BBGB Brewery & Hop Farm (Hardware)
Brewpub
in
North Aurora,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Hardware Sustainable Gastropub and Brewery
Contact
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught @ the brewpub. Clear darkish gold-amber with a foamy beige head, faint malt aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter to bitter caramel malt taste, lightly piney flavor, citrus peel, smooth body, long bitter finish. Smooth West Coast DIPA.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hardware Sustainable Gastropub and Brewery
on 07 May 2026
at 00:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Hardware Gastropub, Chicago IL (Feb 2026). Clear dark brown with red highlights, very small frothy off-white head that's just a ring around the glass, sweet caramel aroma, low carbonation, sweetish caramel taste with whiskey flavor, alcohol undertones, faint woodsy tone, smooth body, long woodsy bourbon finish. Not az boozy as I had expected.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hardware Sustainable Gastropub and Brewery
on 01 Apr 2026
at 01:35
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ the brewpub. Clear golden with a very small frothy off-white head that disappears fast, yeasty aroma, high carbonation, medium tart malty taste with Belgian yeast flavors, smooth body, long finish. Nice saison.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hardware Sustainable Gastropub and Brewery
on 23 Mar 2026
at 02:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Hardware. Biscuit malt, a lot of depth for the moderate ABV. Would be excellent in a cask. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2024
at 19:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Hardware. Intense orange flavor melds with the saison yeast in an interesting fashion. Too artificial, hides behind the flavoring.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2024
at 18:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap at Hardware. The honey tone is sort of odd, at least when expecting a Pils. This is more of a light honey lager. East drinking, OK for that, just doesn't satisfy on a Pils level at all.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2024
at 18:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Hardware. Classical, balanced, enjoyable Rye IPA. Earthy hop tone. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2024
at 18:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taster #28 at Beer Under Glass. Dark gold in glass from the tap. A light ring of foam still around the top. Plenty of Belgian tripel malt and other items in the nose. The taste is big on the usual Belgian tripel bubble gum flavor. There is some nice malty texture. and it just goes down so sweetly like candy.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2022
at 04:30