Beer, beer everywhere and not a drop to drink. Yet.
There are an estimated 73 breweries producing locally-crafted beer across Iowa with more than a dozen more in the planning and building phases for 2017. With craft beer hitting a 12 percent nationwide market share in 2016, according to Fortune, the trend continues to grow in Iowa and beyond. If breweries continue to open in Iowa, the state could finish 2017 nearing the 100-brewery milestone.
Here is a look at the Iowa breweries expanding, relocating or planning to open doors for the first time this year.
- Backpocket Brewery - Coralville, Cedar Rapids and Dubuque
- Barn Town Brewing - Waukon
- New American Brewery - Ankeny
- Peace Tree Brewing - Knoxville and Des Moines
- Parkside Brewing Company - Burlington
- Big Grove Brewing - Solon and Iowa City
- 7 Hills Brewing Company - Dubuque
- Second Street Brewing Company - Cedar Falls
- SingleSpeed Brewing - Waterloo and Cedar Falls
- Middle River Brewing - Winterset
- Marto Brewing Company - Sioux City
- River Hops Brewing - Fort Dodge
- PIVO Brewing - Calmar
- Toppling Goliath Brewing Company - Decorah