Brew Kettle looks at opening restaurant in Ironton

The Brew Kettle is looking into opening a restaurant in Ironton in southern Ohio.

Mark Bivenour, the Strongsville-based brewery's executive vice president, told the Ironton Tribune Saturday during the inaugural Great River Craft Brew Fest that it's a possibility.

“We don’t know for sure yet, but we have talked to some of the city fathers and council members about bringing a restaurant down here," he told the newspaper. "We’ve been shown some properties and things, but it is still in the preliminary stages. We love Ironton for supporting us and welcoming us in the community, and are very humbled that they would let us do something like that.”

The comments are tucked in a story about the festival. Ironton, a city of about 11,000 people, sits along the Ohio River and calls itself "The Gateway to Southern Ohio." To read the full story, click here.

The Brew Kettle has been riding quite a high this year. The brewery announced plans to open a restaurant in Amherst. Its White Rajah was named the best IPA in the country in a blind tasting by the website Paste. And the brewery collaborated with the Cleveland Cavaliers to create All for One, a session IPA.