The Bavarian Lodge

1800 Ogden Ave

Lisle, IL, United States of America

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This smells wonderful, cherry and fruit. The taste is good, though clearly it's a fruit-juice-added bet rather than one that put together a taste the cool way by managing the microflora.
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Tasty marzen. Sweet, slightly bitter, perhaps a little bit watery. But not bad.
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Strong toffee & roasted nut. Very bitter but also pleasantly smooth.
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Interesting. It does have a strong sourdough note mixed with something like a spicy hefeweizen.
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Tastes like a wine mixed beer. Efforvescent and slightly sour.
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Unibroue La Résolution (unknown release)
Dark, kind of like fake candy. It's not bad, but doesn't have the best flavor profile.
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It's good for an IPA.
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Dark with a sort of prune taste.
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This is tasty sour. Cherry, sour, honestly really good.
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Scent is stout with "something". Taste is like a dry stout, which isn't something I'm used to. It's not bad, but it's not something that screams or to me to have more.
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Tasty quadruple, with hints of cherry.
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Sweet, slightly sour, with an almost smokey bitterness. Has a cherry flavor that reminds me of barrel aging.
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A rather clear, dry pilsner. I like it.
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Lovely light cherry flavor, more like a European dark than a stout. Really, don't expect a stout, because it doesn't taste like one.
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Sweet cider well balanced by the jalapeno notes. I could absolutely drink this all day long.
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Light, slightly sweet mango. Nice bitter undertone.
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Wow, this just kicks me in the face. So much so that I can't even characterize the flavor.
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Very sweet stout, not much roasted flavor, hints of vanilla.
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Spicy, thin bitter. Slightly brackish. Meh.
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The accent is odd, like air out of a metal tank, maybe helium. The taste is similar, with hints of bitter greens.
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Light, strong, and spicy.
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Dark, sweet, full bodied. Actually really good .
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Slightly sweet, slightly brackish, slightly iffy . Almost like a barrel aged . Odd, not really to my taste .
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My aunt characterized this as horse's hoof . I don't disagree .But it somehow blends well with the bourbon barrel flavor. It's actually not bad, and a think a barrel- aged aficionado would love this.
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For an instant, it was a good sour .Then it all went south. Like bad BO, rotting leaves, and something that has turned really bad. Never ever again.
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Ooooohhhh, that's good . The perfect sour.
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Has a good spicy/stouty nose. Very spicy to taste, my reaction is almost like to an ipa, but it's clearly a different sort of herb
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Almost sour, but with a sharp barrel aged undertone.
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Smells great, but drinking it makes the back of my mouth contract and other bad things to happen .
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Understated sweetness with a bitter tartness. Kind of like bitter cherry juice. No sour taste to speak of. I'm really not sure how to rate this . Very song when you take a big pull .
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Standard sort of apricot scent and flavor that comes with barleywine. Since it's not my mind off beer, I really can give no advice
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Smells strongly of coffee. The taste is like sweet maple mixed with coffee . It immediately starts to give me a headache from the alcohol content, but I'm happy all the way down.
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My review is the exact same as last time. This is the most wonderful thing in the world to sit and smell, but I never want to drink any again. Why the hell can't they just make a scented bag or candle?
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Oh wow, this beats me in the face like the most bourbon barrel aged beer in existence .I can't write any more because the reaper is here to collect me . I want a rating that says "Never, Never, Never again" .
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Standard sweetish stout scent . Strong, sweet, barrel aged, with the cherry character you'd expect. But actually, this is pretty good .
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Standard sweetish stout scent . Strong, sweet, barrel aged, with the cherry character you'd expect. But actually, this is pretty good .
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Dry and bitter, with nothing else actually going on.
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A good, if very slightly wheaty, pils .It escapes the brackish flavor that I feel accompanies most German Pils. So, it might not be what you expect, but I kind of like it. In fact, I'm actually debating between solid and yum .
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Understated, slightly sweet smell. Flavor is a little like cherry cough syrup, but rather mild, with a slight bitter/brackish undertone. It's not offensive, but it doesn't really do it for me.
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To fill in for Mike. Effervescent nose with nothing else. Taste is a slight sour combined with spicy that really appeals to me. The sides of my tongue continue to tingle long after the sip.
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The Bruery Sour in the Rye (unknown release)
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Kind of a mild combination of sour and bitter, which perhaps makes sense for a mild fruit like watermelon.
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Very tasty, tart, dark and fruity.
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The Bruery Sour in the Rye (unknown release)
Good, though it does the opposite of growing on me.
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Ok so once i got over the musty sock taste, it was actually really good. But it took a while to get over that bit.
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Just sour enough, but really nice balance. Refreshing.
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Dark plum, but actually kind of watery .
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This is a lovely sour .
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Spicy yeast and effervescent lambic
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The Bruery Gypsy Tart (unknown release)
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Slightly funky, very cherry .Sweet .Not really my sort of thing. Actually, I think I really don't like this.
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More like rotting leaves/bad body odour .
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An odd combination of IPA and a sour.
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Tasty. Somewhere between a sour and a shandy.
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Kind of like a sour mixed with a barrel aged beer .Not my sort of thing .
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Dark, lightly sour .Like a sour combined with a Belgian Quadruple
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A tasty sour.
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Man. This is so, SO, bourbon barrel aged .
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Now that is a Viking drink, err ship
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Um. I dunno about this ice cream and beer mix. Yah.... No
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Honestly, it just tastes like a decent Oktoberfest beer .I'm not getting anything about ice cream or brownie .
