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AIRPORT VULTURES - 7.35% ABV 26.1 IBU 3.43 SRM 1.070 OG

  • A BELGIAN STYLE SAISON HIGHLIGHTED BY NEW ZEALAND NELSON SAUVIN HOPS, A FOUNDATION OF BELGIAN PILSNER MALT AND A TOUCH OF BELGIAN CANDI SUGAR.

AMARILLO MADE ME DO IT - 5.91% ABV 43.6 IBU 6.33 SRM 1.058 OG

  • WE CAME IN TO BREW ONE DAY, ONLY TO FIND THAT ALL THE HOPS HAD STAGED A PROTEST! THEIR DEMANDS WERE SIMPLE: EITHER ALL OF THEM GO IN THE POT, OR NONE OF THEM. SO WE THREW IN ALL THE AMARILLO....ALONG WITH SOME FLAKED OATS JUST TO SMOOTH THINGS OUT IN THIS AMERICAN PALE ALE.

ATTORNEYS, FIREARMS, AND DINERO - 5.12% ABV 33.7 IBU 14.11 SRM 1.056 OG

  • A RICH, MALTY, GERMAN ALTBIER WITH HAND SELECTED GERMAN HOPS FROM OUR FRIENDS AT HOP HEAD FARMS.

AXIS : BOLD AS BEER -  6.56% ABV 33.1 IBU 21.33 SRM 1.070 OG

  • A NORTHERN WISCONSIN STYLE BROWN ALE AS SMOOTH AND BOLD AS JIMI. GRAB YOUR FAVORITE 45 AND TAKE THIS BEER FOR A SPIN.

BABY BEAR - 5.25% ABV 41.6 IBU 31.78 SRM 1.066 OG

  • OUR AMERICAN STOUT THAT IS PACKED FULL OF RYE, OATS, ROASTED BARLEY, CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL AND HONEY MALTS ALONG WITH BROWN SUGAR. THE STRONG MALT CHARACTER IS PAIRED WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF CHINOOK AND CASCADE HOPS.

BACKSIDE RODEO - 6.43% ABV 54.0 IBU 6.68 SRM 1.070 OG

  • SINGLE HOP AMERICAN PALE ALE USING CENTENNIAL HOPS. BREWED TO CELEBRATE WITH AFTER YOU STOMP ONE OFF YOUR FAVORITE KICKER ON THE MOUNTAIN.

BACKSIDE RODEO W/ EAST COAST ALE YEAST - 6.5% ABV 54.0 IBU 6.68 SRM 1.070 OG

  • SINGLE HOP AMERICAN PALE ALE USING CENTENNIAL HOPS. BREWED TO CELEBRATE WITH AFTER YOU STOMP ONE OFF YOUR FAVORITE KICKER ON THE MOUNTAIN. VARIANT USING EAST COAST ALE YEAST.

BACKSIDE RODEO W/ BRITISH ALE YEAST - 6.43% ABV 54.0 IBU 6.68 SRM 1.070 OG

  • SINGLE HOP AMERICAN PALE ALE USING CENTENNIAL HOPS. BREWED TO CELEBRATE WITH AFTER YOU STOMP ONE OFF YOUR FAVORITE KICKER ON THE MOUNTAIN. VARIANT USING BRITISH ALE YEAST.

BAD POLAROID - 6.04% ABV 80.2 IBU 14.96 SRM 1.067 OG

  • A DOUBLE RED BREWED WITH A BOATLOAD OF CITRA, COLUMBUS, AND CASCADE HOPS IN THE MASH, BOIL, AND THE FERMENTER.

BARREL O' MONKEYS - 6.0% ABV

  • BREWED IN COLLABORATION WITH FLESK BREWING, THIS AMERICAN FARMHOUSE ALE MASHED IN A 60 GALLON WINE BARREL USING A BED OF BARLEY AT THE BOTTOM TO FILTER THE WORT.

