Driven by insane perfectionism, the Chocolatier doses the concoction with rolled oats to smooth the body, and layers in specialty malts to add caramel notes.
Oom-pah! Here's our rift on the popular German style Marzen - aka Oktoberfest bier. Using the finest German malt, hops and lager yeast, this beer is malty and clean, with a beautiful mahogany hue.
At Scorched Earth Brewing, we employed time tested brewing techniques including step mashing and fermenting the beer in an open fermentation vessel, something unique to our area, to help develop a ...
Ahh, southern Bavaria in the summer…warm pretzels, dancing and singing in the bier gardens, lagers pouring from public fountains…Taking inspiration from so many wonderful lagers in and around that ...
Undercover. Working Leads. Tracking. Stakeouts. Long days and even longer nights. The agent's senses must remain sharp, reflexes quick. The agent consumes to combat...
A Copper NEIPA. Heavy on hop character, big up-front kicks of lemongrass, tropical/citrus/dried fruit, pine resin, along with light floral/herbal notes...
This barrel-aged sour beer features Marechal Foch and Frontenac grapes from our family vineyard in Marengo, Illinois, that were harvested, destemmed and crushed...
A Flander’s style Red Ale with Montmorency cheeries and vanilla. The tartness found in the beer and cherries are balanced by a sweet roundness contributed by the Madagascar vanilla beans.
Each year the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild sponsors the ReplicAle Project, a unique event in which brewers are asked to brew the same beer style – this year a saison – using the same malt bill (thi...
In collaboration with Country Donuts in Crystal Lake we brewed an Imperial Brown Ale, where we filled the lauter tun with fresh apple cider donuts and apple fritters from them on both brew days...