Independent brewery · Salisbury, Brisbane
Brewed here. Poured here. Fresh by definition.
The taproom is bolted onto the brewhouse: five core beers always on, a new small batch every month. Over-18s only at the bar.
Open today
Open Thursday to Sunday from 4pm Thu and Fri
Where
Ironworks Yard, Salisbury
Brisbane
Ring the taproom
(07) 2150 3678
Tours, groups
Dogs and kids
Dogs always, kids till 8pm
Over-18s only at the bar
Why we brew
Beer is better forty feet from the tank.
Ours goes from the conditioning tank to the taps in the next room, and into cans we fill on site the same week you drink them.
Taproom
Eight taps, Thursday to Sunday
8
taps
Core beers, always on
Pale, Porter, IPA, Lager, Little Anvil
5
regulars
Small batches a year, at most
A new one every month, never repeated
12
a year
On tap · Thursday to Sunday
Five regulars. One monthly stranger.
The core five
always on
Ironbark Pale
The first beer we ever brewed. Citrus up front, biscuit underneath.
5.0% ABV
Smokebox Porter
Dark, quiet and slightly smoked, like the chain-makers’ shed it is brewed in.
5.8% ABV
Ropewalk IPA
The loud one. Double dry-hopped, unapologetically bitter.
6.2% ABV
Yardhouse Lager
The six-week slow one.
4.6% ABV
Little Anvil
The table beer for long afternoons.
3.5% ABV
Small batch
changes monthly
Whatever the board says
A new small batch every month, and it never comes back.
Every ABV is on the board and the allergen sheet lives at the bar. Malt, wheat and oats vary by recipe, so ask before you order.
Three ways in
Taproom, tours and takeaway.
The taproom
Thu to Sun · Eight taps
The five regulars, the monthly small batch, and a couple of guests we rate. Dogs welcome, kids till eight.
The tours
Saturdays · 2pm
An hour in the brewhouse with whoever brewed that week, finishing with a tasting flight at the bar.
Fresh cans
Cold store · Dated on the bottom
Canned on site in small runs, and sold from the cold store. Take the taproom home with you.
Around the yard
What the shed looks like when the kettle is on
The brewhouse
Twelve hectolitres, behind glass
The canning line
Small runs, dated cans
The taproom
Long benches, pendant lights
The barrel corner
Where the porter sleeps
The yard
Sun trap from four o’clock
Rae Donnelly, founder and head brewer. Demo portrait.
The brewery
It started with a fifty-litre kettle and a garage door open to the street.
Neighbours kept wandering in to ask what the smell was. Eventually we put out a bench, then a second one, then a licence. The kit is two hundred times bigger now, but the door is still open.
From the yard
What the regulars say
- Sample notes, not live reviews
★★★★★
The porter alone is worth the trip, but it’s the place. You’re drinking next to the tank it came out of.
Dana W., Northgate
Taproom regular since 2019
★★★★★
Did the Saturday tour for a birthday. The brewer talked us through the mash like we were family, then poured like it too.
Omar H., Salisbury
Came for a tour, stayed for the IPA
★★★★★
I check the small-batch board before I check anything else. Every month there’s a reason to come back.
Petra L., Coorparoo
Little Anvil loyalist
Forty feet from the tank to the tap.
Early morning at the mash tun. Nothing here is brewed somewhere else and trucked in.
Tours and groups
Bring the group on a Saturday.
The Saturday tour runs at 2pm. Booking is recommended, with walk-ups if there is room.
Saturdays at 2pm, an hour in the brewhouse
Finishes at the bar with a tasting flight
The taps are on
Thursday to Sunday. The dog bowl is out.
Thu, Fri
From 4pm
Sat
From noon. Tours at 2pm
Sun
Noon to 8pm
Mon to Wed
Closed
A food truck parks in the yard Friday to Sunday.
The yard catches the sun from four o’clock.