Iron Triangle Brewing Company

Phenomenal place in the Arts District. Great beer. Personable staff. Revamped 1920s vibe.

They do a really interesting dark lager (I've never had anything like it before). It's got all the crispness of a lager, but all of the richness of a stout/porter. It's crazy good. It's not something where you can just knock back 8 glasses in an hour, but it's perfect if you like to sip on a glass or two (like me). If you can't make it to the brewery, you at least have to try the beer if you can find it.

Lots to choose from, but my favorite by far was their Live By Night. Their flight offers 6 beers which is great. Some of their stuff is better than others...which is good; it shows their experimenting and some stuff could use fine tuning, but overall, I think their beers have a lot of potential. Best service I received at any of the breweries I've been to in DTLA, and will be coming back again.

 

Iron Triangle is located few blocks from the more happening Arts District area of Downtown Los Angeles. This brewery is located in a warehouse building in a commercial area so there was plenty of street parking.

Once you enter inside, it's a very nice and large space. There is a bar area and some benches where you can sit and drink your beers. They don't have a kitchen, but they had couple of places that will deliver listed on the back of the beer menu.

I had a flight of four beers. They were okay. There was only one server behind the bar, but he was working as quickly as he could and was accommodating and apologetic to his guests.

Small nice bar, retro feel, next to production brewery. Industrial area, but walking distance from/to the south Arts District commercial area - weirdly parking was hard to find. Biggest miss for me was that they don't allow kids (permitting issue I believe). Quality of beer needs to be improved.

 

 

Beautiful environment in a less than stellar neighborhood. A lot of funds went into the aesthetics, and if only the same could be said about the rest of the experience.

Decent amount of beers on draft, however, only one had potential for the future and the rest were average to bad. New location and needs time to dial in the beers, and will revisit this once that has been done.

Service is slow and not a priority, and this is where the dissatisfaction lies. The ownership has documented their lack of concern for most patrons, and the bar service is largely inattentive to the customers they do have.

It's obvious there was a lot of money put into the facility, however, the staff has not been trained on how to treat customers. Hopefully the beer and service improves.

 

Cool space in a sketchy neighborhood. The bar is beautiful, and the seating area is nice if small. Looks like a lot of work went into the bar.

Of the seven beers on tap, one was a drain pour, on was bad, and four were below average to meh, and one was a good beer with potential to be a little better.

My service wasn't the best. It took me several minutes to get noticed, and even then the bartender looked at me like I wasn't speaking English. When I looked down the bar it appeared as if several other people were not being helped in a timely manner either. There didn't seem to be anyone busing the tables and glasses were piled up and eating up a lot of the table space.

Selection was average. A little heavy on the hoppy beers, with two of the seven offerings being IPAs and another being a pale ale. That said, the hoppy beers did not have the aroma or hop flavor that would be expected.

At this time I would recommend a pass until further developments.