Forbidden Root Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in Chicago,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2016
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sample from can at Standard Market. Strawberry in the nose is actually pretty subtle, with basil providing the balance. Fizzy and pale in the glass. Not as cloudy, I think, as a "plain" hefe. Basil comes through nicely in the taste. I think I've likely only had basil in a beer with the "Mama Mia Pizza Beer" ten years ago, but there was too much going on there to remember the basil. But here the spice is gentle. Gives the strawberry a dry edge that makes this pretty complex, and does not make me think of the usual hefeweizen.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sample from can at Standard Market. Sparkling wine leads the aroma here. It is indeed pink and bubbly like a champagne. The taste pushes the "Champale" impression, but it's kind of agreeable. Bubbly, with notes of strawberry and white grape. This beer with grapes thing might be the next trend for the winter season.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home watching a f’ed up movie on the Netflix. Pretty pour big frothy head pleasant hue of light orange. Nose is floral and fruity. Tastes of flowers not as strong as you think, pineapple, vegetal, honey. The flowers add a bitterness. Interesting
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a cloudy earthy peach with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is quite sour with tropical fruits and apricot with some light grains and hay underlying. Flavor has sour apricot with a hint of astringency with light tropical fruits and grains underlying.
deyholla (22634) reviewed Chalet from Forbidden Root Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a near clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of flora with some light fruit, spruce and a bit of grain underlying. Flavor lots of flora and grass with spruce and a good amount of sweet grain backing.
deyholla (22634) reviewed Hay Fever from Forbidden Root Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Sample from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear dull gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of grass and earthy flora with grass and grains underlying. Flavor has grass and flora with a bit of honey, grass and grains supporting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a cloudy yellow orange with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy citrus and tropical fruits supported by grass and sweet grains. Flavor has bitter citrus with sweet grains, a bit of tropical fruit and some earthy grass underlying.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap. Pour a cloudy deep orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has orange juice and earthy pine with a touch of tropical fruit and a bit of bread and sweet grain backing. Flavor combines dank citrus and pine with a bit of resin and a sweet grain backbone.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet citrus and tropical fruit with a touch of bitterness and sweet grains underlying. Flavor has a sweet and bitter citrus combination with some tropical fruits and sweet grains supporting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a hazy orange juice with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of citrus with a bit of tropical fruits and a sweet grain backbone. Flavor has a good amount of citrus with a hint of earthy citrus peel and a sweet grain backbone.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.66 |
| Beers | 69 |
| Ticks | 125 |
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