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• Off Color You Never Take Me Anywhere Nice

  Kellerbier · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  Our semi-dry lager recipe gets a makeover as the yeast is left in suspension to create a rounder mouthfeel, enhanced hop character, distinct bread notes, and a slight haze.

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

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• 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.

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color Beer For Golf

  Witbier · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

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

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color Beer For Hoops

  Cream Ale · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  Cream Ale with peach puree and vanilla beans.

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color Beer For Movies

  Kolsch · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color Beer for Burgers

  Barrel Aged · 7.0% · Chicago, IL

  Inspired by the classic fizzy lager and shot specials enjoyed at corner bars everywhere, a base Helles Bock starts out quite plain to maximize contributions from its time in bourbon barrels. The final beer is a blend of freshly used bourbon barrels, second use barrels, as well as fresh beer... more

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color Beer for Tacos

  Gose · 4.5% · Chicago, IL

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

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color DinoSmores

  Imperial Stout · 10.7% · Chicago, IL

  Imperial stout brewed with Vanilla, Chocolate, Marshmallow, and Graham Flour

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $18.99

• Off Color Holiday Fatigue

  Imperial Stout · 9.5% · Chicago, IL

  Brewed with orange, raisins, pink peppercorns, and cloves, Holiday Fatigue pours dark and thick, emitting hints of Christmas spice and extinguished yule logs. Look for dark roast with port-like counter notes, while orange and spice subtly emerge on the finish.

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $18.99

• Off Color Le Predateur

  Saison · 6.5% · Chicago, IL

  A beret-wearing, baguette-eating, mustached farmhouse ale made with French malts, French saison yeast, and Australian hops.

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color Le Woof

  Biere de Garde · 7.3% · Chicago, IL

  Inspired by our brewery puppy, Hops, Biere de Guard Dog seems sweet enough will a strong malt presence lead by Munich and Vienna malts.

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color Scurry

  Traditional Ale · 5.3% · Chicago, IL

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

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color Tooth and Claw

  Pilsner · 5.0% · 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

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• 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

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

• Off Color You Never Take Me Anywhere Nice

  Kellerbier · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  Our semi-dry lager recipe gets a makeover as the yeast is left in suspension to create a rounder mouthfeel, enhanced hop character, distinct bread notes, and a slight haze.

  16oz 4 Pack Cans $10

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• Off Color Blackberry Fox in the Snow

  Sour Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

  Foedre aged kriek, with the cherries replaced by blackberries. 10 months in foedre and a further two aging on blackberries lends an auburn hue, vibrant fruit, and tannic, seedlike profile.

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $16

• Off Color Cranberry Fox In The Snow

  American Wild Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

  Foeder aged wild ale with cranberries

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $16

• Off Color Critters

  American Wild Ale · 6.1% · Chicago, IL

  Funky Belgian Style Wit brewed with Coriander and Orange Peel

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $8

• Off Color Cygnet 2019

  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 $13

• Off Color DinoSmores 2018

  Russian Imperial Stout · 10.5% · Chicago, IL

  2018 vintage. Imperial stout brewed w/ graham flour, marshmallow, molasses, cocoa nibs & vanilla bean.

  12oz 4 Pack Bottles $18.99

• Off Color Miscellanea Vol. 3

  American Wild Ale · 7.8% · Chicago, IL

  Our Miscellanea beers are an ongoing collaborative project collecting and incorporating the house bretts, native yeasts, and wild cultures from the many wild and mix fermentation breweries around the country near and dear to our hearts into a single foedre... more

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $16

• Off Color Pear Reine des Renards

  Sour Ale · 7.8% · Chicago, IL

  This Flemish Blonde ale was fermented in our 14 year-old French Calvados foedre with native, wild yeasts for ten months then re-fermented with pressed pear cider and aged for an additional year... more

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $16

• Off Color Pomegranate Fox

  Traditional Ale · 8.4% · Chicago, IL

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

  250ml 4 Pack Bottles $16

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• Off Color Blueberries Feel Pain

  Traditional Ale · 8.1% · Chicago, IL

  American Wild Ale featuring Native yeast harvested from blueberry skins

  750ml Bottle $16

• Off Color Market Rate

  American Wild Ale · 5.8% · Chicago, IL

  2021 release. 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.

  750ml Bottle $16

• Off Color Miscellanea Vol. 3.5

  Sour Ale · 8.3% · Chicago, IL

  A small batch blend of our collaborative American Wild Ale taken from its resident Barolo foedre and double barrel aged in a handful of four year Willett bourbon barrels... more

  750ml Bottle $16

• 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 $16

• Off Color Scourge

  Imperial Stout · 9.9% · Chicago, IL

  A brash frontal assault of dark cocoa powder, freshly roasted coffee, and baked roadside pies tempered by the alluring, summer flowers and blueberry nectar from our native yeasts... more

  750ml Bottle $16

• Off Color Staveyard Framboise

  Oud Bruin · 7.5% · Chicago, IL

  Staveyard Oud Bruin refermented with Michigan raspberries

  750ml Bottle $12

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