Afterthought Brewing Co
Lombard, IL
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All beers · Afterthought Brewing Co
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Afterthought Faible
Saison · 4.5% ABV
An everyday saison brewed with New World hops and fermented with a blend of our house culture and traditional saccharomyces strains. -
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Afterthought Medusa
Saison · 4.2% ABV
Saison brewed with Medusa hops and fermented with our mixed culture. -
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Afterthought Batch #100
Sour Ale · 5.0% ABV
Brewed in celebration of our 100th batch. This is a Citra-hopped saison fermented with our house culture. -
Afterthought Callista
Saison · 4.7% ABV
Saison brewed with Callista hops and fermented with our mixed culture. -
Afterthought Saison Avec: Coffee
Saison · 5.0% ABV
The base beer is a lightly-spiced dark saison that then received some Ethiopian coffee. -
Afterthought Tradition Chardonnay Barrel Aged
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Saison with Hallertau and Saaz hops, aged in a Chardonnay barrel. -
Afterthought Tradition & Twist
Saison · 4.5% ABV
Mixed fermentation saison brewed with Citra and Saaz and fermented in a former white wine barrel. -
Weaver Hollow + Afterthought Drifter (Illinois Bines)
Farmhouse Ale · 6.0% ABV
Oat Ale brewed with crystal hops fermented in oak barrels -
Afterthought Barrel #22: Second Blend
Farmhouse Ale · 4.8% ABV
Barrel-aged blend of Afterthought Ale. -
Afterthought Barrel #7
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Barrel-aged amber saison conditioned with tart cherry juice. -
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Afterthought Biere De Pieces #14
Sour Ale · 4.7% ABV
Blend of Faible: Lingonberry, Amer: Sabro, and Tradition that was aged for two months in an Amaro barrel. -
Afterthought Biere De Pieces #16
Farmhouse Ale · 5.0% ABV
Blonde base aged in a red wine barrel that then received some second-use black currants as well as a light dose of blueberries. -
Afterthought Biere de Pieces #23
Farmhouse Ale · 5.0% ABV
Blend of Saison Meer: Buckwheat and Rafters. Earthy, slightly-nutty notes from the buckwheat alongside a rustic edge from the aged hops used in Rafters. -
Afterthought Biere de Pieces #7
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Blend of Saison Meer: Buckwheat, Faible: Passion Fruit, and barrel-aged Faible with paw paw. -
Afterthought Cashmere & Ekuanot
Saison · 4.8% ABV
Brewed with Cashmere, Ekuanot, and a bit of Centennial in the kettle and then fermented with a few fruit-forward Saccharomyces strains before bottling with our mixed culture, so it ends up with a l... -
Afterthought Cherry Juice
Saison · 4.8% ABV
Saison brewed with a light dose of spices, Illinois pumpkins, and Michigan tart cherry juice. -
Afterthought Riwaka
Saison · 5.0% ABV
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Afterthought Simcoe & Southern Passion
Saison · 4.5% ABV
Hoppy mixed fermentation saison with Simcoe and Southern Passion. -
Afterthought + Weaver Hollow New York & Back
Farmhouse Ale · 5.2% ABV
A beer nearly a year in the making, this is our collaboration with Weaver Hollow Brewery in Andes, New York... -
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Afterthought Afterburner War Wagon -Cask
Irish Red Ale · 4.9% ABV
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Afterthought Ale: Barrel Aged (Riwaka & Cashmere)
Farmhouse Ale · 4.8% ABV
Hoppy ale fermented with a blend of yeast strains. Fermented in stainless, aged in oak, and then dry-hopped with Cascade and Cashmere. -
Afterthought Amber Tradition: Gin Barrel Aged
Farmhouse Ale · 5.0% ABV
Amber Bière de Garde-style ale brewed with European hops and aged in a gin barrel. -
Afterthought Barrel #23
Saison · 5.2% ABV
Blend of Noble, Thelia, Spent: Black Raspberry & Cherry, and an unnamed saison with currants, then further aged in a red wine barrel. -
Afterthought Bière De Pieces #33: Mango
Sour Ale · 5.0% ABV
Blend of beers from Barrel #24 and Barrel #13 with Mango added... -
Afterthought Biere de Pieces #8
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Blend of Saison Meer: Pineapple Sage and barrel-aged Faible. -
Afterthought Calypso's Ghost
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Saison brewed with Calypso hops and fermented in a white wine barrel. -
Afterthought Circle Tour: Red Raspberry
