◆ est. 1928 · st. cloud, mn
iron street
distillery.
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Iron Street Distillery

Premium Spirits &
Finely Handcrafted Cocktails

Craft spirits. Classic cocktails. Live music. Private events. A century of history poured into every glass.

Small Batch

Crafted in small batches for exceptional quality.

Time-Honored

Timeless methods passed down, never rushed.

Local Roots

Proudly distilled in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Premium Quality

Only the finest ingredients in every bottle.

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Located in the heart of downtown St. Cloud, Iron Street is built for good cocktails, live music, and nights that turn into stories worth repeating. Walk in for handcrafted drinks, locally distilled spirits, and an atmosphere that feels welcoming from the moment you step through the door.

Whether you’re meeting friends, planning date night, or looking for live music and cocktails in St. Cloud, there’s always a seat waiting for you.

Visit the Hearth.

we are open six days a week. the bar opens early on fridays and saturdays, late on sundays. walk in anytime, no booking needed. bringing eight or more? give us a ring and we'll save you a table.

MON
Closed
TUE – THU
4 – 9 PM
FRI
3 – 11 PM
SAT
2 – 11 PM
SUN
2 – 7 PM
Iron Street Distillery — vintage truck outside the historic brick warehouse

Three Ways to

spend an evening with us

Pull up a stool and stay an hour, or take over the whole place for the night. However the evening unfolds, we'll pour something worth staying for.

Walk-In

Visit the bar

Visit the cocktail room and order from a menu of signature drinks made with Iron Street spirits, fresh ingredients, house-made liqueurs, and local flavor.

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Watch & Listen

Enjoy Live music

Weekend nights bring Central Minnesota songwriters, trios, and the occasional full band to the stage. Come early, grab a cocktail, and settle in.

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Private Events

Rent the room

Host weddings, corporate gatherings, celebrations, cocktail classes, and private events in one of St. Cloud’s most memorable historic spaces.

Plan a Private Event

Our Story

A Hundred Years on Iron Street.

Railway Era

The Iron Age Begins.

Great Northern Railway establishes its St. Cloud freight car shops and lays the tracks that would one day outline three sides of our future home.

Iron Street Distillery tasting room and event space with tables and string lights
Smoked cocktail preparation at Iron Street Distillery bar

The Building

The Harvester Rises

International Harvester builds a 64,000 sq ft assembly plant at 539 E. St. Germain. Steel columns. Maple floors. Exposed brick. A cathedral of industry..

Prohibition Era

The Moonshine Legacy

While Prohibition banned spirits, Stearns County farmers became nationally famous for making the finest illegal whiskey in America. The spirit of defiance never left.

Iron Street Distillery interior with tables and industrial lighting
Welcome sign at Iron Street Distillery event

The Resurrection

The Building Purchase

Kevin Johnson purchases the building, refusing to let history fall. A bricklayer by trade, he sees what others missed. The steel and brick deserved another century. 

Engineers of Great Spirits

Iron Street Distillery opens.

Iron Street Distillery opens as Central Minnesota’s first distillery. The railway still runs on three sides of the building. The legacy now lives in every bottle.

Walk the Timeline

Iron Street Distillery — six handcrafted spirits on a barrel

The Collection

Six Handcrafted Spirits.

Each with its own temperament, temperature, and tempo. Pick the one that wants it first.

Iron Rail gin bottle

Iron Rail

Small Batch Gin

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Small Batch Gin

Iron Rail Gin

80 Proof | 40% ABV

Desert botanicals pulled through a copper vapor basket. Juniper forward with a cedar finish that holds.

Built to pour neat or carry a cocktail without flinching.

1928 Prohibition bourbon bottle

1928 Prohibition

Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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Straight Bourbon

1928 Prohibition Bourbon

100 Proof | 50% ABV

Forged from heirloom corn, aged slow in new American oak. The cornerstone of everything we pour.

Tastes like patience finally paying off.

Blue Steel vodka bottle

Blue Steel

Vodka

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Small Batch Vodka

Blue Steel Vodka

80 Proof | 40% ABV

Distilled from local grain, filtered until there’s nothing left to argue about.

Blue Steel doesn’t dress up. It shows up exactly as it is. Which is exactly how we make everything.

Harvester Rye bottle

Harvester Rye

Straight Rye Whiskey

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Straight Rye Whiskey

Harvester Rye Whiskey

92 Proof | 46% ABV

Prairie rye and two-row barley, fermented slow and aged in toasted oak. Spice-forward with a long, warming finish.

Heritage in a glass, the way rye used to taste before shortcuts.

Red Baby rum bottle

Red Baby

Light Rum

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Light Rum

Red Baby Rum

80 Proof | 40% ABV

A delicious light rum, double-distilled through the copper column. Bright, clean, and made to mix with anything sweet.

Your round-trip ticket to the Caribbean.

Stearns 13 whiskey bottle

Stearns 13

Blended Wheat Whiskey

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Wheat Whiskey

Stearns 13 Whiskey

90 Proof | 45% ABV

A blended wheat whiskey that harkens back to Stearns County’s moonshining era. Aged over a year on-site in bourbon barrels.

A crowd pleaser from the very first pour.

Every cocktail starts with a good spirit. Here's what we make with ours.

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Iron Street Distillery

Tasting Room · Thu–Sun

Come visit the Distillery.

120 seats. Four flights. The bartender knows your order by the second pour. 

539 East St. Germain · St. Cloud, MN 56304

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kind words

from the tasting room.

Old Fashioned

Best old-fashioned north of Chicago. The smoke trick is worth the drive by itself.

J

Jamie R.

Minneapolis, MN

Iron Rail Gin

Iron Rail gin is the cleanest juniper I have ever tasted. Buying by the case.

M

Mara S.

St. Paul, MN

The Forge

The forge is everything a distillery should be. Warm, loud, unpretentious.

D

David K.

Rochester, MN

Tasting Flight

We did the full flight. Every single pour had a story. The rye was our favorite, warming and honest.

S

Sarah & Tom W.

La Crosse, WI

Blue Steel

Smoothest vodka I have had in years. Clean, no burn, just silk. Ordered two bottles before leaving.

R

Rachel M.

Des Moines, IA

Private Event

Hosted my 40th here. The team built a custom cocktail menu around my favorites. Genuinely unforgettable.

K

Kevin L.

Rochester, MN