About
Afterthought Brewing Company is a small, family-run brewery in Lombard, Illinois, specializing in saison beers brewed in 1.5-barrel batches. They focus on dry, low-alcohol, highly carbonated saisons inspired by Old World traditions, incorporating American and New World fruit and hops, oak aging, and mixed fermentation with yeast and bacteria. Using Midwestern ingredients when possible, their beers vary batch to batch and emphasize subtlety, tartness, and manual production.
saison-focused brewery
mixed fermentation and barrel-aged saisons
Midwestern ingredients
batch-to-batch variation
1.5-barrel manual production
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What They Make
Bière de Pieces
Series of blended barrel-aged saisons
Brno
Low ABV saison with Saaz hops
Extra Noble
Extra hoppy European-inspired saison
Faible
Easy-drinking saison with New World hops
Farmhouse Mild
Mixed fermentation saison with New World hops and Midwestern ingredients
Lantern
Saison with European hops, notes of orchard fruit, honey, and pilsner malt
Modern Tradition
Hoppy saison with Callista, Grungeist, and Hallertau Blanc
Noble
Rye saison with Hallertau Mittelfrüh and Saphir
Saison Amer
Hoppy, slightly more bitter mixed fermentation saison with rotating hops
Saison Auran
Mixed fermentation saison with citrus zest and rose hips
Saison Avec
Rotating series of blonde mixed fermentation saisons with fruit, spices, hops
Saison Meer
Blonde mixed fermentation saison with Midwestern ingredients, aged in oak
Table
Session saison with Cascade hops
Tradition
Blonde saison with Old School hops
Awards
Recognized in local craft beer competitions for innovative farmhouse ales.
2023