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.
Come Have A Lager With Us!
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Goldfinger Brewing Company
A revived 19th century brewery specializing in lager beer. A true Lager house. DRINK MORE LAGER.
Goldfinger Vienna Lager is back! Oh how we missed you. ![]()
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Tap list for the weekend:![]()
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Pils![]()
Vienna![]()
Chela Clara![]()
Krakow - Polish lager collab w/ @schillingbeerco ![]()
West Coast Pils![]()
Bavarian Breeze - Hefeweizen collab w/ @skeletonkeybrewery ![]()
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Food trucks : ![]()
@followthemurder today (8/6) 5-8pm![]()
@theargonautco tomorrow (8/7) 3-6pm![]()
@rusticcateringcompany (8/8) 1-4pm
Today, in addition to our First Tuesday tradition of tapping a German gravity keg, we are releasing our annual “Bavarian Breeze” Hefeweizen collaboration with @skeletonkeybrewery . Even though all we brew at our brewery are lagers, it doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy ales; particularly if they are traditional styles such as Hefeweizen. Brewing at our friend’s facilities gives us those rare opportunities to scratch that top fermenting itch. We’re excited to welcome John of Skeleton Key to be our guest tapper today at 5:30, and we’ve imported some kegs of our collaboration from Woodridge, Il for you all to enjoy. This year, Bavarian Breeze will be draft, crowlers, or growlers only. No cans.![]()
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A couple of years ago, Andreas Krennmair @der_ak (author of the Vienna Lager book that inspired our Danube Swabian beer) visited our taproom. We had Bavarian Breeze on tap at the time and Andreas said it was among his favorite Hefeweizens he had tried in the USA. We were humbled then, and especially now as he asked us to provide a homebrew scale recipe that he published in his latest book: Bavarian White Beer. (Available on Amazon and other online stores). John continues to nail this beer time and time again, and this year’s batch is no exception. As of today, the beer is available at both ours and SKB’s taproom.
Happy Monday! Have you tasted Krakow lately? We’re getting this lovely almost grape-like note on the Polish hops. This beer is beautiful and is flowing in our taproom. Enjoy it while it’s here! (We open at 3pm today).![]()
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Tomorrow is our First Tuesday Stichfaß Tapping from the Cellar and we’re thrilled to give you a chance to try Unfiltered Vienna. We will filter the batch later this week and have it ready for this weekend’s service (oh how we’ve missed Vienna), which gives you the chance to see the difference between finished and unfiltered, and filtered!![]()
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Our guest tapper for this month is our friend John, head brewer of @skeletonkeybrewery . In addition to tapping our German gravity keg of Unfiltered Vienna, he’ll also be bringing some kegs of our 2026 collaboration: “Bavarian Breeze” - Hefeweizen which we will be debuting!
July 31st, 2020, the Goldfinger taproom opened. We only had three beers on tap and no cans to-go: Original, Pils, and Vienna. We opened with a dream of reviving our ancestor’s 19th century Polish brewery and to bring attention to the diversity of strictly lager beer styles. Between the uncertainty of a global pandemic and the reception the public would have about a brewery that doesn’t serve hazy IPAs, we were cautious about our batch sizes to start. You guys made sure to let us know that was a big mistake, as we quickly ran out of beer and have been playing catch up ever since. ![]()
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We are grateful to be here bigger, stronger, and better than we were six years ago. Thank you to all of our supporters over these years, and welcome to our newcomers: there’s plenty of room at the table for lager lovers. A special shout out to Jeremy Gouldey (beertender turned brewer) and John Burch who have been with us since the beginning. Come celebrate six years of lager beer at Goldfinger.
West Coast Pils has become our excuse to experiment with modern American hops. Normally, if we’re using American hops, it is legacy varieties that are far less pungent and closer to noble varieties in their subtleties. But our WC Pils is a wonderful confluence of traditional pilsner brewing techniques in the brewhouse with a modern American craft take on hopping later in the process. At Goldfinger, we believe the natural bubbles created during fermentation present the best mouthfeel and aroma delivery mechanism, so we blend fermenting Goldfinger Pils into the conditioning tank of our WC Pils to naturally carbonate it. ![]()
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We hope you have been enjoying our West Coast Pils which is available in cans and on draft, and was distributed across Chicagoland last week. Get it fresh!![]()
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