Backpocket Brewing to open tap room

Backpocket Brewing, a new microbrewery under construction in the Iowa River Landing in Coralville, is pleased to announce it will be opening its taproom the weekend of June 8.

Tap room will feature a variety of beers as well as a brick oven pizza.

The brewing area will remain under construction, with Backpocket beers being brought in from the original McGregor brewpub. Beer production at the new location is scheduled to begin in July. The tap room will have indoor seating for 100 with and additional beer garden in the works that will include a grilling station, fire pit and yard games.

The brew house, manufactured by Braukon of Munich, Germany, is a 33-barrel (more than 1,000 gallon) state-of-the-art brewing facility incorporating the latest sustainable design features.

The brew house is the “heart” of a brewery, and will be the largest in Iowa.

The Coralville plant will be an expansion of Backpocket Brewing's current brewing operations at Old Man River Restaurant & Brewery in McGregor, Iowa.

The new production plant will allow Backpocket to expand its packaging options to also include bottles. The company projects that Backpocket will produce 7,000 to 8,000 barrels of beer in its first year with the total capacity of the facility at approximately 25,000 barrels.

Backpocket will be distributing throughout eastern and central Iowa initially, and has growth plans to provide its beers across the state of Iowa and regionally.

“This project is a dream come true. We are very excited about relocating our operations to the Iowa River Landing” Simmons said.