Excel Brewing Co.

Breese, IL

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All beers · Excel Brewing Co.

Excel 2nd Anniversary Imperial Porter

Baltic Porter · 11.0% ABV

A Baltic Style Imperial Porter celebrating our 2nd Anniversary brewed with chocolate and coconut, aged in rye whiskey barrels.
Excel Black Breath

Imperial Stout · 12.0% ABV

Rum barrel-aged imperial stout.
Excel Ryeday the 13th

Barleywine · 12.0% ABV

Rye wine aged six months in Templeton Rye Whiskey barrels.
Excel Lefty's Lager

Helles Lager · 5.0% ABV

Munich style helles lager named after Excel's founding father, Edward "Lefty" Meier.
Excel Rye Day the 13th

Barleywine · 12.0% ABV

Rye wine aged six months in Templeton Rye Whiskey barrels.
Excel El Pistolero

Vienna Lager · 5.0% ABV

Amber in color, this traditional Vienna Style Lager is fermented & lagered with a yeast strain sourced from a very famous brewery in Mexico City.
Excel Piasa Pilsner

Pilsner · 5.0% ABV

Named after the mysterious winged beast that haunts the bluffs along the Illinois side of the Mississippi, this pre-prohibition style pilsner is brewed with 100% American grown 2-Row barley and Clu...
Excel Southside Stout

Stout · 6.5% ABV

Southside Stout combines roasted barley with dark caramel malts and citrusy American hops to produce notes of coffee, dark chocolate and toasted marshmallow.
Excel Bose Roggen

Dark Lager · 4.8% ABV

Black lager brewed with 50% rye malt and chocolate rye. Dark, crisp and smooth.
Excel Eastside

IPA · 7.0% ABV

Heavily hopped, Excel Eastside IPA brings to the forefront notes of lemon zest, grapefruit and pine with a dry finish.
Excel Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest · 5.5% ABV

Shoal Creek Oktoberfest has a flavor that is of balanced malty smoothness, low hop bitterness and a soft dryness from a long maturation...
Excel Plague Bringer

Double IPA · 10.0% ABV

DIPA hopped with Apollo (hence the name), Citra, El Dorado & Simcoe.
Excel 3rd Anniversary Saison

Saison · 9.0% ABV

Imperial saison aged in red wine barrels
Excel Black Breath Rum Barrel Aged

Imperial Stout · 12.0% ABV
Excel Bruja

Spiced Beer · 12.0% ABV

Pumpkin ale aged in tequila barrels
Excel Carlyle Lake

Pale Lager · 6.5% ABV

It’s a delightful drinking beer made of barley and corn with a light hop character. This brewing process (lagering) takes 3 times longer than the other beers that Excel produces...
Excel Flash Bang

Wheat Ale · 4.6% ABV

Extremely hoppy and refreshing, this unfiltered American wheat beer is brewed and dry hopped exclusively with Amarillo hops.
Excel Lefty's Leicht

Lager · 3.9% ABV

A lighter take on our classic German lager and perfect for easy drinking throughout the holiday season.
Excel Citra Ale

Blonde Ale · 4.5% ABV

A golden ale accented with natural lemon and orange flavorings. Both zests blend with the malty character making Excel Citra a lighter summer beer.
Excel Citrus Radler

Radler · 4.0% ABV
Excel Double Barrel

Barleywine · 9.8% ABV

Barleywine style ale aged in high-rye bourbon and rum barrels.
Excel Forbidden Island

Double IPA · 10.0% ABV

Imperial IPA Brewed with New Zealand's Nelson Sauvin hops.
Excel Golden Brew

Blonde Ale · 5.0% ABV

A light blonde ale made from very simple ingredients to produce a light hoppy taste. The simplicity of the golden beer allows the richness of the malted barley to come through.
Excel Hop Heist

American Pale Ale · 4.6% ABV

Hop Heist is a daft only, SMaSH (single malt and single hop) session pale ale. Each batch brewed with a different hop variety.
Excel Jenny O's

Oatmeal Stout · 8.5% ABV
Excel Mint Julep

Barleywine · 11.0% ABV
Excel Radler Grapefruit

Radler · 2.3% ABV

Grapefruit wheat beer
Excel Rummy Radler Grapefruit

Radler · 2.3% ABV
Excel Shoal Creek Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest · 5.5% ABV

Shoal Creek Oktoberfest has a flavor that is of balanced malty smoothness, low hop bitterness and a soft dryness from a long maturation...
Excel Shoal Creek Wheat

German Hefeweizen · 4.5% ABV

Shoal creek Wheat is made from water taken from the local Shoal Ceek. This beer is a German-style Hefeweizen giving a crisp beer with a balance of sweet malt...
Excel Shoal Creek Winter Ale

Amber Ale · 6.5% ABV

Shoal Creek Winter Ale is made from the water taken from the local Shoal Creek...
Excel Stay Gold

IPA · 6.7% ABV
Excel Sugarfire

Lager · 5.0% ABV

Created in conjunction with our good friends at Sugarfire Smokehouse, this German style lager is brewed with malt smoked by the Sugarfire pitmasters...
Excel Wicked Expensive

Sour Ale · 5.2% ABV

This kettle soured ale is brewed with aged hops and over a pound of fruit per gallon. It's fruity, tart, refreshing, and slightly skunky. It's wicked good.
Excel Winter Warmer

English Strong Ale · 7.0% ABV

A warming and malty English Style Strong Ale. No added spices, just a delicious blend of four malts and English hops.