Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
Microbrewery
in Chicago,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
Established in 2014
Contact
Description
Maplewood opened with the mission to push liquid boundaries in an unassuming building nestled in Chicago’s historic Logan Square neighborhood.
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.
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.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Slightly hazy copper and light orange coloured body with a very faint off-white head. Aroma of metal, light powdered ginger, malt and a touch of belgian yeast. Medium-bodied; Bitter malt and yeast flavours at first with a pronounced powdered ginger flavour and a light grain note, all with some metallic twangs on the finish. Aftertaste shows a good deal of ginger, but not full ginger, just powdered, along with a metallic flavour and some harsher malt notes, all capped by a noticeable belgian yeast flavour. Overall, a decent beer with some acceptable flavours, but nothing great nor worth searching out, in this nice city of beer. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from West LakeView Liqours in Chicago, Illinois on 14-November-2015 for US$9,95 sampled at home in Washington on 02-February-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2016
at 02:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a hazy gold wit ha white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice balance between ginger, sweet grains and a bit of light fruit and Belgian yeast supporting. Flavor has sweet ginger and sweet grains with a supporting Belgian yeast note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2015
at 12:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Binny’s Chicago: pours clear copper with a white head. Aroma is citrus and nice pale malts. Got pretty interesting malt character. Light earth. Tasty citrus. Easy to drink, but with a nice bit of booze in there as well. Kinda gassy. Nice random buy.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2015
at 23:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours golden yellow white head. Nose/taste of mostly ginger, spelt, bubblegum, light citrusy fruit and light spice - medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2015
at 14:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 Oz bottle shared. Thanks Bob! Pours a loud orange color with a wonderful piney aroma. Semi sweet flavor full of tangerine and hops. Very flavorful pale. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2015
at 15:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours dark brown tan head. Nose/taste of milk sugar, cocoa, roast chocolate, minerals, rye, toasted wheat and coffee. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2015
at 22:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours burnt orange white head. Nose/taste of orange peel, nectarine, earthy pine, malt and citrus. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2014
at 00:10