Half Acre Beer Company

Microbrewery in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2007

Contact
4257 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618, United States
Description
You can come get to know our beers and the people behind them at either of our two locations.

Our original brewery on Lincoln Avenue is home to our Brewery Shop, where you can sample or purchase to-go, and a Tap Room, where you can stay, get a bite to eat and get to know who we are and what we do. You can now also visit our new brewery, on Balmoral Avenue, where we have a beer garden in nice weather and a completely separate food program.

Both locations offer perennials Daisy Cutter, Bodem, Pony Pilsner and Tuna plus plenty of small batch beers released weekly.

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8/10
LCI. Boozy. Toasty coconut, chocolate, a bit thin
Tried from Can on 09 Apr 2025 at 09:59

7/10
Medium body, oily and granular. Sweet and boozy, apple brandy with some sharp heat, cocoa powder, coconut, cinnamon in the aftertaste. A lot going on here, and not all of it hits the mark. The flavors are yummy, but too grainy and sharp. Nice though.
Tried from Can on 05 Apr 2025 at 21:05

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
19.2iz. Shiop in Chicago. Dark golden colour and medium-sized white head and lace. Hay, bread, malts in the nose. Light-bodied to medium-bodied. Malty, flowery hops, some caramalt. Standard.
Tried from Can on 05 Apr 2025 at 17:45

7/10
Tried on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:35

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Wow, this is really good. Aromas are sweat, melon, citrus, resin and fresh sawn lumber. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, excellent balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation leaning slightly dry. Loses the lumber and citrus, resin and a hint of MJ come out. Body is spot on for a pale ale. And a touch chewy. I could drink more of these no problem.
Tried from Can from La Crosse People's Food Co-op on 25 Mar 2025 at 01:06

8.2/10
Lots of bourbon from the barrels, chocolate and vanilla comes through later. It’s not too sweet, well-balanced, thick.
Tried from Can on 23 Mar 2025 at 22:35

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12oz can at home during Charity Tasting. Black color, small coffee colored head. Smells vanilla, spices, cinnamon, barrel notes, lovely smell. Full body, light carbonation. Tastes cinnamon, vanilla, spices, coconut, barrel notes, Brandy, bit boozy. Finishes lightly sweet with notes of Brandy, cinnamon and vanilla notes. Very nice one, boozy and heavy, overall very good

8, 9, 9, 8, 8.5
Tried from Can on 23 Mar 2025 at 12:18

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
Canned 355 ml, shared at the charity tasting. Black with tan head. Some coconut, light cinnamon, nice apple notes, chocolate, cocoa, medium sweetness. Quite smooth. Medium to full bodied.
Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2025 at 23:00

8.8/10
Cinnamon, vanilla, touch of bourbon barrel. Chocolate
Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2025 at 22:48

9/10
Coffee with alcohol, I get the vanilla and the toasted pecan clearly, but it’s straightforwardly an excellent coffee stout
Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2025 at 22:22