Off Color Brewing Mousetrap

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• Sierra Nevada Trail Pass Golden Ale

  Non-Alcoholic · 0.5% · CA & NC

  Non Alcoholic Golden Ale

  12oz Can 6

• 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 7

  13oz Draft 9

• 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 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 decadent, complex, and foreboding.

  8oz Draft 10

• 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 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.

  8oz Draft 9

• Off Color Le Petite Ferme

  Saison · 4.8% · Chicago, IL

  Easy-drinking sessionable saison with elderflower.

  8oz Draft 5

  13oz Draft 7

• Off Color Ten Crowns

  Dark Lager · 5.5% · Chicago, IL

  A lager full enough to satisfy the urge for comfort from the winter cold yet light enough to drink year round. Full bodied and rich with delicate notes of warm bread, roasted cocoa sweetness, and a hint of dark fudge with spicy earthy notes from traditional noble hopping

  8oz Draft 5

  16oz Draft 7

Wild/Acidic

• Off Color Apricot Market Rate

  American Wild Ale · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  Highly acidic wild ale aged two years in wine barrels then freshened with a touch of fresh saison and refermented with apricots from Seedling Farms. Brewed for the Green City Farmer's Market.

  9oz Draft 8

• Off Color Beatrice

  American Wild Ale · 8.8% · Chicago, IL

  Blend of 51% Barolo foedre aged wild and and 49% Sangiovese grape must fermented in an imported Italian Sangiovese wine puncheon. Initial aromas of stewed strawberry jam, pomegranate molasses, and black cherry juice reduced to near tar give prelude and hint to the deep acidity... more

  8oz Draft 9

• Off Color Cranberry Fox In The Snow

  American Wild Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

  Foeder aged wild ale with cranberries

  8oz Draft 9

• Off Color Funky Beer for Tacos

  American Wild Ale · 4.2% · Chicago, IL

  This funked up version of our base wheat beer was fermented with a mix of cultures and aged in a tequila barrel and a lime gin barrel... more

  8oz Draft 7

  13oz Draft 9

• Off Color Hydriad

  American Wild Ale · 6.0% · Chicago, IL

  Old World Sytle Saison fermented in oak with local, backyard grown whole cluster Niagara grapes. (High - dre - ad…they're a lesser deity in Greek mythology similar to elves that live in lakes, streams, waterfalls, ect)

  8oz Draft 9

• Off Color Pomegranate Fox

  American Wild Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

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

  8oz Draft 9

• Off Color Rum Barrel Aged Oncilla Taxi

  Saison · 5.9% · Chicago, IL

  Our funky, fruity, bretty, puncheon-aged saison Oncilla Taxi aged in Jamaican rum barrel. Expect notes of pineapple, a touch of banana funk, and undertones of vanilla and burnt sugar.

  9oz Draft 8

• 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

  8oz Draft 8

• Off Color Wildings

  American Wild Ale · 6.6% · Chicago, IL

  An aromatic cloudburst of summer blueberries, concord grapes, and strawberry blossoms interlaced with supple oak and a delicate note of violets from the long rest in our Italian foedres that held Barolo wine for 15 years.

  8oz Draft 7

  13oz Draft 9

Cans - Onsite Consumption

• Off Color Aqua Predator

  Saison · 6.5% · 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 Beer For Huddles

  Amber Ale · 5.2% · Chicago, IL

  Amber ale that is tree resin amber in color with initial aromas of warm biscuits before this traditional amber drives deeper with pan browned pie crust overtones that also includes hints of rose incense and early autumn dried leaves.

  16oz Can 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.

  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 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 to pair perfectly with tequila... and tacos.

  16oz Can 6

• Off Color Beerathon

  Fruit Beer · 2.62% · Chicago, IL

  A light but complex blend of watermelon rind and candy fruitiness waft from the slightly pink hued ale. Mild sweetness with saline mouthfeel play against the watermelon overtone. The dry and bright finish will leave you racing for more.

  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 Coffee DinoS'mores

  Imperial Stout · 9.5% · Chicago, IL

  Our storied Imperial Marshmallow Stout blended with Double Black Kyoto style slow drip concentrate from Chicago’s own; Kyoto Black Coffee.

  12oz Can 10

• 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 Juicy Predator - Citra, Calypso, Cascade

  Saison · 6.5% · Chicago, IL

  Juicy Predator Triple C features multiple hops varieties for the first time. Way too much Citra, Calypso, and Cascade hops dance beautifully together.

  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 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).

  16oz Can 7

• Off Color The One Percent

  Fruited Wheat · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  Wit beer aged in Baker's Barrels blended with three percent cherry juice and more fresh wit beer.

  12oz Can 9

• 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!

  16oz Can 6

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 Blueberries Feel Pain

  American Wild Ale · 8.1% · Chicago, IL

  Fermented in a Barolo foedre with Michigan blueberry puree and native yeasts harvested from the skin of Michigan blueberries,

  750ml Bottle 20

• 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 8

• 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

• Farnum Hill Farmhouse

  Cider · 6.5% · Lebanon, NH

  The most "casual" cider from New Hampshire's oldest orchards: pale gold, bubbly, with a peep of sweetness amid tart, bitter, and fruity elements: citrus, pineapple, bittersweet apple, and a whiff of good barnyard funk.

  12oz Can 9

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