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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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Draft. A hazy golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops, malt, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrusy hosp, malt, and hay, leading to bitter finish. The body is light.
Tried from Draft on 15 Oct 2013 at 14:39

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and light grapefruity. Smooth fruity. Crisp hoppy and light peachy. Smooth fruity, peachy and light citrusy.
Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2013 at 02:26

6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can. A hazy yellow beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of hay and lemons. The flavor is sweet with notes of hay, lemons, and alcohol, leading to a very bitter finish. Raw.
Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2013 at 11:05

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Bottle shared by Dallas
Clear dark brown with a medium sized beige head and good lacing. Aroma and flavors of dark berries, cherries, and tart
Good
Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2013 at 16:53

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Golden orange Nose is simcoe and centennial. Mild maltiness Loads of piney grapefruit simcoe. Very sweet and unique. This is very good
Tried on 20 Sep 2013 at 22:27

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Dallas. Pours a deep murky brown copper color with a large white head. Huge very sweet fruit and malt. The flavor is brown malts, almost pushing toward a Flanders red, some sour cherry, yeasty, Belgian esters. Very good. I really enjoyed this.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2013 at 11:16

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Sampled from a 0.65l bottle @ Top Hops (BA) Bottle Share. This is a deep dark brown one - near black in the glass and it has a small bubbly beige top that's only leaving minimal lacings down the sides. The nose is minty, some chocolate, still coffee, espresso and chocolate cake frosting. Nice! It has a soft carbonation level and a thin oily mouthfeel. Really nice flavors. Some herbal coffee, chocolate and cocoa nibs. Lingering in the aftertaste. Quite a nice one! Actually, I haven't had a bad or boring beer in way to long now. 15.06.2013
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2013 at 01:06

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16oz can from the brewery. Pale yellow-tan body, that faint classic Pils tinge. Thin, steady, creamy white head. Grassy, sweet aroma. Very hop forward, dry, rindy. Smooth golden malt and some deep Lager tones. Balanced, with a lot going on for such a drinkable, refreshing beverage. Drier and more hop forward than a German example, but really firmly planted in its style, a true and authentic example of the style. Top ten US Pils for sure.
Tried from Can on 27 Aug 2013 at 18:43

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Draught @ Tortas Frontera - O’Hara, Chicago, IL
Pours cloudy orange with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus and pine. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 25 Aug 2013 at 21:52

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle, sent from pantanap (thanks a lot man), pours a hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma of caramel malts, some resinous hops, and some floral notes. Flavour brings out loads of floral hops, some resinous hops, a touch of residual sugars, and some caramel malts. Very well-balanced, with just the right amount of residual sugar. Characterized mainly by the floral and resinous hops. Very good, but I prefer the regular Double Daisy Cutter.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2013 at 00:21