BECAUSE I'M GOOD ENOUGH, I'M SMART ENOUGH, AND DOGGONE IT, PEOPLE LIKE ME - 8.01% ABV 77.8 IBU 10.95 SRM 1.088 OG

  • OUR BARLEYWINE. GIVE SOMEONE A HUG TODAY.

BIG BAD RED - 6.17% ABV 38.6 IBU 12.88 SRM 1.060 OG

  • OUR HOUSE RED ALE BREWED WITH OATS AND VIGEROUSLY HOPPED SIMCOE, CASCADE, AND AMARILLO. GREAT CITRUS UNDERTONES WITH A NICE MALTY BACKBONE.

CAN YOUR BAGPIPES DO THIS? - 8.01% ABV  25.9 IBU 18.41 SRM 1.093 OG

  • OUR TAKE ON A SCOTTISH WEE HEAVY WITH GOLDEN PROMISE, MARIS OTTER, MUNICH MALTS, AND EAST KENT GOLDING HOPS.

CONTRA - 6.6% ABV 27.2 IBU 6.99 SRM 1.060 OG

  • CONTRA IS FERMENTED WITH A FRENCH SAISON YEAST STRAIN AND IS HOPPED WITH NEW ZEALAND MOTUEKA, MICHIGAN MAGNUM AND GERMAN HALLERTAU BLANC HOPS.

DAMN IT, I'M A COFFEE PORTER NOT A STOUT - 5.25% ABV, 42.3 IBU 22.22 SRM 1.068 OG

  • A COLLABORATION WITH OUR FRIENDS AT SOUTH LOOP BREWING CO. A VERY MALTY ROBUST PORTER WITH A COLD PRESS COFFEE ADDED AT THE END OF THE BOIL AND DURING FERMENTATION.

DID YOU JUST FAHRVERGNÜGEN - 6.0% ABV 55.1 IBU 14.01 SRM 1.066 OG  

  • WE BREWED A SUPER HOPPY RED ALE WITH OUR FRIENDS AT BURN 'EM BREWING OUT OF MICHIGAN CITY, IN. BREWED WITH OATS AND VIGOROUSLY HOPPED WITH COLUMBUS, SIMCOE, CASCADE, MOSAIC, AND CENTENNIAL.

DON'T TREAD ON WEISS -  5.16% ABV 12.3 IBU 3.18 SRM 1.011 OG

  • AN AUTHENTIC GERMAN STYLE WEISSBIER USING ALL GERMAN MALT, HOPS, AND YEAST. WE TRIED TO FLY IN GERMAN WATER BUT THAT GOT A BIT EXPENSIVE...LIGHT BANANA AND CLOVE AROMATICS WITH A CLEAN AND CRISP FINISH. PROST!

DUBS DUBBEL - 7.09% ABV 17 IBU 14.13 SRM 1.078 OG

  • A COMPLEX BOUQUET OF RICH CARAMEL NOTES ALONG WITH A SLIGHT NOBEL HOP CHARACTER. BREWED WITH BELGIAN PALE MALT, ABBEY MALT, CARAMEL VIENNE, BISCUIT AND AROMATIC MALTS WITH A LATE KETTLE ADDITION OF BELGIAN CANDI SYRUP AND FERMENTED WITH BELGIAN ARDENNES YEAST.

THE ELECTRIC CANDLE LIGHT - 7.2% ABV 

  • A SUPER CITRUSY WHEAT IPA COLLABORATION WITH OUR FRIENDS AT MIKERPHONE BREWING. WE USED ALL GERMAN MANDARINA BAVARIA HOPS AND ADDED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF ZEST AND JUICE FROM MINNEOLA ORANGES, UGLI FRUIT, BLOOD ORANGES, AND TANGERINES.

