# List of breweries in 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. 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. Consumer purchases of Illinois' brewery products generated almost $450 million extra in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Illinois ranked 36th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 68.
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. 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.
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. In 2017, the Chicago Tribune reported that "the Chicago area has the most breweries in the nation, with 202 – topping Denver's 198 and Seattle's 168. The Chicago area includes small portions of Indiana and Wisconsin."

## Breweries

Notes:
* For the purposes of this list, a brewpub is a taproom with a kitchen; that is, it's a restaurant as well as a brewery.
* This list includes locations that produce cider, mead, and makgeolli. Those beverages have an alcohol content similar to that of beer, but they are fermented, not brewed. For locations that produce wine, see List of wineries in Illinois.
| Name | Bottling or canning | Brewpub | Taproom | Location and other information |
| 25 O'Clock Brewing Company | N | | N | Urbana, opened in 2017, added a taprooom in 2018. |
| 4204 Main Street Brewing Company | N | | | Belleville. The original brewpub opened in 2014. A second, larger brewery and taproom opened in 2017. The original location closed in 2021, with the production brewery and taproom remaining in operation. |
| 5 Bines Brewery | | | N | Belvidere, opened in 2024. |
| 93 Octane Brewery | | N | | St. Charles, opened in 2019. |
| Adams Street Brewery | | N | | Opened in 2019 in the Berghoff restaurant in Chicago. |
| Afterthought Brewing Company | N | | N | Lombard, opened in 2016. The separate taproom opened in 2021 and closed in 2024. |
| Alarmist Brewing | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2015. Added a taproom in 2017. |
| All Rise Brewing Company | | N | | The brewery began operations in 2014, inside the existing Cobra Lounge in Chicago. |
| Alter Brewing Company | N | N | N | The brewery and taproom in Downers Grove opened in 2015 and added a canning line in 2017. The brewpub in St. Charles opened in 2020. The brewpub in Oak Brook opened in 2022. |
| Alulu | | N | | Chicago, opened in 2017. |
| Analytical Brewing | | | N | Lexington, opened in 2022. |
| Anvil & Forge Brewing and Distilling | | | N | Springfield, opened in 2018. |
| Apple Knocker Hard Cider | N | | N | Cider brewery in Cobden, opened in 2012. |
| Arrowhead Ales Brewing Company | | N | | New Lenox, opened in 2016. |
| Artesia Brewing | | | N | Thawville, opened in 2021. |
| Art History Brewing | N | | N | Geneva, opened in 2020. |
| Banging Gavel Brews | N | N | | Founded in 2014. Initially the beer was contract brewed. Opened their own brewery in Tinley Park in 2023. |
| Begyle Brewing Company | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2012. The taproom opened in 2015. |
| Belly Up Beer Company | N | | | Western Springs, opened in 2016. |
| Bent River Brewing Company | N | N | N | Brewpub in Moline, bottling line and taproom in Rock Island. Founded in 1997. |
| Big Ben Brewing Company | | | N | Peru, opened in 2022. |
| Big Muddy Brewing | N | | N | Murphysboro, founded in 2009. |
| Big Thorn Brewery | N | | N | Georgetown, opened in 2016. |
| Bixi Beer | | N | | Chicago, opened in 2018. |
| BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse | | N | | BJ's Restaurants is a chain of restaurants and brewpubs that started in Santa Ana, California in 1978. The location in Orland Park opened in 2023. |
| Black & Gray Brewing Company | | | N | East Dundee, opened in 2019. |
| Black Horizon Brewing Company | N | | N | Willowbrook, opened in 2017. |
| Black Lung Brewing Company | N | N | N | Started in 2019 as an alternating proprietorship brewing and distributing out of ZümBier in Waukegan. Opened their own brewery and taproom in Round Lake Beach in 2021. The brewpub in Fox Lake opened in 2023. |
| Blind Corner Brewery | N | | N | Opened in 2025 as an alternating proprietorship at Go Brewing in Naperville. |
| Blind Pig Brewery | N | | N | Champaign. The beer bar opened in 2004. The separate microbrewery and taproom opened in 2009. |
| Blue Island Beer Company | | | N | Blue Island, opened in 2015. |
| Bosacki's Brewery | | | N | Mundelein, opened in 2016. |
| BrickStone Restaurant & Brewery | N | N | | Bourbonnais. Added a brewery to the existing restaurant in 2006. Opened a separate production brewery in 2015. |
