Local Option Bierwerker

Client Brewer in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Local Option

Established in 2010

Contact
1102 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614, United States
Description
Local Option Bierwerker is the brewing division of The Local Option, a pub in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Owner Tony Russomanno has established himself in the craft beer community through years of experience, and today he partners with six different breweries to create all of Local Option's diverse and innovative beers. Local Option Bierweker believes partnering with different breweries gives them maximum flexibility, allowing them to brew as large or as limited a batch as needed. They’ve taken up recipes long forgotten by the mainstream, such as the Kentucky Common, and perfected well-established favorites, like their steam beer Dampf Loc. Local Option Bierwerker offers a brash, in-your-face approach to craft beer; they brew with bravado and aren’t afraid of a little well-placed irreverence while still respecting the long-standing traditions that provide the foundation for their heavy metal brews.

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

50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and grapefruity. Pine, grapefruity and citrusy. Bitter and dry to herbal finish. Dry and bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2013 at 12:17


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

50 cL bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty. Toasted malty, caramelish and bitter. Toffee and estery. Bitter and dry finish. Estery and fruity finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2013 at 12:11


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

50 cL bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty. Coffee, toasted and dry herbal. Bitter, toasted and roasted. Bitter, coffee and toasted malty.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2013 at 11:58


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft at Torst. Pours dark brown. Off white head. Nose and taste of bourbon, oak, soured dark fruit and plum. Medium body.

Tried from Draft on 02 Oct 2013 at 11:35


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

Draught @ Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell. Pours light golden with a white head. Aroma of light wheat, light sourness, funk, salt, little spice. Flavor is wheat, sour, salty, coriands, little fruit. Thin body, lively carbonation. 200913

Tried on 30 Sep 2013 at 08:34


8

Awesome subtle coffee and oak

Tried on 28 Sep 2013 at 18:41


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

The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: Pours hazy, dirty yellow with a white head. Aroma is lemon, a bit of sourness, and a tad of the funk. Taste is slightly sour and a wee bit salty as would be expected. Small amount of funk that is just about right. This is a simple gose, but a good one.

Tried from Draft on 28 Sep 2013 at 16:06


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cloudy, gold-brown with a large, frothy, off-white head. Slightly sour grain malt, bread, caramel aroma. Taste is toasty bread, toffee. Sweet, honey and grain. Just ok...a little plain, non-descript bittering.

Tried on 23 Sep 2013 at 16:42


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Cloudy, amber with a thick, tan head. Aroma is caramel, roast, coffee. Taste is malty, coffee, toffee. Sweet...a little wood... Absolutely wonderful.

Tried on 23 Sep 2013 at 16:38


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of straw, malt, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, caramel, hops, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2013 at 14:52