Half Acre Beer

On International Women’s Day, we raise a glass of Foam Fairy Pale Ale in tribute – brewed with care to celebrate the many women whose work, ideas, and leadership keep beer evolving every day.

Pick up Foam Fairy in 16oz 4-packs wherever Half Acre is on sale.

Sunrise season may be winding down, but the Vallejo family runs year-round. Soak in the soft citrus peels, light tropical waft, and that unmistakable Vallejo snap riding high off pale malts.
Stock up while it's out there before original Vallejo splashes back in for the warmer stretch.

The word is out.
We are honored to be named Best Local Beer in @chicagoreader.com's Best of Chicago 2025.
Thanks to all of those in Chicago who voted, drink our beer, and continue to keep Half Acre a part of things. Cheers.

Trivia kicks off tonight at our usual time, but the kitchen’s leaning local for the occasion, with Chicago dogs and dipped beef sandwiches on the menu.
Come test your Chicago knowledge, grab a plate, and settle in. Trivia every Thursday from 6:30-8:30pm, tonight just hits a little closer to home.

Blue Morning – a collaboration with The Bruery
Online sale via Oznr Wed Mar 11 at 12pm CT
Download Oznr from the app store and subscribe to Half Acre Beer Company
More details Monday

Last week, 100+ women from CBS and Reyes Holdings gathered at the brewery to toast Foam Fairy Pale Ale and celebrate the work being done to move this industry forward. We are forever grateful to those teams. Foam Fairy is out in the world. Find it on shelves in 4-packs wherever Half Acre beer lives.

Sat 3.21: Spring Equinox Celebration
Sun 3.22: Doom Movement Yoga
Sun 3.22: Fern Room Plant Swap All Day
Wed 3.25: Brews & Binding Bookbinding Class
Thu 3.26: Mahjong 101

Wed 3.11-Sun 3.15: St. Patrick’s Day Glass Special (while supplies last)
Thu 3.12: General Trivia
Sat 3.14: Pi Day Square Pizza Special All Day
Wed 3.18: Brews & Binding Bookbinding Class
Fri 3.20: Spring Revel Costume Dance Class & Spring Ball

March brings the tease of spring. Here’s what’s up at Half Acre:
Sun 3.1: Doom Movement Yoga
Mon 3.2: Half Acre x Dice Dojo MTG TMNT Pre-Release
Thu 3.5: All Things Chicago Trivia
Fri 3.6: Friday Tappy Hour Begins

On the eve of Women’s Month, we raise a glass to Foam Fairy.

A 5.5% Pale Ale glowing gold with a tight white head. Dolcita and Mosaic send up berry-kissed pine with a flicker of candy sweetness.

Brewed with Reyes Beverage Group in honor of the women shaping this industry.

On draft + 16oz 4-packs.

It's about that time now. They say if you put a shell to your ear you can hear Reef Knot Summer Lager glistening in the sun.

Yes, it's not summer. But Reef Knot is back and summer is in the can. 4.5%, cold-fermented, squeaky clean Summer Lager with that snappy pilsner, lemon squeeze on fresh cut grass feel carrying honey and a little cracker crumb to keep the sips coming.

In 6-packs + 12-packs wherever you find Half Acre

The year-round lineup. Pale Ales to Pilsner, Light Lager to IPA - all columns in your cold box.

Half Acre Light with a fresh handle. 4%. Cold draft.
If you see that blue and white block with the sun set above steel, know it’s pouring easygoing Light Lager.
These new custom wood handles and the classic taproom fleet crafted by the our good bud RipCut Workshop

In 2026, beer can feel well-trodden and overly understood, but it's also shapeshifting with everything else — and deserves the curiosity it’s earned over centuries of human experience.

Rogers coins Belgium one of beer’s ancestral homelands, sharing imagery by Justin Jin of its ceremonial brewing traditions. He speaks with Yvan De Baets of Brasserie de la Senne on a “sociology of taste” and beer’s gift of making us less suspicious, more relaxed. A toast to that.

Great seeing a beer piece in the latest National Geographic. Adam Rogers explores AB InBev’s NA push and beer’s place in our culture. He likens some craft hop profiles to bongwater – which I kinda love – and while NA isn’t beer’s brightest tune, the curiosity about its role in our lives is welcome.

Foam Fairy Pale Ale–our Women’s Month collab with Reyes Beverage Group. Bare-bones malt bill, West Coast tone. Dolcita sends up peach gummies and soft watermelon; Mosaic folds in berry and pine, finishing brisk and dry. 5.5%. Crisp. Clear. On draft + cans at the brewery, with full distro to follow.

The call of the WayBird. A golden sun beer with dense aromatics that blur into a full beak of mango skin and candied orange peel. Delicious, affordable, rock-solid grocery haze right where you need it when stocking up for the week.

Tropically bright. Ultra clean. Slow Melt Pale Ale is available on draft and in 12oz 6-packs everywhere Half Acre is sold.

Bright New Zealand hops carry Sunrise, lifting the glass with soft melon, a hit of mixed berry, and an evergreen edge that ties it all together. Still pouring through March, then Vallejo takes the stage. Cheers to West Coast IPA.

Our year-round Vallejo series has us coming into '26 with Sunrise Vallejo. It’s the first light before original Vallejo settles in, a refreshing marker between deep winter and the long pull toward lake season.

Half Acre Sparkling THC. Ginger Lime. 4-packs in the shop.
Zested lime and snappy ginger tucked inside fine bubbles.
It's not beer, but it's still very much us.
Pour over ice and enjoy responsibly.

Bodem was released in 2019 as a balanced center inside the expanding IPA spectrum. An airy dome of ripe, pulpy tropical fruit with a hint of haze and touch of bitterness. Seven years in, it continues to find atmosphere. In the past. In the future.

Featherlight pale gold in a can with a soft cracker finish and a whisper of honey. Cold, easy, and available 365 days a year.

Half Acre Light Lager – Just Right.

Trivia Thursdays are better with snacks on the table.

Bread & butter plate, pimento dip, cheese curds, fries – just some of the shareables that are 15% off from 5-8pm while trivia with Puzzled Pathways is going down.

Cold beer is the answer. See you Thursdays at Half Acre.

Don’t know about you, but when the temps rise into the 40’s after weeks of soul crushing winter, the hands turn into beer magnets. Take what you can get, Chicago, crack a few cold ones and soak your translucent newt carcass in the mid-day rays.

Thawing out in Chicago doesn’t mean the cold is done, but it does cue the fade out on our winter seasonals. Far Star is out and about – full flavored, light on its feet. Spring stays chilly around here. Stock up while the Cold Weather Lager is still flowing.

Whatever team you’re rooting for, we’ve got it covered at Half Acre. Big Game Chicken Bucket: 9 boneless fried thighs + sauce for $28. Build a mixed case of 24 cans from any 4- and 6-packs, get 20% off. Pony Pils to Half Acre Light.`

Have you heard? The Big Game shop case special is on.
Mix and match 4-packs and 6-packs to build a full case of 24 beers and take 20% off at checkout. Stock up on classics, chase something new, or do a little of both. 
Special runs through the weekend. Shop only.