McCook’s brewery pours out of a historic icehouse, which is exactly the kind of building reuse that makes small-town Nebraska breweries special. Loop is southwest Nebraska’s craft beer anchor, serving the town and the surrounding farm country with a lineup of handcrafted beers and stone-baked pizza.
The room is the draw as much as the beer: thick icehouse walls, a lived-in feel, and the sense that this building has been serving McCook in one form or another for a very long time. It’s the rare brewery where the architecture is as much a reason to visit as what’s in the glass.
McCook is a long way from everywhere, which is precisely why Loop matters — it’s proof the rural brewery wave isn’t just a metro story.