Middle Brow Beer Company

Microbrewery in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Bungalow by Middle Brow

Established in 2013

Contact
2840 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647, United States
Description
we're a community beer company based in chicago / wild beers / foeder blends / sourdough breads / work-training program / also: batches from bungalow

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled from the tap at the Bungalow. Pours a slightly hazy yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has some sour kumquat supported by straw and a bit of vanilla underlying. Flavor has an interesting combination of creamy vanilla and tart kumquat with some straw backing.

Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2022 at 18:35


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pour is a cloudy yellow with a large white head. Aroma is some tart yeast funk with some honey. Flavor is more of a neutral malt with a little fruity funk with a bland finish. Kind of going on the right direction but fell a little flat with some light yeast presence. Needs a little more oomph.

Tried on 12 Feb 2022 at 20:57


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

16oz can. Caramel brown body. Kind of an oddball. Ten Ninety doesn't seem like a place I would want my beer brewed at. Inexpert brewing. An unenjoyable aroma. Assumably this was blended because one or two of the batches were off? Unique enough, but doesn't really nail it at all.

Tried from Can on 17 Jun 2019 at 05:59


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can. Light biscuit malt and orange peel aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet lime, orange, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter orange peel flavor. Okay body. Good - citrusy and hoppy for a cream ale.

Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2018 at 22:05


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can - pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of cinnamon, vanilla, chocolate malt and orange zest - medium body

Tried from Can on 24 May 2018 at 09:49


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

Bottle from Cap Tap. Pours gold with a large white head. Mild pepper/spice aroma. Med body - thanks to rather firm carbonation. Flavor is "witish", and the pepper is rather strong - strong enough to pretty much kill any citrus, banana, clove or coriander. Well maybe not the clove. Still it's an interesting beer. Compared with Ommegang's Winter is Here, I'd say it's over peppered. Quite enjoyable tho.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2017 at 18:53


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

Bottle from Cap Tap. Pours hazy light gold with a slight white head. Aroma is very interesting. Fruit and spice - not at all typical Wit. Med body, almost. Flavor is ginger/apricot or vice versa. Not getting yeast or banana - flavors are strong here, so likely obscured. But the flavor is really my kind of thing. Ginger! Apricot! Yum.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2017 at 20:28


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at City Beer, S.F. Hazy gold, white head. Aroma of ginger, yeast, spice. Taste is wheat, yeast, ginger, apricot, coriander. Refreshing.

Tried from Draft on 01 Aug 2017 at 12:34


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Aroma of lime, wheat, mild spice and yellow fruits. Taste has soft chili, lime, malt, spices, some cream and a spicey afterburn. Nice one, tasty.

Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2017 at 23:57


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Shared 12.7 oz. bottle. Murky copper copper with an almost non-existent off-white head. Aroma of tart fruit. Taste is tart fruit, blueberries, vinous notes, oak, tannins. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2017 at 19:49