Penrose Brewing Company

Commercial Brewery | Geneva, IL, United States of America

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Penrose Brewing Company (Geneva, IL, United States of America)

Beers

Overall average: 64 (logged 32 times)
Penrose 10 Year Anniversary Caves: 54 (logged 2 times)
Stout
Penrose Chairlift Vermont Style IPA: 58 (logged 1 time)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Penrose Coconut Caves: 71 (logged 2 times)
Stout
Penrose Coffee Navette: 31 (logged 3 times)
Belgian Dark Ale
Penrose Crocodile Boots: 79 (logged 2 times)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Penrose Goofy Boots: 61 (logged 3 times)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Penrose Graham’s Chocolate Ale: 54 (logged 2 times)
European-style Dark Lager
Penrose Light: 67 (logged 2 times)
European-style Pale Lager
Penrose Lil Boots: 77 (logged 4 times)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Penrose Looper: 75 (logged 2 times)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Penrose Navette: 83 (logged 1 time)
Black IPA / Cascadian Dark Ale / American Black Ale
Penrose Party Boots: 75 (logged 1 time)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Penrose Proto: 83 (logged 1 time)
American Blonde Ale
Penrose Session Sour Amarillo: 83 (logged 1 time)
Wild Ale
Penrose Summer Crush: 63 (logged 4 times)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Penrose Taproom IPA: 42 (logged 1 time)
American India Pale Ale / IPA

Logs for beers from this brewery

Like the big brother of the Lil Boots, a little less pointed but more sophisticated.
Draft
This is a lot. Burnt sugar up front, syrupy, with a bitter finish that makes me think I’m licking the barrel staves. The third barrel aged beer in a row on this trip that I’ve been unable to finish.
Draft
Still don't feel like there's much going on here. I guess it works as a pallet cleanser.
Draft at Penrose brewery, Geneva IL
Sweet with almost overwhelming cherry flavor. But it doesn't have the horrible backbone of other barrel aged beers. I couldn't drink a lot of this, but it's not terrible. Oddly, the visual impression is more like a European dark. It looks a bit like a soda through the edge. As Mike says, "it tastes like it should be a lot more opaque than it is".
Draft at Penrose brewery, Geneva IL
This does taste like a New England IPA, but with muted bitterness.
Draft at Penrose brewery, Geneva IL
Distinctly different from the Lil Boots: sweeter, orange only comes in at the end, but bright and sunny. Enjoyable.
Draft
Still citrus sour with a strong bitter backbone. I still think it's pretty good.
Draft at Penrose brewery, Geneva IL
Lemon forward, tangerine, cleaner, crisper fruit finish than I’d usually expect from a hazy. Quite nice.
Draft
Very light, like a macro lager, with some grassy aspect.
Draft at Penrose brewery, Geneva IL
Very light, on the watery side of th me line. But you could easily imagine crushing several of these if you were out in the sunlight.
Draft
it’s a good IPA which i’m sure others would love
Reminds me of an Almond Joy and that’s a good thing
Really nice. get a little pleasant grass field in the summer thing going and then a really complex wheat fruit nut combination on the lingering finish
It's like an almond joy infused with cherry. Surprisingly it almost works. I am so close to making this a solid
The scent is great. The mouthfeel is a European dark lager (which is why I told Jet to log out as such) but it does have some additional notes of baker's chocolate.
is not thick enough. it’s like eating some chocolate and then washing it down with water. not pleasant
Bitter and sour. Actually pretty good.
This is better balanced than the goofy ones. Mild and flavorful. I suppose some might like more bitterness.
Kind of a bitter zest. Not really a lot more going on.
Not bad. Flavorful, though a little thin, with a bitter backbone.
I dunno. it’s just a little musty compared to the lil boots maybe i shouldn’t have had em in this order
really nice citrus forward for summer
Bitter, rough, brackish.
Can at Home, like a loser
It's kinda thin. A little more like a pale. There is a bit of fruit character, but . . Almost meh? I guess it's better than meh, but there are better options out there.
Can at Home, like a loser
It's pretty good. Like a mixture of an IPA and a Weissbier
Can at Home, like a loser
Dry, bitter IPA with no fruit flavors.
Can
This is good. Slight hints of dark prunes.
Can at Home
Tasty, slightly sweet and almost tart on the tongue.
Draft at Fire it Up
Tart dry sour with a counterpoint of bitterness. Rather tasty.
Can at Home
Gah!!! Someone poured used coffee grounds into my beer .
Um this really needs some cream and sugar or something