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Half Acre Beer Company

United States · Regional · Known for American IPA · American Pale Ale
Known for American IPA · American Pale Ale

Chicago craft brewery founded in 2006, brewing from a converted building on Lincoln Avenue in North Center. Half Acre built a fierce local following with hop-forward, thoughtfully crafted beers and distinctive artistic packaging. Daisy Cutter is one of Chicago's most beloved pale ales.

3Beers
3Styles
5.5%Avg ABV
2006Founded

Beers by Half Acre Beer Company

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Half Acre Beer Company brew across 3 style families.

Emerging signature · 3 beers
IPA 1Pale Ale 1Lager 1

Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

hoppyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
crispevery beer
3 of 3 beers
citrusy
2 of 3 beers
clean
2 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Compared with 715 other breweries brewing American IPA and American Pale Ale:

Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for American IPA and American Pale AleHalf Acre Beer Company
in no beersin every beer
dry
in all 3 of their beers · typical American IPA and American Pale Ale brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more dry than typical.
herbal
in 2 of 3 · typical American IPA and American Pale Ale brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more herbal than typical.
How we measure this

Two thresholds are at work here:

  • The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
  • The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.

A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 69%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 3
beers above the median
#3237
best ranked beer
Half Acre Daisy Cutter Pale Ale

Their beers place in the Top 69% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Half Acre Beer Company

Chicago craft brewery founded in 2006, brewing from a converted building on Lincoln Avenue in North Center. Half Acre built a fierce local following with hop-forward, thoughtfully crafted beers and distinctive artistic packaging. Daisy Cutter is one of Chicago's most beloved pale ales.

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Location
Chicago · Illinois · United States
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