Scratch Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Ava, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Scratch Brewing Company

Established in 2011

Contact
264 Thompson Rd, Ava, IL, 62907, United States
Description
Scratch Brewing Company is a farmhouse brewery and restaurant located 5 miles from the beautiful Shawnee National Forest in Ava, Illinois. Started by three award-winning southern Illinois home brewers, Scratch Brewing Company focuses on farmhouse beers and other styles brewed with home grown and locally farmed and foraged ingredients. Beers are brewed in traditional styles and enhanced by the innovative addition of local ingredients, including nettle, elderberry, ginger, dandelion, maple sap, and a variety of wood additions, among others.

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

Bottle thanks to John. Pours a hazy gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is strong lemon balm, earth, juniper, funk. Slick body, funky, earth, citrus, lemon balm, dry finish, complex, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2021 at 04:37


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dark amber with a fleeting, foamy head. Noticeable turmeric, herbal, berries. Taste is tart to sour with both spice and a very mild herbal bitterness at the finish. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, watery texture. Interesting but tough to really like.

Tried on 04 Feb 2021 at 17:59


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Thanks to explosivedog: pours copper with white head. Aroma is flowers and loads of ginger. Taste is artisinal ginger ale. Weird.

Tried on 01 Jan 2021 at 00:40


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

Bottle, at share, thanks to me. Pours orange. Ginger, floral, earthy, sour, funk, strong ginger. More like a tonic than a beer. Medium body. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2020 at 22:16


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Pours a clear copper with an orange hue and a white head that starts at the edges and dissipates completely. Aroma has tart lime, flora and ginger with a bit of a light earthy funk underlying. Flavor has a nice floral funk and ginger note with a strong sour lime note growing through the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2020 at 21:41


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500 ml bottle. Aroma is very floral, spicy ginger, apple cider vinegar, fresh cut grass. Pours hazy orange with a one finger bone-white head that settles into a ring after a minute. Taste is highly sour (10/10) and acidic with flavors of dandelion and ginger and sour culture. Another crazy beer from Scratch that works despite every evidence to the contrary when reading the label.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2020 at 06:50


7

A light hazed golden saison with a thin creamy lacing white head. In aroma, nice fruity malt with coriander, perfume, lemongrass, pleasant. In mouth, sweet fruity malt with light vanilla and coriander, pleasant and smooth.

Tried on 26 Jul 2020 at 21:18


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught @ MBCC 2019 - Red Session
Pours hazy brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, cinnamon, cookie dough and berries. Taste is medium sweet and light sour with a long berry, cinnamon and pastry finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 17 Jul 2020 at 20:49


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

Draught @ MBCC 2019 - Red Session
Pours hazy golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, floral and funk. Taste is light to medium sweet and light sour with a long citrus, floral, funky and herbal finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 17 Jul 2020 at 20:48


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

Draught @ MBCC 2019 - Blue Session
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, cherry, oak, funk and tartness. Taste is medium sweet and medium sour with a long cherry, caramel, funky and tart finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 13 Jul 2020 at 18:31