, the outlet reported.
Rising costs have compounded the pressure. Spectrum News 1 reported that the price of beer input costs in Ohio rose by roughly 50% over the preceding five years, and that losses have hit some well-known names — BrewDog, for instance, closed two of its Columbus taproom locations. Spectrum News 1 put Ohio's 2024 brewery count at 25 openings against 34 closures, while Axios Cleveland reported a different tally for that year — 46 openings and 36 closures statewide. Axios Cleveland also noted that many independent Ohio brewers are now producing alternative products, including seltzers, ciders, ready-to-drink cocktails and hemp-derived THC beverages, to meet shifting consumer demand.
For now, Yellow Springs Brewery's footprint in Columbus is set to shrink back down to zero before the new year, even as its namesake taproom and production facility back home continue business as usual.
