Afterthought Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Lombard,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Afterthought Brewing Company
- Out of business
Established in 2017
Contact
218 E St Charles Rd, Lombard, IL, 60148, United States
Description
Small-batch, family-run craft brewery in Lombard, Illinois with a focus on saisons and mixed fermentation beers.
Old World Tradition. New World Twist.
Old World Tradition. New World Twist.
8/10
Mild indeed. Very pleasant, soft, dry. Light gin barrel presence in the back. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2023
at 15:23
8.5/10
The least sour passion fruit ale I've had. Lots of white grape keeps it in check.
Incredibly well balanced.
Incredibly well balanced.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2023
at 15:20
8.5/10
Back again!
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2023
at 15:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Very firm and huge just off-white head over veiled metallic golden beer. Herbs, weeds, a summer meadow with grapey overtones. Wild yeasts suggested. Sour, partly sour grapes, partly vegetables as rhubarb. Lactic acid, quite lemony. Herbs more in retreat in the flavour, and pretty clean for wild yeast. Bit tart, effervescent, refreshing, lightly lipsmacking acidity. Very good - again.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Café Pardaf
on 16 Jul 2023
at 06:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Huge, just light-yellowish head over (cold)hazed yellow-golden beer. Spicy, herbal nose, intense from afar. From up close, Bretts & wild yeasts, quite lambic-like. Lemon, lactic acid, parsley. Again spicy-herbal. Lightly vinous impression. Finish is dry, bit lemony; less acidic than the nose suggested. Hints of artificial sweetener - although I absolutely don't think it's added - but the flavour really reminds me of some. Dry grains & dried spices. Aftertaste has green apple and sweet woodruff. Light, spritzy, bit slick. A Saison de Luxe - but for this one I accept the moniker 'Saison'. However, typical American is the failure to spell their own given name wrong.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Café Pardaf
on 02 Jul 2023
at 07:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a Yana's tasting at Sahar's place. Clear yellow. Funk, white wine, oak, vinegar, sour, slightly astringent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2023
at 13:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Peders, Copenhagen. 03/05/2023 Tart fruity with notes of lemons, straw, lots of foray accents going on, yeasty linger, medium body and acidity, wooden accents into the fruity flora close.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2023
at 10:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle pour at Peders, pours a hazy blonde with a medium white head. Aroma brings out wild yeast, floral notes and a touch of oak. Flavour is full of phenols, with saison yeast, floral notes, oak and wild yeast. The phenols ruin this a fair bit, but there's a nice base beer underneath. Good but problematic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2023
at 19:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
0,75l bottle at home courtesy of Pauli, big thanks. yellow hazy color, small white head. smells passion fruit, citric, yuzu, lime, earthy, grassy. very nice smell. full body, pearly carbonation. tastes citric, yuzu, grassy, salty, lime. finishes lightly dry and light to medium sour with notes of yuzu, salty and lime. very nice one.
8, 8, 7.5, 7, 7.5
8, 8, 7.5, 7, 7.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2023
at 07:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can sample at a Yana's tasting at Dima's place. Funk, manure, a bit of urinal, a bit of vinegar, lacto, sour, juicy, fruitiness. Very good and refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2023
at 13:20