Half Acre Beer Company
Microbrewery
in
Chicago,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2007
Contact
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.
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.
3.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 0.5
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
Pounder can, darker orange tint. The photo here at brewver actually makes it look darker than it really is. Nose is sharper green pine cone. Reminds me of a fresh cut Christmas tree of sorts. First taste is as terribly bitter as any coarse discourteous uncouth IPA. Rude crude and boorish. Think turpentine, diesel, rotting fermented green grapefruit rinds and strongly bittter pungent chewing on fresh real rubber motorcycle innertube. This style is so difficult. I was never man enough to say I like it. My peers always said that I'd appreciate this stuff once my taste buds matured. Well, I guess my buds are still a baby. Finish is strenuous, arduous, onerous, burdensome, demanding, punishing, grueling and grinding. But at least it does have a decent co2 level for a change that keeps it from being medicinally mouth coating. Oh well, there, you have it; the words of a macro lager lover with girlie taste buds. And, it does have a decent alky level that makes worth more than a drain pour, hehehhehh.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 12 Jul 2025
at 22:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Aromas are citrus, malt and MJ. Flavors are similar to nose, MJ comes out more and is sweet at first going to more bitter. Full bodied and slightly soft carbonation. Kept this one in my fridge a bit too long it was much better fresher.
Tried
from Can
at
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
on 12 Jul 2025
at 03:27
8.4/10
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jul 2025
at 17:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can thanks to Kyle. Pours a clear deep gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has light pine, some onion, grass and a bit of light fruits coming through. Flavor has grass and light fruit with onion and pine growing.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2025
at 03:46
8/10
Magus, mõru, šokolaad, röst, kohv. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2025
at 23:51
8/10
Muy bueno
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2025
at 00:34
9/10
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2025
at 21:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Black like motor oil or soy sauce with a dark brown lace. Big nose of vanilla and bourbon, some oak, coconut, marshmallow, a bit of coffee. Not as thick or sweet as imagined, but still sweet vanilla and coconut and a marshmallow vibe. Decently balanced for being so big, finishing drier than expected. Fun.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2025
at 01:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
American Sardine Bar: pours light orange with a beige head. Aroma is loads of citrus, rounded fruitiness. Taste is sweet, light bitterness. Pleasant.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2025
at 19:00
Heavy body, pineapple chunks, boozy. Not as good as the Union westie from last night.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jun 2025
at 18:37