Off Color Brewing Mousetrap

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• Guinness Draught 0.0

  Non-Alcoholic · 0.0% · Dublin, Ireland

  Introducing Guinness 0.0. Brewed with our new cold filtration process. This ensures you get the same beautifully smooth taste, perfectly balanced flavour and unique dark colour of Guinness Draught, just without the alcohol. The latest in 250 years of innovation, Guinness 0.

  16oz Can 8

• Sierra Nevada Trail Pass IPA

  Non-Alcoholic · 0.5% · CA & NC

  Grapefruity, Mango, Tropical, Non-Alcoholic

  12oz Can 6

On Tap

• Off Color Apex Predator

  Saison · 6.5% · Chicago, IL

  This American-Belgian hybrid style combines free rise fermentation with a traditional Belgian saison yeast and a hefty, American style dry hopping. Explosive juicy fruit, bubblegum, and pineapple aromas alongside a lemongrass hop profile

  8oz Draft 4

  13oz Draft 6

• Off Color Beer For Golf

  Witbier · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Arnold Palmer inspired Wit with lemon, black tea, and coriander.

  8oz Draft 5

  13oz Draft 7

• Off Color Beer For Hoops

  Cream Ale · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  Inspired by the pair of peach baskets used as hoops in the first ever game of basketball, our base cream ale gets a healthy dose of fruit flavor from peach puree and additional sweetness from vanilla beans.

  8oz Draft 5

  16oz Draft 7

• Off Color Beer For Lounging

  American Pale Ale · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  Strong hop aromas of grapefruit, pine, orange rind, and pear are the focal point of this classic American style. A single hop beer featuring Cascade hops providing big aroma and a mild bitterness balanced with a bread crumb malt profile.

  8oz Draft 5

  16oz Draft 7

• Off Color Beer For Power Plays

  Dark Lager · 7.5% · Chicago, IL

  Baltic style strong dark lager that's mahogany in color with notes of cocoa nibs and prunes that mask a deceptively smooth 7.5% ABV.

  8oz Draft 6

  16oz Draft 8

• Off Color Crispy Beer For Pizza

  Italian Pilsner · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  Italian pilsner with enough crust malt character to hold its own against an enhanced hop profile featuring herbaceous notes of thyme with just a hint of pine.

  8oz Draft 5

  16oz Draft 7

• Off Color Juicy Beer For Burgers

  Pale Ale · 6.0% · Chicago, IL

  Our most hopped beer EVER! Double hop backings Cascade, Citra, and Mosaic hops brought out the aromatic pleasures of a hop rub including sweet, savory and slightly dank aromas with fruit notes.

  8oz Draft 6

  16oz Draft 8

• Off Color Key Largo

  Belgian Ale · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  Pale Belgian style ale scented with pear and Tellicherry black pepper. Light orchard fruits, floral bpquets, and spiced tradewinds.

  8oz Draft 5

  13oz Draft 7

• Off Color Pistachios

  Cream Ale · 4.2% · Chicago, IL

  American cream ale with pistachios and vanilla.

  8oz Draft 5

  16oz Draft 7

• Off Color Sa Santé

  Golden Ale · 5.5% · Chicago, IL

  Belgian style golden ale brewed in abbey tradition with the yeast purportedly used at the famed Trappist Abbey of Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy in Wallonia better know simply as Rochefort... more

  8oz Draft 5

  13oz Draft 7

• Off Color Sibling Rivalry

  Tripel · 8.0% · Chicago, IL

  Belgian-style tripel featuring Sorachi Ace hops, brewed with the Chouffe yeast strain

  8oz Draft 7

  13oz Draft 9

• Off Color Sī Fáng

  Pale Lager · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Sī Fáng, which loosely translates to “Secret Recipe”, is an International style pale lager brewed with Black Tea and Osmanthus flowers made in collaboration with our good friends and favorite dumpling shop in Chicago, Qing Xian Yuan (lovingly shortened to QXY).

  8oz Draft 5

  16oz Draft 7

• Off Color Tooth and Claw

  Pilsner · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  Czech style lager featuring European hops accompanied by a delicate maltiness while finishing semi-dry. Fun fact: this brew was first developed for the Field Museum; it's their house beer!

  8oz Draft 4

  16oz Draft 6

Wild/Acidic

• Off Color + Allagash + Jackie O's + Jester King + Central State + Side Project + Keeping Together Miscellanea Vol. 4

  American Wild Ale · 6.2% · Chicago, IL

  An ongoing collaborative project collecting and incorporating the house bretts, native yeasts, and wild cultures into a single foedre.

  8oz Draft 8

• Off Color Beer for Tacos

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Margarita inspired, adding lime juice to our gose lends a bright citric acid character to the existing lactic acid creating a complex tartness. The wheat body is accented by a hefty dose of pink Himalayan salt.

  8oz Draft 4

  13oz Draft 6

• Off Color Cranberry Fox In The Snow

  American Wild Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

  Foeder aged wild ale with cranberries

  8oz Draft 9

Cans - Onsite Consumption

• Off Color Aqua Predator

  Saison · 6.8% · Chicago, IL

  Wet hopped farmhouse. Using fresh whole cone fresh Cashmere hops from Michigan's Hop Head Farms. Fun twist on Apex Predator.

