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".

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. 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. Consumer purchases of Iowa's brewery products generated more than $100 million additional tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Iowa ranked 15th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 33.

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. 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.

Breweries in Iowa

1st Down Brewing Co. – Winterset 5 Alarm Brewing Company – Lake Mills 515 Brewing Company – Clive 5ive Cities Brewing – Bettendorf 7 Hills Brewing Company – Dubuque, Dyersville Adam McHenry (future) – Windsor Adventurous Brewing Company – Bettendorf Allerton Brewing Company – Independence Alluvial Brewing Company – Ames Backcountry Winery & Brewery – Stratford Backpocket Brewing – Coralville, Dubuque, Johnston BackRoad Brewery – Carlisle Barn Town Brewing – West Des Moines Beer in the Barn Brewery – St. Donatus Benton County Brewing Company – Belle Plaine Big's BBQ Brew Pub – Mt. Vernon Big Grove Brewery – Des Moines, Iowa City, Solon, Cedar Rapids Big Rack Brew Haus – Winterset BIT Brewery – Central City Blind Butcher Brewing Company – Inwood Boone Valley Brewing Co. – Boone Bremer Brewing Company – Waverly Breü Haus Coffee + Brewery – Sheldon Brew-lik Brewing Company – Olin Brightside Aleworks – Altoona Brioux City Brewery – Sioux City Carroll Brewing Co – Carroll Catfish Creek Brew Pub – Dubuque Clock House Brewing – Cedar Rapids Confluence Brewing Company – Des Moines Contrary Brewing Company – Muscatine Court Avenue Brewing Company – Des Moines Crawford Brew Works – Bettendorf Deb's Brewtopia – Elkader Depot Restaurant & Lounge – Shenandoah Dimensional Brewing Company – Dubuque, Peosta Drink Me Brewing Company – Sibley E18 Brewing Company – Boone Exile Brewing Company – Des Moines Farmhand Brewing Company – Earling Fat Hill Brewing – Mason City Fenceline Beer Lab – Huxley Fenders Brewing – Polk City Field Day Brewing Co. – North Liberty Firetrucker Brewery – Ankeny Five Cities Brewing – Bettendorf Flix Brewhouse – Des Moines Franklin Street Brewing Company – Manchester Front Street Brewery – Davenport Full Fledged Brewing Company – Council Bluffs Gamble Block Brewery – Perry Gezellig Brewing Co – Newton Granite City Food & Brewery – Cedar Rapids, Davenport Green Tree Brewery – Le Claire Guttenberg Brewing Company – Guttenberg Hot Air Brewing – Creston House Divided Brewery – Ely Into Brewing Company – Indianola Iowa Brewing Company – Cedar Rapids Jackson Street Brewing – Sioux City Jubeck New World Brewing – Dubuque Kalona Brewing Company – Kalona Keg Creek Brewing Company – Glenwood Kinship Brewing Company – Waukee Lake Time Brewery – Clear Lake Late Harvest Brewery – Sioux Center Limestone Brewers – Osage Lion Bridge Brewing Company – Cedar Rapids Lost Duck Brewing Company – Fort Madison Lua Brewing – Des Moines Maquoketa Brewing – Maquoketa Marto Brewing Co. – Sioux City Mason City Brewing Company – Mason City Millstream Brewing Company – Amana Nerdspeak Brewery – Bettendorf NoCoast Beer Co. – Oskaloosa Okoboji Brewing Company – Spirit Lake Parkside Brewing Company – Burlington Peace Tree Brewing Company – Knoxville, Des Moines (closed June 2024) PIVO Brewery – Calmar Pulpit Rock Brewing – Decorah Reclaimed Rails Brewing Company – Bondurant ReUnion Brewery – Coralville, Iowa City River Hops Brewing – Fort Dodge River Ridge Brewing – Bellevue Rock River Brewing Company – Rock Rapids Rustic Brew – Hampton Second State Brewing Co. – Cedar Falls ShinyTop Brewing – Fort Dodge SingleSpeed Brewing Company – Cedar Falls, Waterloo Stompbox Brewing – Davenport Tellurian Brewing – Charles City Textile Brewing – Atkins, Cascade, Dyersville The Busted Cup Brewhouse – Burlington The Granary – Eldridge The Grange Public House and Brewery – Mount Pleasant The Iowa Project Brewing Company – Spencer The Old Man River Restaurant & Brewery – McGregor The Press Room Brewery – Belmond The Quarter Barrel Arcade and Brewery – Cedar Rapids Third Base Brewery – Cedar Rapids Timbukbrü – Iowa Falls Titonka Brewing Company – Titonka TLC Brew Works – Holy Cross Top Dog Brewing – Algona Toppling Goliath BreweryNoel, Josh (July 15, 2015). "Toppling Goliath Brewery Puts Decorah, Iowa on the Beer Map", Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 21, 2015. – Decorah Torrent Brewing Company – Ames Tractor Lift Brewing – Humboldt Twin Span Brewing – Bettendorf Twisted Vine Brewery – West Des Moines West Hill Brewing Company - Indianola West O Beer Company – West Okoboji Wise I Brewing Company – Le Mars Worth Brewing Company – Northwood

See also

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

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