Penrose Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Geneva, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2014

Contact
509 Stevens St, Geneva, IL, 60134, United States
Description
Local Craft Brewery with a focus on small batch beers, fresh hop flavors and oak fermented and aged wild ales in Geneva, Illinois.

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7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can courtesy of the Duke. Opens with a small gush. Pours mostly clear gold, effervescent, with a big, foamy white head. The aroma holds lemon, pithy grapefruit and pine. Light sweet flavour with bright acidity, lemon and tangerine juice, a little balancing piney bitterness, sour wheat, nips of salt. Light bodied with active, massaging carbonation. Cleansing finish with moderate citric bite, quenching acidity, some melon, more tangerine. Very nice 'session' sour. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Can on 18 Sep 2017 at 10:28


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Funk Factory. Pours a hazy dull gold with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has strong oak and funk notes with grass and bread backing. Flavor is similar with a combination of flora, bread, oak and funk.

Tried from Draft on 11 Aug 2017 at 18:45


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Growler from the brewery. Drinks more along the lines of a good European Golden Ale than a drab US brewpub example,but I suppose also fully in line with new school US brewing profiles too. Mellow modern hop tones. Mild fruity yeast tones, pinch of white wine, brett comes out very mildly. Pretty unique.

Tried from Growler on 11 Jun 2017 at 18:30


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft. Vanilla, caramel malt, and light acetone aroma. Dark amber with minimal head. Moderately sweet vanilla, caramel malt, moderately sour citric acid, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. Nice mix of vanilla and sour.

Tried from Draft on 04 Apr 2017 at 18:59


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft. Wood, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Brown with minimal head. Mildly sweet brown sugar/caramel malt, moderately sour vinegar, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. Good, straight forward beer.

Tried from Draft on 04 Apr 2017 at 18:53


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Draft. Orange, lime, spelt malt, and lime peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with minimal head. Moderately sweet lime, orange, spelt malt, and mildly bitter orange/lime peel flavor. Great balance and body. Very tasty.

Tried from Draft on 04 Apr 2017 at 18:47


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

375ML. dark reddish brown, 1 finger off white head. Smells great, slightly tart aroma with cinnamon and orange peel. Sweet with a zesty sour finish but not overly sour. great malt backbone here, barley, cinnamon, dill and oak. light vanilla, loads of lingering fig.

Tried on 27 Mar 2017 at 09:09


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Small bottle, thank you AdamChandler, dark brown in color, low carbonation level. Aroma shoes me oak, bourbon nuances, raisins.

Maybe held to long?? Thin texture / body with a goons amount of dark fruit. Feels more like a Barley Wine. Where is the roast, chocolate, and brownie batter?? Way to thin / damn near watery. Pretty big swing and a miss here.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2017 at 18:57


7
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

375, pitch black. 3 finger head. Oily black. Aroma is roasting and creamy like an Oreo cookie with a little bit of espresso beans and licorice flavor is a sweet finish with multi forwardness. I pretty much get zero vanilla which is really annoying

Tried on 23 Nov 2016 at 08:25


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Dark orange. Three finger off white head with lacing. Smell of the solid E cheesy funk with a great fruit skin and pineapple. Very funky flavor you can exceptional tights and a sparkling water mouth feel with him on leather rope and old oranges a little bit of cereal and we can Elimina lemon juice finish

Tried from Can on 23 Nov 2016 at 08:24