Off Color Brewing

Microbrewery in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2013

Contact
1460 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL, 60642, United States
Description
We make beer. Sometimes we do other things but not as well.

We've produced award winning, beers on the global stage. Now we just do it for ourselves applying our brewing knowledge, experience, and creativity to create a new breed of classically inspired American beer.

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8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

8.5oz bottle. Awesome beer. More like Taras Boulbas fortunately than Apex Predator. Dry, hoppy. Unfiltered, murky body. Pleasant yeastiness. Perfect balance, more of a Belgian mouthfeel than most US examples. Delicious.

Tried on 11 Jan 2026 at 05:00

gave a cheers!

7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can. Kind of an awesome Imperial Winter Warmer. Still drinks relatively clean, no big sticky sugary tones. Spices pull it in all sorts of directions, the oak centers it. All around cool beer.

Tried on 07 Jan 2026 at 04:41


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

16oz can c/o Ryan. Really not tasting like any "traditional" malt liquor at this point. Drinks like a Steel Reserve. Every sip is a reminder of its strength. Amber candi sugar saves it in a lot of ways. Vienna works well too. I guess a little Wheatwine-ish at times, if you want to be nice. Different I suppose, but hard to drink. Probably a lot cooler in a mock 40oz in a small bottle.

Tried on 06 Jan 2026 at 04:06


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle pour at the DCBeer December 2025 share. Poured a hazy orange-yellow color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was nice funky, with subtle juniper in it. Quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2025 at 21:05


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at the Marriott Marquis. Cloudy gold with no head. Aroma is lemon, straw, yeast. Initial taste is lemon and Belgian yeast. Fades, to tart lemon, straw. Body is a touch thin.

Tried from Draft on 17 Dec 2025 at 04:09


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Draught @ Beermiscuous, Chicago IL. Clear dark yellow/light amber with a foamy off-white head, orange peel aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter orange peel taste, lightly piney, thin smooth body, long bitterish finish.The supposed fruity aromas were not discernible at all.

Tried from Draft at Beermiscuous on 13 Dec 2025 at 02:19


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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

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Opaque, Cloudy, Reddish-Brown Amber Color, Huge Soapy Foam Head, Turns Airy, Dissipates Quickly, Runny Ring Leaves Few Strings and Spots of Lacing. Pumpkin Aroma. Somewhat Slightly Sour, Pumpkin, Faint Hints of Spices, Tea Bitter. Light Pumpkin, Slight Sour Note, Herbal Tea Bitter Aftertaste. Wet Up Front, Dry Tea On Back End. Thin Body. Not As Sweet As Others. Low On Spices... Low ABV. Easy Going. Good. Enjoyed it. Recommended...

Tried from Can on 19 Nov 2025 at 05:09


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

250ml bottle. Awesome citrus line up, really gives it some depth. One of the better fruit beers I have ever had, albeit a mixed culture Saison underneath. The fruits just boom, in a natural way. Aroma is fantastic. Body is sublime. Flavor is well rounded, deep. Awesome stuff.

Tried on 12 Nov 2025 at 01:31


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

250ml.bottle. Quite unique. Big, fruity. Caramel. Not too thick, heavy.

Tried on 07 Nov 2025 at 02:13


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

16oz can. Quite an odd beer, certainly more of a fruit beer than a NZ. Bright, biting, almost sour up front, but fades into a sort of nothingness. Unique, the kiwi flavor is hard to judge when it isn't candied out. This is fairly dry for a fruit beer, the NZ hops are there I guess just hard to fully appreciate through the kiwi juice. Clean, well made, different.

Tried on 03 Nov 2025 at 05:39