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Weinkeller Brewery - Berwyn

(Closed)

6417 West Roosevelt Road
Berwyn IL 60402
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Notes

Visited: March 30, 1998

Opened: 1988

Closed: 2000

Annual Production: 1,500 bbl

Updated: May 8, 2011

Beer List

Amber Ale

American-Style Amber/Red Ale
- Date: March 30, 1998 (#2584)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 15 points
  
  Overall Impression (2½)
  Amber brown, flat, nice head. Smells a little malty. Medium body, good spicy hop flavor and finish.

Bavarian Weiss

South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2577)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Yellow opaque, thick head. Remarkably clean aroma. Medium body, smoky, a little rubbery.

Berliner Weisse

Berliner-Style Weisse (Wheat)

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2580)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Golden, low carbonation, good head. Vaguely malty aroma. Thick, sweet, malty. Hint of sourness way in the background, along with the raspberry that should properly have been served on the side.

Dublin Stout

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

6.00% abv.

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2585)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Black, beautiful head. Smells just a little roasty. Medium body, roasty early and sweet late. More "Cork" than "Dublin". You can't taste the alcohol.

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2586)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Dark red, flat. Very clean aroma. Not quite thick, quite a bit of alcohol, pretty sweet.

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2582)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Deep red, flat, very nice head. Sweet brown sugar aroma. Big body, lots of sweet brown flavor, not bitter at all. It's a very nice Brown Ale.

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2576)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Golden, low carbonation, thick head. Smells a little smoky, a little rubbery. Medium body, lots of wheat flavor, hints of clove. Pretty sweet.

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2581)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Amber brown, flat, OK head. Some caramel aroma. Thick, flat, sweet, a little bitter in the middle, sweet caramel finish.

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2583)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Dark red brown, nice head. Dark sweet brown aroma. Medium body, dark sweet flavor. A better Brown Ale than the ESB was.

Date: October 22, 1994 (#563)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2579)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden, low carbonation, good head. Fresh malt aroma. Medium body, pretty low carbonation, sweet. Not a lot of hop character.

Date: March 30, 1998 (#2578)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Red brown, flat, nice head. Smoky aroma, a little phenolic. Big body, blast of smoke, quite a lot of alcohol. Chlorophenolic. $4 for a snifter.