| Broken Tee Brewing Company | | | N | Highwood, opened in 2022. |
| Brother Chimp Brewing | N | | N | North Aurora, opened in 2020. |
| Brothership Brewing | N | | N | Mokena, opened in 2020. |
| Bubblehouse Brewing Company | | | N | Lisle, opened in 2021. |
| BuckleDown Brewing | N | | N | Lyons, opened in 2013. |
| Buffalo Creek Brewing | | | N | Long Grove, opened in 2017. |
| Burning Bush Brewery | | | N | Chicago, opened in 2020. |
| Bust'd Brewing | | | N | Peoria Heights, opened in 2023. |
| Buzz Bomb Brewing Company | | | N | Springfield, opened in 2018. Added a second brewery, in Illiopolis, later that year. |
| Carbondale Craft Beer | N | | N | Ava, makers of Little Egypt beer, founded in 2012. |
| Carlyle Brewing Company | N | | N | Rockford. Opened in 2003, closed in 2021, reopened in 2022, under new management in 2023. |
| Cary Ale House & Brewing Company | | N | | Cary. The restaurant opened in 2015. They added an in-house brewery in 2018. |
| Casa Humilde Cerveceria Artesanal | | | N | Began operations in 2019 at District Brew Yards. Opened their own brewery in Forest Park in 2024. |
| Casper Brewing Company | | | N | Bloomington, opened in 2021. |
| Church Street Brewing Company | N | N | | Itasca, opened in 2012. |
| Coal Creek Brewing Company | | | N | Princeton, opened in 2023. |
| Corridor Brewery & Provisions | N | N | | Chicago, opened in 2015. Added a canning line in 2017. |
| Crushed by Giants | | N | | Chicago, opened in 2020. |
| Crust Brewing | | N | | Rosemont, opened in 2022. |
| Cruz Blanca | N | N | | Founded by chef Rick Bayless in 2015. The beer originally was contract brewed. The brewpub in Chicago opened in 2016. Cruz Blanca was acquired by Molson Coors in 2024. |
| Crystal Lake Brewing | N | | N | Crystal Lake, opened in 2014. |
| D and G Brewing Company | N | | N | St. Charles, opened in 2018. |
| Decatur Brew Works | | | N | Decatur, opened in 2016. |
| Demo Brewing Company | | | N | Chicago, opened in 2024. |
| Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works | N | N | N | The brewpub in Normal opened in 2007, and the one in Champaign opened in 2011. The production brewery in Bloomington opened in 2013. It was replaced with a new brewery and taproom in Normal in 2017. The brewpub in Champaign closed in 2020. |
| District Brew Yards | N | N | | Chicago, opened in 2019 as a brewery run cooperatively by three brewing companies – Burnt City Brewing, Around the Bend Beer Company, and Bold Dog Beer Company. Added a fourth company, Casa Humilde Cervecería Artesanal, later that year. In 2022 Bold Dog left, and Twisted Hippo Brewing joined after their own brewpub was destroyed in a fire. Later in 2022 District Brew Yards opened a second location, in Wheeling. |
| Diversey House | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2025 as a collaboration between Steep Ravine Brewing Company and Moor's Brewing Company. |
| Door 4 Brewing Company | | | N | Decatur, opened in 2017. |
| Double Clutch Brewing Company | | N | | Evanston, opened in 2021. |
| Dovetail Brewery | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2016. |
| DryHop Brewers | | N | | Chicago, opened in 2013. |
| Duneyrr Artisan Fermenta Project | | | N | Chicago brewery specializing in beer cofermented with wine, opened in 2021. |
| Elmhurst Brewing Company | | N | | Elmhurst, opened in 2018. |
| Emancipation Brewing Company | | | N | Fairbury, opened in 2019. |
| Emmett's Brewing Company | N | N | | West Dundee, Palatine, Downers Grove; founded in 1999. |
| Energy City Brewing | N | | | Batavia, opened in 2017. |
| Engrained Brewing Company | N | N | | Springfield, opened in 2013. |
| Eris Brewery and Cider House | N | N | | Cider and beer brewery and restaurant in Chicago, opened in 2018. |
| Evergreen Farm Brewing | | | N | Metamora, opened in 2021. |
| Excel Brewing Company | N | | | Breese. Founded as a soft drink company in 1936, Excel Bottling Company started brewing beer in 2012. |
| Fiala Brothers Brewery | | N | | Normal, opened in 2022. |
| Fibs Brewing Company | | | N | Des Plaines, opened in 2019. |
| Flapjack Brewery | | N | | Berwyn, opened in 2017. |
| Flipside Brewing | | N | | Tinley Park, opened in 2022. |
| Flossmoor Station Brewing Company | N | N | | Flossmoor. Brewpub opened in 1996, bottling operation started in 2008. |
| Forbidden Root | N | N | | Founded in Chicago in 2013, the beer was initially brewed at various locations. The brewpub on Chicago Avenue opened in 2016. The Columbus, Ohio location opened in 2019. The Cultivate brewpub on Ravenswood Avenue opened in 2021. |
| Foxes Den Meadery | | | N | Yorkville meadery, opened in 2023. |
