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Pilot Project Brewing
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2140 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
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Featured Items
- 4 - Pack : Ritual n/a pale$15.00
There might be zero alcohol in this beer, but there are PLENTY of hops. Highlighting two of New Zealand’s finest, Superdelic and Nectaron, this Pale Ale lures you in with a nose of ripe tangerine and peach before it’s medium-sweet body charges your pallet with a dry, assertive bitterness. Hop heads unite. It’s not a cult, it’s a gang.
- 4-Pack: Blackberry Lime Hard Kombucha$16.00
ROVM // Hard Kombucha // 5.5% - ROVM's new hard kombucha flavor features our house kombucha culture, mudan tea, blackberries, lime, and Zappa hops. It's the perfect, liquid combination of winter and summer... swinter, if you will.
- 4-Pack: Ocasos on Lake$13.00
CervecerÍa Paracaidista // Berliner Weisse with Prickley Pear, Blood Orange, and Habanero // 4.8% - Our newest collaboration brew with Mexico City Brewery, Paracaidista Cervesaria, brings us a lightly tart berliner weisse offering aromas of melon and orange, subtle notes of savory habanero, with a clean, crisp finish.
BEER // BOOCH
Pale
- HIP-HOPS AND R&BREW 1
Pale Ale // 5.5% - Funkytown's beer that started it all. Smooth and mellow with notes of citrus orange, fresh strawberry, and lychee. Crush responsibly.
- Mash Gang: JOURNEY JUICE NA
0.5% - Sabro Pale Ale - "The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began." This journey is as delightful as it is unexpected. Soft bodied and semi-sweet, this non-alcoholic pale ale offers up subtle notes of mango, vanilla, and candied-pear.
- Mash Gang : RITUAL NA
There might be zero alcohol in this beer, but there are PLENTY of hops. Highlighting two of New Zealand’s finest, Superdelic and Nectaron, this Pale Ale lures you in with a nose of ripe tangerine and peach before it’s medium-sweet body charges your pallet with a dry, assertive bitterness. Hop heads unite. It’s not a cult, it’s a gang.
- Brewer's Kitchen: Courtesy of Copenhagen
Stout
- Azadi Brewing: KADAK
Chai Stout + Lactose // 8% - A bold blend of chai spices makes for an intriguing seasonal stout. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and gingerbread are showstoppers in this calming winter brew.
- Brewers Kitchen : SIF
Sif - 5% - Oatmeal Stout - Named for the Norse Goddess of Grain, our Oatmeal Stout offers up a soft, round-bodied session beer with notes of dark chocolate and raisinets. On first sip, a flash of candied-fig-fruitiness resolves into a dry, robust-coffee finish with enough heft to keep you warm, yet mild enough to keep your drinking horn full time and time again.
4-Packs TO GO
- 6-Pack: Donna's Pickle Beer$13.00Out of stock
Donna's Pickle Beer // Pickle Brine Lager // 4.4% - 12oz Cans x 6. Donna's finest homemade brine with big, bright herbal and floral notes is integrated beautifully with an all American Lager and accentuated by Saaz and Hallertau Mittelfruh hops. You'll relish every sip - Donna.
- 4-Pack: Cuffin' Season$12.00
Funkytown Brewery // Irish Red Ale // 5.4% - Perfect for cuffin', this red ale boasts notes of carmel, light roast, a hint of tart fruit and dark chocolate. Enjoy until the cuffs come off.
- 4-Pack: Hip-Hops and R&Brew Vol. 1$15.00
Funkytown Brewery // Pale Ale + Orange Zest // 5.5% - Funkytown's beer that started it all. Smooth and mellow with notes of citrus orange, fresh strawberry, and lychee. Crush responsibly.
- 4-Pack: Hip-Hops and R&Brew Vol. 2$15.00
Funkytown Brewery// Pale Ale // 5.5% - An ode to Funkytown's original beer release, this pale ale is funky, fresh, and classic. Tropical notes on the aroma with citrus, strawberry, lychee and fresh hop flavor and a smooth and mellow malt-forward finish.
- 4-Pack: Homecoming$15.00Out of stock
Funkytown Brewery // Celebration Ale // 5.5% - Funkytown is ready for fall and football. Homecoming was brewed in honor of the annual Homecoming football game at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Homecoming is a time to truly experience the culture of the institution and its rich history. This celebration ale is a roasty, malt forward, lighter and more approachable version of the traditional Marzen beer style. Cheers to chilly, fall vibes and football traditions.
