Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
Microbrewery
in Chicago,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
Established in 2014
The first of its kind to establish brewing and distilling roots under a single roof, Maplewood has been producing finely crafted beer and spirits out of their 10BBL brewhouse and 250L Kothe hybrid still since 2014. Three years after moving into the production facility, Maplewood opened the Lounge, a neighborhood bar doubling as a cocktail parlor and brewery taproom. Beginning commercial distribution throughout Illinois shortly after settling into the Logan Square space, Maplewood has since expanded their distribution footprint into Missouri, SW Michigan, Northern Indiana, Wisconsin and Kansas. Maplewood’s patrons have come to expect expertly crafted beer in a wide range of styles.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is hazy red/purple. Aroma and taste are rich berries, fruits, flowers, lactose sugar and has a nice long sweet hoppy finish.
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Can @Saxo's. Hazy beetroot, small offwhite head. Sweet blueberry aroma, some tropical fruit. fruity, blueberry flavour, ok controlled sweetness.
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Can @ Saxo tasting. Murky deep red without head. Aroma is sweet, malty, lactose and blueberries. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 031020
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Cloudy yellow, white head. Pineapple and orange aroma. Bitter flavour, citrus, some pineapple, grapefruit. Rather smooth with good lasting bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
473ml can. Hazy, yellow-ish, bright golden colour with small to average, frothy, quickly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy and piney, hoppy aroma, oaty malty background, notes of lemon, hints of woody pineapple, a touch of yuzu, some grassy aspects as well, unspecific tropical fruity basic layer. Taste is dry, citrusy and minimally piney, hoppy, oaty malty basis, notes of lemon, hints of yuzu, some lemon pith, a touch of woody pineapple, lemon balm, some grassy aspects, a basic layer of more or less, unspecific, tropical fruit again - mango, passion fruit, guava, papaya amalgam. Minimally crumbly, watery texture, rather dry palate, medium, prickly carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pour is a cloudy golden with a large white head. Aroma is dark bread and bubblegum. Flavor is a very minor bread with some more bubblegum yeast esters and finishes rather sweet. While it kept my interest this is nowhere near true to style.
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Can shared at tasting. Ugly purple milkshake ish appearance. Not beer. Aroma is decent. Fruity. Flavor is not too bad actually. Fruity. Hoppy. Quite sweet of course but not too bad. Loads better than I had expected though. Funny.
Drake (22934) reviewed The Charlatan from Maplewood Brewery & Distillery 5 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pint can from Festival Northland, 9/9/20. Hazy orange, large frothy white head, good retention. Aroma of resin, melon, passionfruit, pale malt. Taste is melon, earth, pineapple, mango. passionfruit, pale malt Thin to medium bodied, mild bitterness. Nice.
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Murky medium orange body, thin off-white head. Juicy, sweet nose of orange and papaya. Juicy body, too, not as sweet as suggested by the nose, but creamy with orange, papaya, and guava juice character, finishing with some muddled earthiness. Really digging this brewery.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cloudy medium orange body, thick, puffy off-white head. Big tropical fruit nose- pineapple, mango, and papaya and some vegetal fruitskin. Dense flavor profile dominated by tropical fruit juice and vegetal (onion-like) undertones. Creamy; modest sweetness; not tart. A very nice beer.