Combustion To Host Cider+Sour Fest

PICKERINGTON — Combustion Brewery & Taproom is hosting its Combustion Cider + Sour Festival Volume I on July 27 at its private event space in Pickerington.
The 12-3 p.m. event will feature ciders and sours from more than 20 breweries. In addition to Combustion, participating breweries include Antiques on High, Branch & Bone Artisan Ales, Dankhouse Brewing Co., Hellbranch Cider Co., New Belgium Brewing Co., Seek No Further Cidery, Streetside Brewery, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing and Zen Bee Meadery & Honey Cider.
“Very excited to showcase our uniquely crafted and made in-house ciders alongside these great breweries who are joining us for this amazing event,” said Keith Jackson, Combustion owner and brewmaster. “For the cider and sour lovers out there, this event is an absolute must.”
Tickets for the event are available at www.combustionbrewing.com/tickets.

Fifty West Sponsoring School Supply Drive

CINCINNATI — Fifty West Brew here is sponsoring a school supply drive on July 20 from 12-6 p.m. to support Crayons To Computers.
Crayons to Computers will be set up with donation bins inside the Fifty West beer garden at 7605 Wooster Pike. Requested items for the drive include colored pencils, composition books, 24-count crayons, filler paper, highlighters, index cards, washable and dry-erase markers, mechanical pencils and one-subject notebooks.
In addition to supplies, monetary donations will be accepted.
Founded in 1997, Crayons to Computers works to ensure that teachers can provide their students in need with the tools to succeed in school. To date, the organization has distributed more than $184 million worth of free school supplies and other items.

Woodford Reserve Restores Pepper House

VERSAILLES, Ky. — The Woodford Reserve Distillery recently completed the restoration of the Pepper House, one of the most historic sites in Kentucky distilling history.
Dating to 1812, when it was built by early Kentucky distiller Elijah Pepper and his family, the house has been vacant for decades. It sits on a hill overlooking the Woodford Reserve Distillery.
The restored Pepper House, part of which is a log cabin, will serve as the home of Woodford Reserve’s personal selection barrel program, where bars, restaurants, liquor stores and consumers may select their own personal selection batches of Woodford Reserve.
“This home, with its rich heritage and deep-rooted connections to the birth of bourbon in the Commonwealth, stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of the Pepper family in shaping the bourbon industry as we know it today,” said Elizabeth McCall, Woodford Reserve master distiller. “I believe it’s a fitting tribute to reuse this house in modern ways.”
The Pepper House library is being named in honor of Chris Morris, Woodford Reserve master distiller emeritus, according to Brown-Forman.
, which also made a $25,000 donation to the Woodford County History Room at the Woodford County Library to establish a “digitization station” for historic documents.