Iron Brew Works

Last updated on July 11, 2026.

Iron Brew Works ("we", "us", or "our") is the personal creative journal of Dan McCoy, based in Texas, USA. These Terms and Conditions (our "Terms") form a legally binding agreement between you and us and govern your use of our website at https://ironbrewworks.com/ and its related services.

About Our Services

Iron Brew Works is a personal journal — a collection of essays, notes, photos, product reviews, and musings about making things by hand and by machine, along with an optional email newsletter ("Working Draft"). Our Services are provided free of charge. The content reflects the opinions of the author only and should not be relied on for professional, financial, medical, or legal advice; it is provided solely for general informational and entertainment purposes. Readers should conduct their own research and consult qualified professionals before making any decisions based on this content.

Key Definitions

"Services" means services provided by us that link to these Terms, including our website; the content provided, generated, or made available for or in relation to our Services (our "Materials"); and any services connected to or relying on Third-Party Services.

"You" ("your", the "reader", or the "user") means any individual using our Services.

"Using our Services" means interacting with our Services in any way, including: accessing or browsing our website, subscribing to or reading our newsletter, providing or transmitting any information, content, or communications to us, or doing so directly or through automated tools, scripts, software, or third-party applications.

Agreement to These Terms

By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms, as well as our Privacy Policy and any other policies referenced within, which are expressly incorporated into these Terms. If you do not agree, you may not use our Services.

Our Services are intended for users aged 18 or older, or above the age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is higher. Persons below this age may not use our Services. If we become aware that a user is below the required age, we may suspend or terminate their access to our Services immediately and without liability.

By using our Services, you acknowledge and agree that:

• you are at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your location, whichever is higher);
• you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms, and if you are representing an organization or other legal entity, you have the authority to bind that entity;
• the information you provide to us is, and will remain, accurate, complete, and current;
• and you are not located in, ordinarily resident in, or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction subject to comprehensive sanctions or embargoes, and you are not a blocked, denied, or otherwise restricted party under applicable sanctions or export control lists.

If you do not meet these requirements, you must not use our Services.

Conditions of Use

By using our Services, you warrant on behalf of yourself, your users, and other parties you represent that you will not:

• Modify, copy, prepare derivative works of, decompile, or reverse engineer any Materials, software, or content provided through our Services, without prior written permission from us.
• Remove, alter, or obscure any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notations on any Materials, software available through our Services.
• Transfer, distribute, or "mirror" any part of our Services' Materials to another server or person without explicit authorization from us.
• Use our Services in a manner that knowingly or negligently disrupts or abuses our networks or any other services provided by us.
• Transmit, distribute, or post any harassing, indecent, obscene, fraudulent, or unlawful material through our Services.
• Use our Services in violation of any applicable local, state, national, or international laws or regulations.
• Engage in unauthorized advertising or spam activities using our Services.
• Harvest, collect, or gather user data without the explicit consent of the user or in violation of our Privacy Policy.
• Use our Services in a manner that infringes, misappropriates, or violates the privacy rights, intellectual property rights, or other rights of our company or any third party.
• Use automated scripts or technologies, including bots or data mining tools, to access, scrape, or extract data from our Services without explicit consent from us.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of our Services or any related systems or networks.
• Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying our Services, or which, in our judgment, exposes our company or any of its users to any liability or detriment of any kind.
• Access, use, export, re-export, transfer, or otherwise make available our Services or any underlying software, technology, or content in violation of any applicable export control, trade, or economic sanctions laws.
• Hide or misrepresent your identity, including by using false names, impersonating others, or concealing your status as a sanctioned or restricted party.
• Take advantage of any feature or functionality that a reasonable person would consider to be an obvious omission, bug, or error.
• Attempt to circumvent or bypass any technical restrictions or access controls of our Services.

Failure to comply with these limitations may result in the suspension or termination of your access and rights to our Services, as well as any other legal remedies available to us.

Changes to Our Terms

We reserve the right to amend, remove, or vary these Terms at any time. Non-material changes may be effective immediately. For material changes, we may require you to re-accept the Terms to continue using our Services. We will provide you with reasonable notice as legally required, by any reasonable means, and such changes will become effective after the notice period. Changes required by applicable law or emergency may take effect immediately regardless of materiality.

