List of breweries in Iowa

Breweries in Iowa produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally and regionally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries to microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries. Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland".

Dubuque Star Brewery

In 2012 Iowa's 38 breweries and brewpubs employed 140 people directly, and more than 12,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.[1][2] Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Iowa's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Iowa's breweries and related industries was more than $230 million.[3] Consumer purchases of Iowa's brewery products generated more than $100 million additional tax revenue.[4] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Iowa ranked 15th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 33.[5]

For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.[6] In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.[7]

Breweries in Iowa

• 1717 Brewing Co.[8] – Des Moines
• 5 Alarm Brewing Company[9] – Lake Mills
• 515 Brewing Company[10] – Clive
• 7 Hills Brewing Company[11] – Dubuque
• Adventurous Brewing Company[12] – Bettendorf
• Albia Brewing Company[13] – Albia
• Allerton Brewing Company[14] – Independence
• Alluvial Brewing Company[15] – Ames
• Backpocket Brewing (Backpocket Brewery)[16][17][18] – Coralville, Dubuque
• BackRoad Brewery[19] – Carlisle
• Baked Beer & Bread Co.[20] – Davenport
• Barn Town Brewing[21] – West Des Moines
• Bent River Brewing Company[22] - Burlington
• Big's BBQ Brew Pub[23] – Mt. Vernon
• Big Grove Brewery[24][25] – Solon, Iowa City
• Big Rack Brew Haus[26] – Winterset
• Bit Brewery[27] – Central City
• Boone Valley Brewing Co.[28] – Boone
• Boot 'N Flute Brewery[29] – Coralville
• Breü Haus Coffee + Brewery[30] – Sheldon
• Brightside Aleworks[31] – Altoona
• Brioux City Brewery[32] – Sioux City
• Carroll Brewing Company[33] – Carroll
• Catfish Creek Brew Pub[34] – Dubuque
• Clock House Brewing[35] – Cedar Rapids
• Confluence Brewing Company[36] – Des Moines
• Contrary Brewing Company[37] – Muscatine
• Court Avenue Brewing Company[38] – Des Moines
• Crawford Brew Works[39] – Bettendorf, opened in 2018.
• Deb's Brewtopia[40] – Elkader
• Depot Restaurant & Lounge[41] – Shenandoah
• Dimensional Brewing Company[42] – Dubuque
• Drink Me Brewing Company[43] – Sibley
• E18 Brewing Company[44] – Boone
• Exile Brewing Company[45] – Des Moines
• Farmhand Brewing Company[46] – Earling
• Fat Hill Brewing[47] – Mason City
• Fenceline Beer Lab[48] – Huxley
• Fenders Brewing[49] – Polk City
• Firetrucker Brewery[50] – Ankeny
• Five Cities Brewing[51] – Bettendorf, opened in 2018.
• Flix Brewhouse[52] – Des Moines
• Fox Brewing Company[53] – West Des Moines
• Franklin Street Brewing Company[54][55] – Manchester
• Front Street Brewery[56] – Davenport
• Full Fledged Brewing Company[57] – Council Bluffs
• Gezellig Brewing Co[58] – Newton
• Granite City Food & Brewery[59] – Cedar Rapids, Davenport
• Green Tree Brewery[60] – Le Claire
• House Divided Brewery[61] – Ely
• Into Brewing Company[62] – Indianola
• Iowa Brewing Company[63] – Cedar Rapids
• Iowa River Brewing Company[64] – Marshalltown
• Jackson Street Brewing[65] – Sioux City
• Jubeck New World Brewing[66] – Dubuque
• Kalona Brewing Company[67] – Kalona
• Keg Creek Brewing Company[68] – Glenwood
• Kinship Brewing Company[69] – Waukee
• Lake Time Brewery[70] – Clear Lake
• Lark Brewing[71] – Cedar Falls
• Limestone Brewers[72] – Osage
• Lion Bridge Brewing Company[73] – Cedar Rapids
• Lost Duck Brewing Company[74] – Fort Madison
• Lua Brewing[75] – Des Moines
• Maquoketa Brewing[76] – Maquoketa
• Marto Brewing Co.[77] – Sioux City
• Mason City Brewing Company[78] – Mason City
• Millstream Brewing Company[79][80] – Amana
• Mistress Brewing Company[81] – Ankeny
• NoCoast Beer Co.[82] – Oskaloosa
• Okoboji Brewing Company[83] – Spirit Lake
• Pallister Brothers Brewing Company[84] – Ottumwa
• Parkside Brewing Company[85] – Burlington
• Peace Tree Brewing Company[86] – Knoxville, Des Moines
• PIVO Brewery[87] – Calmar
• Pulpit Rock Brewing[88] – Decorah
• Reclaimed Rails Brewing Company[89] – Bondurant
• ReUnion Brewery [90] – Coralville
• River Hops Brewing[91] – Fort Dodge
• River Ridge Brewing [92] – Bellevue
• Rock River Brewing Company[93] – Rock Rapids
• Rustic Brew[94] – Hampton
• Saint Charles Brewing Company[95] – Charles City
• Second State Brewing Co.[96] – Cedar Falls
• ShinyTop Brewing[97] – Fort Dodge
• SingleSpeed Brewing Company[98][99] – Cedar Falls, Waterloo
• Stompbox Brewing[100] – Davenport
• Textile Brewing[101][102] – Dyersville
• The Iowa Project Brewing Company[103] – Spencer
• The Old Man River Restaurant & Brewery[104] – McGregor
• The Quarter Barrel Arcade and Brewery [105] – Cedar Rapids
• Thew Brewing Company[106] – Cedar Rapids
• Third Base Brewery[107] – Cedar Rapids
• Timbukbrü[108][109] – Clarion, Iowa Falls
• Titonka Brewing Company[110] – Titonka
• Toppling Goliath Brewery[111] – Decorah
• Torrent Brewing Company[112] – Ames
• Tractor Lift Brewing[113] – Humboldt
• Twin Span Brewing[114] – Bettendorf
• Twisted Vine Brewery[115][116] – West Des Moines
• V's Restaurant & Brewpub[117] – Keokuk
• West Hill Brewing Company[118] - Indianola
• West O Beer Company[119] – West Okoboji
• Wise I Brewing Company[120] – Le Mars
• Worth Brewing Company[121] – Northwood

See also

• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in the United States
• List of microbreweries

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