- 4-Pack: Woo-Wap-Da-Bam$13.00
Funkytown Brewery // American Amber Ale // 5.6% - Funkytown's second release is the definition of smooth. Toffee, bread crust, banana, and a hint of peach beg you to sip it all day (and night).
- 4-pack: Black is Beautiful porter$15.00
FT - Black is Beautiful: The 2024 rendition of Black is Beautiful is a rich, malty Baltic porter featuring a healthy addition of blackberries. The classic, clean lager fermented base of this beer gets us into the swing of things like a Louis Armstong solo but this beer refuses to color inside the lines. A Miles Davis-esque improvisation of blackberries seamlessly meld roast character and dark berry into harmony making this brew a pleasant groove.
- 4-Pack: Summertime Chi$13.00
Funkytown Brewery // Belgian Witbier // 5% - Bright citrus zest and coriander beg for summer in this crisp Belgian Wit. A beer for our favorite version of our favorite city: Summertime Chi.
- 4 - Pack : Ritual n/a pale$15.00
There might be zero alcohol in this beer, but there are PLENTY of hops. Highlighting two of New Zealand’s finest, Superdelic and Nectaron, this Pale Ale lures you in with a nose of ripe tangerine and peach before it’s medium-sweet body charges your pallet with a dry, assertive bitterness. Hop heads unite. It’s not a cult, it’s a gang.
- 4 - Pack - Beyond the pines$15.00
Dry hopped american pilsner - A delightful balance of bready malt sweetness and a crisp hop bitterness. Notes of grapefruit, a touch of pine, and a slight herbal quality, characteristics of a West Coast Pilsner.
- 4-Pack: Kavi$15.00
Azadi Brewing // Cardamom Golden Ale // 4.2% - Inspired by the mist-clad mountains, poetic tea gardens and backwaters of Munnar in the southern part of India. This crisp golden ale offers delightful notes of cardamom, lemon, pepper and a little pine. Refreshing and easy drinking. Buy three 4-Packs, get $5 off with promo code: beer5.
- 4-Pack: Aam$16.00
Alphonso Mango IPA // 6.8% - The Kind of the Mangoes manifests itself in "Aam," stemming from the Sanskrit name for the fruit "aamra-phalam." Aam or Mango has over 500 varieties and is prevalent in Indian culture from the fine arts to the kitchens across the country. A summer favorite, Alphonso mangoes have a vibrant taste complimented by a beautiful saffron-marigold color and a sweet aroma that fills the room. Enjoy this special release beer that celebrates a cultural icon of India, the Alphonso Mango.
- 4-Pack: Two Falls$15.00
Brewer's Kitchen // Hazy IPA // 6.5% - Silky smooth like the rolling mountains of Vermont, Two Falls broad hop profile features notes of pineapple, mango, candied citrus, and pine.
- 4-Pack: Fifty-Five Rocks$15.00
Brewer's Kitchen // Hazy Pale Ale // 5.5% - Hopped with loads of Galaxy, Strata, Eclipse, and Comet, this little rocket has big notes of fresh mango, tangerine and pineapple. It's so good, Elon Musk almost tweeted about it.
- 4-Pack Green Mtns Only$16.00
Brewer’s Kitchen // DDH NEDIPA // 8% - Tangerine, melon, and stone fruit in this big brew featuring citra, simcoe, amarillo & centennial. And no, the mountains are not blue.
- 4-Pack: Ventana$16.00
Brewer's Kitchen // West Coast IPA // 6.8% - Like walking through Big Sur's Ventana Wilderness, this beer features notes of citrus, pine with underlying red berry and complemented by a smooth mouthfeel and bright, lasting finish.
- 4-Pack: Nine : One$17.00
Brewer's Kitchen // Hazy Imperial IPA // 10% - Using hops exclusively grown in New Zealand, this Hazy Imperial features notes of over-ripe melon, gooseberry, moscato grape, and with a cotton candy softness. Have a couple of these and you'll Buy three 4-Packs, get $5 off with promo code: beer5. be counting sheep.
- 4-Pack: Mañana de Mallorca$16.00
Brewer's Kitchen // Spanish Tea IPA // 7% - Made from a Spanish sangria tea featuring four different types of dried Spanish melon, Seville orange, hibiscus, and el dorado hops. Buy three 4-Packs, get $5 off with promo code: beer5.
- 4-Pack: Serpente$12.00
Brewer's Kitchen // Italian Pilsner // 4.8% - . A crisp, floral and herbaceous hop profile is backed with a light body reminiscent of cracker, bread middle, and sunshine.
