Une Année Brewery

Microbrewery in Niles, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2013

Contact
6343 W Gross Point Rd, Niles, IL, 60714, United States
Subsidiaries
Une Année Brewery owns 1 brewery:
Description
Une Anneé, an Independent Craft Brewery, was born, in 2013, on the near west side of Chicago, with the quest of making fine Belgian inspired ales for all beer lovers. Founded by architect and Chicago native, Jerry Nelson, Une Anneé, has expanded it’s offerings over the years with an emphasis on fruited and unfruited American Wile Ales and Barrel Aged Stouts. In 2017, the brewery moved to neighboring Chicago suburb, Niles, IL and expanded to include a taproom. The working brewery in the background lends a hand to creating a laid back atmosphere where you can sit back and enjoy some of your favorite craft beers on tap.

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

Prev 6.4 10-20-21 CBC

Tried from Can from The Brew Shop (Courthouse) on 19 Nov 2025 at 02:04


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

Can shared 7/12/25. Hazy orange, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of brett, apricot, oak, bready malt. Taste is brett, apricot, citrus, bready malt, mild oak. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2025 at 05:59


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

(Draft at Beer Temple, Amsterdam, 22 Feb 2025) Pale red colour with foamy pinkish red head. Fruity nose with blueberries, blackberries and citrus. Fruity, tart taste with notes of blueberries, blackberries, lemon and white bread. Low bitterness. Medium body, dry. Fresh and fruity, with a generous dry acidity. Very nice.

Tried from Draft at BeerTemple on 03 May 2025 at 21:57


7.3
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

From Good Times Oakland. 2023 canning.

Unclear deep amber/red, short lived "head" of foam.

Aromas of sour cherries, little bit of Brett, with a taste of sour cherries, Brett, sourness seems to intensify the more I sip. Very dry aspect to it.

I dig it

Tried from Can on 09 Apr 2025 at 15:50


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

I was fortunate to get a 16 oz can from Half Time earlier this year. Generally I have liked the Une Annee Belgian-style beers I've tried, so let's check this one out. Cooled off, not cold, I tilt the can into my Chimay glass to see an amber-caramel brown body and a rather spare ring of tan-silver foam. The smell is unequivocally cherry, I cannot smell anything else. With a sip I can tell that the concentration of cherries is diminished somewhat, there is also bread, cane sugar and a firm malt backbone working through. But still plenty of cherry flavor. Not a beer I would seek out again but, hey, it is a quadrupel and I have plenty of appreciation in that.

Tried from Can from Half Time on 20 Mar 2025 at 22:21


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

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Really sour and puckering with tart fruit, mango, lemon, lacto. Dry sour and tart flavour, yoghurt. Big puckering sourness.

Tried from Draft at BeerTemple on 16 Mar 2025 at 12:05


8

Tried on 16 Feb 2025 at 18:54


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

Poured up on tap at Tipsy Cactus where it exhibits a faintly hazed deep gold colored body that supports a thin near white head. The aroma offers up bits of yeasty pear like esters, pineapple and then a touch of guava. The taste delivers similar notes with apple to pear like sweet fruity ester, sweet pineapple and then thin lemon citrus hop bitterness. It ends with the occasional welcomed yet thon cracker maltiness that helps to counter the sweetness. Overall this ends a little heavy and sluggish. Good beer, subpar Kölsch.
3.6

Tried from Draft at Tipsy Cactus TapRoom & Bottle Shop on 29 Jan 2025 at 01:34


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

From a can. I like this brewery and this beer is solid. Bright pink with foam. Yeast in the aroma and the flavor is sour with raspberry. they hit a sweet spot as this is very much like a raspberry lambic.

Tried from Can on 20 Dec 2024 at 02:51


8

Fucking UFC. Making me lose money.

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2024 at 19:04


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