Your continued access to or use of our Services after the effective date of any modifications constitutes your acknowledgment of and agreement to be bound by the revised Terms.

Your Statutory Rights

Every clause in these Terms applies in full, except where a mandatory provision of applicable law requires otherwise. Nothing in these Terms limits, excludes, or modifies any mandatory rights, protections, or remedies you may have under the laws that apply to you.

Newsletter Subscription

Our website does not require you to create an account, and we do not issue usernames or passwords. You may browse and read our Services without registering.

You may optionally subscribe to our email newsletter by submitting your email address. When you subscribe, you confirm that the email address is yours or that you are authorized to use it, and that the information you provide is accurate. We use your email address to send you the newsletter and related communications in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any newsletter email or by contacting us using the details at the base of these Terms.

Suspension and Termination

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion and without liability, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, to restrict or terminate your access to our Services, remove you from our newsletter, or take any other appropriate measure with immediate effect for reasons including but not limited to:

• Your use of our Services poses a security risk to us, our Services, or any third party.
• Your use of our Services may adversely impact us, our affiliates, partners, or other users.
• Your use of our Services may subject us or our affiliates to liability or breach under any applicable law.
• Your use of our Services may be fraudulent, abusive, discriminatory, or illegal.
• Your use of our Services may disparage or devalue our reputation or goodwill.
• You are in breach of these Terms, including any representations and warranties.
• You become subject to a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, cessation of business, liquidation, or assignment for the benefit of creditors.
• There has been unauthorized use of our Services.
• We are requested to do so by any legal or public authority under any applicable law.

Where the issue is capable of being remedied and immediate action is not reasonably necessary, we will give you prior notice and a reasonable opportunity to remedy it before we suspend or terminate. We may act immediately and without prior notice where we reasonably consider it necessary, including in cases of fraud, security risk, unlawful activity, legal or regulatory requirements, or repeated failure to remedy.

Upon suspension or termination, any license rights granted to you under these Terms will terminate immediately, and we may remove your email address from our newsletter and delete any related data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

You may appeal our decision by contacting us. All appeals are subject to our review and may not be available in all circumstances.

Third-Party Services

Our Services may include features, tools, and integrations (collectively, "Third-Party Services") that rely on, are built by, are connected with, or are supported by companies that are independent from us. By using Third-Party Services, you agree to comply with the applicable terms and conditions, usage rules, and policies of the respective providers.

We do not endorse, are not liable for, and make no representations or warranties about any Third-Party Services. We have no control over these services and are not responsible for how they work or what they do. If a Third-Party Service stops working or changes how it connects with our Services, we may need to discontinue that connection without liability to you, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

Where an issue with our Services originates from a Third-Party Service, our responsibility is limited to using commercially reasonable efforts to resolve or mitigate the impact on our Services. We are not obligated to fix, replace, or compensate for failures, outages, or changes caused by Third-Party Services, except where required by applicable law.

By using our Services, or any Third-Party Services in connection with our platform, you agree not to hold us responsible for any issues that arise directly from those Third-Party Services, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Service Updates and Changes

We may update, modify, or improve our Services from time to time. These updates may include technical adjustments, security enhancements, performance improvements, changes to features, or adaptations required to comply with legal or regulatory requirements. We reserve the right to implement updates at any time and for any reason, whether temporarily or permanently, with or without notice, and without liability to you or any third party, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

You acknowledge that our Services may contain errors, bugs, or interruptions. We have no obligation to provide notice of, or correct, update, modify, maintain, or repair any aspect of our Services, except as required by applicable law.

Discontinuation

We reserve the right to suspend or discontinue all or part of the Services where reasonably necessary for legal, security, operational, or business reasons. Where practicable, we will provide reasonable notice before discontinuing a Service.

Temporary Interruptions

We aim to keep the Services available and reliable. However, the Services may occasionally be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance, updates, technical issues, or circumstances beyond our reasonable control. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from temporary interruptions to the Services, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

Data Processing

By accessing our Services, you acknowledge our collection and analysis of usage metrics, service interaction patterns, and operational data across our user base in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws. We may aggregate and anonymize this information for analytical purposes, research, product development, and industry insights. All such aggregated and anonymized data, once processed to remove identifying characteristics, becomes our proprietary information and may be utilized, disclosed, or published at our discretion. This aggregated data will not include information that could reasonably identify you as an individual user. Additionally, we reserve the right to leverage non-identifying information you provide through the Services to enhance functionality, promote our services, optimize user experience, and refine our service offerings.

