List of breweries in Illinois

The Dick Brothers Brewery building in Quincy, Illinois

Breweries in Illinois produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries. Illinois is the 25th most extensive and the fifth most populous of the 50 states, and is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities, great agricultural productivity, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base.

In 2012 Illinois' 83 breweries and brewpubs employed 1,300 people directly, and more than 45,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.^[1][2] Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Illinois' breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Illinois' breweries and related industries was more than $1.4 billion.^[3] Consumer purchases of Illinois' brewery products generated almost $450 million extra in tax revenue.^[4] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Illinois ranked 36th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 68.^[5]

For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.^[6] In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.^[7]

An analysis done in 2015 reported that Chicago craft brewers occupied more square feet of commercial real estate than those of any other U.S. city. According to the same study, Chicago had 144 craft breweries, second only to Portland, Oregon which had 196.^[8]

Breweries

Name	Bottling or canning	Brewpub	Taproom	Location and other information
350 Brewing Company				Tinley Park, opened in 2014.[9]
4204 Main Street Brewing Company				Belleville, opened in 2014.[10]
5 Rabbit Cervecería				Bedford Park, opened in 2011.[11]
Abbey Ridge Brewery and Tap Room				Pomona, opened in 2014.[12]
Alarmist Brewing				Chicago, founded in 2015.[13]
Ale Syndicate				Founded in Chicago in 2013. The beer was originally contract brewed at several locations, including Big Chicago Brewing Company, Galena Brewing Company, and Excel Brewing Company.[14] The brewery opened in 2014.
All Rise Brewing Company				The brewery began operations in 2014, inside the existing Cobra Lounge in Chicago.[15]
Alter Brewing Company				Downers Grove, opened in 2015.[16]
Apple Knocker Hard Cider				Apple cider brewery in Cobden, opened in 2012.[17]
Aquanaut Brewing Company				Chicago, opened in 2014 after purchasing the 4 Paws brewery.[18]
Arcade Brewery				Arcade opened in Chicago in 2014,[19] and operates as an alternating proprietorship at the Ale Syndicate brewery.[20]
Argus Brewery				Chicago, opened in 2009, in a building built in 1906 as a Schlitz beer distribution facility.[21]
Around the Bend Beer Company				Chicago, founded in 2015; an alternating proprietorship at the Ale Syndicate brewery.[22]
Arrowhead Ales Brewing Company				New Lenox, opened in 2016.[23]
Baderbräu Brewing Company				Chicago. In 2012 they revived Baderbräu beer,[24] which initially was contract brewed at the Stevens Point Brewery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The Chicago brewery and tap room opened in 2016.[25]
Band of Bohemia				Chicago, opened in 2015.[26]
Begyle Brewing Company				Chicago,[27] opened in 2012. The taproom opened in 2015.[28]
Belly Up Beer Company				Western Springs, opened in 2016.[29]
Bent River Brewing Company				Brewpub in Moline, bottling line and taproom in Rock Island.[30] Founded in 1997.
Big Muddy Brewing				Murphysboro, founded in 2009.[31]
Big Thorn Brewery				Georgetown, opened in 2016.[32]
Birreria Chicago				Chicago, opened in 2013 inside Eataly Chicago.[33]
Black Belt Brewery				Lake Zurich, opened in 2016.[34]
Blind Pig Brewery				Champaign. The beer bar opened in 2004. The separate microbrewery and taproom opened in 2009.[35]
Blue Cat Brew Pub				Rock Island,[36] opened in 1994.
Blue Island Beer Company				Blue Island, opened in 2015.[37]
Blue Nose Brewery				Opened in Justice in 2012,[38] moved to Hodgkins in 2015.
Border Town Pub				Momence.[39] Bar opened in 2002. In-house brewery began operations in 2014.
BrickStone Restaurant & Brewery				Bourbonnais,[40] opened in 2006.
BuckleDown Brewing				Lyons, opened in 2013.[41]
Burnt City Brewing				Chicago, originally named Atlas Brewing Company. The brewpub opened in 2012.[42] The production brewery opened in 2015.[43] Renamed to Burnt City Brewing in 2016.[44]
