Beers Of The Month | May 2025 - Fox Valley Magazine

Featured selections of Craft Beers created by local Fox Valley area brewing companies.

Fuzzy Smack
Fuzzy Smack is the ultimate summer crusher—bursting with bright, juicy peach and just the right amount of tangy tartness to keep things crisp and refreshing. Light, lively, and packed with flavor, it’s the kind of beer that tastes like sunshine in a glass and pairs perfectly with patios, pool days, and good vibes all season long. Available at the Noon Whistle Brewing Lombard Brewpub and Naperville Tasting Room.

Noon Whistle Brewing
1748 W. Jefferson Ave, Naperville, IL 60540
800 E. Roosevelt Rd, Lombard, IL 60148

Lunchbox Tactics
4.7% ABV – American Lager w/ Orange & Amaretto. We took our multi award winning American Lager, “Lite Thinking,” and added Orange and Amaretto making it reminiscent of our favorite day drinking cocktail, The Lunchbox. It also reminded us of the detailed tactics of trading lunch items as a kid. Pudding cup for a cookie, anyone?

Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling
106 S Riverside Ave.
St. Charles, IL 60174

Agent Goldbrew
Golden Nitro Milk Stout (6.7% ABV). Inspired by the craftsmanship of so many local coffee bean roasters, we brought back this unique concoction. AGENT GOLDBREW, a Golden Nitro Milk Stout, featuring Yeti’s Revenge coffee from Conscious Cup and cocoa nibs from Ethereal Confections. This beer is not the traditional stout featuring dark, roasted malt, but more a mind-game for the senses. It’s pale in color, but full of dark, roasted coffee and background notes of chocolate. Served on nitro and infused with lactose, this beer delivers the impression of a nice cup of cappuccino

Scorched Earth Brewing Company
203 Berg Street
Algonquin, IL 60102

Two Brothers Red Eye Porter
After many years, Red Eye Porter is back! This rich, full-bodied porter is brewed with our very own Two Brothers Coffee Roasters Stomping Ground Espresso, adding bold notes of chocolate and earthiness to complement its deep malt backbone. Smooth, robust, and full of flavor, it’s a perfect balance of craft beer and specialty coffee. Style: Porter Brewed With Coffee. 6.3% alcohol by volume. Available for a limited time only on draft and in 12 oz cans

Two Brothers Brewing
30W315 Calumet Ave.
Warrenville, IL 60555

Mind’s Eye Reflection Hazy IPA
Filled with memories of revelry long since passed and visions of celebrations yet to come, you gaze into the Mind’s Eye Reflection, through all that haze, to the passion beneath the surface. Peacharine, Alora, and Galaxy hops stare back through the mirror, inducing flavors of peach, apricot, melon, and citrus. 6.5% ABV. On tap and in 4-packs at our St. Charles brewery.

Riverlands Brewing
1860 Dean St., Unit A
St. Charles, IL 60174

Bambinazo
ABV: 5.1% Style: Mexican-style Lager. Brother Chimp Brewing’s Bambizano is a crisp, refreshing Mexican lager that knocks it out of the park—just like the Sultan of Swat himself. Brewed with a clean, balanced blend of pilsner and Munich malts and rounded out with flaked corn, this golden lager delivers a smooth, easy-drinking experience with just a touch of malt sweetness and a soft, toasty backbone.

Brother Chimp Brewing
1059 West Orchard Road
North Aurora, IL 60542

Loose Candies
This seasonal DDH DIPA is loaded with a haunting amount of Citra, El Dorado, and Vic Secret hops for a rich party bowl of sweet treats. Notes of candied mango slices, violet jujubes, and crystalized honey that’s all enswathed in a murky body of lush haze. This NEIPA is truly a killer.