Finch Beer Co.

Microbrewery in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Perch Kitchen & Tap

Established in 2011

Contact
1800 W Walnut St, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Description
Brewers of great craft beer, packaged in beautiful cans in Chicago.

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

Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark brown color with a finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head which settled down nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: some earthy and herbal hops with some light nuts and a light caramel/toffee maltiness, subtle milk chocolate
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a toasty sweet to an earthy sweet then a delicate roasty semi-coffee hint down in there; finishes with a little bit of a cola sweet tone and a light earthy and caramel malty tone
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness but also a higher carb then expected but not too much
Overall: great aromas & flavors, it just needs that carb pulled down a bit.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2026 at 00:49


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: woody red color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: spicy & floral portions of the rye with some floral and citrusy hop notes then a caramel/toffee malt backbone
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to spicy rye tone to a brisk malty quality; finishes semi-sweet through a blend of the rye and the malts
Texture: medium bodied, this is a sipper; some smoothness but also a little bit of rye tones nicking the tongue - just really light and nothing offensive and I somewhat expected the rye to do that
Overall: nice strong ale with the rye notes. This is definitely one of their beers I would welcome again.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2026 at 00:40


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

Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: copper/auburn color with a two finger white foamy head which settled off at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: piney to citrusy with a touch of floral hops then a caramel/toffee maltiness strolling in underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine bitttersweet to bitter quality; finishes malt forward with a bit of a more stiffer vibe of those hops
Texture: medium bodied, leaning into being a sipper; light smoothness but a good noticeable dryness on the tongue
Overall: old school DIPA that I didn't mind for me. Perhaps I could revisit this.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2026 at 00:31


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

Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: copper color with a two finger off white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: piney and citrusy hops, some dankiness but not too much; caramel/toffee malts back up those hops
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to bittersweet to danky sweet quality; finishes piney danky and malty
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness but noted dryness along the tongue
Overall: old school IPA here and I didn't mind it.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2026 at 00:25


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a yellow gold from can. Lots of hoppy aromatics. Citrus and a dry us finish. Decent.

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:31


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Canned. Gold. Some earthy hops and pine aroma. Bit of resin. A nice murican pale ale.

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:17


7

March 31, 2017
Bottle@Yesprs - dark orange pour with small white head. Sweet malty with caramel and fudge, some brown sugar, dark dried fruit, some wooden notes, sweet warming boozy into the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:31


7

March 31, 2017
Bottle@Yesprs - dark orange pour with small white head. Sweet malty with caramel and fudge, some brown sugar, dark dried fruit, some wooden notes, sweet warming boozy into the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:31


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

Can. Deep dark, almost black. Aroma is burnt toast and coffee. Taste is chocolate, coffee and roasted grains.

Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2025 at 04:32


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Can. Yet, another IPA. This one is just kind of average. Color was gold. Really not much head for a IPA. Taste was typical except there was a weird after taste yo it. Almost chemical like. Aroma typical.

Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2025 at 04:32