Ironhill x SMOOR brew Cocoa Stout in Bengaluru after 15 trial blends

Bengaluru microbrewery Ironhill India and chocolatier SMOOR launched Cocoa Stout, a craft beer-chocolate mashup six months in the making with 15 iterations and locally sourced cocoa. The duo are already plotting a non-alcoholic chocolate beer and spent-grain bread, signaling deeper cross-category retail experiments.

— Source publishedSat, 23 May, 2026, 07:00 IST·First seen Sat, 23 May, 2026, 07:04 IST·Source YourStory

What happened

Bengaluru microbrewery Ironhill India and artisanal chocolate brand SMOOR launched Cocoa Stout, a craft beer-chocolate collaboration developed over six months

Key facts

  • 15 variations
  • 6 months

Why this matters

This collab template (microbrewery + premium chocolatier, local sourcing, multi-SKU pipeline) is a replicable playbook worth scouting for partnership or roll-up plays in tier-1 Indian F&B.

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