Funkytown Brewery
Client Brewer in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Contact
2140 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647, United States
Description
Black-owned start-up brewery in Chicago that will soon be dropping some good beer, messaging that is
Affiliated with Pilot Project Brewing
Affiliated with Pilot Project Brewing
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
16 oz. can. A nice Irish Red type pour with a fizzy tan head. Haze or floaties visible. Smell is nice and malty. English hop peeks into the nose after a few sniffs, just slightly earthy. Taste is stright down the amber/brown ale alley. Hops get a little more sharp, malts carry a light suggestion of "Sugar in the Raw," but sweetness is overmatched by the hops, so no worries.
Tried
from Can
from
Orange & Brew Bottle Shop & Tap Room
on 08 Sep 2025
at 04:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Pint can from Orange & Brew. Clear gold pour under a foamy head. Being based on a pale lager, I don't get much distinguishing from the nose. Slightly flowery hop, perhaps. Taste is nice and dry, yet malty. Hops add some pepper and a bit more of the flowery note. A bit of a bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Can
from
Orange & Brew Bottle Shop & Tap Room
on 21 Aug 2025
at 02:54
7/10
Keg at pilot project. Pours clear amber, nose is berries, caramel, toffee, taste is chewy, caramel, vanilla, fruity. 7
Tried
on 04 Aug 2025
at 17:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Keg at Pilot Project Milwaukee, 7/31/25. Slightly hazy orange, large off-white head, good retention. Aroma of tropical fruit, pale malt. Taste is tropical fruit... and I typed in my notes "strong hint of pine"... whatever that means. Well balanced. New brewery! Brewery # 2561, USA # 1979, Illinois # 95.
Tried
from Draft
at
Pilot Project Brewing (Milwaukee)
on 31 Jul 2025
at 20:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sampled from the tap at Pilot Project MKE. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has sweet wheat and light banana with some light earthiness underlying. Flavor has sweet wheat and a bit of clove with some hay backing.
Tried
from Draft
at
Pilot Project Brewing (Milwaukee)
on 04 Jul 2025
at 18:19
6/10
GABF, let’s goooo
Tried
on 10 Oct 2024
at 21:35
6.5/10
Tried
on 10 Oct 2024
at 17:36
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Golden with a large white head. Crisp and dry with floral and fruity hops. Medium finish and body.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2024
at 21:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Golden with a medium sized white head. Dry, musty and yeasty with a hint of coriander. Medium finish and body.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2024
at 21:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught. Faintly cloudy dark yellow with a very small frothy off-white head, orange peel-coriander aroma, adequate carbonation, mildly bitter orange peel taste with tropical fruit flavor, thin, smooth body long orange peel finish. Smooth and tasty.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2024
at 16:06