Ignite Brewing Company

I love ignite. The beer is great. The employees are super friendly. Great selection. Large space with areas to play game, a stunning patio, access to downtown and tons of events always going on. This is a must visit for anyone in town

We were there on a pretty quiet night, arriving about an hour before closing. I really like the vibe in here and the location downtown Barberton. The bartender was nice and the beer selection is good. I had the winter warmer (can't think of the name right now) and it came with an optional cinnamon/sugar rim. I don't always love that, but I was just in a cinnamon/sugar sort of mood, so I gave it a whirl. Cool place.

When we walked in we were immediately greeted by friendly and helpful staff. I love their digital beer boards, it helps me organize the beers in my mind. We tried a bunch. The two best ones were not in cans to go. We got two hotdogs, the dinger and chicago dog. They went nicely with a flight of beer but very simplistic. They top one of their coconut beers with toasted coconut and I enjoyed the creativity with that, I've never had that before!

Ignite Brewing Company is one of my favorite local hangouts. It's owned and operated by kind and caring people and offers an inclusive space for all. The beer is great and they regularly have beers that give back. Be sure to ask about their charitable efforts, while you are there. They are always "making beer make a difference." The menu always has a wide selection of beers (styles and flavor profiles) and they regularly rotate the selections. I don't prefer IPAs, so I appreciate having a lot of options here even though I regularly lean toward the Blonde Barista. It's so good! They also have an amazing patio, regular events (like live music and fundraisers in addition to the trivia others have already mentioned), and now an assortment of food. I love that the menu includes specialties that can be customized to your liking. It's not often you'll see vegan dog, salad, or nacho options in addition to the more standard hot dog or brat base choices. I also appreciated that you can order with a bun, bunless, or served on a lettuce boat, but we ordered all bun options this time.Anyway, on this day I ordered a Staycation Sunset gose beer and a Heater dog, the messiest of the specialty food options. Thankfully, Ignite had plastic cutlery to help save me from making a spectacle of things. The flavor of The Heater was good - not nearly as spicy as the name might suggest. We ended up staying for awhile, so I ordered The Grand Slam a little later. This one was just as described - a Chicago inspired recipe. I recommend it - unless you are from Chicago and have loyalties to Portillo's or the like. My husband had both The Designated Hitter and The -Dog and really liked both. We love this place and hope you will too!

A nice spot in downtown Barberton that serves their own beer. We stopped by on a Saturday night, and the place was hopping. They have an outdoor seating area that was full as there was live entertainment. We found a table inside and the vibe was good. There's a small amount of bar seating, too. The beer selection was solid. We enjoyed the Blonde Barista, a coffee ale, and a 543 IPA. Other beers represented a good spread of styles like stouts and sours. They do not have a full bar from which mixed drinks might be served, but you can separately order a spirit like vodka. Ask them for details on what can be brought with you. The night we attended there was a food truck for dinner. The bar had some small snacks and even desserts in the beer cooler. Staff was prompt with service and answered our questions. A nice option when in Barberton for a chicken dinner.

Cool place. Nice bar with a great selection of their Ignite brews, plus other libations as well!

Great place to sit for a while and drink a local brew. Highly recommend a flight so you can sample different brews. Of the four I tried, their Christmas Ale was my favorite; be sure to get the cinnamon sugar rim. The person working at the bar was super helpful and nice. Very relaxing and fun atmosphere here. My only disappointment was the food menu online didn't match the one on the kiosk inside. The food items I wanted to try weren't available. Other than not much food to order this was a great place to drink local beer. Would come back here again.

Well, my wife and I stopped in for a flight because we're very big brewery fans, we were in the Akron area, and this place has 4.5 stars on Yelp. How does it have 4.5 stars? I have no idea. We got a flight. The best beers on the flight were mediocre at best.Ignite the Jack-o-lantern: absolutely no pumpkin taste. It tasted like a lager that someone sprinkled some pumpkin spice into. Shadows on the Clouds: average for a hazy. This was a mediocre one. Memphis Sunset: peanut butter dunkelweizen. Just weird. Not good. Very weird. Scarlet: Irish red ale. Also mediocre, but palatable I suppose.The space is pretty cool. A combination of patio and open air bar. It's probably pretty nice in the spring and early fall. They just need better beer. Much better. Much, much better.

I wanted to go back and revisit my earlier review after a bit of time has passed and Ignite has largely addressed all of the issues that we'd had issues with before.We've continued to head to Ignite nearly every week since my original review and quite a lot has changed -- for the better.One of the issues was the food situation. Between the lackluster internal kitchen, no more food trucks, and no more outdoor food, it wasn't great. Now, they have since closed and reopened the internal kitchen with more affordable items that are delicious, even if slightly limiting. But they are still allowing outside food items AND food trucks have been back in full force! Win for everyone! So many options now!Another issue was the beer. Taste will always be subjective but there was a period where we didn't love any of the new beers. Recently though, they've all been on point. There's a new hazy that we love and a few barrel-aged beers that were incredibly good. Super happy with the beer quality that has been coming out lately!Even for trivia, they've increased the second-place prize to two beers which is a totally fair prize.Overall, we love Ignite. They listen to their customers, are always incredibly friendly and talkative, have some of the best staff around, and have great beer. Thanks to everyone there for always making everyone feel welcomed!

Good beer, nice staff! I appreciate the kind staff who were helpful without being overwhelming. I will happily go back here the next time I am in the area!