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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Draught @ Mikkeller Bar. Pours brownish black with a creamy and frothy moch head that slowly dissipates while leaving lots of trace and lacing on the glass. Smell is slightly sweet and malty with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate, charred wood, vanilla fudge, toffee and moist soil. Taste is slightly sweet, slightly bitter and malty with roasted malts, burnt caramel, toffee, dark roast coffee, charred wood, bitter chocolate, pine needles, salty liquorice candy and hints of vanilla fudge. Mouthfeel is slightly dry, tiny astringent, tiny round and light to medium bodied. Finish is bitter with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, ash, bitter chocolate, charred wood and burnt cookies.
Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2013 at 00:35

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Draft. Grassy with citrus and tropical fruits. Decent bit of caramel malt backbone. Very drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jun 2013 at 20:31

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On tap at the taproom. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has a strong onion note with a bit of grapefruit, grass and sweet grains. Flavor has strong onion throughout with a light sweet grain and a touch of pine. I hate onion...
Tried from Draft on 15 Jun 2013 at 12:44

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On tap at the taproom. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has light grassy hops with hay and grains as the backbone. Flavor has a nice grassy throughout with a light grain backbone. Drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 15 Jun 2013 at 12:33

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Draft @ Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty peachy hoppy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter peachy grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty peachy hoppy grapefruit finish.
Tried from Draft on 06 Jun 2013 at 22:08

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Draft @ Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a black color with a tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor with hints of coffee. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate finish.
Tried from Draft on 06 Jun 2013 at 21:56

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Draft @ Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish with hoppy hints.
Tried from Draft on 06 Jun 2013 at 21:53

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16 ounce can. Pours a somewhat cloudy orange color with a medium white head. A big fruity nose, light grain. A sweet flavor with huge citrus, tangerine, lemon zest, some earthy wheat. Superbly drinkable and tasty. Great invention.
Tried from Can on 05 Jun 2013 at 23:01

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16 ounce can thanks to Brian. Pours a clear yellow color with a medium white head. A sweet honey and grainy malt nose. Crisp, some citrus hops, lemon, honey, a bit of earthy grains, finishes with a long fruity and earthy flavor. Very drinkable. Quite soft and tasty.
Tried from Can on 31 May 2013 at 18:19

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Draught @ Mikkeller Bar. Pours pitch black with a creamy dark chocolate brown head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is slightly sweet and malty with heavily roasted malts, high quality dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate, sweet dark bread, burnt cookies, charred wood and hints of liquorice fudge. Taste is sweet, bitter and malty with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, toffee, vanilla fudge, liquorice fudge, bitter chocolate, sweet dark bread, charred wood, caramel and burnt cookies. Mouthfeel is round, creamy, tiny roasted astringent and medium to full bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with heavily roasted malts, dark roast coffee, liquorice fudge, charred wood and burnt cookies. Very tasty...
Tried on 28 May 2013 at 01:54