# Obscurity Brewing and Craft Mead — Elburn, Illinois

> Obscurity Brewing and Craft Mead in Elburn, Illinois, United States scores 3.55 out of 5 — Poor, #223 in Illinois. 73 beers tracked, mostly Pale Ale.

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Obscurity Brewing and Craft Mead is a brewery in Elburn, Illinois, United States. We grade it Poor, with a score of 3.55 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #223 in Illinois. Of the 73 beers we track, 27% are Pale Ale and 22% IPA.

## Rating

- Score: 3.55 out of 5
- Grade: Poor 😐 — Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.
- Ranked: #223 in Illinois · #6,131 in United States · #10,164 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 73

## About

Obscurity Brewing And Craft Mead produce's good quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Vanilla DOOM", which is an American  Red Ale and "Launch Juice", which is a New England IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Amber Ales.

## What they brew

- Pale Ale — 27% of the beers we track
- IPA — 22% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 17% of the beers we track
- Other — 17% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 8% of the beers we track
- Amber Lager — 5% of the beers we track
- Cider — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 113 West North Street, Elburn, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates: 41.8921379, -88.4734242
- Website: http://www.drinkobscurity.com/

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## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [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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