{"id":1468,"date":"2019-05-21T11:46:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2019-05-21T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:53:53","slug":"burger-month-at-iron-hill-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/2019\/05\/21\/burger-month-at-iron-hill-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"Burger Month at Iron Hill Brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"

May is Burger Month at all 16 Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant locations, with choices ranging from a black bean veggie burger to the\u00a0Chug-a-Lug Burger,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\na juicy beef patty topped with Vienna Red Lager cheese sauce, pickled roasted red peppers, griddled onions, and spicy serrano peppers.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_4884\"<\/a>Iron Hill’s freshly refurbished location on the Wilmington Riverfront is hopping on a stormy Monday night. (This picture, provided by Iron Hill, shows the bar area on what is clearly a less busy time.) The updated interior features hip concrete floors and a more open layout in the first-floor dining area and bar. The second level is closed the night we visit but we understand the flow has been enhanced in that area, too, including the open-air dining we are looking forward to when summer finally arrives.<\/p>\n

Burgers have long been a favorite nosh. But I also like to try something more exotic. For an appetizer, I order octopus salad ($13), a nightly special. And, wow, I’m glad I did. Lightly breaded whole baby octopi are deftly cooked so they are tender not chewy. Greens are lemony and lightly dressed, a fresh foil to the octopus.<\/p>\n

\"unnamed-1\"<\/a>My dining partner David orders the tried and true, Iron Hill’s signature\u00a0Philly cheesesteak egg rolls ($12), served with\u00a0fried onions, American cheese, ketchup,\u00a0horseradish sauce. They are crunchy, meaty and flavorful, the best of bar food.<\/p>\n

And a round of Iron Hill’s quality brews, please. Ore House is a golden India pale ale with bitter hops and a hint of pine and\u00a0citrus; and slightly sweet Vienna red lager.<\/p>\n

On to the burgers. We sample the\u00a0Three Little Pigs Burger, a moist, beefy burger enhanced with triple pork:\u00a0<\/strong>tomato-bacon jam, bacon, and bacon aioli, on a brioche bun with smoked gouda cheese. The recommended brewski pairing? Pig Iron Porter, a dark and foamy beer with a malty, roasted taste that Iron Hill has been tapping for 20 years. (It’s also available in cans.)<\/p>\n

\"60092086_10218190998393655_3124690575874326528_n\"<\/a>And since we are being indulgent, we choose home-made crispy chips on the side instead of a green salad. Warm, salty and glistening, they are hard to resist. We know we should only eat a few. Then we tuck into a few more.<\/p>\n

Throughout Burger Month, the featured burger of the day costs\u00a0$14.50 with an optional 8-ounce seasonal or signature beer \u00a0for an extra \u00a0$2. King of the Hill<\/span> members receive $5 in rewards; burger lovers who chow down on\u00a0all 31 days receive $500 in rewards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May is Burger Month at all 16 Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant locations, with choices ranging from a black bean veggie burger to the\u00a0Chug-a-Lug Burger,\u00a0 a juicy beef patty topped with Vienna Red Lager cheese sauce, pickled roasted red peppers, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,33],"tags":[689,761,762,471,763],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eat","category-go","tag-beer","tag-brewery","tag-burgers","tag-iron-hill","tag-riverfront"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2zjZK-nG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/1481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}