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Craft breweries, however, are still opening at a healthy clip. Since the pandemic reached the Buckeye State, nine breweries have opened in central Ohio and five have closed. Statewide, 47 opened and 15 closed. The trend doesn’t necessarily mean that small breweries are thriving — although few would argue the coronavirus robbed Ohio of its appetite for craft beer. Most openings were in the works prior to the pandemic, as a craft brewery typically takes months or years to go from the drawing ...

An ongoing shortage of aluminum cans is forcing some central Ohio breweries to get creative, find different suppliers or sell less beer. The shortage has been on the horizon for months, but brewers say it is now impacting the way they package and sell beer. The use of aluminum cans by craft breweries was on the rise before the coronavirus pandemic, but demand skyrocketed as the virus proliferated and consumers shifted from draft beers purchased in bars and restaurants, to packaged beers sold in...

Central Ohio craft breweries adapt to can shortage Patrick Cooley, The Columbus Dispatch © Doral Chenoweth, Doral Chenoweth/Dispatch Brewer Scott Boyer straightens an empty can at North High Brewing, 1125 Cleveland Ave. He operates the machinery that "depallatizes" aluminum cans. Craft brewers are bracing for a shortage of aluminum cans. An ongoing shortage of aluminum cans is forcing some central Ohio breweries to get creative, find different suppliers or sell less beer. The...