Columbus House Brewery – Carey Ashworth

In week’s edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast, we’re at Columbus House Brewery in Fayetteville talking with co-owner Carey Ashworth – but before we talk with her?!?! FOOD NEWS!! Bentoville Food Theater is FINALLY open! Onyx at the Preserve is soft opening- KIND OF. We’ll tell you what that means. Bloom Cheese Collective is expanding. We’ll hear about it from co-owner Brooks Cameron! Ozzie’s Ride & Dine has opened at the base of the OZ Trails Bike Park in Bella Vista. We’ll hear from Luke Wetzel about their offerings. Ozark Charcuterie in downtown Rogers is officially open! Owner Mallory Files will tell you what the spot is, and what it’s not! PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans opened Monday at the Summit Shopping Center in Rogers. Local Franchisee Bo Grimes will tell us why it took so long! Dave’s Hot Chicken is just a few doors down from PJ’s. We’ll tell you when they’ll be opening. House 1830’s Binh Hoang outlines Monday’s House 1830/Downtown Rogers Night Market. Happy 9 year anniversary to Southern Food Company! Happy 7 years to Yankabilly Smokehouse! Happy first anniversary to Wu Zhao in downtown Bentonville! In Today’s Flavors Flashback, Mallory Files talks about going HUGELY viral in 2024, when we interviewed her for the first time! The Columbus House Brewery has already been open for over a decade! Carey Ashworth and Jason Corral have taken a smallish 3-barrel system and absolutely run with it. Carey talks about the freedom that they have with their setup. Also, did you know that they initially looked to open at a Fayetteville landmark? Carey will tell you which one. Finally, Carey and Jason have grown a community at Columbus House, which was something that Carey had never had growing up as a military kid. She’ll tell that story and much more, on this edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas.