Imperial Oak Brewing

Microbrewery in Willow Springs, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Imperial Oak Brewing - Willow Springs

Established in 2013

Contact
501 Willow Blvd, Willow Springs, IL, 60480, United States

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4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Golden with a medium sized white head. Dryish with cracker and citrus. Medium finish and body.
Tried on 07 Oct 2024 at 01:08

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Yellow with a medium sized white head. Faintly grainy and citric. Medium finish. Light body.
Tried on 07 Oct 2024 at 01:07

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Red brown with a medium sized head. Yeasty and musty with hints of molasses and dark fruit. Medium length finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried on 07 Oct 2024 at 01:05

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Amber with a large foam white head that left great lacing. yeasty and sweetish with a hint of honey. Medium finish and body.
Tried on 07 Oct 2024 at 01:04

8.4/10
Tried from Draft on 10 Aug 2024 at 15:13

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2022. Pours a nearly clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of herbal grass supported by grain and straw notes. Flavor has earthy straw and grain with just a hint of grass coming through.
Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2022 at 14:08

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
5 oz. glass at Brookfield. Light peach nose, but not much nose beyond that. Regular amber beer color with a thin ring of foam. But oh, yes, the taste has a big sour note. Like a sour peach gummy. In fact, with each sip, I get a little more sour and a little less peach.
Tried on 20 May 2022 at 19:51

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Taster at Imperial Oak, to compare to the Honey barrel version. Same bright brown beer with a thin ring of foam. But this has a much bigger bourbon smell that the previous one. Plenty of alcohol in the nose and on the palate. Taste has more bourbon alongside the barley malt.
Tried on 20 May 2022 at 19:45

8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
5 oz glass at Imperial Oak Brookfield. Sweet smell, just a touch of honey in the nose, but it takes out any bourbon character. Bright brown color with a thin ring of foam. Definite barleywine taste, with a little extra sweetness instead of bourbon character. Though barley wine doesn't normally take to bourbon barrel aging. So there's that.
Tried on 20 May 2022 at 19:39

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can thanks to Josh. Pours black with large tan head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is raisin, licorice, berry, wood. Slick body, blackberry, licorice, wood, boozy finish, very good.
Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2022 at 05:48