Pipeworks Brewery Co. was established in Chicago in 2012 by friends with a shared dream of crafting quality and creative beers. Since putting the first cap on the first bottle, the brewery has garnered accolades for its distinctive beers and original artwork thanks to a growing and enthusiastic team.
Pipeworks self-distributes in Illinois, Milwaukee, and Madison but can be found in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Connecticut through Sarene Distribution, in Minnesota through Clear River, in Massachusetts through Nightshift Distributing, in Missouri through Craft Republic Distributing, and in Colorado through Elite Brands. We are also available for online beer purchase in some states through Tavour.
The Dojo, our Bottle Shop, is located within our production facility at 3912 W Mclean Ave in Chicago.
Bottle shared by a friend. Pours a pinkish-amber color with a medium fizzy pinkish-white head that evaporates steadily. Spotty lacing. Aroma of berries, wheat and funk. Light-bodied with a mildly tart fruit character and notes of wheat and yeast. The finish is fruity with a berry aftertaste. Decent overall.
Bottle shared by a friend. This brew pours a hazy orange-amber color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily. Tropical fruits, hops and malt in the nose. Medium to full body with a citrusy hops character and flavors of grainy malt and pine. The finish is tropical fruit and lingering resiny hops. Good beer all around.
Bottle shared by a friend. Dark brown pour with a medium tan head that diminishes slowly. Rings of lacing on the glass. Smoked malt, chocolate and fruit in the nose. Medium-bodied with flavors of charred malt, vinous oak and subtle adhesive bandage. The finish is smoky with a bitter chocolate aftertaste. Decent overall.
Bottle shared by a friend. The beer pours a dark brown color with a medium thin beige head that recedes steadily. Partial rings of lacing. Aroma of smoked malt and citrus. Medium body with flavors of burnt malt, adhesive bandage and dark chocolate. The finish is malty with a smoked meat aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Bottle shared by a friend. Clear golden-amber pour with a medium off-white head that evaporates steadily. Partial rings of lacing. Hops, citrus and malt in the nose. Medium body with a floral hops character and notes of malt and grapefruit. The finish is moderately bitter with citrusy hops aftertaste. Above average overall.
Bottle shared by a friend. This brew pours a hazy orange-gold color with a medium fluffy white head that evaporates steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of wheat, herbal hops and malt. Medium body with a citrusy wheat character and flavors of grassy hops and biscuit malt. The finish is fruity with a short banana aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
500ml courtesy of MrPickles. Big, sweet, chocolate tinged Wee Heavy. Really big on the specialty malts, hard to believe it isn’t barrel aged with all the massive sugary flavor. Has that burnt meat, smoky flavor of a Rauch, but really big a sticky sweet. Meaty, rich. Good beer.
Bottle. Pours black with a very dark brown head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma is mainly coffee and espresso with a bit of dark chocolate and roasted malts. Flavor starts with coffee but mellows to allow a nice dark roasted malt note to come out that is complimented by some dark chocolate.
Bottle. Pours a clear pale gold with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of light grain and grass with a strong note of orange peel and an underlying light yeast. Flavor starts with light orange peel and earthy sweet grain and is joined by a nice light grass note in the finish. Drinkable.
Bottle. Pours a clear deep amber with a grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of spice with the caraway and mustard seed coming through with a bit of rye and smoke malts. Flavor starts with spice of light mustard, caraway and peppercorn with a good amount of backing smoked malt and just a hint of rye. Drinks nicely.