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Small-batch, family-run craft brewery in Lombard, Illinois with a focus on saisons and mixed fermentation beers.

Old World Tradition. New World Twist.
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9/10
Dang, this is my kind of saison. Glorious use of NZ hops and 🇱🇹 yeast. Hints of lemon and golden earth. My favorite Afterthought thus far. Thanks, Matt!
Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2021 at 20:38

8.5/10
Gin barrels go so well with saisons. Love! This is real farmy, tastes like the Belgian countryside. Lovely gin notes. Enhanced by a creamy chèvre pairing. Thanks for this special brew Matt B. !
Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2021 at 22:52

8/10
Nice one. Beautifully citrusy, though mild and fairly crushable.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2020 at 22:30

8/10
The Chicago area has a handful of really beloved saison brewers and this is my first from these guys. Really good, highly carbonated, very Belgian-y saison. Bottled a year ago. 4.15 #saisonfriday #SiL
Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2020 at 22:45

9/10
Thanks Robert for this one, typical farmhouse, grassy, stone fruits, quite herbal, stone fruits, also some hoppy bitterness, nice stuff...
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2020 at 17:10

7/10
Bottle thanks to Michael. Pours a hazy gold with medium frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong brett, floral, oak, lemon zest. Medium body, brett, funky, oak, floral, light tartness, very good.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2020 at 00:34

6/10
Hapu ja puuviljane, tsitrus, veits vesine, võrdlemisi happeline. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2020 at 19:48

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottled Feb. 17, tasted June 2. $4.99 from Orange & Brew. There was a big nose of bread yeast right under the cap. That was followed by a tart passionfruit nose. The pour is a cloudier, more yellow glass of beer, with a head that's fizzy and dwindles away, unlike the Faible. This one is also much more tart, a zesty tropical fruit sourness that comes from more than just Citra hops. The taste builds a grapefruit note halfway through. There's a little yeast settled to the bottom of the bottle, so you will want to pour all but a finger-width first. Then swirl the rest around and pour to get a slightly different taste. A big sour taste for those who like their sours.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2019 at 04:21

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
330 cl bottle dated Jan 12, 2019, from Orange & Brew. There is a little tartness and some horseblanket that we use to describe a not-quite-funky note of a Belgian strain of yeast. Pouring kicks up a big puffy head over a beer body that's bright gold, but impossible to see through. The taste starts with tartness, but not too much sourness. There's some cherry notes that I find with a warm ferment. But it's also quite dry. The tartness encourages sipping, but it goes down nicely. Leaves a sense of cherry juice on the lips, and cherry tartness in the aftertaste. But again, no real cherry is involved.
Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2019 at 03:33

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle - pours amber white head - nose/taste of farmhouse notes, light sourness, grassy - med body
Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2019 at 03:00