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Illuminated Brew Works is a Chicago-based brewery producing beer for interesting times. From big, hazy IPAs, to yeast-driven urban farmhouses, adjunct-rich stouts and experimentally-driven sours and fruit beers, our offerings rotate seasonally to celebrate the annual cycle.

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Leighton (35418) reviewed
Illuminated Orange Sunshine from Illuminated Brew Works
10 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at Links Taproom - Chicago. Pours clear gold with a smal, creamy white head. Crispy pale bread in the nose, faint citrus notes. Light-medium sweet flavour with hints of lemon zest, orange peels, dry pale bread. Light bodied with average carbonation. Pretty clean to finish, if a little restrained. Fine.
Tried from Draft on 12 May 2016 at 21:34
Lubiere (25160) reviewed
Illuminated Hasselhopf from Illuminated Brew Works
10 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
A golden ipa with a thin white lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light grassy hops, light fruity esters, a bit light but nice. In mouth, a rather strange mix of coconut oil and caramel malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, strange, a bit cloying. On tap at Binny’s Lincoln Park.
Tried from Draft on 01 May 2016 at 14:01
McDermottDrink (4736) reviewed
Adam Weishaupt from Illuminated Brew Works
11 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Sample glass at Standard Market. Light, slightly sweet malt nose without the usual clove or banana. Bit of haze with a thin head over yellow body. Taste had some coriander and maybe, what, hazelnuts? Kumquat? Turns out to be off even for a lower alcohol weizen. The recipe just needs more work.
Tried on 21 Aug 2015 at 23:58
McDermottDrink (4736) reviewed
Illuminated Ed's Legs from Illuminated Brew Works
11 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Guest draft at the Lagunitas Beer Circus, June 6. Fruity nose, but as with some other saisons, I get a bit of soap in the nose. That’s why I’m calling it sudsy foam over a light beer color. Tate is nice and fruity, with a trace of raisins to back it up. Plenty of Cream Ale malt, and a spatzrl of yeast to go with.
Tried from Draft on 19 Jun 2015 at 11:16