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.

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