Hopewell Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Chicago,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Hopewell Brewing Company
Established in 2016
Contact
Description
We’re a small team led by founders Samantha Lee, Stephen Bossu and Jonathan Fritz. The team is comprised of folks from all sorts of backgrounds, including nonprofit advocacy work, large production brewing and organic food sales — all of which inform our approach to running a brewery that not only makes high-quality, accessible beer, but is welcoming to all and provides a rewarding work environment for our employees.
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pour is a bright and clear amber with a large white head. Aroma a sugar malt. Flavor is an oily malt which is not as sweet and the aroma let on. Finish has a little earthy feel with a big bitterness for the style. Decent amber ale.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2025
at 21:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 08 Jun 2025
at 20:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Enjoying at the Art Institute Cafe. From a can, no glass. Aromas are grapefruit, wet grain and malt. Leans just slightly bitter with enough sweet and carbonation to balance. Body is a touch thin but still very drinkable. Nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 01 May 2025
at 19:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pour is a cloudy blonde with a large white head. Aroma is passion fruit hops. Flavor is a little less than the aroma let on. Still has some tropical fruit hops with a little green onion finish. Pretty good pale ale.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2025
at 19:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pour is a clear straw color with a large white head. Aroma is both parts bready pils malt and grass herbal hops. Flavor is likewise. Nice cracker malt with an extra herbal hops. Nothing wrong here.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2025
at 18:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at GTMW 2024, 8/10/24. Clear amber, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of floral, leafy, dank hops. Taste is dank, resin, earth, potato.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2025
at 11:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
5/4/24. Hazy orange, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of grapefruit, pale malt. Taste is tangerine, mango, tropical fruit, leafy hop. Low bitterness.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2024
at 03:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample during the Slots of Vegas Beer You'll Nugget Elsewhere, so Harrah Up and Make The Strip Over Sphere 02! tasting on 11/28/2024.
Tried
on 02 Dec 2024
at 18:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a clear leather brow with a huge tan head. Aroma is nutty and biscuity. Flavor is again roasted nuts, biscuits and fresh crushed grain. A little honey malt is left on the tongue as this goes down. This was not an average vienna, this was super toasted grain flavorful.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2024
at 21:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Hopewell. Billed as a West Coast Pils but leans into the Mosaic hard...really juicy. No bitterness, pretty much a session juicy IPL. Really tasty brew, just doesn't satisfy any variation of Pils.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2024
at 20:03