Cademon Brewing Company				Genoa, opened in 2014.[45]
Carbondale Craft Beer				Ava, makers of Little Egypt beer, founded in 2012.[46]
Carlyle Brewing Company				Rockford, opened in 2003.[47]
Chain O'Lakes Brewing Company				McHenry, opened in 2013 in the old McHenry Brewery building.[48]
Church Street Brewing Company				Itasca,[49] opened in 2012.
Corridor Brewery & Provisions				Chicago, opened in 2015.[50]
Cruz Blanca				Founded by chef Rick Bayless in 2015, the beer was originally contract brewed.[51] The brewpub in Chicago opened in 2016.[52]
Crystal Lake Brewing				Crystal Lake, opened in 2014.[53]
Decatur Brew Works				Decatur, opened in 2016.[54]
Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works				The brewpub in Normal opened in 2007 and the one in Champaign opened in 2011. The production brewery in Bloomington opened in 2013.[55][56]
Dovetail Brewery				Chicago, opened in 2016.[57]
Dry City Brew Works				Wheaton, opened in 2014.[58]
DryHop Brewers				Chicago,[59] opened in 2013.
Emmett's Brewing Company				West Dundee, Palatine, Downers Grove,[60] Wheaton; founded in 1998.
Empirical Brewery				Chicago, brewery opened in 2014,[61] tap room opened in 2015.[62]
Engrained Brewing Company				Springfield, opened in 2013.[63]
Evil Horse Brewing Company				Crete, opened in 2016.[64]
Excel Brewing Company				Breese. Founded as a soft drink company in 1936, Excel Bottling Company started brewing beer in 2012.[65]
Exit Strategy Brewing Company				Forest Park, opened in 2015.[66]
Finch Beer Company				Chicago,[67] opened in 2011 as Finch's Beer Company. In 2016 they changed their name to Finch Beer Company, moved to a new location, and opened a brewpub.[68]
Flesk Brewing				Lombard, founded in 2013.[69]
Flossmoor Station Brewing Company				Flossmoor. Brewpub opened in 1996, bottling operation started in 2008.[70]
Forbidden Root				Founded in Chicago in 2013, the beer was initially brewed at various locations.[71] The brewpub opened in 2016.[72]
Forge Brewhouse				Sycamore, opened in 2015.[73]
Galena Brewing Company				Galena,[74] opened in 2010.
Generations Brewing Company				Freeport, opened in 2014.[75]
Geneseo Brewing Company				Geneseo,[76] opened in 2015.
Gino's East				Added a brewery at its River North restaurant in Chicago in 2014.[77]
Goose Island Beer Company				Founded in Chicago in 1988 as a brewpub on Clybourn Avenue, Goose Island opened a bottling plant on Fulton Street in 1995, and a second brewpub, in the Wrigleyville neighborhood, in 1999. The production brewery and its beers, but not the brewpubs, were purchased by Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2011. Goose Island now has national distribution, and some of the beer is produced at other breweries.[78] A brewery taproom opened in 2015.[79] The Wrigleyville brewpub closed in 2015.[80] The Clybourn Avenue brewpub was bought by AB InBev in 2016.[81]
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company				Gordon Biersch has its headquarters in San Jose, California. They operate brewpubs in a number of locations, including one in Bolingbrook.[82]
Granite City Food & Brewery				With its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Granite City operates several dozen brewpubs in the Midwest,[83] including six in Illinois, in East Peoria, Orland Park, Rockford, Naperville, Schaumburg, and Northbrook.
Great Central Brewing Company				Contract brewery in Chicago, opened in 2016.[84]
Greenstar Brewing				Located at the Uncommon Ground restaurant in Chicago, Greenstar began production in 2014 as the first organic brewery in Illinois.[85]
Hailstorm Brewing				Tinley Park,[86] opened in 2014.
Half Acre Beer Company				Half Acre was founded in 2007, with the beer initially contract brewed in Wisconsin. The brewery on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago started production in 2009, and the tap room opened in 2012.[87] In 2015, a second, larger brewery started production on Balmoral Avenue, a mile and a half from the first location.[88] The Lincoln Avenue tap room became a brew pub in 2016.[89]
Half Day Brewing Company				Lincolnshire, opened in 2016.[90]
