Our beer is and will always be clean and consistent with a strong focus on balance. We feel our four flagship offerings best represent Pollyanna and take pride in their year-round availability (we package everything in cans and bottles). We're constantly experimenting with local fruits and spices, seasonal lagers, barrel-aging, wild yeast, and bacteria. In our intimate and truly unique taprooms, we offer tasting flights, draft pours, and to-go 64oz growlers, 32oz howlers, or 32oz crowler cans. Our Lemont location offers a scenic look at the brewery, our Roselle location offers a wide array of wood barrels, Italian Foudres, and a smaller brewhouse for unique one-off offerings, and our St Charles location offers our largest taproom and a beautiful view of the Fox River. Keep an eye out for a constant rotation of special firkins and taproom only offerings at each location.
RATING #4300! 16 oz. can, dated May 2023. One one review so far, and he didn't like it. Can this possibly improve with age? Decent brown nearly opaque pour, short layer of foam. Surprised that I can't grab much smell, even in a small goblet. Just a slight bit of caramel malt and maybe some yeast. The taste has some decent malt, though. Hops have pretty much faded away, except to tame the sweetness. Alcohol is strong, yes, more as a young whiskey. I've got a second can that I can stick further back in the cellar and see if it mellows further.
Fresh 16 oz. can from Binny's. Light straw color, minimal bubbles after building a big fluffy head. It's main deal seems to be the American cultivars of noble hops, and some extra malts. The results is a nice German beer nose, but not a big IPA smell. The taste starts with a fresh German beer character, then there's a spicy note from the wheat-derived malts. Maltiness tends more to the dry side. A slightly spicy, dry lager that is markedly different from other commercial beers.
Draft at Orange & Brew, Black Friday. My small taster actually shows some cloudy brown. Thin ring of foam. Taste had light cocoa. I'm a little surprised to find some chile here, like maybe this has the remainder of my previous Temperance in the glass? Still more cocoa from the barrel than the vanilla.
Draft at Neat Kitchen & Bar, Westmont, IL. Nice amber to brown color, with a short but stiff eggshell head. Toast, caramel, maybe some treacle in the malt nose. Rich caramel malt taste cuts through the usual chilled glass. Seems like some both sharp European and some earthy English hop. Enjoyable as a fall beer, including post-Oktoberfest.