Off Color Brewing - Mousetrap

Off Color Brewing - Mousetrap Off Color Brewing’s taproom, bar, and bottle shop.
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Here’s your first look at the new Beer for Hot Dog Kolsch Stanges!! Inspired by the floating elephants on the iconic Del...
05/28/2026

Here’s your first look at the new Beer for Hot Dog Kolsch Stanges!! Inspired by the floating elephants on the iconic Delirium Tremens glassware, hot dog skewer wielding floating mice cover this new wrap around printed glass in a display of meat sweat induced delirium.

This glass will be available as part of our Keep the Hot Dog Glass celebration on Sunday, June 7th from 11am until 10pm. Driftless Prairie Market will be on-site slinging hot dogs and we’ll have new Beer for Hot Dogs shirts and hats as well. All remaining glassware and merch will be available at the taproom and online the following day.

We’re here regular hours today. Noon until 10pm.
05/25/2026

We’re here regular hours today. Noon until 10pm.

Just tapped a saved keg of Raspberry Beer for Golf for tonight’s beer/tea discussion and tasting (there’s still room if ...
05/18/2026

Just tapped a saved keg of Raspberry Beer for Golf for tonight’s beer/tea discussion and tasting (there’s still room if you’d like to attend. Message us if interested).

This should be on a couple days this week and then it’s gone since, sadly, it is not on the production schedule this year.

The Off Color Discussion Series is back this Monday, May 18th at 7:30pm.That evening our co-founder Dave Bleitner will d...
05/17/2026

The Off Color Discussion Series is back this Monday, May 18th at 7:30pm.

That evening our co-founder Dave Bleitner will discuss the intersection of beer and tea with Chris Cason, Director of Operations and Innovation at in an intimate talk and tasting in the Mousetrap foeder room. We will tap the last kegs of Raspberry Beer for Golf to taste along with a new variant of our hard iced tea Cat Fiend and other Off Color beers featuring tea as we look at the intersection of tea and beer.

This is a free ticketed event. Please RSVP through social media direct message to confirm attendance.

We mentioned we were pouring some cool things at tonight’s 13 Anniversary Party/Keep the Glass Night/Beer for BBQ releas...
05/14/2026

We mentioned we were pouring some cool things at tonight’s 13 Anniversary Party/Keep the Glass Night/Beer for BBQ release. So let’s take a look at what we were able to drag out of our cellar.

Cool Thing #1 - A brand new gin barrel aged version of Paw Paw. One keg only.
Cool Thing #2 - Avec Le Guillotine collab with Metropolitan Brewing from 2021
Cool Thing #3 - Rum Barrel Aged Oncilla Taxi
Cool Thing #4 - Boysenberry Fox
Cool Thing #5 - Blood Magik 2021
Cool Thing 6 - Beatrice 2023
Cool Thing 7 - Port Barrel Aged Growl

Everything should be tapped by about 4pm!!

*pictured - staff pre-shift before tonight

Mousetrap is participating in the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild Summer Passport! Previous years, while not officially inv...
05/08/2026

Mousetrap is participating in the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild Summer Passport! Previous years, while not officially involved, we had been known to draw a cat picture for visitors as proof they came through, but this year we got the official stickers and everything (though we may draw you a cat picture if you get the right server and ask nicely 😻). Planning on visiting a bunch of Illinois breweries this summer, this is a fun way to document it.

We have a limited number of passports that you can snag at Mousetrap to kick off your summer journey.

A WEEK FROM TONIGHT!! Coming up on Thursday, May 14th, we’ll be hosting a Keep the Glass Night and lowkey 13th Anniversa...
05/08/2026

A WEEK FROM TONIGHT!! Coming up on Thursday, May 14th, we’ll be hosting a Keep the Glass Night and lowkey 13th Anniversary celebration at Mousetrap. There are a couple of dates we throw around as the start of Off Color Brewing and May 14th is one of them, so we might as well throw a party.

If you haven’t been to one of our Keep the Glass events before, we’ll have a few highlighted beers that you can pick from and you get a pour and you keep the glass. Limit of one per customer. Any extra inventory will go online and be available at the taproom the next day.

The fun starts at 5pm.

TOMORROW NIGHT!! Our collaboration with WBEZ Chicago, Beer for Tote Bags, releases at Mousetrap. And yes. There will be ...
04/30/2026

TOMORROW NIGHT!! Our collaboration with WBEZ Chicago, Beer for Tote Bags, releases at Mousetrap. And yes. There will be tote bags.

Beer for Tote Bags is an English-Style Pub Ale brewed in honor of public media and in support of a free press. You’ll be able to find this beer on shelves around the Chicago area in the coming weeks with a portion of all sales going straight to WBEZ.

Want to support WBEZ directly and get a sweet new limited edition Beer for Tote Bags glass? Join us tomorrow for a special celebratory tapping of Beer for Tote Bags by making a donation to WBEZ through a ticket purchase. Your ticket includes one beer served in a commemorative glass — and yes, you can keep the glass! Off Color followers can grab a ticket at the special member donation price through the link below.

Feel free to stop by Mousetrap any time between 4pm and 10pm Thursday to chat with fellow WBEZ fans (and maybe a favorite voice or two) while you enjoy your ale.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beer-for-tote-bags-launch-party-tickets-1986036184691?discount=Totes4OffColorPpl

It’s Alien Day! In honor of this momentous day, we’re tapping a cellared keg of Jonesy, our wild ale with buddha’s hand ...
04/26/2026

It’s Alien Day! In honor of this momentous day, we’re tapping a cellared keg of Jonesy, our wild ale with buddha’s hand brewed in honor of of our favorite feline and one of two survivors of the USCSS Nostromo.

This is definitely a standout among the beers we’ve brewed at Mousetrap over the last 8+ years and invite you to come see how it’s developed. It shan’t be around long.

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1460 N Kingsbury Street
Chicago, IL
60642

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 10pm
Tuesday 12pm - 10pm
Wednesday 12pm - 10pm
Thursday 12pm - 10pm
Friday 12pm - 12am
Saturday 12pm - 12am
Sunday 12pm - 10pm

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+13129292916

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