Iron Hill Brewery
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant was founded in 1996 by Kevin Finn, Mark Edelson, and Kevin Davies, opening its first location on Main Street in Newark, Delaware. Named after the highest hill in Delaware and site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the company grew into a multi-state brewpub chain with locations across Pennsylvania, Delaware, and beyond. In October 2025 the company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, citing over $20 million in debt, which resulted in the closure of all remaining locations. However, in April 2026 a group of investors — including original founders — purchased back the brand and five locations, with the Center City Philadelphia brewpub reopening as the flagship.
Beers by Iron Hill Brewery
5 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Iron Hill Brewery brew a broad range across 4 style families.
Across these 5 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
Compared with 1086 other breweries brewing American Amber Ale and Vienna Lager:
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Ironbound Ale
Their beers place in the Top 4% of the catalogue on average, across 5 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.
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About Iron Hill Brewery
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant was founded in 1996 by Kevin Finn, Mark Edelson, and Kevin Davies, opening its first location on Main Street in Newark, Delaware. Named after the highest hill in Delaware and site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the company grew into a multi-state brewpub chain with locations across Pennsylvania, Delaware, and beyond. In October 2025 the company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, citing over $20 million in debt, which resulted in the closure of all remaining locations. However, in April 2026 a group of investors — including original founders — purchased back the brand and five locations, with the Center City Philadelphia brewpub reopening as the flagship.
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