The Founder

Made by someone who
knows the craft

Before starting Iron Country Beverage, the founder spent years managing large-scale beverage manufacturing operations. That background informs how North Coast Soda is made — the food safety systems, the quality checks, the documentation. It's small-batch craft soda that's been built with commercial rigor from day one.

The goal has always been a product that can sit on a real shelf and stand next to anything else in its category. That means doing things right from the start — the certifications, the food safety systems, the labeling. No shortcuts.

• HACCP Certified — every batch made under a documented food safety system
• FDA Better Process Control School — certified for commercial beverage production
• Full quality documentation on every production run — ingredient records, QA tests, lot numbers
• Iron Country Beverage LLC — licensed, registered, and ready for wholesale

The Place

Why Crystal
Falls?

Iron County is deep in the western UP — Ottawa National Forest out the back door, the Paint River around the corner, hundreds of lakes in every direction. People drive up from Chicago, Milwaukee, and Green Bay specifically to get away from everything. They want things that feel real and local.

North Coast Soda was made for exactly that customer. The flavors are northwoods through and through — Maple Cream, Black Cherry, Orange Cream. The labels look like something you'd find in an old general store. And the soda is made with real ingredients by someone who grew up caring about that stuff.