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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5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 2 Overall 3
Beer and the glory of all its infinite gyrations. How interesting. It pours like deep red koolaid. Smells like sweet cherry koolaid. It actually tastes like overly sugary sweet koolaid, and I may say, a little better than expected. Slight warming sensation. This is not beer and I'm not sure if it has any punch in it, its mostly dominated by cherry. This artificial sweet mess of a brew needs its own style. Warming sensations in gullet during the session. I really don't think you can call this beer? Well, sake is! No carbonation through-out. This has nothing in common with beer. Let me go back and check the ABV. It tastes like 1%. Slight hints of sweet fruit tartness on the finish. Oddly, in the end, it does not necessarily come across as artificial. Not quite an insult to the word beer. If you mix this half and half with your favorite ice cold cheap pale lager, the taste and palate tremendously improve, heheheh.
Tried from Can on 04 Jan 2019 at 20:28

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
How could I look at this bottle and not see it was 4.1 alky? No kidding, its right on the front of the label but I was ignoring that and trying to see the fine black print. Got this one at wegman's chitauqua. Smells much like cream soda and it looks like cream soda in a glass. Taste is in yer face cream soda, over the top that is. Look, I've had cream soda, and like it, but this stuff immediately comes across as too syrupy sugary, way more so than real cream soda. Hey dudette, if you ease up on the sugar, it may be a little more enjoyable. As is, its almost cloying, so unnatural. Yes, those cloying sensations irritate me and hang with me after each slug, whew. Difficultly sweet. Even a little weird, to be kind. Yes, not sure how this could be a beer, its certainly more like one of those happy bullshit artificial soda pop malt drinks, just like pop. How comes those beers can't beer rated here? And why is this 'beer' ratable here? Just asking. This stuff? Forgettahbouttit, I gottah go reddup. Very bad, unrepeatable. Almost drain pour. Sickening sweet. Is not beer. Should have passed this tic by but now I see another flavor in my fridge, oh my!
Tried from Bottle from JR's Beer Warehouse on 02 Jan 2019 at 21:09

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2018 at 07:43

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Sampled from a bottle this beer poured a vibrant pink color with a trace off white head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was sweet sugar and artificial strawberry. The flavor was sweet sugar and artificial strawberry. Medium length finish. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2018 at 23:32

6/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 2 Overall 7
Pours a clear red color with absolutely no head or lacing. Pours like Kool-aid. Sweet, fruity Kool-aid aroma too. Surprise! It tastes like fruit punch Kool-aid. Same non-carbonated flat mouthfeel as fruit juice. How is this considered beer? Alco-pop. That said, it's very tasty and easily poundable. Great fruit punch; Lousy "beer."
Tried on 18 Sep 2018 at 23:45

5/10
Flavor is fine...but it’s not carbonated?
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2018 at 22:44

3.5/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
7/22/18. 12 ounce bottle. Hazy color that doesn't exist in nature. Kinda of like an almost translucent pale lime green. No head. Aroma of melted lime popsicles, a bit of orange. Taste is lime, orange, pale malt. Thin. About what I expected.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2018 at 02:38

3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Why do I do these things to myself? 12 ounce bottle. Clear red. No head, and no carb escaped when I opened the bottle. Bad seal? Aroma of fruit punch. Taste is fruit punch, cherry forward. Thin, flat. It is what it is. At least it's a decent fruit punch.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2018 at 23:05

3.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
Sampled from a bottle this beer poured a cherry candy red with no head and no lacing. The aroma was Hawaiian Punch. The flavor was super sweet Hawaiian Punch. Long finish. Light body.
Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2018 at 15:11

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Can split at Kennys CPH fart dungeon, thanks to Kenny, 10/05/18. Reddish brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is Raljex, bubblegum, sweet, Red Bull dung effect. Taste continues in a similar vein with a sweet malt base, caramel, Dentine choddy, light spice. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. I thought I was boosted until I saw my fellow raters scores on this Juan !!! Fun enough for a root beer though.
Tried from Can on 17 May 2018 at 06:38