Goldfinger Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Downers Grove,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Goldfinger Brewing Company
Established in 2020
Contact
Description
A revived 19th century lager beer tradition. Horizontal tanks, natural carbonation, extended lagering, and decoction brewing.
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Clear golden with large white head. Malty, grainy, nice subtle bitterness in finish. Pretty clean.
Tried
from Draft
at
Goldfinger Brewing Company
on 02 Nov 2024
at 23:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Brown with off white head. Malty, caramel, sweetish, some toffee. Medium bodied. Pretty clean.
Tried
from Draft
at
Goldfinger Brewing Company
on 02 Nov 2024
at 23:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Is/Was brewing. Clear golden with medium white head. Malty, bit grassy, tad bready, clean, easy drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Is/was Brewing
on 02 Nov 2024
at 23:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Dark orange to amber with white head. Nice smokey nose, malty, some caramel, tad sweet. Soft texture. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
at
Goldfinger Brewing Company
on 02 Nov 2024
at 23:00
8.8/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2024
at 22:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft pint at Goldfinger on its first day on tap. a beautifully hazy gold color, with a very puffy head that keeps rising above the rim of the glass. The smell is, admittedly, a basic lager smell, with a bit more toast to the malts and a slight edge of unfiltered yeast. The taste is just slightly grainy, on top of a fine bready malt, then a side of lemon peel. Seemed filling at first, but it's going down a lot more easily the further I go.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jul 2024
at 23:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at GF's Lagerversary. Yeasty nose is the first thing that comes up. Suitably Golden color under a thin layer of foam. First taste has plenty of noble and peppery hops, the later being what I'm thinking Polish hops might do for a beer. Dry hoppy aftertaste on my tongue. A few sips on, the smell has more dry hop to it. Rather knocks down any specific maltiness, but that's what a dry hop style will do for you. --- Beer merged from original tick of (collab with) Bierstadt Lagerhaus Italian Pils on 06 Aug 2022 at 18:07 - Score: Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5. Original review text: Draft at Goldfinger's 2nd Lagerversary. Golden color in plastic cup, with a short, creamy looking head. Smell had mellow malts and hops, perhaps even a bit of Czech style Pilsner. Although the Tomyski hops are a Polish varietal. Taste has a nice floral and aromatic character. I guess the dry hopping is part of the Italian pilsener process, and it does show. Begins to show a bit of citrus further down. Like many GF beers, it's got more texture than a lawnmower beer for slamming. But as it happens, I was just mowing the lawn…
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2024
at 22:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a hazy copper with a large white head. Aroma is a nice toasted caramel malt. Flavor is more toasted caramel malt with a super spicy hop profile. Finish leaves a lot of toasted wheat bread on the tongue. This was one of the better Vienna's I've had in a long time.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2024
at 23:52
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
First day on draft at Goldfinger. Bright clear straw color with a short-lived foamy head. Smell is light lager malts and some fresh yeast. Crackery malt taste, very light. Probably their lightest abv beer yet. Hops might not be very distinguishable, but they are keeping down what could be some malt sweetness. Malty and yeasty aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jun 2024
at 22:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draught at Logjammin: copper with white head. Aroma is caramel and grain. Taste is light hops, little sweetness. Solid.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2024
at 16:41