Ironbark Brewing Co

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An empty industrial brewery taproom in warm evening light, long timber tables and a polished bar

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.

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See the beers

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Open today

Open Thursday to Sundayfrom 4pm Thu and Fri

Where
Ironworks Yard, SalisburyBrisbane
Ring the taproom
(07) 2150 3678Tours, groups
Dogs and kids
Dogs always, kids till 8pmOver-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

    8taps

  • Core beers, always on

    Pale, Porter, IPA, Lager, Little Anvil

    5regulars

  • Small batches a year, at most

    A new one every month, never repeated

    12a year
Plan a visit
Taproom, tours, cans

On tap · Thursday to Sunday

Five regulars. One monthly stranger.

The core five always on

Ironbark Pale

5.0%ABV

The first beer we ever brewed. Citrus up front, biscuit underneath.

Smokebox Porter

5.8%ABV

Dark, quiet and slightly smoked, like the chain-makers’ shed it is brewed in.

Ropewalk IPA

6.2%ABV

The loud one. Double dry-hopped, unapologetically bitter.

Yardhouse Lager

4.6%ABV

The six-week slow one.

Little Anvil

3.5%ABV

The table beer for long afternoons.

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 bolted onto the brewhouse, timber tables and steel tanks visible through glass

The taproom

Thu to SunEight taps

The five regulars, the monthly small batch, and a couple of guests we rate. Dogs welcome, kids till eight.

Plan a visit

A brewer leading a small group through the brewhouse on a Saturday tour

The tours

Saturdays2pm

An hour in the brewhouse with whoever brewed that week, finishing with a tasting flight at the bar.

Ask about a tour

Hands guiding plain unlabelled cans along a small canning line

Fresh cans

Cold storeDated on the bottom

Canned on site in small runs, and sold from the cold store. Take the taproom home with you.

Ask about cans

Around the yard

What the shed looks like when the kettle is on

The brewhouse, steel tanks behind glass

The brewhouseTwelve hectolitres, behind glass

Plain unlabelled cans on the small canning line

The canning lineSmall runs, dated cans

The taproom, long timber benches under pendant lights

The taproomLong benches, pendant lights

Oak barrels stacked in a cool dim corner

The barrel cornerWhere the porter sleeps

The brewery beer garden under a big fig tree

The yardSun trap from four o’clock

A brewer in a canvas apron beside steel tanks

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.

Come and see it

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.

A brewer at work beside the mash tun, early morning light

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

Ask about a group

(07) 2150 3678

A small group on a Saturday brewery tour, tasting flight in hand

The taps are on

Thursday to Sunday. The dog bowl is out.

Thu, FriFrom 4pm
SatFrom noon. Tours at 2pm
SunNoon to 8pm
Mon to WedClosed

A food truck parks in the yard Friday to Sunday.

Send a note

(07) 2150 3678

The brewery beer garden under a big fig tree

The yard catches the sun from four o’clock.

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