Hamburger Mary's				Hamburger Mary's originated in San Francisco, California and the company now has about a dozen restaurants nationwide. One opened in Chicago in 2006.[91] The brewpub was renamed in 2014 to Andersonville Brewing Company.[92]
Hardware Restaurant and Brewery				North Aurora, opened in 2016.[93]
Haymarket Pub & Brewery				Chicago,[94] opened in 2010.
Hofbräuhaus Chicago				Rosemont, opened in 2013. This is one of a number of restaurants throughout the world licensed by the original Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Germany.[95]
Hopewell Brewing Company				Chicago, opened in 2016.[96]
Hopper's Garage Brewing Company				Antioch, opened in 2015.[97]
Hopskeller Brewing Company				Waterloo, opened in 2016.[98]
Hopvine Brewing Company				Aurora, opened in 2013.[99]
Horse Thief Hollow				Chicago,[100] opened in 2013.
Hubbard's Cave				Chicago, opened in 2015. [101]
Illuminated Brew Works				Chicago, opened in 2014.[102]
Imperial Oak Brewing				Willow Springs,[103] opened in 2014.
Iron Spike Brewing Company				Galesburg, opened in 2014.[104]
JT Walker's Brewery				Mahomet, opened in 2013.[105]
Kinslahger Brewing Company				Oak Park, opened in 2016.[106]
Lagunitas Brewing Company				Founded in 1993, and based in Petaluma, California since 1994, Lagunitas built a second brewery in Chicago in 2014, the largest in the city. The brewpub opened a few months later.[107][108] In 2015 Heineken purchased a 50% stake in the company.[109]
Lake Bluff Brewing Company				Lake Bluff, opened in 2011.[110]
Lake Effect Brewing Company				Chicago, opened in 2012.[111]
Light the Lamp Brewery				Grayslake, opened in 2012.[112]
Like Minds Brewing Company				Founded in 2014, the beer was originally contract brewed by Hinterland in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 2015 they moved to Chicago and opened their own brewery.[113] In 2016 they opened a second location, a brewpub in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[114]
Lionstone Brewing				Geneseo, opened in 2015.[115]
The Lucky Monk				South Barrington,[116] opened in 2009.
Lunar Brewing Company				Villa Park,[117] opened in 1998.
Mad Mouse Brewing Company				Chicago, opened in 2014 in the Moxee restaurant.[118]
Maplewood Brewery & Distillery				Founded in Chicago as Mercenary in 2014,[119] renamed to Maplewood in 2015.[120]
Marz Community Brewing Company				Chicago, opened in 2014.[121]
Metal Monkey Brewing				Romeoville, opened in 2016.[122]
Metropolitan Brewing				Chicago, founded in 2008.[123]
Mickey Finn's Brewery				Libertyville, opened in 1994.[124]
Miskatonic Brewing Company				Darien, opened in 2015.[125][126]
Moody Tongue Brewing Company				Chicago, founded in 2014;[127] tap room opened in 2016.[128]
Moonshine				Chicago, added an in-bar brewery in 2008.[129]
Motor Row Brewing				Chicago, opened in 2015.[130]
Myths and Legends Brewing Company				Westmont, opened in 2013 as Urban Legend Brewing Company.[131] Renamed to Myths and Legends in 2016.[132]
Nevin's Brewing Company				Plainfield, opened in 2012.[133]
Noon Whistle Brewing				Lombard, opened in 2014.[134]
Oak Park Brewing Company				Oak Park, co-located with Hamburger Mary's Show Lounge; opened in 2016.[135]
Obed & Isaac's				Springfield, opened in 2012.[136]
Off Color Brewing				Chicago,[137] opened in 2013.
O'Griff's Grill & Brewhouse				Quincy, opened in 1994.[138]
Old Irving Brewing Company				Chicago, opened in 2016; brewpub inspired by the cuisine of Homaro Cantu.[139]
One Trick Pony				Lansing, opened in 2012.[140]
Only Child Brewing				Opened in Northbrook in 2013,[141] moved to Gurnee in 2015.[142]
Peckish Pig				Evanston, opened in 2014.[143]
Peel Brewing Company				O'Fallon, opened in 2014.[144]
Penrose Brewing Company				Geneva, opened in 2014.[145]
Peoria Brewing Company				Peoria, opened in 2014.[146]
Piece Brewery and Pizzeria				Chicago,[147] opened in 2001.
Pig Minds Brewing Company				Vegan brewpub in Machesney Park, opened in 2012.[148]
Pipeworks Brewing Company				Chicago, opened in 2012,[149] moved to a larger space in 2015.[150]
Pollyanna Brewing Company				Lemont, opened in 2014.[151]
Prairie Krafts Brewing Company				Buffalo Grove, opened in 2016.[152]
