Lounge Lager
Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
- From:
- Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
Ranked #118 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #21,618 - Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 4.36%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 02, 2026
- Added:
- May 11, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Taste Profile
American Adjunct Lager brewed with 6‑Row Barley and flaked corn showcasing malty undertones with a refreshing noble hop bite.
Crisp and carefully balanced, there’s a reason Lounge Lager was deemed the official beer sponsor of the Maplewood Lounge in Logan Square. Lounge Lager to Lounge Longer.
American Adjunct Lager brewed with 6‑Row Barley and flaked corn showcasing malty undertones with a refreshing noble hop bite.
Crisp and carefully balanced, there’s a reason Lounge Lager was deemed the official beer sponsor of the Maplewood Lounge in Logan Square. Lounge Lager to Lounge Longer.
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Reviewed by ChicagoJ from Illinois
3.91/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3/2/26 - (Maplewood Brewery) (Chicago, Illinois) Draft Notes: Pint draft served in a nonic glass for $6 plus tax at the brewery. A lager brewed with 6-RowBarley, and Midwestern flaked corn. Crisp and refreshing and the official beer of the Maplewood Lounge. 4.6% ABV House Lager.
Appearance: Clear straw blonde base, slow sustained carbonation. Bright white head leaves no trace beyond a thin cover over the base. 4.0
Aroma: Corn, cracker, pepper and mineral water. Mild plus strength and enjoyment. 3.5
Taste: Crisp cracker, pepper, salt, mineral water, and a touch of honey. Nice 4.0
Mouthfeel: Thin, crisp body built up with the sustained slightly prickly carbonation. Dry, nice balance between sweet flavors and hops fighting the good fight. Sweet bread and cracker finish. 4.25
Overall: This is a solid nice and easy lager, nice balance, strong flavors without a strong ABV. Yes Please. 4.0
Mar 02, 2026Appearance: Clear straw blonde base, slow sustained carbonation. Bright white head leaves no trace beyond a thin cover over the base. 4.0
Aroma: Corn, cracker, pepper and mineral water. Mild plus strength and enjoyment. 3.5
Taste: Crisp cracker, pepper, salt, mineral water, and a touch of honey. Nice 4.0
Mouthfeel: Thin, crisp body built up with the sustained slightly prickly carbonation. Dry, nice balance between sweet flavors and hops fighting the good fight. Sweet bread and cracker finish. 4.25
Overall: This is a solid nice and easy lager, nice balance, strong flavors without a strong ABV. Yes Please. 4.0
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.89/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz can. Poured out a pale, golden color with a small, white head of foam. It left sudsy lace. It smelled of cereal, grains and floral notes. Sweet caramel maltiness with some citrus and a mild bitterness.
May 20, 2025
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Canned 9/28/22; drank 2/10/23 @ the Yarchives.
See-through dull yellow/orange appearance.
Sweet corn, pine & mineral water notes in the nose.
Sticky medium mouthfeel.
Sweet corn, mild pine & mineral water flavors.
I'd prefer the be a bit more quaffable, but overall nice.
Feb 11, 2023See-through dull yellow/orange appearance.
Sweet corn, pine & mineral water notes in the nose.
Sticky medium mouthfeel.
Sweet corn, mild pine & mineral water flavors.
I'd prefer the be a bit more quaffable, but overall nice.
Rated by TheWaySheGoes from Illinois
4.21/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Just a joy to watch the bubbles funnel up. Amazing american lager when compared to the more popular ones.
Dec 13, 2022
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.91/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Crystal clear golden pour with a white head and light lacing. Corn and cracker make up the nose, with doughy accents. Taste has big corn through most of the sip, dough, cracker, and delicate kiss of hops on the finish, basic but solid. Feel is malty and light, super crushable, one of the easiest drinking beers you will have
Jul 20, 2021
Reviewed by eppCOS from Colorado
3.98/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: clear straw-yellow, carbonation for days, nice thing layer and foam for a few minutes. Correct.
4
S: bready, cracker-malt yeasts, a small tang of lemon-dough on the nose too. Discreet, subtle.
4
T: liquid saltines right here, with just that persistent linger citric bit to the back palate. Completely clean finish, and proper. For 3 months old, this has real presence and it doesn't seem to have fallen off.
4
M: Lively, good acidity, good carbonation, effervescent, full palate, but not much after-taste.
3.75
O: A great little lager - if I had access to this more regularly, I could see turning this into my Chicago back-porch beer, with a view of the wires, sky-line, and birds. [note: I live in Colorado - just sayin' this for affect]. 4.0 overall in my first beer book of this new one... nice!
*disclaimer - I don't drink a lot of Lager, to be honest, so this may be a bang-up Lager and I'm underrating. But you can tell this is just well made. It's not Dovetail Lager (I mean, what is?) but it's damn good.
May 11, 20204
S: bready, cracker-malt yeasts, a small tang of lemon-dough on the nose too. Discreet, subtle.
4
T: liquid saltines right here, with just that persistent linger citric bit to the back palate. Completely clean finish, and proper. For 3 months old, this has real presence and it doesn't seem to have fallen off.
4
M: Lively, good acidity, good carbonation, effervescent, full palate, but not much after-taste.
3.75
O: A great little lager - if I had access to this more regularly, I could see turning this into my Chicago back-porch beer, with a view of the wires, sky-line, and birds. [note: I live in Colorado - just sayin' this for affect]. 4.0 overall in my first beer book of this new one... nice!
*disclaimer - I don't drink a lot of Lager, to be honest, so this may be a bang-up Lager and I'm underrating. But you can tell this is just well made. It's not Dovetail Lager (I mean, what is?) but it's damn good.
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