The Best Breweries, Brewpubs & Taprooms in Illinois
You could circle Chicago thrice and still not visit every brewery in the state's biggest city.
Written by CraftJack | Updated | 3 min read
Interesting Tools
- Beer BrüMate Hopsulator
- Brewing Northern Brewer Beer Making Kit
- Spirit Crystal Whiskey Glasses
- Wine Wine Decanter/Aerator
- 1905 Brewing Company
- 2 Doors Down Brewing
- 25 West Brewing Co
- 350 Brewing Co
- 4204 Main Street Brewing Co
- 5 Rabbit Cerveceria Inc
- 93 Octane Brewery
- Adams Street Brewery
- Afterthought Brewing Company
- Alarmist Brewing
- Aleman Brewing
- All Rise Brewing Co
- Alter Brewing Company
- ALULU Brew Pub
- Anvil and Forge Brewery and Distillery
- Around the Bend Beer Co.
- Arrowhead Ales Brewing Company
- Art History Brewing Inc
- BBGB Brewery And Hop Farm
- Begyle Brewing
- Belly Up Beer Company
- Bent River Brewing Co
- Bent River Brewing Co Production & Tasting Room
- Big Muddy Brewing Co
- Big Thorn Farm and Brewery
- Bixi Beer
- Black & Gray Brewing Co.
- Black Horizon Brewing Company
- Black Lung Brewing Company
- Blind Pig Brewery
- Blue Island Beer Co
- Bold Dog Beer Company
- Bosacki’s Home Brew
- BrickStone Brewery – Production Facility
- BrickStone Brewery Brewpub
- Brother Chimp Brewing
- Brothership Brewing
- BuckleDown Brewing
- Buffalo Creek Brewing
- Burning Bush Brewery
- Burnt City Brewing
- Buzz Bomb Brewing Co
- Byers Brewing Company
- Carlyle Brewing Co
- Cary Ale House & Brewing Company
- Church Street Brewing Company
- Crushed By Giants
- Cruz Blanca Brewery
- Cypress Grove Brewing
- D and G Brewing Company
- Decatur Brew Works
- DESTIHL – Normal
- DESTIHL Brewery
- Door 4 Brewing Co
- Dovetail Brewery
- Dry City Brew Works
- Dryhop Brewers
- Effing Brew Company
- Elmhurst Brewing Company
- Emancipation Brewing Company
- Emmett’s Brewing Co – Downers Grove
- Emmett’s Brewing Co – Palatine
- Emmett’s Brewing Co – West Dundee
- Emmett’s Brewing Co – Wheaton
- Energy City Brewing
- Engrained Brewery & Restaurant
- Eris Brewery And Cider House
- Evil Horse Brewing Company
- Excel Brewing Co
- Exit Strategy Brewing Company
- Fibs Brewing Company
- Finch Beer Company
- Flesk Brewing
- Flossmoor Station Brewing Co
- Forbidden Root Restaurant & Brewery
- Forge Brewhouse
- Forgottonia Brewing
- Galena Brewing Co
- Garage Band Brewing
- Generations Brewing Company
- Geneseo Brewing Company
- Golden Fox Brewing
- Goldfinger Brewing Company
- Goose Island Beer Co / Fulton St
- Goose Island Brewpub
- Grafton Winery & Brewhaus
- Granite City Food & Brewery (#22)
- Granite City Food & Brewery (#30)
- Granite City Food & Brewery (#31)
- Great Central Brewing Company
- Gun Craft Beer
- HailStorm Brewing Company
- Hairy Cow Brewing Company
- Half Acre Beer Co
- Half Day Brewing Company
- Hand of Fate Brewing Co
- Haymarket Pub and Brewery
- Hickory Creek Brewing Company
- Hofbrauhaus Chicago
- Hofbrauhaus St. Louis-Belleville
- Holzlager Brewing Co.
- Hopewell Brewing Co
- Hopskeller Brewing Company
- Hopvine Brewing Company
- Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co.
- Ike & Oak Brewing Company
- Illuminated Brew Works
- Imperial Oak Brewing
- Industry Brewing
- Iron Spike Brewing Company
- Itasca Brewing Company Inc
- John S. Rhodell Brewery
- Kennay Farms Distilling
- Kinslahger Brewing Company
- Kishwaukee Brewing Co.