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This had an amazing smoky flavor .I have a co-worker who gets a whole pig a few times a year, and butchers and smokes it himself .I got a cut of bacon from him once that was to fire for .This is what it smelled like. However, this beer just tastes like the smoky smell, it's completely overwhelming. So, a wonderful thug to smell, mediocre to drink
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Oaky and smoky.
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Sweet, with more coriander than banana .Not bad.
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A little sweet to me, but decent
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Matt would like this a lot methinks
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Super sweet, with a flavor reminiscent of hard candy. Like sucking on a very alcoholic rum flavored candy .
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Smooth and honey
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Lagery with a backing of bitterness. Clear and refreshing
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Super tasty, somewhat effervescent and sour .
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Better than i remember apparently
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Dark, but somehow almost effervescent. Kind of a light and mild caramel flavor .
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There's a sweetness in the scent. The flavor is a hard caramel, like a bourbon barrel aged beer .I think others would appreciate this more than I.
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Interestingly, it smells like the lakefront to me .I'm not sure if that could really be a recommendation .Living freshwater, a hint of pumpkin I don't know .
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Light, sweet, eminently drinkable .There's a hint of yeasty spice, I don't get banana per se, just sweet.
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Wow coffee . And actually a nice solid, somewhat sweet underlying stout. Good enough that I had another.
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Strong, fruity funk immediately noticeable in the scent. Sweet and sharp rather than watery. A little more bitter, and frankly a little more character than I expected .
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This has a character in both the scent and the taste that reminds me of an IPA. More spicy than sour, with a hint of bitterness and a yeasty unfiltered undertone .
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Middling Amber color. Slight watery fruit scent. It's thick and smooth in the mouth, malty with perhaps a tiny hint of bitter. There is a flavor of some odd spice that I can't identify.
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light, hazy coloration. Effervescent scent. Both sour and spicy, I don't get much sweet,maybe just a hint of bitter.
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Scent is some citrus/orange zest .Bitter head. I really get more orange than banana in the taste. So, fruity what beer, strong on the banana .
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Effervescent with a hint of fruit undertone, so clearly a "sour". But not really any sour in flavor. I'm fact, my description is pretty much at an end at this point .
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Something of the watery, marzen beer flavor. A reasonable amount of malt and just a hint of bitterness. Fine as a drink . Right on the edge of being a solid, if I went for alcoholic drinks top slake my thirst
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Super super super super sweet. Amber hued. I'm just overwhelmed by a certain flavor that shall remain "nameless"
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apricot and plum. Smooth and rich this is what I want to think of when I think Belgian Abbey ale .
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This is a good, grassy/floral hefenweizen. I'm Not sure it it lives up to it's press .
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Somewhat floral-fruity like a hefenweizen.
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Smells like coffee beans. Tastes like heavily, heavily roasted coffee, with just a hint of vanilla beans .It's a little bit much for me .
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This tastes very much like it was mixed with a liquor. I suspect those who like bourbon would in turn like this. There is an interesting flavor profile, but sadly I'm having trouble identifying it in about two ounces .
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Flavorful, sweet hefenweizen, with a zippy spice that I presume comes from the ginger .Very good.
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Light, almost flavorless .I guess is does have that hint of water bitterness that I associate with cucumbers. Rather meh on lack of taste . Drinking the bottom of the sample a few minutes later, I was pounded with the cucumber flavor .So I guess if you want mildly alcoholic cucumber, then this is the drink for you .
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Exactly what it says. Smooth chocolate - orange dominate the flavor and add an odd note to the scent.
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Bitter, malty, and pumpkin zest.
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Sweet,almost barrel aged caramel flavor Sligit bitter undertone. Not really my sort of thing .
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This tastes like a hoppy kolsch .Which pretty much had me in stitches, because that is exactly what is expect from this brewery.
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Like a light, bitter ale with a strong sense of association with wine Pretty much what says on the label.
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Strong plum sour with some extra puckering. I fear this is suffering by comparison to the other very good sours I've had tonight.
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Odd There's this straight shot of flavor through this that I'm having trouble identifying .Maybe straw or some such. weird.
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Scent is kind of grapey . Taste is somewhere between a sour and a port. Odd.
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BlackBerry, wheat, and light sour. A little muddled I think .
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Juicy and sour,really just lovely.
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Tastes more like a lager or even a pils, with only a hint of saison. Clean and somewhat bitter, with a hint of spice.
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Scent of a light IPA Taste is more or less the same. I guess it's fine?
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Light, clear, and refreshing, with a nice undertone of almost fruity bitterness.
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Light and clean with an undertone of spices that is quite appealing. Note,this is brewed without hops, so don't expect bitterness.
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Sour and awesome! This is perfect .
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Starts out like a drink, then it dries, until your tongue is an extension of the Sahara. Like a very dry IPA that sneaks up on you. Interesting .
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Interesting and complex. A hint of tartness, a wheaty middle, and a slightly rough hint of bitter at the end.
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At last! What every Belgian dark ale needs - a hit of cinnamon. Not really. Otherwise, this was perfectly decent, and got better as it warmed.
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I don't know what to say
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This didn't really bring tripel flavors to mind for me. Darker aspect, with a quaddish candi sugar and light plum character. The flavors, while not exactly watery, seemed a little insipid in the overall color of the beer.
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Sweet, dark fruit .Almost a barrel aged Carmel flavor.This is more thin than you'd expect .
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Tastes like a bog standard light roasty stout. Fine enough but there is no justification for this to be 11%+ or to spend your night's alcohol allotment on it.
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Smells of clove and white pepper. Opens with fruit that wants to get tart but never does. Empty flavor until yeast bitterness takes over, and strongly.
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