Intellectual Property

We retain sole ownership of all intellectual property ("IP") rights in and to our Services, our Materials, and any proprietary rights inherent in and to our Services. These rights are protected by international intellectual property laws and treaties and apply worldwide.

Nothing in these Terms shall be interpreted as transferring to you any rights, interest, or title in our company or Services, except as explicitly stated in these Terms.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access, view, and read our Services for your personal, non-commercial use. This includes the right to make a single copy of a page or article for your own personal reference. Any other use — including republishing, distributing, or reproducing our content in whole or in substantial part — requires our prior written consent.

All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by Iron Brew Works and its licensors.

Use of Our Brand and Materials

If you quote or reference our content, you must include reasonable attribution to us, such as a visible credit or link to our website.

You may refer to our name and brand in a factual and truthful manner. You must not use our name, logo, trademarks, or other brand assets in any way that implies endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation with us without our prior written consent.

Copyright Infringement Notice

We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask that everyone using our Services does the same. If you believe that your work has been reproduced on our Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please let us know using the contact details at the base of these terms.

By submitting a copyright infringement claim, you acknowledge that making a false claim could make you liable for any resulting damages under applicable law. If you're unsure whether your claim is valid, we recommend that you seek legal advice before proceeding.

Feedback and Communications

"Feedback" refers to any comments, feedback, ideas, suggestions, or other communications that you send to us — for example, by email or in reply to our newsletter.

By sending us Feedback, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to use it to operate, develop, improve, and promote our Services, without any obligation or compensation to you. You represent that you have the right to send us the Feedback and that it does not infringe, misappropriate, or violate the rights of any third party. We are not obligated to keep any Feedback confidential, except as described in our Privacy Policy.

Accuracy of Materials

We aim to ensure that all information found on our Services is accurate and up to date. However, occasional errors, inaccuracies, or omissions may occur. We reserve the right to correct such errors and update information at any time. We do not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on this website, or otherwise relating to such materials or on any resources linked to this website.

Links

We may provide links to third-party websites, applications, or resources ("Linked Sites") for your convenience. However, we don't control, review, monitor, or endorse these Linked Sites or their content, and we can't make any promises about their availability, accuracy, reliability, or suitability. When you access and use Linked Sites, you're doing so at your own risk, and we won't be responsible for any damages or losses that arise from your use of or reliance on any Linked Site.

We reserve the right to remove or disable links to any Linked Site at any time without notice or liability. When you access any Linked Site, you acknowledge that you're leaving our platform and that different terms of use and Privacy Policies may apply to your use of those Linked Sites.

Events Outside Our Control (Force Majeure)

We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under these Terms that is caused by circumstances outside our reasonable control ("Force Majeure Events"). Force Majeure Events include, but are not limited to, acts of God, natural disasters, internet outages, cyberattacks, strikes, and failures of third-party services.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Our Services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we make no warranties or representations of any kind, express or implied, and we disclaim all implied warranties and conditions, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranty arising from course of dealing or usage of trade.

Without limiting the foregoing, we do not warrant that our Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, timely, secure, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that any defects will be corrected; that the Services will meet your requirements or expectations; or that any information or content available through the Services is accurate, complete, or reliable.

Limitation of Liability

The following limitations apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Where any limitation is partially or wholly unenforceable, it applies to the maximum extent that is enforceable.

In no event will we, our affiliates, suppliers, licensors, agents, officers, directors, or employees be liable to you or any third party for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, business, goodwill, opportunity, savings, reputation, use, or data, arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of (or inability to use) our Services, regardless of whether the claim is brought in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, indemnity, equity, or otherwise, and even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our Services are provided free of charge. Our total aggregate liability to you arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of our Services, regardless of the cause of action, will not exceed USD $100.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or liabilities. In such jurisdictions, some of the above limitations may not apply to you in their entirety, and our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless our company, our affiliates, and our respective officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns ("Indemnified Parties") from all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and costs) arising out of or related to:

• your access to or use of our Services, including content, services, or features provided therein;
• your breach or alleged breach of these Terms or any applicable laws, regulations, or regulatory requirements;
• your violation or alleged violation of any third-party rights, including without limitation intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or contractual rights;
• your negligence, gross negligence, willful misconduct, fraud, or fraudulent misrepresentation;
• any disputes, issues, or claims between you and any third party arising from your use of our Services;
• any transactions or relationships between you and any third parties in connection with our Services;
• and any security breaches, unauthorized access, or data incidents resulting from your actions or omissions.