| Fox Republic Brewing | | | N | Yorkville, opened in 2023. |
| Galena Brewing Company | N | N | N | The brewpub in Galena opened in 2010. The taproom in Moline opened in 2019 and closed in 2023. |
| Garage Band Brewing | | | N | Plainfield, opened in 2019. |
| Generations Brewing Company | | | N | Freeport, opened in 2014. |
| Geneseo Brewing Company | | | N | Geneseo, opened in 2015. |
| Ginger Road Brewing Company | | | N | Utica, opened in 2023. |
| Go Brewing | N | | N | Naperville, brewer of no-alcohol and low-alcohol beers, opened in 2022. |
| Golden Fox Brewing | | | N | Decatur, opened in 2018. |
| Goldfinger Brewing Company | N | | N | Downers Grove, opened in 2020. |
| Good Times Brewery | | N | | Chicago, opened in 2023. |
| Goose Island Beer Company | N | N | N | Founded in Chicago in 1988 as a brewpub on Clybourn Avenue, Goose Island opened a production brewery 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. A taproom at the Fulton Street brewery opened in 2015. The Wrigleyville brewpub closed in 2015. The Clybourn Avenue brewpub was acquired by AB InBev in 2016; it closed in 2023. The brewpub on Blackhawk Street opened in 2024. |
| Grainology Brewstillery | | | N | Brewery and distillery in Batavia, opened in 2023. |
| Granite City Food & Brewery | | N | | With its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Granite City operates several dozen brewpubs in the Midwest, including two in Illinois, in Naperville and Schaumburg. |
| Great Central Brewing Company | N | | N | Contract brewery in Chicago, opened in 2016. The taproom opened in 2017. |
| Greenstar Brewing | | N | | Located at the Uncommon Ground restaurant in Chicago, Greenstar began production in 2014 as the first organic brewery in Illinois. |
| Guinness Open Gate Brewery | N | N | | Guinness was founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1759. The brewpub in Chicago opened in 2023. |
| Hailstorm Brewing | N | | N | Tinley Park, opened in 2014. |
| Hairy Cow Brewing Company | | N | | Byron, opened in 2018. |
| Half Acre Beer Company | N | N | | 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. In 2015, a second, larger brewery started production on Balmoral Avenue, a mile and a half from the first location. The Lincoln Avenue tap room added a kitchen in 2016. The Balmoral Avenue brewery added a brewpub in 2017. The Lincoln Avenue location closed in 2021. |
| Half Day Brewing Company | | N | | Lincolnshire, opened in 2016. |
| Hand of Fate Brewing Company | | | N | Petersburg, opened in 2016. |
| Harbor Brewing Company | | | N | Winthrop Harbor, opened in 2018. |
| Hardware | | N | | Brewpub in North Aurora, opened in 2016, home of BBGB Brewery and Hop Farm. |
| Haymarket Pub & Brewery | N | N | | The brewpub in Chicago opened in 2010. The second brewpub and production brewery in Bridgman, Michigan opened in 2017. |
| Hickory Creek Brewing Company | | | N | New Lenox, opened in 2018. Moved to a new location in 2023. |
| Highway 20 Brewing Company | | | N | Elizabeth, opened in 2020. |
| Holzlager Brewing Company | | | N | Woodstock, opened in 2019. |
| Homewood Brewing Company | | N | | Homewood, opened in 2024. |
| The Hop Brewery | | N | | Christopher, opened in 2017. |
| Hop Butcher for the World | N | | N | Founded in Chicago in 2013 as South Loop Brewing Company. Renamed to Hop Butcher for the World in 2016. The beer was brewed at Aquanaut in Chicago, Miskatonic in Darien, and 5 Rabbit in Bedford Park. In 2021 they bought the 5 Rabbit brewery. In 2022 they opened a second, smaller brewery, with a taproom, in Chicago. |
| Hop District Community Brewing Company | | | N | LaGrange Park, opened in 2022. |
| Hopewell Brewing Company | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2016. |
| Hopskeller Brewing Company | | | N | Waterloo, opened in 2016. |
| Hopvine Brewing Company | | N | | Aurora, opened in 2013. |
| Horse Thief Hollow | N | N | | Chicago, opened in 2013. |
| Ike & Oak Brewing Company | | N | | Woodridge, opened in 2019. |
| Illuminated Brew Works | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2014. Moved to a new location and added a taproom in 2021. |
| Imperial Oak Brewing | | | N | The Willow Springs brewery and taproom opened in 2014. The Brookfield location opened in 2021. |
| Industry Ales | | N | | Chicago, opened in 2024. |
| Industry Brewing Company | | N | | Peoria, opened in 2017. |
| Iron Spike Brewing Company | N | N | | Galesburg, opened in 2014, added a canning line in 2016. |
| Is/Was Brewing | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2024. |
| Itasca Brewing Company | | | N | Itasca, opened in 2017. |