FARMHOUSE VULTURES - 7.48% ABV 26 IBU 3.26 SRM 1.070 OG

  • FARMHOUSE VULTURES IS OUR AIRPORT VULTURES RECIPE BUT FERMENTED WITH A FRENCH SAISON YEAST STRAIN. BREWED WITH NEW ZEALAND NELSON SAUVIN HOPS, BELGIAN PILSNER MALT AND A TOUCH OF BELGIAN CANDI SUGAR.

FROLF - 6.3% ABV   35.3 IBU   7.09 SRM  1.064 OG

  • A “DOWN UNDER” AMERICAN PALE ALE FEATURING HOPS FROM AUSTRAILIA (SUMMER) AND NEW ZEALANDS MOTUEKA. WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR WHIRLPOOL TO BE COUNTER CLOCK WISE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS BEER MORE AUTHENTIC.

GALACTIC -  4.5% ABV 55.2 IBU 7.89 SRM 1.055 OG

  • A SINGLE-HOPPED PALE ALE WITH AUSTRALIAN GALAXY HOPS. IT'LL KNOCK YOU OUT, STRAP YOU TO A ROCKET AND SEND YOU TO OUTER SPACE.

GNAR SHREDDER - 7.1% ABV 77.1 IBU 12.41 SRM 1.078 OG

  • A SUPER HOPPED WHEAT WINE THAT PAIRS PERFECTLY WITH LIVING ON THE EDGE.

HILDEGARD'S SAISON - 6.83% ABV  29.7 IBU 6.92 SRM 1.064 OG

  • HILDEGARD VON BINGEN WAS A BENEDICTINE NUN AND A WELL KNOWN HERBALIST, MYSTIC AND MUSICIAN. CONSIDERED A SAINT BY MANY, THIS SAISON IS OUR TRIBUTE TO HER WITH HALLERTAU TRADITION, CZECH SAAZ, AND STYRIAN GOLDING HOPS.

THE HIMALAYAN GOSE - 4.61% ABV 10.1 IBU 3.43 SRM 1.042 OG

  • A LOW ABV, TART GERMAN WHEAT ALE WITH CORIANDER AND HIMALYAN SEA SALT.

HOMESTEAD VULTURES - 6.96% ABV 26.6 IBU 6.96 SRM 1.066 OG

  • PART OF THE VULTURES SERIES FROM WERK FORCE, HOMESTEAD VULTURES FEATURES A UNIQUE FARMHOUSE ALE YEAST STRAIN THAT DELICATELY BALANCES WITH NEW ZEALAND NELSON SAUVIN HOPS AND GERMAN PILSNER MALT.

HOW TO SELL A BANKSY - 7.6%ABV

  • A RYE SAISON BREWED WITH NEW ZEALAND WAIMEA HOPS GIVING IT A CITRUSY HOP CHARACTER PAIRED WITH THE SPICINESS OF THE RYE MALT AND SAISON YEAST.

IMPERIAL VULTURES - 11.3%

  • THE LARGEST OF OUR VULTURES SERIES, THIS ONE RINGS NORTH OF 11% ABV. WE USED PILSNER MALT, BELGIAN CANDI SUGAR, AND NELSON SAUVIN HOPS.

INTERGALACTIC - 8.93% ABV 12.95 SRM 1.100 OG

  • IMPERIAL IPA FEATURING 100% AUSTRALIAN GALAXY HOPS. LOTS OF STRONG TROPICAL FRUIT NOTES IN THIS IMPERIAL IPA.

JARRYLO EXPERIMENTAL – BRITISH II - 5.5% ABV 42.0 IBU 12.07 SRM 1.055 OG

  • THIS RYE PALE ALE IS BREWED WITH A NEW EXPERIMENTAL HOP VARIETY OUT OF YAKAMA VALLEY CALLED JARRYLO. WE SPLIT THE BATCH INTO 4 VESSELS AND FEREMTED THE BEERS WITH DIFFERENT YEAST STRAINS. THIS VERSION USED A BRITISH ALE STRAIN.

