CHICAGO VICINITY, ILLINOIS

Owned by meat packaging entrepreneur William Rose, South Barrington-based MILLROSE RESTAURANT (visited August ’06 and closed ’08) inhabited a stable-styled lodge with maroon-green exterior, large umbrella-festooned front deck, wood-stained bar, central stone fireplace, strewn antiques, and dining to all sides.

Upscale menu may’ve outclassed moderate brews such as lemony corn-dried wheat-chaffed bantanweight Prairie Pilsner, fruit-spiced hop-embittered Dark Star Lager, soft candi-sugared grapefruit-dabbed Country Inn Light Ale, grape-fig-soured Panther Amber, and white grape-soured nut-nipped American Brown.

 However, molasses-butterscotch Honey Wheat and tangy raspberry-centered cracked wheat-backed Raspberry Wheat overcame such uncertainty.

Brewery operations ceased, 2008.