Ironwood is a 15-barrel brewhouse and taproom on the edge of the rail yards. Twenty taps, brewed steps from where you drink them, in a room built from the timber the old freight depot left behind.
Ten years in, still brewing every batch by hand
Our core four pour year-round. The rest of the board rotates with the seasons, the harvest, and whatever the brewers are arguing about that week.
Our flagship. Citra and Mosaic over a clean malt backbone — grapefruit, pine, and a snappy bitter finish that begs for a second.
A nitro oatmeal stout poured smooth as velvet. Dark chocolate, cold-brew coffee, and a roasty edge. The pint that built our reputation.
Soft, juicy, and dangerously easy. A double dry-hop of Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin loads it with mango, passionfruit, and white grape.
Caramel, toasted bread, and a whisper of toffee. Malt-forward and balanced — the beer your skeptical uncle will quietly order three of.
Fermented warm with a Belgian farmhouse yeast. Pepper, lemon zest, and a dry champagne-like crackle. Brewed only when spring shows up.
Aged on cacao nibs and a touch of smoked malt. Bonfire, dark fruit, and bittersweet chocolate. On tap from first frost to the thaw.
We built Ironwood as somewhere you'd actually want to stay — long tables, warm light, and a kitchen that knows beer is the point.
Drink your pint twenty feet from the tanks it came out of. Reclaimed-timber tables, a 30-foot copper-topped bar, and a glass wall straight onto the brewhouse.
Wood-fired flatbreads, smoked-brisket sandwiches, and the best beer-battered fries in the city. Every dish is built to sit beside a specific tap.
Forty seats under string lights and patio heaters, open through the cold. Dog-friendly, blanket-stocked, and the best seat in the house at sunset.
Take the fresh stuff home. Fill a 32oz crowler or your own growler from any tap, sealed at the bar in under two minutes.
Saturdays at 2pm — a 45-minute walk through grain, mash, and ferment with a head brewer, three tasters in hand. Ten bucks, refunded against your first pint.
Ironwood is the neighbourhood's living room. Free to walk in, no cover, no reservation needed for most nights.
7pm sharp. Six rounds, a $50 bar tab for the winners, and questions our bartender writes far too seriously. Teams of up to six.
Local acts on the corner stage from 8pm. Folk, blues, and the occasional rowdy bluegrass band. Always free, always loud enough.
Monthly five-course pairing nights with the head brewer at the table. 24 seats, sells out in a day. $75 a head, all in.
Book the mezzanine for 20, or the whole taproom for 120. Custom tap lists, catered menus, and your name on the chalkboard.
“The Depot Stout on nitro is the best pour in the city, full stop. I've stopped pretending I'll order anything else.”
“We did our wedding rehearsal here in the mezzanine. They built us a custom tap list and the brisket had people texting me for a week.”
“I walked in for one pint after a shift and stayed three hours for trivia. That's Ironwood in a sentence.”
Walk-ins are always welcome at the bar and patio. We take bookings for tables of 6 or more, the mezzanine, and any private event — grab one online or call the taproom.
Dogs are welcome on the patio anytime. Kids are welcome until 8pm in the main room — we've got a small menu and root beer on tap made in-house.
Absolutely. Fill a crowler or growler from any tap at the bar, or grab four-packs of our core beers to go. We can't ship, but the fridge is always stocked.
Our kitchen runs from open till an hour before close. No outside food, but the wood-fired flatbreads and smoked brisket are worth showing up hungry for.
Free lot behind the building off Foundry Lane, plus street parking after 6pm. We're a five-minute walk from the East End station — and we'd rather you took transit anyway.
Pull up a stool, grab the patio, or book the room for your people. The first round's always the hardest decision you'll make here.