- 4-Pack: Obelix$15.00
Pilot Project // French Pale Ale // 6.5% - A thoughtful collaboration with our friends at Obelix, this beer utilizes French malt and hops to deliver a soft-bodied, hazy, pale ale. Notes of cotton-candy grape and fresh pear are balanced by a mild bitterness of sweet-tangerine pith and pink grapefruit. This semi-sweet-sipper was designed to be enjoyed alongside your favorite French cuisine (or at least our favorite). Sante!
- 4-Pack: Courtesy of Copenhagen$16.00
Brewer's Kitchen // Fruited Pale // 6% - Belma & Citra hops blend with fresh strawberry, lemon, and lavender flower to make for a deliciously vibrant, complex pale ale.
- 4-Pack: Punch Kissed Parasol$15.00
Brewer's Kitchen // Fruit Punch Sour // 4.8% - A near perfect blend of pomegranate, tangerine, and dark cherry make for this sun crusher reminiscent of your favorite childhood fruit punch. Oh yeah!
- 4-Pack: A Little Idiom$15.00
Brewer's Kitchen // Fruited Kettle Sour // 4.8% - An homage to four-character Japanese proverbs, this kettle sour features intense notes of citrus lemon from the Buddha's hand fruit supported by light plum and sweet-tart candy.
- 4-Pack : Winter Punch$16.00
ROVM Hard Kombucha // 5.5% - The latest seasonal offering from ROVM is for either nestling near a fire to escape the frost or slicing through the snow. Showcasing notes of Cherry, Blackberry, and Cranberry, our mother kombucha culture has folded these tart-fruit notes into a mild winterspice base of cinnamon and graham crackers. Bundle up.
- 4-Pack: Hibiscus Berry Hard Kombucha$16.00
ROVM Hard Kombucha // 5.5% - Like drinking the sunrise in a glass, this booch boasts big notes of pulpy strawberry and raspberry with hibiscus lending a pleasant, lightly tart finish.
- 4-Pack: Blackberry Lime Hard Kombucha$16.00
ROVM // Hard Kombucha // 5.5% - ROVM's new hard kombucha flavor features our house kombucha culture, mudan tea, blackberries, lime, and Zappa hops. It's the perfect, liquid combination of winter and summer... swinter, if you will.
- 6 - Pack - Taqueria Chingon - Tepache Gose$13.00
Taqueria Chingon - Tepache Gose - 4% - A Lightly tart, this pineapple forward gose drinks quickly with notes of key lime, sun-kissed peaches, and a touch of cinnamon to dry out the palate. This balance of savory-sour was designed with our friends from Taqueria Chingon to pair with your favorite taco or five.
- 6 - Pack - Years NA Pilsner$13.00
Years - Pilsner - <0.5% alc.vol - This new non-alcoholic Pilsner offers a light body of honeyed-biscuit and bread-crust and finishes with a dryness that recalls fresh-cut-grass and a crisp herbaceous bitterness.
- 4-Pack: Ocasos on Lake$13.00
CervecerÍa Paracaidista // Berliner Weisse with Prickley Pear, Blood Orange, and Habanero // 4.8% - Our newest collaboration brew with Mexico City Brewery, Paracaidista Cervesaria, brings us a lightly tart berliner weisse offering aromas of melon and orange, subtle notes of savory habanero, with a clean, crisp finish.
NON-ALCOHOLIC
Non-Alcoholic Beer
- Mash Gang : RITUAL NA
There might be zero alcohol in this beer, but there are PLENTY of hops. Highlighting two of New Zealand’s finest, Superdelic and Nectaron, this Pale Ale lures you in with a nose of ripe tangerine and peach before it’s medium-sweet body charges your pallet with a dry, assertive bitterness. Hop heads unite. It’s not a cult, it’s a gang.
- Mash Gang: JOURNEY JUICE NA
0.5% - Sabro Pale Ale - "The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began." This journey is as delightful as it is unexpected. Soft bodied and semi-sweet, this non-alcoholic pale ale offers up subtle notes of mango, vanilla, and candied-pear.
- YEARS: NA PILSNER // 12 oz Can$6.00
Years - Pilsner - <0.5% alc.vol - This new non-alcoholic Pilsner offers a light body of honeyed-biscuit and bread-crust and finishes with a dryness that recalls fresh-cut-grass and a crisp herbaceous bitterness.
- Mash Gang : Beyond The Pines // 16 oz Can$8.00
A delightful balance of bready malt sweetness and a crisp hop bitterness. Notes of grapefruit, a touch of pine, and a slight herbal quality, characteristics of a West Coast Pilsner.
