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 @ Steve’s Foco. Pours a black appearance with a small brown head. Rich, lightly green, black coffee, mild vanilla roasty malty aroma. Mild chocolate, roasty black coffee. Slightly burnt, somewhat herbal flavor. Pretty tasty and easy to drink for the abv.
Sample from bottle at the FoBAB Documentary party, poured by Drew Fox. I so wanted to stick with sessionable beers like this for the evening, but there were so many barleywines and impy stouts that followed. Pale lager color with a thin head. Sits really nicely on the tongue. Dry enough that I actually look for a little sweetness. Profile seems close to a Golden Ale style, but then the "single" is probably intended to be that way. A very pleasant way to start an evening.
Sample from bottle at the FoBAB documentary party. Very nicely malty with a little bit of spice, although I totally missed the peppercorns. Instead, I thought the taste was very savory like a good Belgian beer. Touch of funk. A lot of yeast swirled up from the bottom.
2000th American Beer Reviewed! From bottle at the FoBAB documentary party. Actually the last Pipeworks beer I tested, but I just want to enter ratings while I have time. Very pungent tropical fruit aroma, maybe gooseberry. Slight foam on top of a dense beer. Nelson Sauvin hops plus the citrus make it quite fruity, with kiwi on top of the nose. Malt does not quite back up the hops, so they stand by themselves.
Bomber. Pours a solid jet black color with a medium creamy brown head. A nice nose of coffee and vanilla. The flavor is awesome: rich coffee, milky, vanilla, light roast, metal, more rich decadent mocha. A creamy soft palate. There is a lot to like here, and really the coffee additions mix perfect with a Milk Stout of medium-high ABV. Great.
650 ml bottle. Pours a totally black color with a small brown head. A nose of roast, cocoa, some ash. A big flavor with chocolate, chillies are throughout but not massive, more of a mole mix, some cinnamon, vanilla. Very good. Mellow at times. Green chillies. The more I think about the mole the more it makes sense.
Bomber thanks to Lemonhead. Pours a clear yellow color with a large white head. A massive nose of fruit, citrus some grass. Excellent flavor of rich citrus, dry, long lingering bitterness, huge resin at times. Very clean and well done. Soft palate. Very mellow but flavorful. Excellent.
Bomber. Batch 41.Pours a pitch black color with a medium creamy brown head. A nice nose of ash, fruity hops. The flavor is initially quite hoppy with pine, some light roast, cocoa, more ash and bitter dark chocolate. Really hoppy for a stout and well made. Great full palate.
Bottle. Pours amber gold with white head. Nose and taste of fresh citrus, grapefruit rind, caramel malt, orange rind, mango pit and tropical fruits. Taste is an earthy/slightly herbal feel to it. Finishes dry pine/resin/birch sap. Medium body.
22oz bottle (Batch #67) shared by Doug, thanks man! Appearance: Clear yellow/golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing Aroma: Fruity, citrus and mild pine Taste: Tropical fruit, caramel and woody Great and easy drinking.