| JT Walker's Brewery | | N | | Mahomet, opened in 2013. |
| Keg Grove Brewing Company | | | N | The Bloomington brewery opened in 2018. The Morris brewery opened in 2024. |
| Kennay Farms Distilling | | | N | Farm-to-glass distillery and brewery in Rochelle, opened in 2019. |
| Khaos Brewcade & Kitchen | | N | | Plainfield, opened in 2021. |
| Kinslahger Brewing Company | N | | N | Oak Park, opened in 2016. |
| Kishwaukee Brewing Company | N | | N | Woodstock, opened in 2020. |
| Knack Brewing & Fermentations | | | N | Kankakee, opened in 2022. |
| Lake Bluff Brewing Company | N | N | | Lake Bluff, opened in 2011. |
| Lake Effect Brewing Company | N | | | Chicago, opened in 2012. Moved to a new location in 2022. |
| Lena Brewing Company | N | N | | Lena, brewery and taproom opened in 2015. Added a restaurant in 2025. |
| Lieferbräu Brewery | | | N | Red Bud, opened in 2018. |
| Lil Beaver Brewery | N | | N | Bloomington, opened in 2018. |
| Limerick Brewing Company | | | N | Lincoln. The Spirited Republic tavern opened in 2015. They added a brewery in 2018. |
| Liquid Love Brewing | N | | N | Buffalo Grove, opened in 2020. |
| Lot 50 Brewing | | | N | Paris, opened in 2018. |
| The Lucky Monk | | N | | South Barrington, opened in 2009. |
| Lugan's Brewing | N | | | Brewery and distillery in Joliet, opened in 2019. |
| Lunar Brewing Company | | | N | Villa Park, opened in 1998. |
| Macushla Brewing Company | | | N | Glenview, opened in 2017. |
| Mad Hatchet Brewing | | | N | Shorewood, opened in 2019. |
| Maplewood Brewery & Distillery | N | | N | Founded in Chicago as Mercenary in 2014, renamed to Maplewood in 2015. The taproom opened in 2017. |
| Marz Community Brewing Company | N | N | | Chicago, opened in 2014. Moved to a new location in 2017, and added a brewpub in 2018. The Life on Marz Community Club nanobrewery and taproom, also in Chicago, opened in 2021. |
| McHenry Brewing Company | | | N | McHenry, opened in 2018. |
| Mickey Finn's Brewery | N | N | | Libertyville, opened in 1994; moved to a new location in 2014. |
| Middle Brow Beer Company | N | N | | Chicago, began production in 2014. The beer has been contract brewed at various breweries in the Chicago area. In 2019 they opened their own brewpub, called Bungalow. Some of their packaged beer is still produced under contract. |
| Midwest Ale Works | | | N | East Moline, opened in 2019. |
| Midwest Coast Brewing Company | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2019. |
| Mikerphone Brewing | N | | N | Founded in Chicago in 2015. At first the beer was brewed at SlapShot, then at Une Année. They opened their own brewery in Elk Grove Village in 2017. |
| Milk Money Brewing | | N | | La Grange, opened in 2020. |
| Millpond Brewing | | | N | Millstadt, opened in 2019. |
| Miskatonic Brewing Company | N | | N | The brewery and taproom in Darien opened in 2015. The restaurant in Naperville opened in 2023. |
| Mississippi Culture | | | N | Staunton, opened in 2023. |
| Molly's Pint Brewpub | | | N | Murphysboro, opened in 2017. |
| Monarch Brewing Company | | N | | Monticello, opened in 2017. |
| Monochrome Brewing | | | N | Chicago, opened in 2024. |
| Moody Tongue Brewing Company | N | N | | Chicago, founded in 2014. Added a tap room in 2016. In 2019 they moved to the larger, vacant Baderbrau Brewing Company building and expanded the food menu, closing the old location in June of that year and opening the new one in November. |
| More Brewing Company | N | N | | The brewpub in Villa Park opened in 2017. The one in Huntley opened in 2020. The brewpub in Bartlett opened in 2023. |
| Mud Run Brewing Company | | N | | Stockton, opened in 2021. |
| Nightshade and Dark's Pandemonium Brewing | | | N | Waukegan, opened in 2019. |
| Nik & Ivey Brewing Company | | | N | Lockport, opened in 2020. |
| Noon Whistle Brewing | N | N | N | The brewery and taproom in Lombard opened in 2014, and added a kitchen in 2020. The production brewery in Naperville opened in 2020, and added a taproom later that year. |
| Obed & Isaac's | | N | | The brewpub in Springfield opened in 2012. The brewpub in Peoria opened in 2016. |
| OB's Cervezaria | | N | | Chenoa, opened in 2022. |
| Obscurity Brewing & Craft Mead | N | N | | Beer and mead brewery and restaurant in Elburn, opened in 2020. |
| Off Color Brewing | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2013. A second brewery, with a taproom called the Mousetrap, opened in 2017. |
| Ogle County Brewery | | N | | Oregon, opened in 2021. |
| Old Bakery Beer Company | N | N | | Alton, opened in 2015. |
