Off Color Brewing Mousetrap

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• Guinness Draught 0.0

  Non-Alcoholic · 0.0% · Dublin, Ireland

  The same beautifully smooth taste, perfectly balanced flavour and unique dark colour of Guinness Draught, just without the alcohol.

  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 + Allagash Ghost Lemons

  Witbier · 5.1% · Chicago, IL

  Funky wit featuring a blush of summer peach, preserved lemon and marmalade with kiwi, and hay. Barnyard funk dissipates with a twinge of tartness to a slight saline finish reminiscent of brackish water and memories of lemons past.

  8oz Draft 6

  13oz Draft 8

• 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 Barrel Aged Growl Royale

  Quadrupel · 10.0% · Chicago, IL

  Fresh Belgian style Quadrupel blended with mature, native fermented Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon barrels hand selected by the fine folks at Binny's Beverage Depot.

  8oz Draft 9

• Off Color Beer For Gettin' Caught In The Rain

  Fruit Beer · 4.0% · Chicago, IL

  Our refreshingly creamy oat ale will whisk you away to Pina Coladaville with an overcast of coconut cream, a splash of fruity pineapple cocktail and hints of hard caramel candy.

  8oz Draft 5

  13oz Draft 7

• Off Color Beer For Hot Dogs

  German Lager · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  This light, clear, and crisp beer will cut right through the rich, fattiness of a hot dog. A sweet, fruity essence from applewood dried malt and a slightly spicy hop note from traditional German hops adds depth of flavor.

  8oz Draft 5

  16oz Draft 7

• Off Color Beer For Lounging

  American Pale Ale · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  A single hop beer featuring Cascade hops providing big aroma and a mild bitterness balanced with a bread crumb malt profile for this classic American Pale Ale.

  8oz Draft 5

  16oz Draft 7

• 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 Mice Science - Yops H2

  Belgian Pale Ale · 5.5% · Chicago, IL

  Made with yeast modified by some Danish blokes to create hop aroma compounds. Golden in color with a touch of white pepper in the finish, these special yeasts contribute "hoppy" notes of pine and grapefruit.

  8oz Draft 5

  13oz Draft 7

• Off Color Port Barrel Aged Dino S'mores

  Imperial Stout · 11.0% · Chicago, IL

  Aged in an imported Portuguese Port wine barrel for 20 months, DinoS'mores developed layers of deep red fruits, stewed blackberries, and dark chocolate. The fortification of the wine adds to already silky mouthfeel creating a delectable wine-kissed marshmallow couplet.

  8oz Draft 10

• Off Color Raspberry Beer For Golf

  Fruited Witbier · 4.8% · Chicago, IL

  This beer is the sequel Caddyshack deserved. Pouring deep scarlet in color with the aroma of ripe raspberry is proof that no raspberries were spared from this brew. Lemon and Yunnan black tea caddies the round providing brightness, subtle raisin notes, and a mild tannic finish.

  8oz Draft 5

  13oz Draft 7

• Off Color Strawberry Beer For Tacos

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Pouring cherry blossom pink and bursting with floral wild strawberries aromatics, Strawberry Beer for Tacos pay tribute to the strawberry margarita while remaining distinctly unique.

  8oz Draft 5

  13oz Draft 7

• 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

Wild/Acidic

• Off Color Oncilla Taxi

  Saison · 5.4% · Chicago, IL

  A funky saison aged in a Sangiovese puncheon with Brettanomyces claussenii and a Carmen Miranda hat of tropical fruits including Finger limes, Yuzu, Pink lemons, Mandarin oranges, Mandarinquats, Limequats, Calamondins and Fukushu Kumquats.

  8oz Draft 6

  13oz Draft 8

• Off Color Pomegranate Fox

  Traditional Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

  Foedre fermented Wild Ale Double Barrel Aged in Imperial Stout Barrels refermented with Pomegranate

  8oz Draft 9

Cans - Onsite Consumption

• 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 Beer For Beaches

  Farmhouse Ale · 6.0% · Chicago, IL

  Farmhouse ale with cranberry, peach, and lemon. Inspired by a Sex on the Beach cocktail.

  16oz Can 7

• Off Color Beer For Golf

  Witbier · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

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

  16oz Can 7

• Off Color Beer For Hell

  Helles Bock · 6.2% · Chicago, IL

  Although our base Helles Bock was designed simply to pick up notes of whiskey during a rest in oak barrels, our staff just kept going back to the zwickel for after shift beers. They were drawn to the clean malt notes and fruity/boozy mouthfeel... more

  16oz Can 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.

  16oz Can 7

• Off Color Beer For The Future

  Belgian Blonde · 5.5% · Chicago, IL

  Up front the Belgian yeast crafts peppercorn character with a melon tray of cantaloupe, tangerine, and candied lemon. Unique notes of earthy, morning dew and sunflower seeds connect our rustic agrarian past with our modern sustainable future.

  16oz Can 7

• 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.

  16oz Can 6

• 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

• Off Color Sibling Rivalry

  Tripel · 8.7% · Chicago, IL

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

  16oz Can 9

Bottles - Onsite Consumption

• 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.

  250ml Bottle 8

• Off Color Boysenberry Fox

  American Wild Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

  Bracingly tart and egret red in color, this Belgian style wild ale was aged for 18 months in one of our Italian Barolo foedres before jumping into a bath of Boysenberries and blackberry juice. Layered berry character flutters between raspberries, blackberries, nectarines and peach... more

  375ml Bottle 18

• Off Color Cranberry Fox In The Snow

  American Wild Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

  Foeder aged wild ale with cranberries

  250ml Bottle 9

• 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 Market Rate

  American Wild Ale · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  A wild ale brewed annually for Green City Market with both unripened green and ripened Mara de Bois strawberries from Seedling Farms that are left to sleep for a year in wine barrels.

  250ml Bottle 9

• 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

  375ml Bottle 12

• Off Color Saisei / Rebirth

  American Wild Ale · 5.9% · Chicago, IL

  Foedre fermented Wild Saison refermented with Montmorency Cherries blended with Sencha Green Tea and Japanese Cherry Blossoms: Blushing forth with scents of wild blossom honey, lemon peel, violets, and honeysuckle nectar until spring progresses... more

  750ml Bottle 20

• 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

  Ferndale, MI

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

  12oz Can 9

• Farnum Hill Extra Dry Cider

  Cider · 7.5% · Lebanon, NH

  Richly aromatic, suggesting myriad fruits of the earth, and the earth itself, with a complex, palate-cleansing balance of fruitiness, astringency, and acid.

  12oz Can 9

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