Goldfinger Brewing Company: A Lager beer brewery and taproom located in Downers Grove, Illinois.

We only brew lager beer.

Goldfinger Brewing Company

The Goldfinger Brewing Company is a lager focused microbrewery located in Downers Grove, two blocks northwest of the Fairview Metra station.

The Goldfinger family knows beer! From the mid-1800s till the early 1900s, Goldfingers across Central Europe sold hops, malted barley, and crafted beers on brewing equipment that they designed and manufactured.  At their St. Philip Street brewery and pub in Krakow, in a bygone era, locals would exclaim, “na Zdrowie!” as they clinked together mugs filled with their crisp brews.

Today, the robust brewing tradition of our ancestors is reborn at Goldfinger Brewing Company of Downers Grove, Illinois. Combining traditional European methods with American creativity and innovation, a genuine descendant of the Goldfingers crafts only the most aromatic and deliciously flavorful lager style beers. Made with the finest raw materials and persevering care, Goldfinger Brewing Company promises beers of the highest quality and subtle complexity.

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Goldfinger Brewing Company

Goldfinger Brewing Company

A revived 19th century brewery specializing in lager beer. A true Lager house. DRINK MORE LAGER.

Raise a glass to the United States of America turning 250 years old! While our brewery is dedicated to paying homage to our European brewing family history, we are undeniably American. It is thanks to this land and its friendly people that we can operate a business in our small nook of Chicagoland.Today is your chance to stock up on lagers and enjoy a few by the glass with friends. Please note our weekend taproom hours below:07/03 - 12pm-11pm7/4 - CLOSED! Happy 4th!7/5 - 11am-7pm ... See MoreSee Less
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New tank day!One thing is for sure; if you are committed to never cutting corners in lager production, it takes a lot of tanks to make just a little more beer. Over the last year we have optimized our production schedule to maximize our tank usage without compromising on our beer quality, rather improving it. What became apparent was that we had more horizontal lagering capacity than our vertical fermenters could supply. Our lagers usually only spend two weeks in fermenters, but spend anywhere from 5 weeks to 6 months (Oktoberfest Märzen) in our horizontals. In spite of the residency time difference, we struggle to keep all of our horizontals filled. Today, we remedy that.As much as we try not to have lapses in our core beers, and as we try to increase the volume of some of our seasonals so more people can enjoy them for longer, we continue to fail on that front. In fact, we’ll probably be out of Vienna very soon until August. We often hear “growing pains,” or “good problem to have,” and while those statements are true, we don’t enjoy running out of beer. We have never deliberately tried to run out. It is just a symptom of small batch lager production with the highest standards and most importantly, thirsty people.Bigger things lie ahead for our small lager brewery, and we have you all to thank for it. Please keep drinking our beers and we’ll promise to keep making them the best we can batch to batch.#drinkmorelager ... See MoreSee Less
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Lagers always and forever.After finishing on top of their group, tonight team USA has a chance to advance deeper into the World Cup tournament against Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have an all star lineup of lagers: Original, Pils, Vienna, Chela Clara, Grodziskie, and Summer beer for you to enjoy by the glass or a really good deal on pitchers. How many free @underberg will we be handing out tonight? (Free underberg for every goal by the US). #SeeYouLager #TeamUSA ... See MoreSee Less
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We recently acquired a small mill that allows us to crush corn into finer grits in house, further ensuring that our Chela Clara has a fresh but subtle corn tortilla finish. It will also open up possibilities for use of other corn varieties in future beers. While we don’t make a lot of beers using adjuncts (non-barley sugar sources), when we do, we don’t believe in cutting any corners and find that using ingredients with minimal intervention provides for a uniquely fresh character. ... See MoreSee Less
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