Maplewood Brewing & Distilling

Spotlight: Maplewood Brewing Lemon Drop

Maplewood Brewing Lemon Drop, an American wheat ale.

Named for the leading hop in the recipe, Maplewood Brewing Lemon Drop is really quite a delightful beer. As with the young brewery’s entire lineup, this wheat proves you don’t have to brew Continue Reading →

Maplewood Creepy Ginger

Maplewood Creepy Ginger, a year-round Belgian-style strong ale.

This beer is more than a hilarious name – the name serves as a double entendre, as it boasts organic ginger root that has been added post fermentation. A nice, spicy touch to Continue Reading →

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Spotlight: Maplewood Brewing Lemon Drop

Maplewood Brewing Lemon Drop, an American wheat ale.

Named for the leading hop in the recipe, Maplewood Brewing Lemon Drop is really quite a delightful beer. As with the young brewery’s entire lineup, this wheat proves you don’t have to brew with space rocks or rare water to be good. Simply a bright, flavorful, easy drinking beer.

Maplewood Brewing Lemon Drop is a year-round beer, to be found in 22 ounce bottles and draft in the Chicago area.

Style: Wheat Ale
Hops: Lemondrop, Warrior

Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Year-round
Debut: Late 2015

5.8% ABV

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Maplewood Creepy Ginger

Maplewood Creepy Ginger, a year-round Belgian-style strong ale.

This beer is more than a hilarious name – the name serves as a double entendre, as it boasts organic ginger root that has been added post fermentation. A nice, spicy touch to this beer’s light and slightly boozy body.

Brewed to celebrate one of the red-headed founders of Maplewood Brewing Company, the Creepy Ginger is a Belgian-Style Golden Strong Ale brewed with a pilsner malt base and a healthy amount of spelt.

Maplewood Creepy Ginger is available in 22 ounce bottles and draft.

Style: Belgian-style Strong Ale (w/ Ginger)
Hops: Warrior, Centennial
Malts: Pilsner, Spelt, Caramalt

Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Year-round
Debut: 2015

7.8% ABV, 23 IBUS

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