| Old Herald Brewery and Distillery | | N | | Collinsville, opened in 2019. |
| Old Irving Brewing Company | N | N | | Chicago, opened in 2016; brewpub inspired by the cuisine of Homaro Cantu. |
| On Tour Brewing Company | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2017. |
| One Allegiance Brewing | | | N | Chicago Ridge, opened in 2020. |
| One Lake Brewing | | N | | Oak Park, opened in 2019. |
| Open Outcry Brewing Company | | N | | Chicago, opened in 2017. |
| Opera House Brewing Company | | | N | Hillsboro, opened in 2018. |
| Other Half Ramova | N | | N | Other Half Brewing opened in Brooklyn, New York in 2014. The Chicago location opened in 2024. |
| Peel Brewing Company | | N | | O'Fallon, opened in 2014. |
| Penrose Brewing Company | N | | N | Geneva, opened in 2014. |
| The Perch | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2020. |
| Phase Three Brewing Company | N | | N | Lake Zurich, founded in 2019. The beer was initially brewed at Lake Zurich Brewing Company, which they bought out in 2020. The brewpub in Elmhurst opened in 2023, with the beer brought in from the brewery in Lake Zurich. |
| Pho No. 1 Brewing Company | | N | | Nanobrewery and Vietnamese restaurant in Chicago, opened in 2022. |
| Piece Brewery and Pizzeria | | N | | Chicago, opened in 2001. |
| Pig Minds Brewing Company | N | N | | Vegan brewpub in Machesney Park, opened in 2012. |
| Pilot Project | | | N | Chicago brewery and "brewery incubator", opened in 2019. In 2022 they opened a second location in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Pipeworks Brewing Company | N | | | Chicago, opened in 2012, moved to a larger space in 2015. |
| Pips Meadery | N | | N | Meadery in Beach Park, opened in 2017. The taproom in Gurnee opened in 2023. |
| Pollyanna Brewing Company | N | | N | Lemont, opened in 2014. A second brewery, with a taproom called Roselare, opened in Roselle in 2017. A third location, in St. Charles, opened in 2019. |
| Prairie Street Brewing Company | | N | | Rockford. Opened as Rockford Brewing Company in 2013, in the old Peacock Brewery. Renamed to Prairie Street in 2016. |
| Pratt Brewing Company | N | | | Spring Grove, opened in 2022. |
| Printer's Row Brewing | | | N | Chicago. Initially the beer was brewed at Lake Effect. They opened their own brewery and taproom in 2021. |
| Rabid Brewing | N | | N | Homewood, opened in 2017. |
| Radicle Effect Brewerks | | | N | Rock Island, opened in 2012 as Against the Grain Brewery & Alehouse, changed their name in 2014 to Radicle Effect Brewerks. |
| Radium City Brewing | N | | | Ottawa, opened in 2015. |
| Rebellion Brew Haus | | N | | Moline, opened in 2016. |
| Reserve Artisan Ales | | | N | Galesburg, opened in 2022. |
| Revolution Brewing | N | | N | Chicago. The brewpub on Milwaukee Avenue opened in 2010 and closed in 2024. The production brewery and taproom on Kedzie Avenue opened in 2012. |
| Rhodell Brewery | | | N | Peoria, opened in 1998. Moved to a larger location in 2015. |
| Riggs Beer Company | | | N | Urbana, opened in 2016. |
| Right Bee Cider | N | | N | Apple cider brewery in Chicago, opened in 2014. The taproom opened in 2019. |
| Riverlands Brewing Company | N | | N | St. Charles, opened in 2019. |
| Roaring Table Brewing Company | N | | N | Lake Zurich, opened in 2017. |
| Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery | | N | | Rock Bottom is a chain of brewpubs founded in Denver, Colorado in 1991. It has a number of locations, including two in Illinois, in Orland Park and Warrenville. |
| Roebuck Pizza | | N | | Chicago, opened in 2019. |
| Route 51 Brewing Company | | N | | Elkville, opened in 2017. |
| Route 66 Old School Brewing | | | N | Wilmington, opened in 2019. |
| Sangamo Brewing | | | N | Chatham, opened in 2020. |
| Schlafly Highland Square | N | N | | The Saint Louis Brewery, makers of Schlafly beer, is based in St. Louis and has several locations in Missouri. The brewpub in Highland, which opened in 2021, is their first in Illinois. |
| Scorched Earth Brewing Company | N | | N | Algonquin, opened in 2014. |
| Scratch Brewing Company | N | N | | Ava, opened in 2013. |
| Second City Meadery | N | | N | Chicago meadery, opened in 2020, added a tasting room in 2021. |
| Sew Hop'd Brewery & Tap Room | | | N | Huntley, opened in 2019. |
| Shoehorn Brewing | N | | N | Belleville, opened in 2022. |
| Short Fuse Brewing Company | N | N | | Schiller Park, opened in 2017. |
| Skeleton Key Brewery | N | | N | Woodridge, opened in 2016. The brewery was damaged by a tornado in June 2021 and reopened in May 2022. |
