Iron Furnace (2025)

In the late 1800’s, iron furnaces around the Southeast Ohio area burned red hot, smelting ore into iron. The Hope Furnace outside of Athens County operated from 1854-1874, producing 15 tons of iron a day. The structure still stands today and was the inspiration for the biggest, richest, and burliest Barleywine style Ale we have ever produced. It was brewed with a ludicrous amount of local maple syrup and aged for 26 months in some of our favorite bourbon barrels.

We are loving this blend of Iron Furnace! It has a wonderfully prominent maple character, thanks to our friends at Milligan’s Maple Syrup, that melds seamlessly from the rich vanillin pulled from a blend of Maker’s and Heaven Hill barrels that aged for 26 months.