The Oktoberfest Vibe Comes Close With World’s Largest Microbrewery Opening In Bangalore!

Fancy a beer? Skip the known beer brands everyone slugs instead opt for something local at Ironhill Bengaluru that claims to be the world’s largest microbreweries. Inside is a world of stellar design, experience zones catering to brew lovers, a wide variety of crafted beers never tasted before and plates of sumptuous delights. Now, a quick business trip to Bengaluru would mean a night of extraordinary brews and grubs. It's time to add the world's largest microbrewery to your list of must-places to eat and drink. Let's take a peek in at the Ironhill experience!

Into the brewery's design and architecture

In the IT hub of Marathahalli in Bengaluru, the world's largest brewery sprawls across a 65,000-square-foot space to accommodate over 1500 people at a time. From fire torches in the lighting grid to weathered brick walls, water bodies and moss roofed sit outs — these intriguing arrangement of design mimicking every element of outdoor space will never let you forget the ambience. As per reports, it gave an old garment factory the face of a chic microbrewery and revamped the outdoor section into resort-like, swathing with artificial water bodies, over bridge decks and lots of landscaping around airy private courtyards.

The real craft coming off the tap

Here in Ironhill, the thirst for innovative experimentation seems as strong as the thirst for a cold beer. The German expert brewmaster, who travelled around the world to savour the best brews has come up with his new collections churning in ingredients—spices, fruits and malts that are locally sourced, to the extent imported from the source country. He is clear in his vision to create world-class beers using the German method of mashing resulting in flavorful brews.

Note, making a craft beer isn't as easy as regular beer, but definitely twice as better because being handcrafted accentuates the flavour. Currently, there are eight crafted beers flowing from the taps of Ironhill Bengaluru. To name a few, Afterlife Ale, Sincity Cider, German Hefeweizen, Belgian Witbier and Irish Stout are the top favourites. Those first-timers, in for an easy drinking session, Lost Lager with fresh citrus tastes like summer in the glass. If strong brews are your kind, try the Ragi Beer packed with a wonderful fresh grain character and hints of malty flavours are worth chugging down.

A new concept of 'Experience Zones' to enjoy BEER

For most beer is best enjoyed on a warm, summer day. But under the largest microbrewery of the world, beers would feel like a year-round drink. Indians could guzzle uncountable hours of frothy, golden-hued craft beers in their chosen hangout spaces. There are five zones of experiences out of which the first that greets one at the entrance is the barbyric — the largest space giving out a rustic bar vibe in the backdrop of brickwalls. This feels like a noisy section featuring metal and wood table-and chair-seating and most jostling for space. The grub on the lower ground in the fringes of water bodies is the right venue for hangouts with the live kitchen at bay.

Next at indoors is chill zone, the quieter quarter adorned with wooden tables-benches and graffiti walls. This leads to colosseum, a compact round space that sits 25-30 people and a 40-feet-high screen up for sporting events. The topmost level has a viewing balcony sit out for families enjoying an evening out. The club is yet to come to the pavilion, designed as an exclusive party zone with a separate cocktail bar and kitchen. Remember, each zone tunes in to foot-tapping jazz to buddha bar chill out lounge music.

The 'Silent Kitchen' screams good food.

The silent kitchen is unique in the way, they do not shout orders out over the space but hit the menu options on the tab to place for it. Based on the dish ordered, it shows up on screens inside zones, dedicated to each cuisines which is then cooked and sent out. Chef Sabyasachi Gorai head the kitchen. He and his team has curated a wide selection of international and Indian dishes that pairs best with the crafted brews. The platters divide between soul food, street food, pizzas, sandwiches, shareable platters and main course and desserts.

Agree, the expansive menu seems difficult to fathom. Here are some best treats to savour — mutton keema sambusek, garlic bread baked with the whole loaf infused in herbs, kadak chicken dumplings, zesty wasabi chicken tikka and pizza bites are all finger-licking delicious. A fish-lover shouldn't miss the light grilled fish with lemon and olive oil which is a melt-in-the-mouth.

A non-Bangalorean in want to taste the local cuisine can opt for the local platters — ghee sambar rice topped with masala omelet and a version of bisibele bhat, a flavourful rice and lentil based dish are the must picks.

India has come up with many homegrown beer brands other than the King's beer that includes, Gateway Brewing Co. Toit, Katipatang and the Goa-based Susegado. More so Indians are indulging in the light-bodied to-bold-crisp-warm, fussy drink of beer. Now with Ironhill microbrewery, that kind of sprawling space that looks like a mini city, I can say, our own Oktoberfest comes home for the first and for that we don't have to wait till Autumn. Its year-round carnival in the beer capital of India — Bangalore.

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