Prairie Street Brewing Company				Rockford. Opened as Rockford Brewing Company in 2013, in the old Peacock Brewery. Renamed to Prairie Street in 2016.[153]
Radicle Effect Brewerks				Rock Island, opened in 2012 as Against the Grain Brewery & Alehouse, changed their name in 2014 to Radicle Effect Brewerks.[154]
Radium City Brewing				Ottawa, opened in 2015.[155]
Ram Restaurant & Brewery				The Ram[156] originated in Lakewood, Washington. It is now a chain with about 20 brewpubs, three of them in Illinois, in Wheeling, Schaumburg, and Rosemont.
Rebellion Brew Haus				Moline, opened in 2016.[157]
Recess Brewing				Edwardsville, opened in 2014.[158]
Revolution Brewing				Chicago. The brewpub opened in 2010.[159] The separate production brewery and taproom opened in 2012.
Rhodell Brewery				Peoria, opened in 1998.[160]
Riggs Beer Company				Urbana, opened in 2016.[161]
Right Bee Cider				Apple cider brewery in Chicago, opened in 2014.[162]
Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery				Rock Bottom[163] started in Denver, Colorado, and the company now has about 30 locations, including four in Illinois, in Chicago, Lombard, Orland Park, and Warrenville.
Rolling Meadows Brewery				Cantrall, opened in 2011.[164]
Scorched Earth Brewing Company				Algonquin, opened in 2014.[165]
Scratch Brewing Company				Ava,[166] opened in 2013.
Side Lot Brewery				Wauconda, opened in 2016.[167]
Skeleton Key Brewery				Woodridge, opened in 2016.[168]
Sketchbook Brewing Company				Evanston, opened in 2014.[169] The taproom opened in 2016.[170]
SlapShot Brewing Company				Chicago, founded in 2013.[171]
Slow City Makgeolli				Niles, opened in 2013. Slow City, a subsidiary of Baesangmyun Brewery, is the only brewery in the United States that makes makgeolli, a fermented rice beverage native to Korea with an alcohol content similar to that of beer.[172][173]
Small Town Brewery				Wauconda, founded in 2011,[174] tap room opened in 2015.[175]
Smylie Brothers Brewing Company				Evanston, opened in 2014.[176]
Solemn Oath Brewery				Naperville, founded in 2012.[177]
Spiteful Brewing				Chicago,[178] opened in 2012.
St. Nicholas Brewing Company				Du Quoin, opened in 2014.[179]
Stockholm's				Geneva, opened in 2002.[180]
Stubborn German Brewing Company				Waterloo, opened in 2016.[181]
Tangled Roots Brewing Company				Ottawa, opened in 2016.[182]
Temperance Beer Company				Evanston, opened in 2013.[183]
Ten Ninety Brewing Company				Founded in 2013. Initially the beer was contract brewed at Big Chicago Brewing Company in Zion,[184] which Ten Ninety then acquired in 2014.[185] The brewery moved to Glenview and added a taproom in 2016.[186]
Three Angels Brewing				Yorkville, opened in 2012.[187]
Three Floyds Brewing				Three Floyds is located in Munster, Indiana,[188] but serves the Chicago area and is a member of the Illinois Craft Brewer's Guild. The brewery opened in Hammond, Indiana in 1996 and moved to Munster in 2000. The brewpub opened in 2005.
Tighthead Brewing Company				Mundelein, opened in 2011.[189]
Tribes Beer Company				Started as the Tribes Alehouse bar and restaurant in Mokena and Tinley Park, then added a brewery at the Mokena location in 2015.[190]
Triptych Brewing				Savoy, opened in 2013.[191]
Two Brothers Brewing				Two Brothers opened in 1997, and started bottling their beer in 1998. They have three brewpubs — one at the main brewery in Warrenville (opened in 2008), one at the Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora (2013), and one in Scottsdale, Arizona (2015).[192][193]
Une Année Brewery				Chicago, opened in 2013.[194]
Vice District Brewing Company				Chicago, opened in 2014.[195]
Village Vintner Winery & Brewery				Algonquin, opened in 2012.[196]
Von Jakob Vineyard & Brewery				Alto Pass.[197] The vineyard was founded in 1996. The brewery opened in 2011.
Werk Force Brewing Company				Plainfield, opened in 2014.[198]
Whiner Beer Company				Chicago, opened in 2016.[199]
White Oak Brewing				Normal,[200] opened in 2015.
Wild Blossom Meadery				Chicago, opened in 1995. Wild Blossom brews mead, using their own honey, and also makes wine and beer.[201]
Wild Onion Brewery and Onion Pub				Lake Barrington. The brewery opened in 1996 and the brewpub opened in 2003.[202]
ZümBier				Waukegan, opened in 2014.[203]

