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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8/10
Awesome subtle coffee and oak
Tried on 28 Sep 2013 at 18:41

7/10 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

5.9/10 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

8.3/10 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

6.1/10 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

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Sample at the Ale Wine & Spirits beer tasting on 09/05/2013: Pours brown with some ruby around the edges. Medium tan head that dissipates gradually to an outer ring. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of coffee, oak and malt. Medium-bodied with flavors of roast coffee, herbal hops and malt. The finish is roasty with a malt and coffee aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried on 08 Sep 2013 at 12:33

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
500mL bottle poured into a Duvel tulip tasting class. Amber thick cant see through it. Aroma is coffee, nothing off on that aspect. Some light mint like alcohol peaking through. But pretty neutral base beer. Flavor has coffee but it isn’t bashing over the head. Again, a nicely clean strong ale pretty neutral. A very nice long coffee aftertaste but again not too much. I am not a coffee beer fan but this is very doable.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2013 at 21:18

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at Beer Temple. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma of citrus, coriander, light fruits. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and bitter and salty. Light to medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2013 at 12:44

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Bottle. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of barley, stone fruit, steamed malt and orange peel. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2013 at 11:42

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 3
Tap @ craft beer co clerkenwell. Hazy orange color, short head. Aroma of butter and strawberry. Creamy vanilla and milk, butterscotch. I doubt it was intended this way, but unfortunately the barguy said it had been this way all the time. Too bad.
Tried from Draft on 13 Aug 2013 at 01:16