Recognition
2025
Iron Brewer Awards
Bronze Medal — Cold Time®
Lager
The United States Beer Tasting Championship
Regional Champion (Midwest) — X-Hero Juicy Rush
Imperial Hazy IPA
World Beer Cup
Bronze — Deth's Tar
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout
2024
Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers
Gold Medal — Cherry V.S.O.J.
Fruit Beer
Toronado Barleywine Fest
1st Place — Straight Jacket
Barleywine
MikerFoBAB
Best in Show (Judge's Choice) — D.B.X.O.D. Le Tronçais
Barrel-Aged Beer
World Beer Championships (BTI)
Beer of the Year — Straight Jacket
Best Barrel Aged Ale (Platinum Medal) — Straight Jacket
Barrel Aged Ale
Best American Style Lager (Gold Medal) — Cold Time®
American Style Lager
Best American Style IPA (Gold Medal) — Infinity-Hero
American Style IPA
The United States Beer Tasting Championship
Grand National Champion — Straight Jacket
Wood/Barrel-Aged Beer
Regional Champion (Midwest) — Anti-Hero®
IPA
Regional Champion (Midwest) — Fist City®
Pale Ale
Iron Brewer Awards
Gold Medal — Super Zero
Non-Alcoholic
2023
The United States Beer Tasting Championship
Grand National Champion — Deth's Tar
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout/Porter
Grand National Champion — Anti-Hero®
IPA
World Beer Championships (BTI)
Platinum Medal — Infinity-Hero
American-Style IPA
Iron Brewer Awards
Silver Medal — Cold Time
Lager
Bronze Medal — Life Jacket
Fruit Beer
2022
The United States Beer Tasting Championship
Grand National Champion — V.S.O.R. (2022)
Multigrain Beer
European Beer Star Awards
Silver — Straight Jacket
Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beer
Silver — Maintains (and Shapes)
New-Style Lager
Chicago Tribune
Best Bar Food
Chicago Tribune's Readers' Choice Food Awards
2021
Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers
Gold — V.S.O.J. (2021)
Barleywine & Wheatwine
Runner Up — V.S.O.J. (2021)
Best in Show
European Beer Star Awards
Gold — Eugene Porter
Strong Porter
Bronze — Hazy-Hero®
Specialty IPA
Chicago Reader Best of Chicago Awards
Best Local Beer
Best of Chicago 2021
Best Local Brewery
Best of Chicago 2021
2020
Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers
Gold — Ten Year Beer
Fruit Beer
Chicago Reader
Best Local Beer
Best of Chicago 2020
Best Local Brewery
Best of Chicago 2020
2019
Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers
Gold — V.S.O.R. (2022)
Strong Dark Beer
Silver — Strawberry Jacket (2019)
Fruit Beer
Chicago Reader
Best Brewery
Best of Chicago 2019
2018
Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers
Bronze — Straight Jacket
Barleywine/Wheatwine - Straight Jacket
Great American Beer Festival
Bronze — Straight Jacket
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
2017
Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers
Bronze — V.S.O.J. (2021)
Barleywine/Wheatwine
Brewers Association
40th Place
Top 50 Craft Brewery
Brewers Association
50th Place
Top 50 Overall Brewery
Chicago Reader
Best Brewery Tour
Best of Chicago: Readers' Choice
Best Brewpub
Best of Chicago: Readers' Choice
Tastings
Gold — Anti-Hero®
Best IPA - May 2017
Gold — Fist City®
Best Pale Ale - May 2017
2016
Festival of Barrel Aged Beers
Bronze — SmOAKed
Classic Beer Style
Chicago Magazine
Best Craft Brewery
Readers' Choice
Chicago Tribune
Best Brewpub or Tap Room
Chicago Tribune's Dining Awards
Brewers Association
46th Place
Top 50 Craft Brewery Companies
World Beer Cup
Bronze — Winter Woman
Other Strong Beer
2015
Festival of Barrel Aged Beers
Silver — Working Woman
Strong Dark Beer
Bronze — Deth's Tar
Strong Porter/Stout
Brewers Association
50th Place
Top 50 Craft Brewery Companies
Chicago Magazine: Best of Chicago
Best Craft Brewery
Readers' Choice
Best Beer
Readers' Choice
Chicago Reader: Best of Chicago
Best Local Brewery
Readers' Poll
Best Brewpub
Readers' Poll
AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival
Best in Show — Fist City®
Best in Show
Gold — Fist City®
American Pale Ale
Ratebeer.com World’s Best Place For Beer by Subregion
Best Brewpub
Illinois
Best Tap Room
Illinois
Chicagoland Brewpub & Microbrewery Shootout
2nd Place
Best Food
3rd Place
Best Beer
2014
Festival of Barrel Aged Beers
Gold — Straight Jacket
Barleywine/Wheatwine
Gold – Filibuster
Strong/Double/Imperial Pale Beer
Time Out Love Chicago Awards
Top Local Bar
Northwest Side
Great Japan Beer Festival (International Beer Cup)
Gold — Anti-Hero®
American-Style India Pale Ale
Bronze — Eugene Porter
Brown Porter
Chicago Magazine: Best of Chicago
Best Craft Brewery
Readers' Choice
Best Beer — Anti-Hero®
Readers' Choice
The Reader: Best of Chicago
Best Local Brewery
Readers' Picks
Best Brewpub
Readers' Picks
Brew Local Brew — Anti-Hero®
Readers' Picks
2013
AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival
Gold — Bottom Up Wit
Wheats, Hefeweizens, Wits
Silver — Eugene Porter
Stouts & Porters
Bronze — Rosa
Fruit, Vegetable & Spiced Beers
Bronze — A Little Crazy®
Specialty Beers
The Reader: Best of Chicago
Best Local Brewery
Readers Poll
Best Brewpub
Readers Poll
Time Out Chicago 2013 Eat Out Awards
Best Chicago Microbrewery
Chicagoland Brewpub & Microbrewery Shootout
1st Place
Best Food/Beer Pairing
3rd Place
Best Beer
Chicago Tribune Dining Awards
Beverage Maker of the Year
2012
Great American Beer Festival
Gold — Cross of Gold
English-Style Summer Ale
Bronze — A Little Crazy®
American-Belgo-Style Ale
The Reader: Best of Chicago
Best Pub Grub
Readers Poll
Best Brewpub
Readers Poll
World Beer Cup
Gold — Rise
American Style Stout
Gold — Cross of Gold
English Style Summer Ale
Chicago Beer Society’s 35th Annual Fall Tasting
1st Place (tie) — Rise
Hoppy, American Stout
Chicagoland Brewpub & Microbrewery Shootout
1st Place
Best Beer/Food Pairing
2nd Place
Best Beer
Ratebeer.com Top Brewpubs in the World
Top 35
2011
Festival of Barrel Aged Beers
Silver — Black Powder
Classic Porter/Stout
Bronze — The General
Classic Porter/Stout
Chicago Magazine: 36 Best Local Craft Beers
Top 36 — Bottom Up Wit
Top 36 — Eugene Porter
The Reader: Best of Chicago
Best Brewpub
Readers Poll
Ratebeer.com Top New Brewers in the World
Top Five
Chicagoland Brewpub & Microbrewery Shootout
Best Beer/Food Pairing
Imbibe Magazine
Chicago in the Beer and Now
2010
The Reader: Best of Chicago
Best Brewpub
Readers Poll
Eat Out Awards
Best New Gastropub
Chicago Magazine: Best of Chicago
Best Beer of 2010 — Eugene Porter