What began as two friends looking for more time to make beer became a barn full of regulars, fourteen years of Belgian-inspired brewing and a community worth carrying forward.
Inside the original taproom
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The original Columbus Road barn
A conversation over beer
2011
Friends first. Brewery second.
Longtime friends and coworkers Ross Kirk and Jay Parsons started talking about opening a brewery as a way to spend more time together outside their day jobs. Kirk had already been homebrewing and had the place to do it: a family party barn on his rural property south of Granville. That simple arrangement became The Granville Brewing Company.
02
Small system. Serious intent.
The public debut
2013
One barrel. Three Belgian ales.
Granville Brewing officially entered the market in February 2013 with a one-barrel system. The early lineup centered on a saison, tripel and Belgian-style imperial amber, sold in 22-ounce bottles and self-distributed around Granville and Newark. The Belgian focus came from genuine affection for the style—and from expressive yeasts that worked well in the original warm-running fermenters.
03
Seven barrels—and room for regulars
Room to grow
2017–18
The barn became a gathering place.
A seven-barrel brewhouse arrived in 2017, giving Granville Brewing more capacity while preserving its experimental streak. Steven “Pinto” Wagner used the original one-barrel system as a test kitchen for new recipes. Limited tasting hours grew into a public taproom where the surrounding farmland, mismatched memorabilia and neighborly atmosphere became as recognizable as the beer.
04
First collaboration · Hop Farm Saison
October 10, 2019
2019
The brewery and the hopyard meet.
Granville Brewing and Morris Family Hops released their first collaboration, Morris Family Hop Farm Saison. The beer joined the brewery's farmhouse roots with hops grown by the Morris family in nearby Alexandria.
05
Second collaboration · Outville XPA
November 2020
2020
A second beer together.
Outville Extra Pale Ale followed as the second Granville Brewing and Morris Family Hops collaboration—another local beer made between friends and neighbors.Who knew what was to come‽
06
A toast to the first chapter
Fourteen years together
2025
A closing night—and an open door.
When Kirk and Parsons announced the end of their ownership chapter, the final night at the barn was treated as a celebration of the community that had formed there. Local reporting described a brewery built through friendship, regulars and conversation, with interest already gathering around what its next chapter could become.
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The next chapter · 1256 Columbus Road
The Morris chapter
Now
Same beer. New energy. More room at the table.
Echo and Samuel Morris took the reins to keep Granville's original craft brewery moving forward. Pinto remains at the kettle, carrying the beer program's history into the next generation. Brewing continues at the original barn at 5371 Columbus Road, while the public taproom at 1256 Columbus Road pairs Granville beer with Ray Ray's barbecue.