Other beer companies

• 51st Ward Beer Company, Westmont, founded in 2014.^[204] The beer is contract brewed at Church Street Brewing Company and Ten Ninety Brewing Company.
• Aleman Brewing, based in Chicago, was founded in 2013. The beer is contract brewed in collaboration with several different breweries.^[205]
• Berghoff beer was first brewed in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1887, and has been served at the Bergoff restaurant in downtown Chicago since 1898, except during Prohibition. Since 1954, the beer has been produced under contract — first by the Falstaff Brewing Company in St. Louis, Missouri, then by the Joseph Huber Brewing Company in Monroe, Wisconsin, and currently by Stevens Point Brewery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.^[206] Berghoff also had a separate brewpub in Chicago from 1990 to 1993.^[207]
• Big Hurt Beer is owned by former baseball player Frank Thomas. The Big Hurt Brew House pub opened in Berwyn in 2014. The beer, which is also available in cans, is contract brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery in Monroe, Wisconsin.^{[208][209][210]}
• Bucket List Brewing, Chicago, founded in 2014. The beer is brewed at Slapshot Brewing Company.^[211]
• Cahoots Brewing was founded in Oak Park in 2013, and is currently based in Forest Park. The beer is contract brewed at Church Street Brewing Company and Ten Ninety Brewing Company.^[212]
• Chicago Beer Company is based in Chicago and was founded in 2010. The beer is contract brewed at the Stevens Point Brewery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.^[213]
• Hop Butcher for the World. Opened in 2015 as South Loop Brewing Company, renamed to Hop Butcher in 2016.^[214] They are using their own brewing equipment at the Aquanaut brewery in Chicago.^[215]
• Hopothesis Beer Company was founded in Chicago in 2013. The beer was contract brewed at Minhas Craft Brewery in Monroe, Wisconsin.^[216] Hopothesis was acquired by Finch Beer Company in 2016.^[217]
• Local Option Bierwerker is based in Chicago. The beer is contract brewed at different breweries.^[218][219]
• Middle Brow Beer Company is based in Chicago and began production in 2014. The beer is contract brewed at Big Chicago Brewing Company in Zion.^[220]
• Mikerphone Brewing, founded in Chicago in 2015. The beer was initially brewed at SlapShot,^[221] and is now brewed at Une Année.^[222]
• MillerCoors, the second-largest beer company in the United States,^[223] has its national headquarters in Chicago, but does not operate any breweries in Illinois.
• Rude Hippo Brewing Company is based in Chicago and was founded in 2014.^[224] The beer is contract brewed at 18th Street Brewery in Gary, Indiana and at SlapShot Brewing in Chicago.^[225]
• Tocayo Brewing Company was founded in 2015 as a joint venture between chef Rick Bayless and Constellation Brands. The beer is contract brewed at Two Brothers in Warrenville.^[226]
• Transient Artisan Ales is based in Lansing and opened in 2013. The beer has been brewed at One Trick Pony^[227] and at Aquanaut.^[228]
• Veteran Beer Company, founded in 2013, is based Chicago. Their brewery is located in Cold Spring, Minnesota.^[229]

