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Mickey Finn's Brewery

Libertyville Brewing

345 North Milwaukee Avenue
Libertyville IL 60048
Telephone: +1 847-362-6688
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 4:00pm-10:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:30am-10:30pm, Sunday 11:30am-7:30pm.
Brewer: Jason Martens
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Notes

Visited: December 8, 2001

Opened: 1994

Annual Production: 1,300 bbl

Contributors: Geoff Murray, Lloyd Easlick, Luke Kazmierski

Updated: February 9, 2022

News

2011-08-06: Behind the Scenes at Libertyville microbrewery (Daily Herald)

Beer List

Abana Amber Ale

American-Style Amber/Red Ale
- Date: December 8, 2001 (#4025)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Pale brown, thick head. Mildly malty aroma. Light-medium body, good fresh spicy hop flavor up front, mildly bitter and caramel-malty finish.
- Date: April 4, 1998 (#2628)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Amber brown, low carbonation, thick head. Faintly roasty aroma. Bitter. Big hop flavor and fairly roasty. Peppery finish.

Cerveza

Australasian, Latin American, or Tropical-Style Light Lager

Dark and Down

Rye Beer

Awards:

Silver Medal, 2021 Great American Beer Festival

Extra Stout Porter

Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer

Awards:

Bronze Medal, 2010 US Open Beer Championship

Five Springs Oatmeal Stout

Oatmeal Stout

Awards:

Silver Medal and Third Best of Show, 2000 Real Ale Festival

Date: December 8, 2001 (#4029)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Black-brown, dense head. Mildly roasty aroma. Light body, creamy, mild coffee flavor.
Date: April 4, 1998 (#2631)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
Almost black, thick head. Chocolate, coffee aromas. Thick, fairly sweet, a little roasty. Pretty smooth drinker.

Güdenkrisp Kölsch

German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch

Date: December 8, 2001 (#4028)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Bright golden, thick head. Fruity hop aroma. Light body, high carbonation, malty flavor with some DMS.
Date: May 20, 1998 (#2807)

Package: draught

Place: Siebel Institute of Technology, Chicago IL

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Golden, moderate carbonation, thick head. Clean aroma. Malty, bitterish, very light body.

Imperial Delusion

Imperial Stout

Date: December 8, 2001 (#4030)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression (3)
Imperial Stout aged one year in Jack Daniels casks. Night-black, huge thick head. Coconut, black licorice, molasses aroma. Thick, mild black malt flavor, lots of coconut. Drying finish that's only mildly warming. Real smooth beer.

Date: April 4, 1998 (#2634)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 12 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Yellow, some haze, thick head. Hi-C smell. Fizzy Hi-C flavor.

Date: August 9, 2003 (#5041)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison WI

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden. Dense nitro head. Big spicy hop aroma. Light body, almost flat. Malty, spicy hops, and butter.

Date: December 8, 2001 (#4031)

Package: real ale

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Black, dense creamy-bubbly head. Mildly roasty aroma. Creamy, richly malty, mildly roasty flavor. Some diacetyl in the finish.

Date: December 8, 2001 (#4026)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep golden, moderate head. Smells pretty clean. Medium body, very warming, malty. Sweet but not sticky. Lots of fun esters!

Date: April 4, 1998 (#2630)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Amber, thick head. Faint hop aroma. Alcohol up front, roasty, drying. Just a little bitter in the middle.

Date: April 4, 1998 (#2632)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression (3½)
Red-brown, thick head. Very clean aroma. Big body, big caramel flavor, big alcohol finish.

Date: April 4, 1998 (#2629)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Red-brown, dense head. Candy-sweet aroma. Medium body, sweet. Maybe some diacetyl late.

Date: December 8, 2001 (#4027)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep red, thick head. Big malty aroma. Thick, richly malty, mildly smoky. It's a very good beer now...I'd like to try it after it has some age!

Date: April 4, 1998 (#2633)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Brown, still, pretty dense head. Fruity caramel-sweet aroma. Thick, sweet, not as alcoholic as I expected. Finishes very clean.

Date: September 27, 1996 (#1714)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Brown. Brown, toasty aroma. Thick, sweet, brown. Some alcohol.

Date: December 8, 2001 (#4024)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden, thick creamy head. Mildly malty aroma. Light body, malty-sweet, mild spicy hop flavor.

Date: April 4, 1998 (#2627)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden, low carbonation, dense head. Smells a little fruity. Light, sweet, a little spicy in the middle and malty at the end. A good training-wheel beer.