Pipeworks Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Chicago,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Pipeworks Dojo
Established in 2012
Contact
3912 W McLean Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647, United States
Description
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.
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.
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle - Batch 51. Buttered popcorn aroma. Slightly hazy rose with a large pink tinged head. Tart watery blueberry and diacetyl flavor. Light watery body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2012
at 12:19
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Buttery blueberry aroma. Hazy blueish red with large head. Light musty blueberry flavor - buttery finish. Very light body. Not much to it except for the diacetyls.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2012
at 12:19
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours muddy orange cream with white head. Nose and taste of exotic spice, mango, wheat malt, banana, clove, exotic tropical fruit and orange peel. Lots of exotic fruit/mango. Medium body. One of the best beers of this style I’ve had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2012
at 18:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bomber courtesy of tkrjukoff. Pours black with a big frothy dark mocha head that slowly dissipates while leaving lots of thick lacing and trace on the glass. Smell is sweet, fruity and hoppy with roasted malts, caramel, toffee, tropical fruit hard candy, pine, resinous wood, peaches, papaya, star fruit, powdered sugar, salty liquorice, grapefruit juice and dark roast coffee. Taste is tiny sweet and very bitter with roasted malts, ammonium chloride, black pepper, wood, burnt cookies, caramel, oily pine, resin, unripe mango, star fruit, pumpernickel bread, very astringent black tea, grapefruit rinds, dried apricots and orange peal. Mouthfeel is oily bitter, heavy astringent and medium to full bodied. Finish is bitter with grapefruit rinds, roasted malts, ammonium chloride, burnt caramel, pine, wood, dark bread, dried apricots and star fruit. Way too bitter but otherwise nice...
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2012
at 13:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bottle-trade with jtclockwork-tight retaining offwhite-gold/2nd pint-cloudy gold. A-tropical/citrus/some pine, lt/med malt. T-pine/floral/spice hops with some bite, 2nd lt/med malt-bready. Dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2012
at 18:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Meaty wood smoked malt, molasses, and chocolate aroma. Mahogany with a small tan head. Woody smoked malt, chocolate, earthy peat, and prune flavor. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2012
at 17:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle - Batch 40. Very lactic, light funky yeast, sweet fruity citrus aroma - pepper not really apparent in the nose. Cloudy straw color with a large white head. Peppercorn, funky yeasty malt, grassy, and sweet lactic flavor. Light to medium body, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2012
at 16:34
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle - thanks Drew! Pours clear light amber with a medium off-white head that slowly dissipates with nice lacing. Tons of visible carbonation in the beer. Aroma is citrus, grapefruit, spruce, resin, quite nice. Flavor is resinous, lightly sweet and medium bitter, with a lasting bitter finish. Full bodied and oily in the mouth. Quite the nice hop bomb, with a dangerously well masked ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2012
at 13:49
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours cloudy apricot gold with a bone white head. Nose/taste of yeast, lemongrass, lemon zest, pink peppercorns, citrus, florals and light bready malt. Some alcohol soaked bread/citrus in finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2012
at 15:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ home, courtesy of TheAlum. Thanks Adam! Pours a touch hazy, orange appearance with a lasting, cream colored head. Spicy, huge grapefruit ctirusy, somewhat resiny, light ganja hoppy, very pleasant aroma. Moderate garlic, light onion, grapefruity, potent, fresh resiny hoppy, marijuana, somewhat citrusy flavor. Really nice stuff. Thanks Adam!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2012
at 23:53