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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7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

22oz bomber shared by DrSilverworm, thanks! Filtered amber brown. Ammber vanilla honey oak tones. Easy going medium body. The honey takes center stage, but it very balanced, and has some respectable depth. Smooth honey malt. Nice.

Tried on 15 Dec 2013 at 15:20


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Dadsgiving, thanks to Max Daddy, 24/11/13. Dark amber with a moderate light beige covering. Nose is honey, dark malts, toffee. Taste comprises bread dough, toffee, sugars, more bear juice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, sweet closure. A little 1D but Ok/drinkable stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2013 at 14:29


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Jerry’s in Wicker Park. The beer is super straw pale, clear as a macro beer. Has a thick foamy head with a lacing that coats the side of the glass as it fades. Aroma is cleaned up sharp, but light, pear esters. Everything else is dulled down, or not there. Just a bit of Belgian sweetness. Flavor is same with a bit of a dry, sandpaper feel to the green, unripe pear esters. A mineral tingle all around with a slightly bittered wort finish. Basically a vehicle for light pear esters. I was hoping for something more.

Tried from Draft on 07 Dec 2013 at 20:56


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

Bottle at Dadsgiving. Pours copper amber with white head. Nose and taste of toast, molasses, flaked oat, honey and toffee. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2013 at 18:56


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

Bottle at Dadsgiving. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of lightly soured wheat, banana, coriander and hint of salt. Lighter bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2013 at 18:54


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Beer Temple. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of roast, chocolate and light coffee. Flavour is light Moderate sweet and bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 25 Nov 2013 at 10:15


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft @ Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap, Chicago, IL. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity slightly tart citric aroma. Fruity slightly tart salty citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty tart citric finish with salty hints.

Tried from Draft on 21 Nov 2013 at 22:35


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

A deep dark stout with a thick creamy brown head. In aroma, a nice sweet sweet milk chocolate with creamy notes, nice. In mouth, a rather run of the mill stout with light powdery character, grassy hops, so-so. On tap at Mugs Alehouse.

Tried from Draft on 09 Nov 2013 at 12:08


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Jake Melnick’s. Color is thick pale straw, very hazy. Aroma is cool - a very unsweet berry or essence of berries. Its a familiar aspect but with absolutely no fruit/berry sweetness. The beer uses blueberry skins, so it makes sense (I also wonder where one gets blueberry skins without the pulp). The rest of the aroma is full of spiky tartness - a very uncitric lemon tartness. Flavor is similar with berry essence and the tartness is not lacto but just a very spiked, lively feel. The carbonation is similar a bit stronger to provide a lively, light, and wild experience as the unsweet berry character adds a nice touch. Really good stuff, I wish this came in the 6 packs.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2013 at 18:52


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

The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: Pours black with a beige head. Aroma is freshly ground, medium roast coffee, roasted malts, and a hint of chocolate. Taste is much the same. Finish, as the last rater pointed out, is a little bit watery and underwhelming. Light aftertaste. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 12 Oct 2013 at 10:27