Housemade Beverages
Cold-Pressed Juices by Midwest Juicery
Rishi Sparkling Botanical Teas
- Black Lemon Sparkling Botanical$4.50
Bright and citrusy with a malty finish, Black Lemon is our creative spin on a classic. We combine our direct trade, heirloom variety black tea from the high mountain forests of the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia with zesty and floral California lemons and tangy, aromatic blackened lemons grown in the jungles of central Guatemala. Contains Caffeine.
- Elderberry Maqui Sparkling Botanical$4.50
The shade-grown Japanese green tea used to make matcha is cold brewed and infused with sweet wormwood, green shiso, and a hint of chrysanthemum blossoms to create a smooth, sophisticated take on sparkling green tea. Contains Caffeine.
- Grapefruit Quince Sparkling Botanical$4.50
Grapefruit Quince elevates everyday replenishment with juicy hibiscus, aromatic yuzu and succulent quince in the perfect harmony of tangy and bittersweet effervescence.
- Schisandra Berry Sparkling Botanical$4.50
Tart and quenching with a lovely rosé color, Schisandra Berry is an adaptogenic elixir crafted from a single ingredient: forest grown schisandra berry. Known as the “five flavor berry,” schisandra grows like a grape on a vine and has a unique balance of sweet, sour, salty, bitter and pungent tastes.
Boylan Craft Soda
Sparkling Water
CBD Options
Warrior Kombucha N/A
MERCH
Pilot Project
- Pilot Project Holographic Sticker$1.50
- Pilot Project White & Gold T-Shirt$23.00
- Pilot Project Women in Brewing Tee$23.00
A portion of proceeds will go to Beer Kulture, a non-profit that has advanced and created opportunities that foster diversity, equity and inclusion within the craft beverage space. Since 2017, Beer Kulture has been a community resource and has demonstrated commitment to the work necessary to advance the Kulture forward.
- Pilot Project Pride Tank$20.00
Do not tumble dry. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Brave Space Alliance. Brave Space Alliance is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, and designed to create and provide affirming and culturally competent services for the entire LGBTQ+ community of Chicago.
- PPB Green T-Shirt$23.00
- PPB Maroon T-Shirt$23.00
- PPB Navy T-Shirt$23.00
- PPB Mirror Selfie T-Shirt$23.00
Now everyone can read your shirt when you take a selfie in the mirror.
- PPB Black Hooded Sweatshirt$45.00
- PPB Navy University Hoodie$45.00
- PPB Blue Crewneck$45.00
Do not tumble dry.
- PPB Navy Beanie$15.00
- Pilot Project Grey Beanie$15.00Out of stock
- Pilot Project Snapback Hat$25.00
- PPB Green Jersey Hat$25.00
- Pilot Project Teku Glass$12.00
14.5oz (lettering is WHITE)
- Pilot Project Baseball Hat : Grey with Black$25.00
- Pilot Project Baseball Hat : Blue with Black$25.00
Donna's Pickle Beer
Funkytown Brewery
ROVM Hard Kombucha
- ROVM Maroon Hoodie$45.00
- ROVM Light Grey Crewneck$45.00
- ROVM Tye Dye Hoodie$45.00
- ROVM Sand Hoodie$45.00
- ROVM Long Sleeve$30.00
- ROVM Slate Blue T-Shirt$23.00
- ROVM Salmon T-Shirt$23.00
- ROVM Green Hat$25.00
- ROVM Adjustable Pink Cotton Hat$25.00
- ROVM Grey Beanie$25.00
- ROVM Teal Bandana$7.00
- ROVM Pink Bandana$7.00
- ROVM Blue Tank 2022$20.00
- ROVM Bottomless Booch Club$23.00
ROVM Green Hat
Brewer's Kitchen
Women of the Bevolution
Sunday | 11:00 am - 3:59 pm, 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Monday | 11:00 am - 3:59 pm, 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Tuesday | 11:00 am - 3:59 pm, 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Wednesday | 11:00 am - 3:59 pm, 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Thursday | 11:00 am - 3:59 pm, 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Friday | 11:30 am - 3:59 pm, 4:00 pm - 12:00 am |
Saturday | 11:00 am - 3:59 pm, 4:00 pm - 12:00 am |
Hours: Mon-Thurs: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-12am Sun: 11am-9pm Pilot Project is a brewery incubator based in Logan Square, Chicago. Our approach to brewing industry-defining products happens by fostering relentless experimentation of new brewing recipes, breweries, collaborations, styles, and concepts. Our mission for every guest walking into the Pilot Project tasting room is to experience the thoughtfulness we put into our products by way of expert knowledge and impeccable customer service.
2140 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647