| Sketchbook Brewing Company | N | | N | The brewery in Evanston opened in 2014, and added a taproom in 2016. The brewery and taproom in Skokie opened in 2020. |
| Slauterhouse Brewing Company | | | N | Auburn, opened in 2020. |
| Solemn Oath Brewery | N | | N | The Naperville location opened in 2012. The Chicago location opened in 2021. |
| Soundgrowler Brewing | | | N | Tinley Park, opened in 2017. |
| Spirit Water | | | N | Cary, opened in 2020. |
| Spiteful Brewing | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2012. Moved to a new location and added a taproom in 2017. |
| Springfield Beer Company | | | N | Springfield, opened in 2019. |
| Standard Meadery | | | N | Villa Park meadery, opened in 2020. |
| St. Nicholas Brewing Company | | N | | Du Quoin, opened in 2014. |
| Stockholm's | | N | | Geneva, opened in 2002. |
| Stubborn German Brewing Company | | | N | Waterloo, opened in 2016. |
| Sturdy Shelter Brewing | | | N | Batavia, opened in 2022. |
| Suncatcher Brewing | | | N | Chicago, opened in 2024. |
| Sundial Brewing & Blending | N | | N | Barrington. Started brewing at Flesk Brewing in 2022. Acquired the brewery in 2023. |
| Tangled Roots Brewing Company | N | N | | The brewery and Lone Buffalo brewpub in Ottawa opened in 2016. The brewery and Lock and Mule brewpub in Lockport opened in 2021. There are also Tangled Roots restaurants in Glenview (opened in 2021), Vernon Hills (2024), and South Barrington (2025). |
| Tighthead Brewing Company | N | | N | Mundelein, opened in 2011. |
| Tonality Brewing Company | | N | | Mundelein, opened in 2023. |
| Trail's Edge Brewing Company | | N | | Frankfort, opened in 2018 at the Smokey Barque restaurant. |
| Triptych Brewing | N | | N | Savoy, opened in 2013. |
| Turner Häus Brewery | | | N | Chicago, opened in 2023. |
| Two Brothers Brewing | N | N | | Two Brothers opened in 1997, and started bottling their beer in 1998. They have two brewpubs — one at the main brewery in Warrenville (opened in 2008), and one at the Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora (opened in 2013). In 2017 they also started distilling hard liquor at the Aurora location. |
| Two Hound Red | N | N | | Glen Ellyn brewpub, opened in 2019. |
| Une Année / Hubbard's Cave | N | N | | Opened in Chicago in 2013. Moved to Niles and added a taproom in 2017. Moved to a different location in Niles and added a kitchen in 2020. (Their Belgian-style beers are branded as Une Année and their American-style beers are branded as Hubbard's Cave.) |
| Unpossible Mead | N | | N | Meadery in Dwight, taproom opened in 2018 |
| Urban Forest Craft Brewing | | | N | Rockford, opened in 2020. |
| Village Vintner Winery & Brewery | | N | | Algonquin, opened in 2012. |
| Von Jakob Vineyard & Brewery | | N | | Alto Pass. The vineyard was founded in 1996. The brewery opened in 2011. |
| Wake Brewing | | | N | Rock Island, opened in 2017. |
| Werk Force Brewing Company | | | N | Plainfield, opened in 2014. |
| Whiner Beer Company | N | | N | Chicago, opened in 2016. |
| Whiskey Hill Brewing Company | N | N | | The production brewery in Westmont opened in 2018. The brewpub in Westmont opened in 2024. The brewpub in Mount Prospect also opened in 2024. |
| White Oak Brewing | N | | N | Normal, opened in 2015; added a taproom in 2017. |
| White Rooster Farmhouse Brewery | | | N | Sparta, opened in 2017. |
| Wild Blossom Meadery | N | | N | Chicago; opened in 2001; moved to a new location and added a taproom in 2017. Wild Blossom brews mead, using their own honey, and also makes wine and beer. |
| Wild Onion Brewery | N | N | | Lake Barrington. The brewery opened in 1996 and the Onion Pub brewpub opened in 2003. The Wild Onion Tied House restaurant in Oak Park opened in 2017 and closed in 2021; the beer there was brought in from the Lake Barrington brewery. |
| Will County Brewing Company | N | | N | The Shorewood location opened in 2018. The Channahon location opened in 2023 and closed in 2024. |
| Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery | N | | N | Lena, opened in 2016. |
| Wolfden Brewing Company | | N | | Bloomingdale, opened in 2018. |

## Other beer companies

* Around the Bend Beer Company was founded in Chicago in 2015. Their beer has been brewed at Ale Syndicate, Excel, and Burnt City. It is now brewed at District Brew Yards.
* Burnt City Brewing, Chicago. Originally named Atlas Brewing Company. The brewpub on Lincoln Avenue opened in 2012. The production brewery on 99th Street opened in 2015. Renamed to Burnt City Brewing in 2016. The two locations were merged into a new brewery called District Brew Yards in 2019.
* 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.
