New Nanobrewery Will Boost Iowa’s Total to 41; Most are Independent Stand-Alones

When Iowa will be home to about 41 micro- and nanobreweries, the oldest of them Millstream Brewing Co., which opened in Amana in 1985.

Craft brews are a growing segment of the U.S. economy, and the Brewers Association says the average American lives within 10 miles of a brewery.

The Iowa Brewers Guild and Brewers Association list the following nano- and microbreweries in Iowa:

Angry Cedar Brewing Company, Waverly
Appanoose Rapids Brewing Company, Ottumwa
Backpocket Brewing Company, Coralville
Beck’s Sports Brewery, Waterloo
Boone Valley Brewing Company, Boone
Blue Mountain Lodge, Orange City
Briar Creek Brewery, Janesville
Broad Street Brewing Company, Reinbeck
CIB Brewery (Chefs in Black), Carson
Confluence Brewing Company, Des Moines
Court Avenue Brewing Company, Des Moines
Depot Deli Restaurant, Shenandoah
Dubuque Star Brands, Muscatine
Exile Brewing Company, Des Moines
Front Street Brewery, Davenport
Granite City Food & Brewery, Clive
Granite City Food & Brewery – Worthouse, Ellsworth
Granite City Food & Brewery, Marion
Granite City Food & Brewery, Davenport
Great River Brewery, Davenport
Keg Creek Brewing Company, Glenwood
Hub City Brewing Company, Stanley
Lost Duck, Fort Madison
Madhouse Brewing Company, Newton
Millstream Brewing Company, Amana
Norsemen Brewing Company, Elk Horn
Number 7 Brewing, Ankeny
Okoboji Brewing Company, Spirit Lake
Old Man River Restaurant and Brewery, McGregor
Olde Main Brewing Co., Ames
Peace Tree Brewing Company, Knoxville
Raccoon River Brewing Company, Des Moines
Rock Bottom Brewery, West Des Moines
Single Speed Brewing Company, Cedar Falls
Sutliff Cider Company, Lisbon
Third Base Brewery, Cedar Rapids
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company, Decorah
Twisted Wine Brewery, St. Charles
Van Houzen Brewing, Newton
Worth Brewing Company, Northwood
Coming in 2013: 515 Brewing Company, Clive

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