LAKE EFFECT COLLABORATION KIWI SNOW - 6.83% ABV 59.5 IBU 4.86 SRM 1.068 OG

  • AN INDIAN PALE ALE BREWED AND DRY HOPPED WITH NEW ZEALAND MOTUEKA AND NELSON SAUVIN HOPS AND WE ADDED FRESH KIWI.

LITTLE BEAR - 7.09% ABV     45.3IBU     30.76 SRM     1.080OG

  • OUR DOUBLE STOUT THAT IS PACKED FULL OF RYE, OATS, ROASTED BARLEY, CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL AND HONEY MALTS ALONG WITH BROWN SUGAR. THE STRONG MALT CHARACTER IS PAIRED WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF CHINOOK AND CASCADE HOPS.

MAMMA BEAR NITRO - 8.5% ABV 41.3 IBU 29.8 SRM 1.026 OG

  • PART OF OUR BEAR SERIES, THIS IMPERIAL STOUT IS LOADED WITH CARAMEL AND ROASTED MALTS, OATS, RYE, AND BROWN SUGAR. WATCH OUT FOR MAMMA BEAR, SHE'LL SNEAK UP ON YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT....

MANDARZILLA - 7.6% ABV 59.2 IBU 8.5 SRM 1.073 OG

  • MANDARZILLA IS BREWED WITH 2 EXPERIMENTAL HOPS – AZACCA AND MANDARINA BAVARIA GIVING IT STRONG CITRUS, TANGARINE, MANDARIN ORANGE FLAVORS

THE MONKEYS FELL INTO THE BARREL  - 5.3% ABV

  • BREWED IN COLLABORATION WITH FLESK BREWING, THIS AMERICAN FARMHOUSE ALE WAS MASHED IN A 60 GALLON WINE BARREL USING A BED OF BARLEY STRAW AT THE BOTTOM TO FILTER THE WORT AND THEN FERMENTED IN A JOURNEYMAN RAVENSWOOD RYE WHISKY BARREL.

MUNCHIE - 5.5% ABV 16.6 IBU 3.36SRM 1.045 OG

  • MUNCHIE IS OUR NO CREAM PLEASE RECIPE BUT IS FERMENTED WITH A BELGIAN FARMHOUSE YEAST STRAIN, GIVING IT A STRONG FARMHOUSE STYLE AROMA AND FLAVOR.

MWBF COLLABORATION BELGIAN ALE - 6.5% ABV 25 IBU 5.3 SRM 1.055OG

  • WE BREWED THE MIDWEST BREWERS FEST COLLABORATION BELGIAN ALE WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM MWBF, FLESK, HOPVINE, NEVIN'S, URBAN LEGEND AND HOMEBREWERS FROM PALE HOMEBREW CLUB. A VERY LIGHT BODIED BELGIAN ALE WITH MIDWESTERN RAW WHEAT, EXPERIMENTAL JARRYLO HOPS AND LOCAL RAW HONEY. RANDALLED THROUGH FRESH RASPBERRIES

NO CREAM ~ ANTI-CREAM ALE - 4.75 % ABV 16 IBU 3.4 SRM 1.049 OG

  • NO CREAM FEATURES A 70% BARLEY MALT 30% WHEAT “ALL-MALT” BLEND TO BEAT THE HEAT.

OATS MADE ME DO IT! - 6.4% ABV 41.4 IBU 5.7 SRM 1.051 OG

  • WE COULDN'T DO A NORMAL PALE ALE. THE OATS WOULDN'T LET US. THEY MADE US THROW CITRA HOPS IN THE MASH WITH THEM, AND WHEN THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, THEY MADE US THROW MORE IN THE BOIL, THEN EVEN MORE WHILE THEY COOLED OFF.

OATYLOCHS - 5.12% ABV  33.0 IBU 6.78 SRM 1.057 OG

  • FIRST WE HAD THE THREE BEARS, THEN OATYLOCHS SHOWED UP AND CRASHED THE PARTY. A SUPER MALTY SCOTTISH GOLDEN ALE.

