Small Town Brewery

Microbrewery in Wauconda, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Pabst Brewing Company

Established in 2012

Closed in 2018

Contact
1000 N Rand Rd, #204, Wauconda, IL, 60084, United States
Description
Small Town Brewery is dedicated to crafting gruit-inspired beers. Gruit–German for herbs–describes the ancient practice of bittering ales with roots, spices, flowers, and berries. Tim Kovac, founder and brewmaster of Small Town Brewery, uses a proprietary technique to infuse a specialty blend of herbs and spices into his brewing process to create gruit-inspired beers with the unmistakable taste of nostalgia featuring classic American flavors.

Admin Note: Small Town Brewery and Taproom have closed after the sale of the brand in 2018. 2019 relaunched with a new brand under the Pabst umbrella with only 2 products. The original owner of Small Town has opened a up a new brewery in Cary, IL under the name Spirit Water

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

I love root beer. Cola, root beer color with no head. Aroma is, well, root beer. Taste is also root beer.

Tried from Can on 31 May 2025 at 17:16


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Light gold, lights of carbonation with no head. Aroma and taste is like a very tasty ginger ale. Not really a beer but it would be great on a hot summer day.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 05:12


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

Can. It may be sacrilege but I liked this "so-called" beer. Sweet vanilla in both taste and aroma.

Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2025 at 06:05


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

Bottle. Ok, I really like this beer, a lot. The pleasant apple and cinnamon with the notes of vanilla are actually quite tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 06:02


3.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle. So it basically looks like fruit punch, Smells like fruit punch and it tastes like fruit punch. Nothing beer about it.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 06:00


8

It’s so good except for the hint of chemical it has. It’s so close though. Keep going, you are my only hope now that my shandy brewery is closed. (RIP traveler beer)

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:51


8

It is just like my dad's iced tea. You know minus the alcohol.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:41


8

Oh it's weird. In a good weird way. It's like if Gatorade had a touch of liquor.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:41


8

It's not as good as the other ones, but it's good.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:36


9

This brewery is killin' it. What is your secret? I'll give you guys a kidney to find your success. Fantastic guys.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:35