Old Irving Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Old Irving Brewing

Established in 2016

Contact
4419 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL, 60641, United States
Description
Established in 2016. Old Irving Brewing Company is a craft brewery in Chicago's Old Irving Park neighborhood featuring a variety of house brews, an extensive selection of whiskeys/bourbons, guest ciders, and a kitchen serving wood fired eats.

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8.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Can from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a transient, slight rusty tan head. Aroma of bourbon, chocolate and dark toasted malt. Full bodied. Lots of sweet burnt malt and lots of chocolate and bourbon. Notes of dark fruit. Not at all dry. Not enough heat to balance the sugariness. Yet bourbon, chocolate and heat render it quite delicious.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 03 Jan 2026 at 01:33


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

Sampled from the tap at Bottle Theory. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a gold hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has dank citrus and blood orange with a touch of melon and grain backing. Flavor has dank citrus and some mango with grass and melon underlying.

Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2025 at 18:25


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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 oz can. Thank you Clarkvv on the share. Aroma is old coffee, whole leaf tobacco, prune. Flavor follows with a mild note for booze. No alcohol burn burn. Decent.

Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2025 at 23:53


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can shared by ClarkVV--thanks, Clark! Inky black with light viscosity. Aroma is strong earthy malt with bourbon. Taste is as aroma. Smooth texture, average carbonation, finish as taste. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2025 at 23:43


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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

2024 Can, as pictured, drunk 11/1/25.
Rich with tobacco and maple. Woody and with just a hint of roast. Slight oxidation. Fair bit of alcohol.
Heavy tobacco and dark chocolate with earth and alcohol. Cherry, vanilla, pepper and barrel. And then kind of a fuck ton of alcohol. Chewy texture, with drying pepper and lead and more alcohol. Too much.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 01 Nov 2025 at 23:20


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7.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Aromas are a blend of citrus rind, resin, spice, wet grain and a little malt. Flavors are similar to nose. On the sweet side with enough carbonation and bitter to balance. Slightly sweet finish.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 29 Oct 2025 at 00:06


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Tavour: pours amber with off white head. Aroma is caramel and grain. Taste is sweet. Low bitterness. Very much on the heavily malted side of things.

Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2025 at 22:45


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Can from Tavour
Appearance: hazy gold with a white head
Aroma: tropical fruit, pine, citrus, earthy, floral, stone fruit
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: average carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish
Tasty

Tried from Can from Tavour on 26 Sep 2025 at 22:19


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

Draft at some dive bar in Chicago. Cloudybyellow pour. Nose and tastes of tropical fruits and bread and hay. Ok texture.

Tried on 25 Sep 2025 at 14:52


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Draught @ The Longroom, Chicago IL (Sept 2024). Clear dark amber/copper with a small frothy off-white head, faintly smokey grassy aroma, high carbonation, medium bitter smoked malt taste with piney flavor, thin body, long smokey finish. Great brew!

Tried from Draft at The Long Room on 20 Sep 2025 at 23:29