Closed breweries

Historical breweries: before 1980

• Blattner & Seidenschwanz Brewery, Chicago, opened ca. 1850, closed in 1857.^[230]
• Bluff City Brewery, Alton^[231]
• Bohemian Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1891, closed in 1896.^[232]
• William Bohn Brewery, Chicago, opened and closed in 1893.^[233]
• Charles Brand & Ernest Hummel Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1880, closed in 1997.^[234]
• Michael Brand Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1878, closed in 1879.^[235]
• Brewer & Hofmann Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1886, closed in 1902.^[236]
• Brisach & Hessemer Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1858, closed in 1859.^[237]
• Broadway Brewing Company, Chicago, opened and closed in 1934.^[238]
• Bucher & Hiller Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1858, closed in 1866.^[239]
• Dick Brothers Brewery, Quincy, founded in 1856, closed in 1951.^[240]
• Griesedieck Western Brewery, Belleville, makers of Stag beer.^[241][242]
• Peter Hand Brewery, Chicago (later known as Meister Brau Brewery), the original makers of Meister Brau beer.^[243][244]
• Lill and Diversey Brewery, Chicago, founded 1833.^[245]
• McHenry Brewery, McHenry, opened in 1868.^[246]
• Meyer Brewing Company, Bloomington^[247]
• Peacock Brewery is located in Rockford. The original brewhouse was built in 1857. It was successively owned by the Peacock Brewing Company, the Rockford Brewing Company, and the Rock River Brewing Company, the last of which closed in 1939.^[248]
• Reisch Brewery, Springfield, founded in 1849, closed 1966.^[249]
• Ruff Brewing Company, Quincy, founded in 1855, closed 1948.^[250]
• Schoenhofen Brewery, Chicago^[251]
• Seipp Brewing Company, Chicago, founded in 1854.^[252]
• Sieben's Brewery of Chicago, noted as a point of dispute between Dean O'Banion and Al Capone during Prohibition. See North Side Gang.^[253]
• Star Union Brewery, Peru, closed in 1966.^[155]
• Stenger Brewery, also known as J and N Stenger Brewery, Naperville, founded in 1848, closed in 1893.^[254]
• Warsaw Brewery, Warsaw, founded in 1861, ceased production in 1971. Reopened as a bar & restaurant in 2006.

Modern breweries: after 1980

• 4 Paws Brewing, Chicago microbrewery, opened in 2013, closed in 2014, sold to Aquanaut Brewing.^[255]
• America's Brewpub in the Walter Payton Roundhouse, Aurora,^[256] opened in 1996, closed in 2011.
• Big Chicago Brewing Company, Zion,^[257] contract brewer for beers such as Ten Ninety, Cahoots, and Middle Brow. Founded in 2012, they were bought out by Ten Ninety in 2014.^[185]
• Box Office Brewery and Restaurant, DeKalb,^[258] opened in 1994, closed in 1998.
• Brass Restaurant & Brewery, South Barrington,^[259] opened in 2003, closed in 2009.
• BreakRoom Brewery, Chicago brewpub, opened in 2015,^[260] closed in 2016.^[261]
• Capitol City Brewing, Springfield.^[262]
• Chicago Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1989.^[207]
• Chief's Brewing Company, Champaign, became Joe's Brewery.^[263]
• Copper Dragon Brewing Company, Carbondale. Opened in 1996,^[264] ceased brewing in 2005; still open as a live music venue.
• Crooked Waters, Peoria brewpub, closed in 2000.^[265]
• Flatlander's Restaurant and Brewery, Lincolnshire, opened in 1996, closed in 2012.^[266]
• Glen Ellyn Sports Brew, Glen Ellyn.^[267]
• Golden Prairie Brewing, Chicago, opened in 1992.^[207]
• Govnor's Public House, Lake in the Hills, opened in 2001,^[268] closed in 2008.^[269]
• Harrison's Restaurant and Brewery, Orland Park, opened in 1998, closed in 2013.^[270]
• Hopcats Brewing Company, Chicago brewpub, opened in 1998.^[271]
• Illinois Brewing Company, Bloomington,^[272] opened in 1999, brewery became operational in 2000, closed in 2014.
• Joe's Brewery, Champaign,^[263] ceased brewing, bar still open.
• J.W. Platek's Restaurant & Brewery, Richmond, closed in 2010.^[273]
• Limestone Brewing Company, Plainfield brewpub, opened in 2009, closed in 2012.^[274]
• M.T. Barrels Restaurant & Brewery, West Dundee.^[275]
• O'Grady's Brewery and Pub, Arlington Heights, opened in 1996.^[276]
• Pavichevich Brewing Company, Elmhurst, original makers of Baderbräu beer,^[207] opened in 1988, closed in 1997.
• Prairie Rock Brewing Company.^[277] The Elgin brewpub opened in 1995 and closed in 2009; the Schaumburg brewpub opened in 1999 and closed in 2007.^[278]
• Sieben's River North, Chicago brewpub, opened in 1987, closed in 1990.^[207]
• The Tap & Growler, Chicago,^[279] opened in 1987, closed in 1992.
• Taylor Brewing Company, Lombard brewpub, closed in 2011.^[280]
• Weeghman Park Restaurant Brewery, Chicago brewpub, opened in 1997, closed in 1999.^[281]
• The Weinkeller, Berwyn,^[282] opened in 1988, closed in 2000.

See also

• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in the United States
• List of microbreweries

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External links

• Illinois Craft Brewers Guild