John Adkisson

John Adkisson opened Iron John’s Brewing Co., 245 S. Plumer Ave., with John Markley in March of 2014. Adkisson has been brewing for more than 25 years, and is a founding member of the Tucson Homebrew Club.

A local brewery is getting some national attention on a website for beer enthusiasts, after it was singled out for having one of 2016's most impressive beers.

Iron John's Brewing Co., 245 S. Plumer Ave., got a very big mention on PorchDrinking.com, when Paste Magazine writer Jim Vorel called it a "potentially world class brewery that few people have even heard of, much less sampled."

Vorel told PorchDrinking that he stopped at Iron John's while in Tucson for the weekend writing about the breweries.

"It’s so tiny that it’s almost 'professional homebrewing' in scope, but the guy there is insanely talented and dedicated to his craft," Vorel wrote in the post.  "I had a stone fruit sour there that, if it had been released by Wicked Weed or Jester King, would have had people trading whales or shelling out $100 online to acquire."

Vorel says in the post that Iron John's is being overlooked in Tucson, but after this mention, that might not be the case for much longer.

Check out the whole article here or visit Iron John's website.


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