OKTOBERFEST - 5.1% ABV 22.9 IBU 11.91 SRM 1.056 OG

  • CLASSIC GERMAN LAGER WITH AMBER TO LIGHT ORANGE HUES IN THIS SEASONAL BEER. MALT CHARACTER IS SLIGHTLY TOASTY AND BALANCED WITH GERMAN HALLERTAU AND CZECH SAAZ HOPS TO HIGHLIGHT THE FLAVORS OF THIS FESTIVE TIME OF YEAR.

OMEGA EXPERIMENTAL – HYBRID #5 - 6.5% ABV 26.1 IBU 3.43 SRM 1.064 OG

  • WE TOOK OUR BASE FARMHOUSE VULTURES RECIPE AND SPLIT IT INTO 11 DIFFERENT FERMENTERS AND PITCHED VARIOUS OMEGA HYBRID YEAST STRAINS. THIS VARIANT CONTAINS YEAST HYBRID #5 FROM CROSS BREEDING OMEGA IRISH ALE AND OMEGA BELGIAN A YEAST STRAINS.

PEACH FUZZ - 6.4%ABV 18.8 IBU 3.55 SRM 1.056 OG

  • TART WITBIER WITH GRILLED PEACHES - WE COLLABORATED WITH OUR FRIENDS AT SOLSTICE IN WESTERN SPRINGS TO BREW UP AN AWESOME WITBIER WITH STYLE. THEY GRILLED 50 LBS OF MICHIGAN PEACHES AND BLENDED THEM WITH LOCAL HONEY AND LEMON JUICE.

THE BEER FORMERLY KNOWN AS PINEAPPLE EXPRESS - 7.1% ABV 55.7 IBU 10.88 SRM 1.069 OG

  • DRY HOPPED WITH CITRA AND AMARILLO HOPS, THIS BEER HAS STRONG TROPICAL FRUIT NOTES COMING FROM ITS COPIOUS HOP ADDITIONS.

PLAINFIELDIAN DARK ALE - 6.69% ABV 50.5 IBU 24.72 SRM 1.063 OG

  • BREWED IN THE STYLE OF A CASCADIAN DARK ALE, WE COLD STEEPED MIDNIGHT WHEAT AND WEYERMANN CARAFA SPECIAL III MALTS TO GIVE THIS BEER A BLACK COLOR. MASSIVELY HOPPED WITH COLUMBUS, SIMCOE, MOSAIC AND AMARILLO HOPS.

FARMHOUSE PRESSURE DROP - 7.6% ABV 86.2 IBU 8.53 SRM 1.073 OG

  • FARMHOUSE IPA - A FUNKY IPA WITH TONS OF COLUMBUS, CITRA, AMARILLO AND GALAXY HOPS. DON'T LET THE HIGH ABV FOOL YOU, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DRINKABLE HOPPY FARMHOUSE IPA.

PRESSURE DROP - 6.96% ABV 86.8 IBU 8.53 SRM 1.066 OG

  • OUR FIRST INDA PALE LAGER, PRESSURE DROP COMBINES FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOPS WITH A LIGHT MALTY BODY TO CREATE A HOP MONSTER. OH YEAH, YOU GONNA FEEL IT WHEN IT DROPS ON YOU.

PUTIN IS A DOUCHE - 11% ABV 63 IBU 32 SRM 1.092 OG

  • AN AMERICAN IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN A JOURNEYMAN BUGGYWHIP BARREL WITH FREEDOM, LIBERTY, AND BALD EAGLES.

REPLICALE - 5.9% ABV 37.3 IBU 11.8 SRM 1.060 OG

  • REPLICALE IS A PROJECT WE PARTICIPATED IN THROUGH THE ILLINOIS CRAFT BREWERS GUILD. WE WERE ONE OF 33 BREWERIES THAT TOOK PART IN BREWING THIS BEER. OUR VERSION USED 95% PILSEN MALT, 2.5% CARARED, 2.5% 170L PATAGONIAN CARAMEL MALT AND ALL CASCADE HOPS. THE PATAGONIAN MALT LENDS A SUBTLE SMOKE FLAVOR TO THE BEER.