- Knox County Brewing Co.
- LaGrow Organic Beer Co
- Lagunitas Brewing Co
- Lake Bluff Brewing Company
- Lake Effect Brewing Company
- Light the Lamp Brewery
- Lil Beaver Brewery
- Lionstone Brewing
- Liquid Love Brewing
- Lo Rez Brewing
- Lot 50 Brewing
- Lucky Monk Burger, Pizza & Beer Co
- Lugan’s Brewing
- Lunar Brewing Co
- Macushla Brewing Co
- Mad Hatchet Brewing
- Maplewood Brewing Company
- McHenry Brewing Company
- Metal Monkey Brewing
- Metropolitan Brewing
- Mickey Finns Brewery
- Middle Brow Beer Company
- Midwest Ale Works
- Midwest Coast Brewing Company
- Mikerphone Brewing
- Milk Money Brewing
- Millpond Brewing and Incubator
- Miskatonic Brewing Company
- Molly’s Pint Brewpub
- Monarch Brewing Company
- Moody Tongue Brewing Company
- MORE Brewing Co
- MyGrain Brewing Company
- Nightshade and Dark’s Pandemonium Brewing
- Noon Whistle Brewing
- Oak Park Brewing Company
- Obed & Isaac’s
- Old Herald Brewing Co
- Old Irving Brewing Co.
- On Tour Brewing Co.
- One Allegiance Brewing
- One Trick Pony Brewery
- Only Child Brewing Company
- Open Outcry
- Oswego Brewing Company
- Pecatonica Beer Company – Tap House
- Peckish Pig
- Peel Brewing Co.
- Penrose Brewing Company
- Phase 3 Brewing
- Piece Brewery
- Pig Minds Brewing Co
- Pipeworks Brewing Co
- Pollyanna Brewing Company
- Pollyanna Brewing Company
- Prairie Krafts Brewing Company
- Quincy Brewing Company
- Rabid Brewing
- Radicle Effect Brewerks
- Ravinia Brewing Company
- Rebellion Brew Haus
- Recess Brewing
- Revolution Brewing
- Revolution Brewing – Brewpub
- Riggs Beer Company
- River Hawk Brewing
- Riverlands Brewing Company
- Roaring Table Brewing
- Rock Bottom Brewery – Chicago
- Rock Bottom Brewery – Orland Park
- Rock Bottom Brewery – Warrenville
- Rock Bottom Brewery – Yorktown
- Rock Bottom Brewery & Restaurant – Bolingbrook
- Rt66 Old School Brewing
- Scorched Earth Brewing Co.
- Scratch Brewing Company
- Sew Hop’d Brewery
- ShadowView Brewing
- Short Fuse Brewing Company
- Side Lot Brewery
- Skeleton Key Brewery
- Sketchbook Brewing Company
- Slauterhouse Brewing Co.
- Smylie Brothers Brewing Co – Evanston
- Solemn Oath Brewery
- Soundgrowler Brewing Co.
- Spirit Water / Iconic Beer
- Spiteful Brewing
- Steam Hollow Brewing Co
- Stockholms Vardshus
- Stubborn German Brewing Co
- Tangled Roots Brewing Company
- Temperance Beer Company
- The Hop Brewery
- The Old Bakery Beer Company
- The Perch
- Thornton Distilling Company
- Tighthead Brewing Co
- Trail’s Edge Brewing Co.
- Triptych Brewing
- Twisted Hippo
- Two Brothers Brewing Co
- Two Hound Red
- Uncommon Ground
- Une Annee Brewery
- Urban Forest Craft Brewing
- Urban Renewal Brewery
- Village Vintner Winery & Brewery
- Von Jakob Winery
- Wake Brewing
- Werk Force Brewing Co
- Whiner Beer Company
- Whiskey Hill Brewing
- White Oak Brewing
- White Rooster Farmhouse Brewery
- Wild Onion Brewing Co.
- Will County Brewing Company
- Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery
- Wolfden Brewing Company
- ZumBier