Czech Pilsner
Coldsnap
4.8%35 IBU
Our Story
From a Garage Kettle to Seven Barrels
Founded 2013
Foundry Row, unit 4
Family & friends owned
Foundry Row, unit 4
Family & friends owned
Ironroot started as a five-gallon kettle on a garage burner and a stubborn idea: that a neighbourhood deserves fresh beer it can trust.
By 2013 the garage had become unit 4 of the old Kiln District foundry — iron in the bones, a good drain in the floor, and rent we could just about make. We put in a seven-barrel system, tapped the first Ironroot Amber to a room of thirty friends, and never bottled a drop we shipped out of town.
Ten years on we still brew every batch here, still hand-fill every crowler, and still tear up the recipe book more often than we should. Small enough to take a risk on a saison nobody asked for; rooted enough to keep the Amber pouring for the regulars who kept the lights on.
Mara & Theo Vance
Founders & head brewers
Ironroot Brewing Co.
Ironroot Brewing Co.
01
Mill & Mash
Grain crushed the morning of, steeped warm to pull sweet wort from the malt.
02
Boil & Hop
A rolling ninety-minute boil, hops added in waves for bitterness and aroma.
03
Ferment
Cooled and pitched with house yeast, then left to work for one to six patient weeks.
04
Pour
Straight from tank to tap line to your glass — no filtering the character out.