SEX PANTHER - 6.69% ABV 80.6 IBU 31.3 SRM 1.016 OG

  • OUR BLACK IPA BREWED WITH ALL CITRA HOPS.

SLEEPY BEAR - 9.6% ABV  63.0 IBU 3.49 SRM 1.106 OG

  • A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT FULL OF ROASTED MALTS, RYE OATS, HONEY MALT, BROWN SUGAR, AND MAGNUM AND FUGGLE HOPES. STRAIGHT OUT OF HIBERNATION, WE RECOMMEND NOT FEEDING THE SLEEPY BEAR.

TART ME BLANC - 6.17% ABV 23.8 IBU 4.9 SRM 1.057 OG

  • WE WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE EXPERIMENTAL, SO WE BREWED A SMOOTH BELGIAN STYLE SAISON WITH HALLERTAU BLANC HOPS AND BRETTANOMYCES LAMBICUS ADDED TO GIVE IT THAT EXTRA TART KICK.

THERE'S A BUG IN MY BEER Version I: Brett Tois - 4% ABV 8.5 IBU 2.85 SRM 1.042 OG

  • THE FIRST BEER IN OUR BUG SERIES! WE MADE UP A BATCH WITH A PILSNER MALT BASE, SOME FLAKED OATS AND RAW WHEAT, THEN SPLIT IT UP AND PUT A DIFFERENT BUG IN EACH. THIS ONE WAS 100% FERMENTED WITH BRETT TOIS FROM OUR FRIENDS AT OMEGA YEAST LABS. DON'T SEND IT BACK, THE BUGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE!

ULTRA PREMIUM SUPER MILD - 4.20% ABV 20.7 IBU 13.64 SRM 1.046 OG

  • WE DECIDED TO BREW A MILD ALE BECAUSE WE LIKE MILDS. HOWEVER, IN TRADITIONAL WERK FORCE FASHION, WE MADE IT AN ULTRA PREMIUM SUPER MILD.

WAIMEA IPA - 6.3% ABV

  • WE BREWED THIS IPA WITH 100% NEW ZEALAND WAIMEA HOPS GIVING IT SUPER JUICY CITRUS AND PINE CHARACTER.

WE'LL SELL YOU THE ENTIRE SEAT, BUT YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO NEED THE EDGE - 6.4% ABV 55.4 IBU 6.0 SRM 1.060 OG

  • FRESH WET HOPPED HARVEST ALE - WE USED CASCADE HOPS THAT WERE GROWING ON THE FRONT OF OUR BUILDING FOR THIS BEER. WE ADDED A BUNCH TO THE MASH AND EVEN MORE AT THE END OF THE BOIL TO GIVE THIS A SUPER RESINOUS MOUTHFEEL AND HOP AROMA.

WELCOME TO I-80 - 6.3% ABV 22.4 IBU 15.17 SRM 1.061 OG

  • AN 80+ SCHILLING SCOTTISH ALE BREWED WITH NOBLE HOPS

WERKINGMAN'S DEAD ALEMAN COLLABORATION - 5.78% ABV 34.2 IBU 20.36 SRM 1.058 OG

  • COLLABORATION BREW WITH OUR BUDDIES AT ALEMAN BREWING. A DRY BELGIAN BROWN ALE BREWED WITH MIDWESTERN HOPS AND LOCALLY SOURCED HONEY FROM T'S BEES.

WOLF OF THE HENHOUSE - 5.5% ABV

  • A BELGIAN INSPIRED WITBIER WITH CORIANDER AND ORANGE PEEL. CITRUS AROMATICS WITH A PEPPERY/SPICY CHARACTER FROM THE BELGIAN YEAST.