Outerbelt Brewing in Carroll Will Close October 5 After Seven Years

Another Central Ohio brewery is calling last call. Outerbelt Brewing plans to close for good on October 5 at 3560 Dolson Ct., Suite A, in Carroll, after announcing the shutdown on social media this week.

The taproom opened in 2019 and is owned by local brothers David and Robert Landis, according to the brewery's own about page. In its farewell note, Outerbelt asked regulars to celebrate the remaining weeks together and thanked the room for support, laughter, and friendship built over seven years.

Details in this story draw from 614Now reporting on the Outerbelt closure and Outerbelt's public posts and website at outerbelt.com.

What happens before the lights go out

Management said karaoke, open mic nights, and a Halloween event are still on the calendar before the final day. The Carroll sports-bar-and-brewhouse footprint is large: tens of thousands of square feet of brewery and taproom space, dozens of taps, a full kitchen, games, and a covered patio that became part of the Fairfield County craft-beer map.

For drinkers who treated Outerbelt as a weekly destination rather than a one-off, those last events are the practical window to say goodbye without waiting for a surprise shuttered door.

A wider craft-beer squeeze

Outerbelt is not closing in isolation. Nocterra Brewing Co. shut both of its taprooms at the end of August, another reminder that Central Ohio's craft boom years are giving way to harder math for mid-size rooms. Carroll sits outside the core Columbus neighborhoods, which means the loss hits Fairfield County regulars first, then the metro drinkers who made the drive for tap takeovers and patio nights.

If you are redrawing a beer-and-food weekend after Outerbelt, our weekend in Columbus for visitors guide still maps easy downtown and Short North pivots. Neighborhood food routing for a High Street evening starts on Short North. Citywide eats and pours sit under Things to Do: Food & Drink. Rooms that chase a point of view rather than a standard brewpub template show up on Best Unique Dining Experiences.

October 5 is the last day on Dolson Court. Between now and then, Outerbelt wants the karaoke mics and Halloween costumes in the room one more time.