Lake Effect Brewing Company

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3076 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60618

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5.024 reviews
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Bill M.
8/30/2025

Lake Effect Brewing lives! After a few years of drinking their fine beers from its old location (including a collab with the venerable Superdawg), we finally visited the relatively new...

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Mark T.
8/4/2025

Someone with more brewery knowledge, please keep me honest: this is a microbrewery, right? I'm going to operate on the assumption that it is. With that, my experience at Lake Effect Brewing Co....

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Steve A.
8/31/2022

For those who care more about the beer than the atmosphere, this is your brewery. It actually has no taproom to speak of, just a place to get a few cans and go. Lake Effect is located off of...

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Robert G.
4/21/2020

Finally made it over to this neighborhood brewery, which has a very very small retail store. "Botanic Overload" is one of the best alcoholic drinks I've ever had. It's like Champagne, but 1,000...

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Kelly C.
9/20/2022

I really like Lake Effect beer but some of the reviews made this place seem like somewhere you go to taste and try beer. My wife and I went on a date and walked through an alley with smelly...

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