  16oz Can 7

• Off Color Aqua Regia

  Barleywine · 9.0% · Chicago, IL

  Peach-orange and autumnally hued, Aqua Regia is a rich, luxurious barleywine of English persuasion... more

  12oz Can 9

• Off Color Barrel Aged Dino S'mores

  Imperial Stout · 11.0% · Chicago, IL

  This year’s Barrel Aged Dinosmores emerges from a two year repose in a blend of 8 year Heaven Hill Elijah Craig and 15 year Barton 1792 bourbon barrels.

  12oz Can 11

• Off Color Beer For Ball Games

  Cream Ale · 4.2% · Chicago, IL

  A pretty neat, historical hybrid style made with ale yeast fermented cool in order to mimic the flavors and crispness of lager before the widespread availability of refrigeration. Light, crisp, and ridiculously refreshing.

  16oz Can 6

• Off Color DinoS’mores

  Imperial Stout · 10.5% · Chicago, IL

  Imperial stout with graham flour, vanilla, and cocoa nibs. Chocolate mousse aromas while vanilla and marshmallow cream highlight rich dark malt character

  12oz Can 10

• Off Color Eat Prey Mango

  Fruit Beer · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  A robust dose of mango, passion fruit, and pear is added to our farmhouse ale and imparts overtones of a tropical riesling cocktail.

  16oz Can 7

• Off Color Fruitcake Beer For Dealing With Your Family

  Winter Warmer · 12.0% · Chicago, IL

  This winter warmer is aged in brandy barrels and blended with freshly fermented fruit beer. Caramel brandy sweetness levels up to a bold stone fruit cornucopia of blackberries, fig, peach, and candied cherry balanced by notes of cake crust and nutty sweetness.

  16oz Can 10

• Off Color Habanero Mango Beer For Chips

  Fruit Beer · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  After initial notes of mango, guava, and corn, expect a boost of pepper heat to contend with that fruitiness. A burning but not overwhelming spicy hot finish will follow. Not enough heat to make you sweat, but enough to keep your chest warm for a while.

  16oz Can 7

• Off Color Le Petite Ferme

  Saison · 4.8% · Chicago, IL

  Easy-drinking sessionable saison with elderflower.

  16oz Can 7

• Off Color Lost In Maine

  Belgian Ale · 5.5% · Chicago, IL

  A blend of about 70% farmhouse beer to 30% apple juice hand selected, and pressed at Ricker Hill Orchards in Turner, Maine... more

  16oz Can 8

• Off Color Mezcal Barrel Aged Beer For Tacos

  Gose · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  Our margarita inspired gose aged in Resposado Mezcal barrels where it picks up a heavy dose of desert rose-esque smoky char while integrating the tang of our house lactobacillus. Notes of key lime and a surprising burst of vanilla sweetness.

  12oz Can 9

• Off Color Scurry Nitro

  Traditional Ale · 5.3% · Chicago, IL

  This surprisingly dry beer retains all the aroma and nuance of honey and molasses creating a perception of sweetness through cool, controlled fermentation.

  16oz Can 7

  16oz Can 7

• Off Color Tequila Barrel Aged Beer For Tacos

  Gose · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  There’s only one thing that you could say is “missing” from our margarita inspired gose with lime. The tequila. Well not for this Beer for Tacos variant In this latest version, our house gose spent three months aging in both lime gin barrels and "pink" tequila barrels that previously held red wine.

  16oz Can 9

Bottles - Onsite Consumption

• Off Color Critters

  American Wild Ale · 6.1% · Chicago, IL

  Funky Belgian Style Wit brewed with Coriander and Orange Peel

  250ml Bottle 7

• Off Color Gator Time

  American Wild Ale · 6.0% · Chicago, IL

  Delicately tart, perfume forward cherry saison aged in one of our Barolo wine foedres

  250ml Bottle 8

• Off Color Scourge

  Imperial Stout · 9.9% · Chicago, IL

  An experimental Belgo-Stout reminiscent of dark cocoa powder, freshly roasted coffee, and baked roadside pies tempered by the alluring, summer flowers and blueberry nectar from our native yeasts.

  250ml Bottle 9

• Off Color Space Tiger

  American Wild Ale · 7.8% · Chicago, IL

  Fermented with our house funk culture & dosed with just the right blend of hops creates a melange of lemon, farmhouse, and tropical notes.

  250ml Bottle 6

Featured

• B. Nektar Zombie Killer

  Cider · 5.5% · Ferndale, MI

  Hard cider with tart cherry juice and star thistle honey. 100% gluten free.

  12oz Can 9

• ERIS Pedestrian

  Dry Cider · 5.6% · Chicago, IL

  Modern dry cider is blended for everyone. Crisp, fresh, and pleasantly tart like a glass of Granny Smith.

  12oz Can 9

• Off Color Cat Fiend

  Hard Iced Tea · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  All the flavor and balance you'd expect from a hard iced tea brewed with whole-leaf black tea by the Off Color team. Unsweetened, uncarbonated, gluten free but contains moderate alcohol and caffeine so you can indulge day or night.

  16oz Can 7

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