Generations Brewing Company

Visited early January 2019. Big place kind of in the middle of nowhere. I was there late on a Saturday afternoon and it was hoppin with lots of locals - mostly rednecks and such. Big open concept place, lots of wood, not so metal and industrial like so many new breweries these days. I had prompt and friendly service, but didn't ask any beer questions. They even checked on me a couple of times as I enjoyed my flight. The beer is entirely forgettable, at least what I had was. Neat enough place, would stop by for ticks if passing by, but not going to be a destination brewery anytime soon. Pleasant experience, mediocre beer.

Post Great Taste brewery mini-tour stop #2. 8/11/15 Made it in time just before they closed to try most of the beers. The brewery is very new and pretty big. The taproom was spacious and had a cool patio outside with some new hop bines swaying in the breeze. The crowd was decidedly young and inebriated on a Sunday afternoon, singing along to music. There was a large portrait painting of a cow on one wall that had some cool abstract touches of color. Behind the bar is a view into the cavernous brew house, which the bartender generously offered a quick tour of. A good variety of beers, almost a dozen in all. The standouts were the oaked Irish ale and cherry/blueberry Berliner Weisse. A good variety including milds, APA, DIPA, Maibock, Porter, and a Berliner. Nothing too experimental besides the pretzel Amber, but the quality was good. They did have 3 barrels aging in the brewery, one was a Barleywine and the other was a rye Saison. Seemed a little pricey, 9 samples and a half growler was $35. I didn’t get an itemized receipt to check, but the 5 oz. samples were $2 and the growler was $11 or so. I was just glad that they were accommodating and stayed open until we all left. Overall worth a stop if in the Rockford area or heading out to Galena. Seemed to be the best thing going on in Freeport, aka Pretzel City.