This indemnification obligation includes, without limitation, claims related to: (a) allegations of non-compliance with data protection, privacy, or consumer protection laws; (b) infringement or misappropriation arising from customized content, configurations, or implementations; and (c) any representations, warranties, or guarantees you make regarding our Services to third parties.

You will cooperate promptly and fully in the defense of any such claim at your own expense. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to assist and cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses and to promptly reimburse us for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with such defense. You may not settle, compromise, or make any admission of liability in connection with any claim subject to this indemnification without our prior written consent.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, this indemnification obligation (a) survives the termination or expiration of these Terms or your use of our Services, and (b) is independent of any other rights or remedies available to the Indemnified Parties. In jurisdictions where such indemnification provisions are limited or unenforceable, this section applies only to the maximum extent permitted by law and does not affect any non-excludable statutory rights you may have. The Indemnified Parties reserve all rights and remedies available at law or in equity and may seek injunctive relief or specific performance in addition to monetary damages.

Dispute Resolution

By accepting these Terms, you agree that any disputes, claims, or issues related to these Terms, our Services, or your use of them (collectively, "Disputes") will be governed by the laws of Texas, USA ("Governing Law"), without regard to conflict of law principles, and resolved in accordance with this section.

Before commencing litigation, you must first provide written notice of the Dispute to us using the contact details at the base of these terms, including a detailed description of the nature of the Dispute and the relief sought. We will attempt to resolve the Dispute informally through negotiation within 30 days from the date of your written notice. If the Dispute cannot be resolved within this period, either party may proceed with litigation.

Injunctive Relief

Notwithstanding the other terms in this section, we have the right to seek injunctive relief against any unauthorized use or abuse of our Services, unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, or intellectual property infringement, and the right to pursue an enforcement action without first engaging in the dispute resolution process described in this section.

Individual Disputes Only

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to resolve any and all Disputes on an individual basis and not as part of a class, representative, or consolidated action.

Miscellaneous

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found by a court or competent authority to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed removed to the extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

If the removal of a provision materially affects the balance of rights and obligations under these Terms, we may amend the affected provision to the extent necessary to make it lawful, while preserving its original purpose as closely as possible.

Waiver

No waiver of any breach, default, or right under these Terms shall be effective unless expressly made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. Our failure or delay in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms shall not operate as a waiver, impair future rights to strict performance, or affect any other available rights or remedies.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any mandatory pre-contractual information, form the agreement between you and us regarding our Services. They replace any prior discussions or communications relating to the same subject matter.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any rights you have under applicable consumer protection, unfair commercial practices, or data protection laws. If any information we provide to you before entering into the contract is required by law to form part of the contract, it will remain binding.

We may update these Terms in accordance with the "Changes to Our Terms" section. We are not bound by any other term or condition you propose in any correspondence or document, regardless of whether we expressly object to it. Any other changes must be agreed in writing.

Notices

You may contact us at any time using the contact details at the base of these Terms. Where these Terms require notice in writing, email is sufficient unless mandatory law requires another method. A notice is considered received when it is sent, provided there is no indication that delivery has failed.

If you have subscribed to our newsletter, we may send notices to you using the email address you provided. You are responsible for keeping your contact information accurate and up to date.

Assignment

You may not transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms to another person without our prior written consent, unless such transfer is permitted by applicable law.

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another company, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of assets. If we do so, we will ensure that your rights under these Terms are not reduced as a result of the transfer. Where required by law, we will inform you of such transfer.

Interpretation

In these Terms, "including" means "including but not limited to."

The authoritative version of these Terms is the original English (US) version, which shall prevail over any translation in the event of a conflict. Any translations are provided purely for convenience, and we are not responsible for errors or inconsistencies in them.

Headings in these Terms are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of any provision.

Survival

Any provision of these Terms that by its nature or express terms should survive the expiration or termination of these Terms will survive, including any accrued rights and obligations.

Contact Information

Please direct all communications regarding these Terms to:

Dan McCoy
[email protected]