# Off Color Brewing — Chicago, Illinois

> Off Color Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States scores 3.94 out of 5 — Fine, #77 in Illinois. 364 beers tracked, mostly Sour / Wild Ale.

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Off Color Brewing is a brewery in Chicago, Illinois, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.94 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #77 in Illinois. Of the 364 beers we track, 24% are Sour / Wild Ale and 21% Saison.

## Rating

- Score: 3.94 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #77 in Illinois · #1,880 in United States · #2,630 worldwide
- Popularity: Very widely rated
- Beers tracked: 364

## About

At some point John and Dave were born. They did other stuff for a while and then they figured out they were better at making beer than at the other stuff. So that's what they do now. They met while both studied at the oldest and most respected brewing school (of the two...and by the brewers that went to the one) in the US, the Siebel Institute, in 2008 and the brewery was envisioned while they both interned at Metropolitan Brewing afterwards. Most of Off Color's business plan is based off of Doug and Tracy at Metro knowing what they're doing, so you should go buy some of their beer too. After cutting their teeth at larger breweries, the two somehow convinced enough otherwise-very-smart-people to invest enough money for them to buy some big shiny things to make their own beer in. So that's what they do now.

## What they brew

- Sour / Wild Ale — 24% of the beers we track
- Saison — 21% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 19% of the beers we track
- Other — 18% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 8% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 5% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 5% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 1460 North Kingsbury Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates: 41.907905, -87.6521195
- Website: https://www.offcolorbrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Local Option Bierwerker](https://finding.beer/brewery/local-option-bierwerker-3913.md) — 3.84, Fine — Chicago, Illinois — 1 mi away
- [Piece Brewery & Pizzeria](https://finding.beer/brewery/piece-brewery-pizzeria-3658.md) — 3.85, Fine — Chicago, Illinois — 1.2 mi away
- [The Perch Kitchen & Tap](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-perch-kitchen-tap-35382.md) — 3.94, Fine — Chicago, Illinois — 1.3 mi away
- [The Violet Hour](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-violet-hour-19397.md) — 3.41, Poor — Chicago, Illinois — 1.3 mi away
- [Guinness Open Gate Brewery (US)](https://finding.beer/brewery/guinness-open-gate-brewery-us-29945.md) — 3.79, Fine — Chicago, Illinois — 1.3 mi away
- [Guinness Open Gate Brewery Chicago](https://finding.beer/brewery/guinness-open-gate-brewery-chicago-33547.md) — 3.77, Fine — Chicago, Illinois — 1.3 mi away
- [Drink Four Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/drink-four-brewing-co-17584.md) — 1.75, Limited — Chicago, Illinois — 1.4 mi away
- [Burnt City Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/burnt-city-brewing-5248.md) — 3.53, Poor — Chicago, Illinois — 1.5 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Chicago, Illinois](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/illinois/chicago.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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