* Conrad Seipp Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2020 as a revival of the historical Chicago brewery of the same name. The beer is contract brewed.
* Foreign Exchange Brewing Company, Aurora-based company that opened in 2020. The beer is contract brewed.
* Funkytown Brewery, Chicago, opened in 2021. The beer is brewed at Pilot Project in Chicago.
* Golden Prairie Fermentations, Chicago. Golden Prairie had its own brewery in the 1990s. The brand was re-launched by Argus Brewery in 2018.
* Hidden Hand Brewing, founded in 2021. The beer is brewed at Solemn Oath in Naperville.
* Hopothesis Beer Company was founded in Chicago in 2013. The beer was contract brewed at Minhas Craft Brewery in Monroe, Wisconsin. Hopothesis was acquired by Finch Beer Company in 2016.
* Local Option Bierwerker is based in Chicago. The beer is contract brewed at different breweries.
* MillerCoors, the second-largest beer company in the United States (after Anheuser-Busch), has its national headquarters in Chicago, but does not operate any breweries in Illinois.
* Moor's Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2021. Originally the beer was brewed at 18th Street Brewery in Hammond, Indiana. In 2025 they started brewing their own beer at Diversey House in Chicago, along with Steep Ravine Brewing Company.
* The Red Barn Restaurant and Brewery, Mount Prospect, opened in 2018. The beer is brewed at Wild Onion in Lake Barrington.
* Saint Errant Brewing was founded in Chicago in 2016. The beer is brewed at Mikerphone in Elk Grove Village and at Begyle in Chicago.
* Steep Ravine Brewing Company. Founded as Ravinia Brewing Company in 2017. Initially the beer was contract brewed at Finch Brewery. The pub in Highland Park opened in 2018, with the beer brought in from offsite. The production brewery on Diversey Avenue in Chicago opened in 2019, and added a brewpub in 2021. The brewpub closed in 2024. The brewery changed their name to Steep Ravine in 2024. In 2025 the brewpub in Chicago reopened as Diversey House; Steep Ravine and Moore's both brew their beer there.
* 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.
* Twisted Hippo Brewing was founded in Chicago as Rude Hippo in 2014 and was later renamed to Twisted Hippo. The beer was contract brewed at 18th Street Brewery in Gary, Indiana, SlapShot Brewing in Chicago, and Aleman Brewing in Chicago. They opened their own brewpub in January 2019. It was destroyed by a fire in February 2022. Twisted Hippo started brewing beer at District Brew Yards in August 2022.
* Veteran Beer Company, founded in 2013, is based Chicago. Their brewery is located in Cold Spring, Minnesota.
* WarPigs Brewing Company, founded in Chicago in 2017, started as a joint venture of Mikkeller (in Copenhagen, Denmark) and Three Floyds (in Munster, Indiana). The beer is contract brewed by Great Central Brewing in Chicago and Wisconsin Brewing in Verona, Wisconsin. The WarPigs brewpub in Copenhagen opened in 2015. In 2021 Three Floyds dropped out of the partnership with Mikkeller.
* Woggly Square Brewing Company, Tinley Park, founded in 2018. The beer is brewed at 350 Brewing Company.

## Closed breweries
### Historical breweries: before 1980

* Blattner & Seidenschwanz Brewery, Chicago, opened ca. 1850, closed in 1857.
* Bluff Brewery, Quincy, opened in 1857, closed ca. 1910.
* Bluff City Brewery, Alton.
* Bohemian Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1891, closed in 1896.
* William Bohn Brewery, Chicago, opened and closed in 1893.
* Charles Brand & Ernest Hummel Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1880, closed in 1997.
* Michael Brand Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1878, closed in 1879.
* Brewer & Hofmann Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1886, closed in 1902.
* Brisach & Hessemer Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1858, closed in 1859.
* Broadway Brewing Company, Chicago, opened and closed in 1934.
* Bucher & Hiller Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1858, closed in 1866.
* Conrad Seipp Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1854, closed in 1933.
* Dick Brothers Brewery, Quincy, founded in 1856, closed in 1951.
* Eber Brothers Brewery, Quincy, opened ca. 1868, closed in 1906.
* Galena Brewing Company, Galena, opened in 1886, closed in 1936. Makers of Red Stripe beer, not to be confused with the Jamaican beer of the same name.
* Gipps Brewing Co., Peoria, Opened in 1881, closed in 1954. Its flagship Amberlin Beer sold to Canadian Ace Brewing Company of Chicago and brewed until 1963.
* Great Revivalist Brew Lab. The brewpub in Geneseo opened in 2020; the brewpub in Clinton, Iowa opened in 2023; the Geneseo location closed later that year.
* Griesedieck Western Brewery, Belleville, makers of Stag beer.
* Hofmann Brothers Brewery, Chicago, closed in 1925. The related Hofmann Pub in Lyons, located near Hofmann Tower, is also thought to have been a brewery, and was later owned by the Peter Fox Brewing Company; the building was destroyed in a fire in 2013.
