Off Color Brewing Mousetrap

New Arrivals

• Off Color ProCatstination

  American Wild Ale · 5.1% · Chicago, IL

  Originally made with Perennial and Side Project to support the Lions, Tigers, and Beers benefit at Northdown. Northdown is no more, but the spirit of the day remains and the big cats at Wild Cat Sanctuary still need our support... more

  8oz Draft $9

• Off Color Staveyard Framboise

  Oud Bruin · 7.0% · Chicago, IL

  Staveyard Oud Bruin refermented with Michigan raspberries

  10oz Draft $8

• Off Color Tummy Time

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Gose-style ale with French gray sea salt, green coriander, and lemon peel, fermented with Torulaspora delbrueckii

  13oz Draft $6

On Tap

• Off Color Apex Predator

  Saison · 6.5% · Chicago, IL

  When you brew as much as we do, sometimes we get tired of telling the yeast what to do. For Apex Predator Farmhouse Ale, we pitch the yeast cold, turn off the temperature control, and let the yeast do it's thing... more

  8oz Draft $4

  13oz Draft $6

• Off Color Aqua Predator

  Saison · 6.8% · Chicago, IL

  Wet hopped farmhouse. Using fresh whole cone Crystal hops from Michigan's Hop Head Farms. Fun twist on Apex Predator.

  8oz Draft $5

  13oz Draft $7

• Off Color Barrel Bear

  Sahti · 7.0% · Chicago, IL

  Our interpretation of a traditional Finnish Sahti, aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels.

  8oz Draft $9

• Off Color Cygnet

  American Wild Ale · 5.2% · Chicago, IL

  Foedre aged wild ale with koji and mixed culture from Off Color and Jester King.

  8oz Draft $9

• Off Color Dino Smores

  Imperial Stout · 10.7% · Chicago, IL

  Imperial stout brewed with Graham flour, marshmallows, molasses and vanilla beans with cocoa nibs added.

  8oz Draft $8

• Off Color Jerk Bird

  Blond Ale · 9.5% · Chicago, IL

  Belgian-style golden ale with Brett C.

  8oz Draft $8

• Off Color Known Gnome

  Porter · 6.7% · Chicago, IL

  Old Timey Porter with Quassia Bark and Licorice Root for bittering and flavor

  8oz Draft $4

  13oz Draft $6

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $8

• Off Color Miscellanea

  American Wild Ale · 6.2% · Chicago, IL

  A tiger hued American Wild Ale with bugs, house bretts, native yeasts and wild cultures from Jester King, Side Project, Central State, Allagash Brewing, and ourselves... more

  8oz Draft $9

• Off Color Scurry

  Traditional Ale · 5.3% · Chicago, IL

  Traditional "Kottbusser" style or simply calling it a Dark Honey Ale will do.

  8oz Draft $4

  16oz Draft $6

• Off Color Space Tiger

  Sour Ale · 7.8% · Chicago, IL

  Bretty, funky and striped for camouflage, Space Tiger is a larger cousin our our other lion based farmhouse ales.

  10oz Draft $8

• Off Color Tooth and Claw

  Pilsner · 4.8% · Chicago, IL

  "After taking our yeast on a field trip to the Field Museum, they, like most young things, became awestruck by the dinosaurs. Inspired by Sue's merciless killing tools, they took off after the malt sugar in this beer like a T. rex after an herbivore... more

  8oz Draft $4

  16oz Draft $6

• Off Color Troublesome

  Gose · 4.3% · Chicago, IL

  Coriander and salt are added at the tail end of fermentation to create a mild, lemony tartness and a fuller sensation of mouth feel.

  8oz Draft $4

  13oz Draft $6

• Off Color Wari

  Low Alcohol · 3.8% · Chicago, IL

  Brewed for Chicago's own Field Museum, this Chicha-inspired ale was brewed with imported Peruvian purple corn and pink peppercorns ("molle" berries). Easy drinkin' and slightly tart. (And not gluten-free.)

  8oz Draft $5

  13oz Draft $7

Featured

• Miller High Life

  Pale Lager · 4.7% · Milwaukee, WI

  An American-style lager recognized for its consistently crisp, smooth taste.

  12oz Bottle $3

• Off Color/Allagash Ghost Lemons

  750ml Bottle $25

• Off Color April Rain

  American Wild Ale · 6.2% · Chicago, IL

  Wild Ale with Sudachi and White Tea

  750ml Bottle $20

• Off Color Blueberries Feel Pain

  Traditional Ale · 8.1% · Chicago, IL

  American Wild Ale featuring Native yeast harvested from blueberry skins

  750ml Bottle $25

• Off Color Eeek!

  Sour Ale · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  Aroma is bright tangerine, mild hay, lemon pepper, wild blueberries and pineapple funk.

  750ml Bottle $30

• Off Color Hellbroth

  Sour Ale · 6.3% · Chicago, IL

  Pinkish tinged and funk forward, juxtaposing the softness of the honeys with a complex acid profile with the lactic hues of our house lactobacillus.

  750ml Bottle $30

• Off Color House Lion

  Saison · 4.8% · Chicago, IL

  Table farmhouse with brett c, dry-hopped with Sterling & Grungeist.

