# Midwest Ale Works — East Moline, Illinois

> Midwest Ale Works in East Moline, Illinois, United States scores 3.86 out of 5 — Fine, #123 in Illinois. 210 beers tracked, mostly Pale Ale.

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Midwest Ale Works is a brewery in East Moline, Illinois, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.86 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #123 in Illinois. Of the 210 beers we track, 30% are Pale Ale and 27% IPA.

## Rating

- Score: 3.86 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #123 in Illinois · #3,228 in United States · #4,441 worldwide
- Popularity: Lightly rated
- Beers tracked: 210

## About

Midwest Ale Works is still unproven but has a lot of potential and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "BAMF IPA", which is an American IPA and "Tropical IPA", which is a New England IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.

## What they brew

- Pale Ale — 30% of the beers we track
- IPA — 27% of the beers we track
- Other — 17% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 12% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 7% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 4% of the beers we track
- Saison — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 537 12th Avenue, East Moline, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates: 41.5170021, -90.4493103
- Website: http://maw.beer/

## Breweries nearby

- [Crawford Brew Works](https://finding.beer/brewery/crawford-brew-works-528.md) — 3.81, Fine — Bettendorf, Iowa — 3.4 mi away
- [Rebels & Lions Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/rebels-lions-brewing-3726.md) — 3.80, Fine — Moline, Illinois — 3.5 mi away
- [Bent River Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/bent-river-brewing-company-5203.md) — 3.51, Poor — Moline, Illinois — 3.6 mi away
- [Adventurous Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/adventurous-brewing-22957.md) — 4.63, Exceptional — Bettendorf, Iowa — 3.6 mi away
- [5ive Cities Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/5ive-cities-brewing-1208.md) — 3.88, Fine — Bettendorf, Iowa — 4.7 mi away
- [Twin Span Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/twin-span-brewing-21513.md) — 3.90, Fine — Bettendorf, Iowa — 5.1 mi away
- [Radicle Effect Brewerks](https://finding.beer/brewery/radicle-effect-brewerks-3749.md) — 3.96, Fine — Rock Island, Illinois — 5.7 mi away
- [Wake Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/wake-brewing-1282.md) — 4.32, Great — Rock Island, Illinois — 5.9 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/iowa/davenport-moline-rock-island.md)
- [Best breweries in Illinois](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/illinois.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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