Ironworks Distillery

Oh this place is just awesome.
If you’re ever in Lunenburg sign for the guided tour. It costs $ 10 but you get a shot glass and get to taste all their drinks.
About drinks, I can see how they won their awards. Never heard of Apple vodka before but it was so smooth and tasting good. I liked their gin, and I hate gin in general!!!
The berry liqueurs were quite unique. You can probably combine them in so many ways in cocktails.
The best things they offer IMO is their dark rum and the brandy.
It’s pricey, but a perfect gift for someone special!

This place was a great experience. Great spirits, great atmosphere, great staff. It smells amazing in there because of all the molasses and wooden barrels. I never knew I could enjoy a distillery before!

Beautiful spot to visit. The staff are friendly and informative — they’re more than happy to answer any questions or allow you to sample their AMAZING products. I always make sure to bring back as many bottles as possible when I visit from out of the country. A must-​see in Lunenburg!

I talked to them at the Halifax Seaport Market once and they said something along the lines of their philosophy was that you should be able to make alcohol with whatever you have around you.
Ironworks is now officially on my zombie apocalypse team.
Great local product and nice design, packaging.

Oddly enough, despite having seen the Ironworks stand many a time at the farmer’s market in Halifax, it took a random trip to their home base of Lunenburg before I finally sampled and purchased their wares.
With time to kill while my girlfriend did architecture school research, I remembered that Ironworks was here and made my way there. Located just a block up from the waterfront on one of the few main drags in Lunenburg, Ironworks is housed in a charming looking old time warehouse. After an embarrassing incident of trying to open doors that were closed for the season, I made my way inside to see a lovely space with more seafaring décor and lovely displays of their various liqueurs and hard alcohol.
Being that it was deep into the off season for tourists, there were only a couple other people and soon it was just me and the lady working at the counter. I was able to sample a few of their rums and easily decided on their amber rum. It’s their regular white rum aged some more in old bourbon barrels, so it takes on that reddish — amber even — colour of bourbon and some of its flavours as well to give it a very unique flavour for a rum. I’m not a big rum fan, especially of the big name white rums which are fairly repulsive and too sweet, so a small batch rum that tastes like whiskey is right up my alley. For such a good rum, nice bottle and good service from a local business, it’s easy to justify the $ 38 for the quart.
I also picked up a tall Ironworks shot glass, although I can’t imagine shooting something this good, so it’s really just a nice, tall high ball glass. It’s got a solid inch of glass at the bottom too, so you don’t have to worry about it being top heavy.
I also got to peek in at the still which had a batch of their pear liqueur boiling away. Yay booze! Apparently it takes a lot of fruit to make a batch of the fruit liqueurs, which would explain their hefty cost relative to the rums or vodkas.
If you’re in town, you definitely have to pop into Ironworks, sample some top shelf hooch and take home some souvenirs for you liquor cabinet.

This is a flourishing business in Old Lunenburg and shows how the perfect match of business model, location and concept can really add to a town’s appeal.
A few years ago Ironworks was launched in the old Thomas Walter’s and Sons building — the marine blacksmith shop near Lunenburg’s historic shipyard. They renovated the building, keeping all the period charm, and instilled, well, a still — a shiny steampunky contraption of copper and brass.
They produce a line of simply superb liqueurs, rum and vodka, beautifully packaged, sensibly priced and of first quality.
The staff are friendly and helpful, and you can sample anything before you buy, which is a great pleasure in itself. I often buy presents from friends from away here, and it’s very popular with visitors looking for a classy and consumable souvenir of their travels.
Kudos to the company for an inspired use of an historic building, for making a great product and for adding extra charm to Lunenburg!

A pleasant surprise in Lunenburg. Ironworks Distillery offers a good variety of rums and some other liquors. The spiced rum and original rum were so tasty I had to buy a bottle of each which were quickly enjoyed within that week ;) The staff were very friendly and offered samples of all the rums and vodka. I would recommend anyone in the area to stop in and take notice to this charming little distillery and enjoy the local rum!

I’m generally not a fan of hard liquor, but Ironworks turns the traditional drinks on their heads. And makes them do handstands.
The distillery is small with a «rustic» wooden floor and lots of barrels. They feature glasses from Nova Scotian Crystal, and that’s about it. It’s all about the booze.
Their apple brandy and amber rum take your breath away (almost literally). The taste is … wow. They also have some lovely sweet liqueurs and something called «Rhubarb Esprit,» which is basically a sweet liqueur with a lower alcohol percentage. This is the one we bought; we found this one to be the most flavourful.
Staff were very friendly and helpful and the prices are reasonable. Ironworks is at the Seaport Market so next time we are there we can pick up a bottle.

What a beautiful spot, I’ve seen and purchased some of the Ironworks products at independent liquor stores in Halifax, so I was happy when I got to visit their distillery in Lunenburg. The building is gorgeous and reminds me of some of the winery rooms in Napa.
The staff here are very friendly and are happy to answer any and all questions you may have about the products. They are also happy to let you sample any and all of the liquors. They are all delicious, and have a nice bite.
This spot is definitely worth the stop on your next trip to Lunenburg.

After a recent visit to the Ironworks Promiseland in Lunenburg, I’m bumping my review up to a five-​star. Why? It’s pretty simple:
1) This charming distillery is in a gorgeous building not far from the very heart of downtown Lunenburg. Great spirits within walking distance? WIN.
2) The interior of Ironworks is an inspired combination of the maritime history of the building and area and the gorgeous, modern elements brought to light by their incredible packaging and design.
3) Tastings. So many amazing tastings. Their new raspberry liqueur was worth the hour drive from the city alone!
Can’t wait to see these spirits on more local drink menus!

Friends and i stayed in a guest house across the street from Ironworks Distillery. I was intrigued. Distillery?! Ouuu! What do they make?
I actually went in to see on the day of their anniversary. There were balloons outside and a friend had mentioned they were giving away free chocolate cake! That did it.
It was really nice inside, rustic and woody like an old barn. There was a huge, beautiful shiny still in the back corner. Everywhere was old wooden barrels displaying their products. They had samples of all the different liqueurs. I tried the saskatoon berry liqueur. Yum! There was also cranberry and blueberry. They even make vodka from apples!
You should go see this place if you are ever in Lunenburg.