Solemn Oath Brewery

I love the West Coast IPAs and the metal music🤘🤘🤘

Is one of those places that never loses their charm; since they opened, same quality and awesomeness.

Happy national IPA day. Came for one. Left after a few and a dozen

Beer was good. It was empty though, The only reason I’m giving 3 stars is because of the doors being open on an 87 degree day and the air wasn’t even on. It made it uncomfortable so we left.

Always one of my favorite go to breweries in Naperville.

Great beer. Friendly staff. Nice outdoor and indoor options for seating.

I was a little nervous pulling in as an out of towner to the back of an industrial park, but was pleasantly surprised!! The beer was so good, atmosphere wonderful and staff just as great! This is very dog friendly and has a SUPER cute outdoor space. You can bring food in. I also loved all of the wonderful people we met while there. So nice and thoughtful! We had a wonderful experience!!

Great staff. The 3 people I got service from was great. The outside area was very nice nice and accommodating other than no garbage cans. We had to go inside to throw out garbage (biker dude smash burgers was there). That's a nit pick though. Overall pretty good.

Love this place! Super friendly staff (Ashley, Jordan, Ben, Kyle, Evyn, and Tim) are amazing, the beer is top notch, and fun place to chill. Look no further this is the place to go! Dog friendly (our pup gets so excited to go) really the only place we'll go... never a disappointment

This is an establishment with terrible service and mediocre beer. We got yelled at by the bartender while we were asking about the beers, while he was super polite to all other customers. We were the only people that of color, so we did feel that contributed to it. I’d strongly encourage people to stay away from here. I’m surprised this has a rating of 4.5.

Edit: After reading reviews from other non-“local guides”, this seems to be a pattern. So many people who are regular customers have made the same comments, that I feel these “local guide” ratings are inflated or fake. This is disappointing to say the least.

Always great atmosphere and beer

Awesome beer but this place is like a daycare. Parents show up with foldable lawn chairs and iPads for their kids. Please make it 21+ only. It’s a bar, not a daycare people!

Great beers and atmosphere.

Great atmosphere! Beer garden is beautiful, great music! Unfortunately the food truck generators are super loud and annoying.

I find myself at *Salem Oath Brewery* in Naperville, Illinois, a pocket of rebellion amidst the suburban sprawl—unexpected, almost subversive. This is the kind of place you don’t expect to find out here, the kind of joint that has no business existing in a town best known for cookie-cutter homes, strip malls, and places with “family-friendly” in the tagline. But here it is, dark, atmospheric, with the energy of a punk bar that somehow wandered into a Norman Rockwell painting and decided to stay.

The first thing you notice is that it’s unapologetically itself. The décor is all dark wood, steel, and minimalist lines, equal parts Midwestern grit and industrial chic, and there’s an undercurrent of irreverence in everything from the murals on the wall to the beer names scrawled on the chalkboard menu. You don’t just wander into a place like this—you seek it out. And you know you’re in for something interesting.

I scan the tap list. It’s clear this place knows its craft: no mass-produced, uninspired nonsense here. They’re pushing boundaries and making you question what beer can be—big flavors, bold experiments, and not a trace of pretense. I go for the “Devil’s Advocate,” an imperial stout that’s thick, inky, and dark as a moonless night. First sip, and I’m hit with layers of chocolate, espresso, and just the faintest whiff of smoke. This is not the kind of brew you drink lightly. It’s almost intimidating, a beer that dares you to take it on, and if you don’t respect it, it’ll humble you fast.

There’s something deeply satisfying about finding a place like this, especially here, in Naperville—a town that could be the poster child for safe, sanitized living. *Salem Oath* stands out like a black sheep, a beacon for those who crave something offbeat, something that doesn’t fit neatly into the expected. The people here get it. You can see it in the crowd—local misfits, craft beer obsessives, and a few adventurous suburbanites clearly out of their comfort zone, trying to make sense of the intensity in their glass.

They could coast by playing it safe, but they don’t. There’s no attempt to dilute the experience, no concessions made to those who might want their beer a little lighter, a little sweeter, a little less… dangerous. And that’s rare. That’s something to be celebrated. Because when you stumble onto a place that embraces being different, that refuses to compromise on what it is—whether that’s a brewery, a dive bar, or a tiny ramen joint down an alleyway in Tokyo—you know you’re onto something real.

So, is *Salem Oath Brewery* for everyone? No, and thank God for that. It’s a place for the wanderers, the curious, the ones who want to taste something that forces them to sit up and pay attention. And if that’s you, then this place, this unassuming little brewery in the middle of the Illinois suburbs, might just surprise you. But then, isn’t that what life is all about? Finding the unexpected in the most unlikely of places, and letting yourself be changed by it.