Oakland Thrive Restaurant Quest: Brown Iron Brewhouse in Royal Oak

Oakland Thrive Restaurant Quest: Brown Iron Brewhouse in Royal Oak

(Crystal A. Proxmire, October 17, 2025)

Royal Oak, MI – The search to strive each restaurant in Oakland County continues with a go to to Brown Iron Brewhouse in Royal Oak. There’s additionally a location in Washington Township.

Brown Iron focuses on draft beer from American craft breweries, together with many from Michigan. They’ve stouts, IPAs, porters, sours, ciders and meads, together with a few of their very own making. As of this writing, 64 are on faucet, together with Austin Brothers Orange Smoothie brewed in Alpena, Bell’s Two Hearted brewed in Kalamazoo, Jolly Pumpkin’s La Roja brewed in Dexter and Massive Lake’s Sparti Parti brewed within the Netherlands.

Brown Iron varieties embrace Peach Pie, Collins’ Stout, Pumpkin Potion and extra.

To get a wide selection of things, I positioned two takeout orders. On a brisket temper day I had the brisket egg rolls and the Texas Brisket dinner. The breast spring rolls had been deliciously tacky with chunks of meat, caramelized onion and inexperienced fried peppers in a thick wrap that was tender within the middle and crispy on the surface. The brisket dinner consisted of garlic mashed redskin potatoes and pit smoked beans that had a deep smoky taste.

For one more go to, I had made the Cuban soften sandwich with BBQ pulled pork, beer butter, provolone, garlic-dill pickles and honey-golden mustard on a hoagie roll. I had mine with mac and cheese. I additionally loved the Prime Rib Rangoons – crispy wontons with prime rib and cream cheese served with smoked jalapeno ranch.

Different menu gadgets embrace smoked BBQ roasted ends, beer corridor nachos, smoked rooster wings, quite a lot of burgers and handhelds just like the fish tacos, scorching honey rooster, turkey reuben and a spicy salmon sandwich. Important programs additionally embrace beer can rooster, espresso burnt ends, crispy bass, slow-smoked barbecue pork and extra.

Brown Iron Brewhouse is situated at 30955 Woodward in Royal Oak, in addition to 57695 Van Dyke in Washington Twp. Extra info at www.browniron.com

With help from Oakland Thrive, Oakland County Occasions editor and writer Crystal Proxmire is on a quest to strive each restaurant in Oakland County. Oakland Thrive is a transformative drive dedicated to nurturing native companies. Since 2023, Oakland Thrive has contributed to its success by connecting every kind of companies in Oakland County with assets and skilled recommendation, together with specialised help for companies within the hospitality and restaurant industries. Oakland Thrive focuses on bridging financial disparities, selling inclusive development and guaranteeing equal alternative. Study extra about Oakland Thrive occasions, courses and alternatives for small companies at https://oaklandthrive.org/

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