Sixteen Years On The Forge

Iron Hop Brewing Co. — independent since 2009.

We opened in March of 2009 in the bones of an old machine shop on the south side. The roof leaked. The boiler was older than the brewers. The first batch we ever sold was an amber ale brewed in a converted dairy tank.

Sixteen years and a lot of stubbornness later, we still brew everything by hand at that same address. The roof is patched, the kettle is bigger, and the recipes have been tightened up — but the way we make beer hasn't changed. Small batches. Real ingredients. No shortcuts.

What We Stand For

Independent

100% brewer-owned. No conglomerates. No outside pressure on what we brew or how we brew it.

Small Batch

We cap every brew at fifteen barrels. Bigger batches make for thinner beer.

Real Ingredients

Whole-cone hops. Two-row barley. No adjuncts, no enzymes, no shortcuts to gravity.

Honest Pricing

We charge what the beer costs to make. Always have. Always will.