Black Cap Hot Sauce Celebrates Three Years; Full Ohio Distillery Trail Unveiled
Plus, Columbus is named No. 3 beer city in the country, and Bonjour Café closes Downtown store.
Black Cap Hot Sauce celebrates its third anniversary with a special dinner at Watershed Kitchen & Bar on Tuesday, March 12. Jack and Nicki Moore, owners of Black Cap, are both Watershed alums; their first bottles of hot sauce were sold out of the distillery back in March 2021. The duo will offer tableside tastings during the dinner.
Last week the Ohio Distillers Guild officially announced the full Ohio Distillery Trail, launching on May 22. Guests can collect a passport at any participating distillery, then check in at each stop to earn rewards. Visitors will get to experience tastings, tours and workshops while on the trail. Currently, six Columbus distilleries are involved: 451 Spirits, Echo Spirits Distilling Co., High Bank Distillery Co., Middle West Spirits, Noble Cut Distillery and Watershed Distillery.
Congrats to the Columbus beer scene! Columbus ranked number three in USA Today’s recent list of the 10 Best Beer Cities in U.S., falling behind Grand Rapids, Michigan, which claimed the number spot again, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Both Columbus Monthly and USA Today are owned by the same parent company.)
Bonjour Café confirmed this week that it has closed its Downtown store at 330 S. High St. A location in the Polaris Fashion Place food court remains open.