Off Color Brewing Mousetrap

New Arrivals

• Off Color Miscellanea Vol. 2

  American Wild Ale · 6.2% · Chicago, IL

  Apricot, bergamot, cotton candy, wisps of nebbiolo grapes, manderine orange, tepache. Dry acidic, Barnyard funk.

  8oz Draft $9

• Off Color Silly Rhub

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  American style gose with rhubarb and lavender.

  8oz Draft $6

  13oz Draft $8

• Off Color Sparkles Finds (Some) Trouble

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Leipzig-style gose brewed with hibiscus flowers. Slightly tart, subtle fruity floral notes.

  8oz Draft $5

  13oz Draft $7

• Off Color Squoke

  American Wild Ale · 5.9% · Chicago, IL

  Our very first batches brewed here at Mousetrap, aged in the first fill of one of our 14 yr old Barolo foedres for multiple seasons to eke out every last bit of their essence... more

  Draft

  8oz Draft $9

• Off Color Waddle

  Oktoberfest · 6.5% · Chicago, IL

  Warm toasted malts reminiscent of freshly baked bread. Subtle and spicy hop finish highlighting biscuity German malt. May cause cravings for pretzels.

  8oz Draft $5

  16oz Draft $7

On Tap

• Off Color Apex Predator

  Saison · 6.5% · Chicago, IL

  Sweet scent of juicy fruit wafting from a frothy, white mane, and a generous Crystal dry-hopping that completes the dry finish with a fruity bite.

  8oz Draft $4

  13oz Draft $6

• Off Color Critters

  American Wild Ale · 6.1% · Chicago, IL

  Critters is a draft only test batch; part of a larger project we're working on banking, isolating, and further exploring some of our wild cultures we've harvested directly from native plants, fruits, and similar sources... more

  8oz Draft $6

  13oz Draft $8

• Off Color DinoSmores

  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 Good Listeners

  Saison · 7.0% · Chicago, IL

  Made with our good friends from Rowley Farmhouse, Good Listeners is a reimagining of a Biere de miel using cactus gunk instead of honey. (But we still added some desert blossom honey because we support the bees, yo)... more

  8oz Draft $8

• Off Color Reine des Renards

  American Wild Ale · 8.3% · Chicago, IL

  Calvados foedre aged Flemish blonde fermented with raw apple cider and native yeasts.

  8oz Draft $8

  750ml Bottle $20

• Off Color Silly People

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Our boldest gose yet is fermented with a mixed cocktail of Lactobacillus, Torulaspora and Brettanomyces. It's basically a Salty Dog.

  8oz Draft $6

  13oz 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 Very Very Far

  Belgian Ale · 6.0% · Chicago, IL

  A twist on the spirit of Belgian mixed fermentation that utilizes a non-traditional wine yeast, Torulaspora delbrueckii. Torulaspora enhances fruitiness while a classic Belgian ale yeast imparts a Belgian spice character... more

  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

  12oz 6 Pack Bottles $10

• 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.

  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 Barrel Aged Dinosmores (2019)

  Imperial Stout · 10.5% · Chicago, IL

  Our Russian Imperial Smores Stout aged in Buffalo Trace barrels for 13 months.

  250ml Bottle $11

• Off Color Eeek!

  Sour Ale · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

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

  750ml Bottle $45

• Off Color Fox in the Snow

  Sour Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

  Foedre aged kriek refermented with Balaton and Montmorency cherries.

  375ml Bottle $15

• Off Color Gator Time

  American Wild Ale · 6.0% · Chicago, IL

  Gator Time is a puncheon aged wild ale with cherries.

  750ml Bottle $30

• Off Color Ghost Lemons

  Witbier · 5.1% · Chicago, IL

  A funky wit with field lemons, pineapple oranges, and green coriander fermented with Allagash Brewing’s house Brett and Off Color Brewing’s mixed culture.

  750ml Bottle $35

• Off Color House Lion

  Saison · 4.8% · Chicago, IL

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

  250ml Bottle $7

• 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 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

  750ml Bottle $30

• 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. (John’s sister is convinced we made some of these up... more

  750ml Bottle $30

• 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 $35

To-Go

• Off Color Apex Predator

  Saison · 6.5% · Chicago, IL

  Sweet scent of juicy fruit wafting from a frothy, white mane, and a generous Crystal dry-hopping that completes the dry finish with a fruity bite.

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $8

• Off Color Apricot Berm

  Belgian Ale · 6.4% · Chicago, IL

  Apricot Berm - Native fermented Belgian Style Ale inoculated with yeasts harvested from spontaneously fermenting apple cider then refermented on apricots for a year. Rich tones of apricot leather, homemade marmalade, and calvados with a mouthwatering hint of salinity and balancing tartness.

  750ml Bottle $16

• Off Color April Rain

  American Wild Ale · 6.2% · Chicago, IL

  Wild Ale with Sudachi and White Tea

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $12

• Off Color Barrel Aged Beer for Tacos

  Barrel Aged · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  After a 14 months residence in Don Benjo Tequila barrels, this wheat beer emerged with a mild alcoholic heat balanced by sticky agave notes. During barrel blending, we introduced lime juice and pink Himalayan salt, which resulted in a rue family reunion of limes and oranges... more

  750ml Bottle $20

• Off Color Beer for Tacos

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  A margarita-inspired gose with key lime, pink himalayan salt, kaffir lime leaf, and oranges.

  750ml Bottle $13

• Off Color Coffee Dinosmores 2019

  Imperial Stout · 10.5% · Chicago, IL

  Coffee variation of our imperial Smores Stout, Dinosmores.

  12oz 2 Pack Bottles $10

• Off Color DinoSmores

  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 Fox in the Snow

  Sour Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

  Foedre aged kriek refermented with Balaton and Montmorency cherries.

  375ml Bottle $13

• Off Color Good Listeners

  Saison · 7.0% · Chicago, IL

  Made with our good friends from Rowley Farmhouse, Good Listeners is a reimagining of a Biere de miel using cactus gunk instead of honey. (But we still added some desert blossom honey because we support the bees, yo)... more

  750ml Bottle $16

• Off Color Growl

  Quadrupel · 8.5% · Chicago, IL

  Belgian-style dark strong ale. Malty sweetness, medium body with notes of stone fruit.

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $10

• 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.

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $12

• Off Color House Lion

  Saison · 4.8% · Chicago, IL

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

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $10

• Off Color Jerk Bird

  Blonde Ale · 9.5% · Chicago, IL

  Belgian-style golden ale with Brett C.

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $12

• Off Color Miscellanea Vol. 2

  American Wild Ale · 6.2% · Chicago, IL

  Apricot, bergamot, cotton candy, wisps of nebbiolo grapes, manderine orange, tepache. Dry acidic, Barnyard funk.

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $16

• Off Color Silly People

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Our boldest gose yet is fermented with a mixed cocktail of Lactobacillus, Torulaspora and Brettanomyces. It's basically a Salty Dog.

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $10

• Off Color Sparkles Finds (Some) Trouble

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  Leipzig-style gose brewed with hibiscus flowers. Slightly tart, subtle fruity floral notes.

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $8

• Off Color Squoke

  American Wild Ale · 5.9% · Chicago, IL

  Our very first batches brewed here at Mousetrap, aged in the first fill of one of our 14 yr old Barolo foedres for multiple seasons to eke out every last bit of their essence... 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 $10

• 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

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