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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9/10
LCI. The tokaji here is really interesting note finish—sweet and vinous, underneath, barrel, caramel, raisin, figgy pudding. (No beer in the one photo that is kind of in focus—oops)
Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2025 at 23:32

8/10
Sweetish, slightly roasty and heavy with some apple brandy, vanilla, oak, toffee, syrup and cocoa. A bit heavy and stingy.
Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2025 at 22:04

8.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 9
Can thanks to Adam! Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has a nice combination of chocolate, peanut and light caramel with roast and barrel supporting. Flavor has a nice peanut and chocolate start with some barrel and a bit of caramel underlying.
Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2025 at 02:36

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Crowler. Quite an excellent Czech Dark. Great balance. Great malt tone. All around lovely beer.
Tried on 29 Nov 2025 at 00:02

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
This is a nice pale ale. Pine and citrus hop aromas and flavors combine with bready, slightly caramelly malt. Moderately bitter. Goes down easy.
Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - West State on 16 Nov 2025 at 05:39

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
16oz can from beer club selection. Really nice pale ale - hazy and heavier. Good beer
Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2025 at 05:17

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Gold pour. Thin foam and scattered lace. Flowers and grass flavor with grass palate. Light bodied and light carbonation.
Tried from Can from Wine Warehouse - Charlottesville on 21 Oct 2025 at 00:06

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Grass, bread nose. Clear amber thick sticky head. Grass, bread. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2025 at 23:04

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Aromas are resin, melon, bit of citrus and malt. Flavors are similar to nose, add in hints of clove. A touch more sweet up front going to bittersweet. Slightly soft carbonation and medium body. Good but not great.
Tried from Can from La Crosse People's Food Co-op on 19 Oct 2025 at 02:48

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Draught @ First Draft, Chicago IL (Sept 2025). Extremely hazy dark yellow-orange with a small frothy off-white head, faint orangey aroma, low carbonation, mildly bitter orrangey taste with faint alcohol undertones, thin body, long finish. Very smooth and easy to drink.
Tried from Draft at First Draft - Chicago on 16 Oct 2025 at 20:24