Riverlands Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Saint Charles, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

Contact
1860 Dean St Unit A, Saint Charles, IL, 60174, United States
Description
The beginning of Riverlands Brewing Company is a story that captures everything that we love about not only beer, but life. We started dreaming up this brewery at a Fourth of July BBQ on a beautiful sunny day surrounded by family, friends, and of course, great beer. Our brewery is owned and operated by family and close friends, and our beer is best enjoyed in the company of such. When you visit our taproom, you'll be included in that family feel of our brewery, and you'll enjoy some great beer too.

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.

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

Can from Tavour. Pours clear gold with a large foamy white head. Aroma is lightly bready in support of grass/spice. Near med body. Flavor is grass/spice with bready support. I think it should be drier, but it's nicely bitter.

Tried from Can on 09 May 2023 at 23:20


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 ounce can from Tavour. Hazy, pale gold color. Large, frothy white head. Nice lacing. Fragrant citrus and vanilla aroma. Tangy, bittersweet citrus flavor upfront. Hints of orange, grapefruit and key limes. Some stickiness on the palate. Sharp, bitter citrus hop finish has some lingering astringency.

Tried from Can on 28 Oct 2022 at 03:28


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear light gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has a good amount of pine and light resin with a bit of citrus rind underlying. Flavor has pine throughout with a resinous bite and a hint of earthy spruce in the finish.

Tried from Draft on 12 May 2022 at 17:57


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear light yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice meaty and campfire smoke with a light sweet grain note underlying. Flavor has a rich smoke with light sweetness cutting through and a bit of a campfire in the finish.

Tried from Draft on 12 May 2022 at 17:45


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Tavour. Aroma of mango and tropical fruit. Slight stone fruit. Murky yellow-orange with white head that lingers. Patterns well. Flavor is orange creamsicle, fruit bar. Medium-full mouthfeel with chewy rind and yeast marrying.

Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2022 at 03:19


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

Box of Chocolates 4-pack at Skeleton Key, $10/pint. Looks like some extra fermentation caused the beer to nearly overrun the can when opened. But no crisis caused. Pours a deep brownish black, with a dark brown, thin ring of foam. The nose has lots of chocolate, and on this one I can catch the alcohol. Yes, plenty of warming, but not hot, alcohol in the palate. Some creamy chocolate at the top of my tongue, which is curling a bot, to suggest that there is still some bitterness at work. Yet the sweetness has somehow been ratcheted back so the nibs can be featured.

Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2022 at 05:39


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

Sampled from the tap at Gillerson’s. Pours a clear straw yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has straw and light sweet grains with a bit of lemongrass underlying. Flavor has light sweet grains with growing grass and a hint of lemongrass backing.

Tried from Draft on 28 Aug 2021 at 17:44


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Sampled from the tap at Gillerson’s. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a light sweet smoke with a bit of wheat and a touch of straw. Flavor has a great smoke note throughout with a bit of straw and wheat supporting.

Tried from Draft on 28 Aug 2021 at 17:36


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

16oz can pours out hazy straw topped with a white head. Nose is light citrus pineapple notes. Taste is more of the light citrus touch of tropical notes and not much else.

Tried from Can on 12 Aug 2021 at 20:29


This is fantastic. Straight fire. Thanks 👑🍻!

Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2021 at 23:37