Riverlands Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Saint Charles, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
At Riverlands, we brew the beer that we love. We're inspired both by balance, and the lack thereof. We appreciate huge hop aroma and flavor of a New England Style IPA, thick flavored stouts, and tart sours equally with the delicate balance of a well constructed lager. You'll find all of that with us and everything in between. We pour ourselves into each batch we make, each glass we fill. You'll never find a beer from Riverlands that was not obsessed over from the time the recipe was constructed, to the moment it finds its way to your table.
We are located in St Charles, Illinois, just a couple miles from the Fox River. St Charles' motto is "The Pride of the Fox." We are truly part of this community, with several members of our team growing up and still residing here. We embrace the saying, "Brewed With Pride, Enjoy The Ride" in the same way. We are proud of every one of our beers and the work that went into them. We're proud of the hard work each of us put into our brewery. Mostly, we're proud to be part of the ever growing community that is craft beer, and we will always bring our unrelenting enthusiasm for what we do to all of you.
Cheers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Aromas are cocos, black patent, dark malt. Flavors are similar to nose, add in cinnamon and sweet overall. Medium body and finish follows flavors. Alcohol is well hidden. Good but not great.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
5 oz taster. Black beer with a thin tan ring around the edge. Nice strong alcohol on the nose, from Buffalo Trace barrels. Yet, the taste is thick and had a bourbon edge. Nice roasty malt edge that comes from a fresh Impy. Compares well to my first exposure to Bourbon County Stout. Nice and sticky on my lips.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Taster glass at Riverlands. Creamy Yellow haze with a thin ring of foam. Nose has lots of stone fruit puree, just a touch of pine. Taste offers a bit of pineapple and mandarin orange juice. Deceptively easy drinking. Leaves some pretty lace behind.
McDermottDrink (4593) reviewed J.A.M. from Riverlands Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
5 oz. taster. 4,200th RATE BEER REVIEW!Brownish-black, an eggshell ring of foam still on the edge. Smell of toasty malts and a bit of raspberry. Spoiled a bit on my hand, and it is VERY sticky. Sweet malt taste overrides the barrel impressions. But they do show up as I go along. A great finish to my taster tray. Sips more like a bourbon that the Hawkins BA Stout. Hate to not give or a full 5.0, but I've got to act like I'm more critical than I really am
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
5 oz taster at Riverlands. More of an apricot juice color than the Three Waves. Still a thin ring of foam spend the glass. A bit of apricot nose which I assume is all from the hops. Done fruit taste, too, but more hop bitterness. Not a big hop snack, but still nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can, from Beermiscuous, Chicago (Aug 2023). Pours clear golden with a small foamy whitish head, faintly astringent malt aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter malt forward taste with grassy hops, thin body, long medium bitter malty finish. Decent brew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Centennial, Chicago (Aug 2023). Extremely hazy rich yellow, looks like peach juice, small foamy off-white head, very faint citrus peel taste, adequate carbonation, medium bitter unripe mango-orange zest taste, smooth thin body, long citrusy finish. Decent NE IIPA.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Kayak Pils from Riverlands Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at Riverlands. Nice Pils, a touch drier would be appropriate though. Doughy, pleasant malts. Mellow carbonation. Easy drinking, good stuff. Riverlands lager game is real.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Stolba from Riverlands Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at Riverlands. Nice mug pour. Transparent copper orange body. Creamy white head. Zesty and herbal, not unlike Italian Pils. A lot of character for the style. Big saaz. Good.
Gripweed57 (8744) reviewed Tevatron from Riverlands Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 ounce can from Tavour. Murky yellow gold color. Large, tight, pillowy white head. Great lacing. Fragrant fruit aroma leans toward white grapes, lemon and grapefruit. Sweet, bready malt flavor has notes of passion fruit, pineapple and pine. Sticky and sweet from its head down to its feet. Nicely done.