The Blind Pig Brewery

Brewpub in Champaign, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Blind Pig Brewery

Established in 2009

Contact
120 N Neil St, Champaign, IL, 61820, United States
Description
An English style pub with it's own built-in brewery. Four kinds of beer brewed just a few feet from where it's served. Plus hundreds of local and craft beers on cask, tap or bottle.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pour is a clear copper with a large white head. Aroma is toasted bread with a little caramel. Flavor is bready, nutty and finishes super dry. A little sweetness eeks out but this is a super dry bread loaf of a beer. I liked it other than the minor sweetness.
Tried on 15 Oct 2023 at 00:51

7/10
Tried from Draft on 15 Jun 2023 at 18:11

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pint can from Everett’s South Beloit, 8/15/22. Hazy amber, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of toast, caramel, tea, hint of cherry. Taste is caramel, toast, grain, stone fruit. Slick. Pretty simple. Decent.
Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2022 at 23:56

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2022. Pours a clear amber gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has pine and light onion with notes of grass and grain backing. Flavor is pine forward with a hint of dank onion, citrus rind and grain backing.
Tried from Draft on 17 Aug 2022 at 23:29

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours black with a creamy brown head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has light peanut butter, a bit of dark grain and creamy roast backing. Flavor has creamy dark grain and peanut butter with roasted malts and chocolate supporting.
Tried from Draft on 17 Aug 2022 at 23:03

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Nose shows prominent coffee and chocolate, little else.Flavours include coffee, bready malt and soft chocolate.
Tried on 12 Aug 2022 at 14:04

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Nose shows papaya, lychee, passionfruit.Flavours include more tropical fruit, pine, and an assertive, almost astringent bitterness.
Tried on 12 Aug 2022 at 14:01

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours black, small head.Nose shows roasted malt, toasty notes, soft coffee.Flavours include heavy roast, oatmeal, soft pine and resinous hops.
Tried on 12 Aug 2022 at 13:52

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pours amber, small head.Nose shows pecan, hazelnut, and bready malt.Flavours include bready nutty malt and earthy hops.
Tried from Can on 12 Aug 2022 at 13:51

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pours amber with a small fading head.Nose shows caramel, spicy and earthy hops.Flavours include pine, earthy hops and some soft caramel malt notes.
Tried on 12 Aug 2022 at 13:49