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The Church Street Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Itasca – a western suburb of Chicago. We love what we do! We brew traditional and unpretentious lagers and ales that represent the old and new beer styles of European influence. A family business built on a dream to make quality beer for our loyal clientele. Although we have won several awards, our real passion is to serve our patrons with consistently good-tasting craft beer. We serve locally, nationally and internationally. Come on down and enjoy a beer and tour (free) of our brewery. We love to connect, converse and share our craft beer knowledge with fellow beer lovers! All are welcome!
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shrubber (16041) reviewed
Tale of the Shony Scottish Ale from Church Street Brewing Company
10 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Butterscotch toffee malt and light straw aroma. Hazy dark brown with small head. Mildly sweet lactic toffee malt and mildly bitter dry hay flavor - not nearly as sweet as the aroma would seem to indicate. Body a bit light.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2016 at 23:08
shrubber (16041) reviewed
Hauch Von Himmel from Church Street Brewing Company
10 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Banana, clove, wheat malt, and straw aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet-tart lemon, banana, clove, light wheat malt, and straw flavor. Body light. Not bad but would have liked more of malt flavor.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2016 at 21:04
McDermottDrink (4736) reviewed
Fire IPA from Church Street Brewing Company
10 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bought July 2015 at Famous Liquors. Nice pour with a frothy whitish head over a bright, brassy beer. Exotic hops give this a slight nose of cinnamon or cardamon, perhaps some of that is from the rye in the malt. Nose is mostly spicy and bitter, with a slight hint of pine underneath. Mild hops altogether, and not a lot of sweetness is needed to give them some balance. Strikes out in a slightly different direction than most hoppy pale ales.
Tried on 03 Jan 2016 at 23:23
Leighton (35418) reviewed
Fire IPA from Church Street Brewing Company
10 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle shared at CBC Clerks - London. Cheers, Dave! Pours hazy gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds faded out pine and crackery pale malts. Light-medium sweet flavor with some toasted sugars, grain, stale pine. Light bodied with average carbonation. Bitter finish with hints of ash, more old pine. Pretty shabby.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2015 at 17:05
Leighton (35418) reviewed
Brimstone IPA from Church Street Brewing Company
10 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle shared at CBC Clerkenwell - London. Thanks to Dave! Pours unclear gold with a thick, off-white cream head. The nose holds citrus, light grain and pith. Light sweet flavor with off notes of cigarette, some crackery pale malts, old pine. Light bodied with average to lively carbonation. Piney bitter finish with notes of citrus rind, off ash, more old pine. Meh, not great.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2015 at 17:03
Fergus (32001) reviewed
Fire IPA from Church Street Brewing Company
10 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle shared at Craft Beer Co. 10/09/2015. Thanks to The Wingman. Hazed golden / orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is weird soy, grassy pine hop and caramel malts. Flavour is composed of dirty grassy hop, astingent and dirty, some caramel malts. Palate is grainy, highish carbonation. Lingering aggressive bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2015 at 17:17
Fergus (32001) reviewed
Brimstone IPA from Church Street Brewing Company
10 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Craft Beer Co. 10/09/2015. Many thanks to The Wingman for this one. Translucent golden / orange coloured pour with a lasting off white frothy head. Aroma is nice midget gem hop, fruity citrus, parma violets. Flavour is composed of semi-sweet bready malts, light biscuit, tropical citrus, pine and wood. Assertive hop bitterness. Palate is frothy, chewy with airy carbonation. Grainy finish. I liked this.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2015 at 16:55
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Fire IPA from Church Street Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
10th September 2015
Craft Clerkenwell Bottle Share. Thanks to big Dave. Lightly hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and dry with mild fine carbonation. Light malts, modest sweetness. Mild hop skunk. Very mild hop spice and bitterness. Light dry finish. A bit ephemeral but okay.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2015 at 07:06
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Brimstone IPA from Church Street Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
10th September 2015
Craft Clerkenwell Bottle Share. Thanks to WMW. Hazy amber beer, good pale cream colour head. Airy palate, mild fine carbonation. Fluffy malts, mildly sweet, light dry cream. Hop spice. Trace of sweet pine and floralness. More hop spice. Airy finish. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2015 at 06:59
Scopey (25563) reviewed
Fire IPA from Church Street Brewing Company
11 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle thanks to the Wingman. It pours murky deep orange with a small off-white head. The nose is earthy, burnt pale grain, straw, light plastic, apricot and peach. The taste is bitter-sweet, alcohol, burnt plastic, grassy bitterness, toasted/charred grain, soap and some minerals. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Flawed and a bit messy. ’Tis a shame.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2015 at 03:39