  750ml Bottle $20

• Off Color Jonesy

  American Wild Ale · 7.0% · Chicago, IL

  American Wild Ale with Buddha’s Hand zest.

  750ml Bottle $25

• Off Color Market Rate

  Sour Ale · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  Wine-barrel-aged sour ale aged on ripe & unripe Mara Des Bois strawberries for 17 months, blended with gin barrel aged saison

  750ml Bottle $30

• Off Color Tiny Pillows

  American Wild Ale · 5.2% · Chicago, IL

  This wild ale hightlights Torulaspora Delbrueckii, a yeast traditionally used in white wine making to enhance fruitiness. As we are always looking for ways to enhance the citrus and ester profiles of our beer, this seemed like a natural choice to blend with our house wild culture.

  750ml Bottle $20

• Off Color Whiskers

  Sour Ale · 8.5% · Chicago, IL

  Rose inspired American Wild Ale brewed with Central State and aged in puncheon barrels.

  750ml Bottle $40

To-Go

• Off Color Apex Predator

  Saison · 6.5% · Chicago, IL

  When you brew as much as we do, sometimes we get tired of telling the yeast what to do. For Apex Predator Farmhouse Ale, we pitch the yeast cold, turn off the temperature control, and let the yeast do it's thing... more

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $8

• Off Color April Rain

  American Wild Ale · 6.2% · Chicago, IL

  Wild Ale with Sudachi and White Tea

  750ml Bottle $13

• Off Color Aqua Predator

  Saison · 6.8% · Chicago, IL

  Wet hopped farmhouse. Using fresh whole cone Crystal hops from Michigan's Hop Head Farms. Fun twist on Apex Predator.

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $8

• Off Color Barrel Bear

  Sahti · 7.0% · Chicago, IL

  Our interpretation of a traditional Finnish Sahti, aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels.

  12oz 2 Pack Bottles $12

• Off Color Cygnet

  American Wild Ale · 5.2% · Chicago, IL

  Foedre aged wild ale with koji and mixed culture from Off Color and Jester King.

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $16

• Off Color Dino Smores

  Imperial Stout · 10.7% · Chicago, IL

  Imperial stout brewed with Graham flour, marshmallows, molasses and vanilla beans with cocoa nibs added.

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $16

• Off Color Jerk Bird

  Blond Ale · 9.5% · Chicago, IL

  Belgian-style golden ale with Brett C.

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $12

• Off Color ProCatstination

  American Wild Ale · 5.1% · Chicago, IL

  Originally made with Perennial and Side Project to support the Lions, Tigers, and Beers benefit at Northdown. Northdown is no more, but the spirit of the day remains and the big cats at Wild Cat Sanctuary still need our support... more

  750ml Bottle $20

• Off Color Staveyard

  Oud Bruin · 7.0% · Chicago, IL

  A blend of batch lactobacillus soured, malty young ale and biere de garde aged in neutral oak barrels for 50 weeks. Multiple complex layers integrate malty sweetness, rounded acidity, sweet honey oxidation, and wood tannins with light mahogany hue.

  12oz 2 Pack Bottles $11

• Off Color Staveyard Framboise

  Oud Bruin · 7.0% · Chicago, IL

  Staveyard Oud Bruin refermented with Michigan raspberries

  750ml Bottle $13

• Off Color Tooth and Claw

  Pilsner · 4.8% · Chicago, IL

  "After taking our yeast on a field trip to the Field Museum, they, like most young things, became awestruck by the dinosaurs. Inspired by Sue's merciless killing tools, they took off after the malt sugar in this beer like a T. rex after an herbivore... more

  12oz 6 Pack Bottles $10

• Off Color Troublesome

  Gose · 4.3% · Chicago, IL

  Coriander and salt are added at the tail end of fermentation to create a mild, lemony tartness and a fuller sensation of mouth feel.

  12oz 6 Pack Bottles $10

• Off Color Tummy Time

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Gose-style ale with French gray sea salt, green coriander, and lemon peel, fermented with Torulaspora delbrueckii

  12oz 6 Pack Bottles $10

• Off Color Wari

  Low Alcohol · 3.8% · Chicago, IL

  Brewed for Chicago's own Field Museum, this Chicha-inspired ale was brewed with imported Peruvian purple corn and pink peppercorns ("molle" berries). Easy drinkin' and slightly tart. (And not gluten-free.)

  12oz 6 Pack Bottles $11

• Off Color Yuzu Fierce

  Berliner Weisse · 3.8% · Chicago, IL

  Berliner-style Weisse with Yuzu and Calamansi added. Super citrus, an orange, lemon, and grapefruit explosion.

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $8

Cans

• Half Acre Tuna

  American Pale Ale · 4.7% · Chicago, IL

  A limited release Extra Pale Ale. Last year it was known as Golden Tuna.

  16oz Can $7

Cider

• Crispin Browns Lane

  Cider · 5.8% · Colfax, CA

  It is a lightly sparkling, crisply effervescent cider made with traditional English bittersweet cider apples sourced in the Malvern Hills of Worcestershire.

  16oz Can $9

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