# Urban Forest Craft Brewing — Rockford, Illinois

> Urban Forest Craft Brewing in Rockford, Illinois, United States scores 3.95 out of 5 — Fine, #64 in Illinois. 131 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Urban Forest Craft Brewing is a brewery in Rockford, Illinois, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.95 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #64 in Illinois. Of the 131 beers we track, 41% are IPA and 19% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.95 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #64 in Illinois · #1,767 in United States · #2,509 worldwide
- Popularity: Lightly rated
- Beers tracked: 131

## About

Urban Forest Craft Brewing produce's high quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Dude Playing A Dude Disguised As Another Dude", which is a New England IPA and "Whitney", which is a Cream Ale. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.

## What they brew

- IPA — 41% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 19% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 11% of the beers we track
- Other — 10% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 9% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 6% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 6551 East Riverside Boulevard, Rockford, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates: 42.3180266, -88.9892301
- Website: http://www.urbanforestbeer.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Pig Minds Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/pig-minds-brewing-co-3667.md) — 3.58, Poor — Machesney Park, Illinois — 3.9 mi away
- [Prairie Street Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/prairie-street-brewing-company-7053.md) — 3.54, Poor — Rockford, Illinois — 5.9 mi away
- [Carlyle Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/carlyle-brewing-co-5399.md) — 3.77, Fine — Rockford, Illinois — 6.2 mi away
- [5 Bines Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/5-bines-brewery-33105.md) — 3.91, Fine — Belvidere, Illinois — 8.8 mi away
- [Cheez Head Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/cheez-head-brewing-22343.md) — 3.49, Poor — Beloit, Wisconsin — 13 mi away
- [G5 Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/g5-brewing-company-17608.md) — 4.16, Great — Beloit, Wisconsin — 14 mi away
- [Hairy Cow Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/hairy-cow-brewing-company-32662.md) — 3.90, Fine — Byron, Illinois — 19 mi away
- [Gray Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/gray-brewing-co-2936.md) — 2.90, Limited — Janesville, Wisconsin — 25 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

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