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Blend of blonde saisons aged in oak and refermented with approximately 3 pounds per gallon of red raspberries. Fruit courtesy of Mick Klug Farms in Michigan. -
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Afterthought Extra Noble
Saison · 5.0% ABV
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Afterthought + Is/Was This & That (Gin Barrel Aged)
Farmhouse Ale · 5.2% ABV
Collaboration with Is/Was Brewing. Saison brewed with triticale plus Callista and Grungeist hops. Fermented in a gin barrel with our mixed saison culture. -
Afterthought L’internationale: Volume 2
Biere de Garde · 5.0% ABV
Collaboration with 40 other breweries and the Facebook group Saison, Bière de Garde, and Farmhouse Ale Appreciation Society... -
Afterthought Paw Paw
Traditional Ale · 5.0% ABV
Ale brewed with Midwestern ingredients -- including paw paw puree from Ohio -- and fermented in oak barrels. Formerly known as Saison Meer: Paw Paw. -
Afterthought Saison Amer: Galaxy (Sauvignon Blanc Barrel Fermented)
American Wild Ale · 5.0% ABV
Hoppy saison with Galaxy fermented in a Sauvignon Blanc barrel. -
Afterthought Saison Auran: Calamansi & Meyer Lemon
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Saison brewed with rose hips and fermented with Calamansi and Meyer Lemon puree. -
Afterthought Saison Avec: Juniper & Rye
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Brewed with juniper and rye malt. Fermented with kveik strains and our mixed culture. -
Afterthought Saison Avec: Motueka & Taiheke
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Saison fermented in oak barrels with our house culture and dry-hopped with Motueka & Taiheke. -
Afterthought Saison Avec: Talus & Riwaka
Farmhouse Ale · 5.0% ABV
Saison fermented in stainless and dry hopped with a total of 2lb/bbl of Talus and Riwaka hops. -
Afterthought Saisön Handshake
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Saison-style ale brewed with Citra and Taiheke hops and fermented in a Malört barrel. -
Afterthought Saison Meer: Buckwheat & Chardonnay Barrel
American Wild Ale · 5.0% ABV
Saison Meer: Buckwheat fermented in a Chardonnay barrel. -
Afterthought Saison Meer: Buckwheat (Vermouth Barrel Fermented)
Saison · 4.8% ABV
Saison brewed with Midwestern ingredients (including Illinois buckwheat) and fermented in a previously-used Vermouth barrel with our house culture. -
Afterthought Saison Meer: Honey
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Saison brewed with Midwestern ingredients and aged in oak barrels with Illinois honey. -
Afterthought Saison Meer: Lilac
Farmhouse Ale · 5.0% ABV
Saison brewed with Midwestern ingredients -- including lilac flowers from family property -- and fermented in oak barrels. -
Afterthought Saison Meer: Local Whole Cone
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Saison brewed with locally-grown whole cone hops. -
Afterthought Saison Meer: Watermelon
Saison · 5.0% ABV
Saison brewed with Midwestern ingredients and refermented with watermelon from Nichols Farm & Orchard in Marengo, Illinois. -
Afterthought Simcoe & Southern Passion Fruit
Saison · 4.5% ABV
Hoppy mixed fermentation saison with Simcoe and Southern Passion. -
Afterthought Sticky Handshake
Saison · 5.0% ABV
The same base beer as Saisön Handshake but fermented in a barrel that first held Malört and then held grapefruit mead from our friends at Standard Meadery. - View all beers
About the brewery
We are a small, family-run, saison-focused brewery in Lombard, Illinois brewing 1.5-barrel batches. Saison is a style that was born in the Belgian and French countryside, traditionally consumed by field laborers. We believe saisons should be dry, relatively low in alcohol, highly carbonated, and thirst quenching. Our saisons take inspiration from Old World traditions, but also incorporate American and other New World fruit and hops. We emphasize the use of oak and fermentation with yeast and bacteria outside of traditional brewer’s yeast. We use Midwestern ingredients when possible. Our individual beers are based on concepts and, like wine, will vary from batch to batch. We believe in subtlety of flavor and that saisons are often, though not always, enhanced by a bit of lemonade or wine-like tartness, though not by outright acidity. We plan to create beers that we enjoy, and hope that our community will embrace them too. First beers released on May 19, 2017.