Ironhill India’s microbrewery, which opened on March 27 in Marathahalli, is among the many world’s largest.
Ironhill India founder Teja Chekuri had envisioned a grand opening for his firm’s newest microbrewery in Marathahalli, Bengaluru. The firm claims it’s the world’s largest. The building had begun in early 2019; the place was set for inauguration in August 2020. The pandemic, nonetheless, threw a spanner within the works.
Then, on March 27, the microbrewery, measuring 1.3 lakh sq ft, was inaugurated with COVID protocols in place.
Despite the delay, Teja is glad about establishing the microbrewery in Bengaluru. “If you are a brewery, you have to be in Bengaluru. It is the beer capital of India,” he says. Bengaluru, nonetheless, isn’t new territory for Teja.
He began the Prost Brew Pub in Koramangala. Ironhill then began shops in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Hyderabad.
The 2.9-acre microbrewery will serve eight forms of beer and might accommodate over 1500 folks at a time. The place is designed to resemble a resort with a bridge spanning a synthetic pond, Art Deco items, artwork installations, water fountains amongst different issues.
Despite the luxurious atmosphere, Teja believes the microbrewery will enchantment to a variety of individuals. “We have a wide variety of seating arrangements,” he says, “People can sit near the sunken pool immersing their legs in the water.
There are also cabanas and other indoor seating, for those who prefer a different ambience. We have also fixed the prices to draw a wide section of people.”
The meals and drinks menu for such an enormous place is expectedly exhaustive. There are wines, champagnes, whiskeys, cocktails, photographs, mocktails and extra. On the meals menu, you discover the same old platters, worldwide dishes and in addition native flavours like ghee sambar rice with an omelette.
Teja, as a consequence of one other wave of COVID circumstances in Bengaluru, expects the footfall to be much less within the first few weeks. “We didn’t foresee this second wave. With the vaccines out, we thought things would drastically improve,” he says. “We will be operating with less than 50% occupancy, as per the protocols. We hope the situation gets better soon.”