* Lill and Diversey Brewery, Chicago, founded 1833.
* Manhattan Brewing Company of Chicago. Opened in 1893; later renamed to Canadian Ace Brewing Company; closed in 1968. Notorious for its connections to Al Capone.
* McAvoy Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1865, closed in 1920.
* McHenry Brewery, McHenry, opened in 1868.
* Meyer Brewing Company, Bloomington
* Pabst Brewing Company was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1844. They operated a brewery in Peoria Heights, Illinois from 1934 to 1982.
* 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.
* Peru Beer Company, Peru, opened in 1868, closed in 1943.
* Peter Hand Brewing Company (later known as Meister Brau Brewery), Chicago, the original makers of Meister Brau beer (and Meister Brau Lite); sold their Meister Brau line of beers to Miller in 1972 (who rebranded Meister Brau Lite as Miller Lite) and finally ceased brewing in 1977. They were the last brewery to operate in the city until 1987.
* Reisch Brewery, Springfield, founded in 1849, closed 1966.
* Ruff Brewing Company, Quincy, founded in 1855, closed 1948.
* Schoenhofen Brewing Company, Chicago, makers of Edelweiss beer and Green River soda.
* Sieben's Brewery of Chicago, noted as a point of dispute between Dean O'Banion and Al Capone during Prohibition. See North Side Gang.
* Star Union Brewery, Peru, closed in 1966.
* Stenger Brewery, also known as J and N Stenger Brewery, Naperville, founded in 1848, closed in 1893.
* Warsaw Brewery, Warsaw, founded in 1861, ceased production in 1971. Reopened as a bar and restaurant in 2006.
* White Eagle Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1904, closed in 1950.

### Modern breweries: after 1980

* 206 Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Carol Stream, opened in 2023, closed in 2024.
* 25 West Brewing Company, brewpub in Bloomingdale, opened in 2018, closed in 2020.
* 2 Fools Cider, apple cider brewery and taproom in Naperville. Opened in 2016, moved to a new location in 2022, closed in 2023.
* 350 Brewing Company, brewpub in Tinley Park, opened in 2014, closed in 2022.
* 4 Paws Brewing, Chicago microbrewery, opened in 2013, closed in 2014, sold to Aquanaut Brewing.
* 57 70 Brewery, Teutopolis, opened in 2018.
* 5 Rabbit Cervecería. Founded in Chicago in 2011. Originally the beer was contract brewed. They opened their own brewery in Bedford Park in 2012, and added a taproom in 2014. They closed in 2020.
* 718 Brew Cafe, brewpub in Metropolis, opened in 2016.
* Abbey Ridge Brewery and Tap Room, brewpub in Pomona, opened in 2014, destroyed by a fire in 2017.
* Aleman Brewing Company, Chicago, founded in 2013. Initially the beer was contract brewed. Opened their own brewery in 2016. Closed in 2023.
* Ale Syndicate was 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. The brewery opened in 2014. It closed in 2016.
* America's Brewpub in the Walter Payton Roundhouse, Aurora, opened in 1996, closed in 2011.
* Andersonville Brewing. The Hamburger Mary's restaurant chain opened a location in Chicago in 2006. A brewery and taproom called Mary's Rec Room was added in 2009. The brewery was renamed to Andersonville Brewing in 2014. It closed in 2019.
* Aquanaut Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2014, closed in 2017.
* Arcade Brewery opened in Chicago in 2014, and operated as an alternating proprietorship at the Ale Syndicate brewery. It closed in 2016.
* Argus Brewery, Chicago. Opened in 2009, in a building built in 1906 as a Schlitz beer distribution facility. Closed in 2020.
* Baderbräu Brewing Company. In 2012 they revived Baderbräu beer, which initially was contract brewed at the Stevens Point Brewery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The Chicago brewery and tap room opened in 2016, and added a kitchen in 2017. It closed in 2018.
* Ballast Point Tasting Room and Kitchen, Chicago brewpub. Ballast Point Brewing Company was founded in San Diego in 1996. It was acquired by Constellation Brands in 2015. The brewpub in Chicago opened in 2018. Most of the beer there came from Ballast Point breweries in California and Virginia, but some was brewed onsite. Ballast Point was acquired by Kings & Convicts Brewing Company in 2019. They closed the Chicago location in 2021.
* Band of Bohemia, Chicago brewpub that won a Michelin star, opened in 2015, closed in 2020.
* Bearded Owl Brewing, Peoria brewpub, opened in 2018, closed in 2023.
* 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. From 1954 to 2018, the beer was produced under contract — first by the Falstaff Brewing Company in St. Louis, Missouri, then by the Joseph Huber Brewing Company in Monroe, Wisconsin, and then by Stevens Point Brewery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Berghoff also had a separate brewpub in Chicago from 1990 to 1993.
* Big Chicago Brewing Company, Zion, contract brewer for beers such as Ten Ninety, Cahoots, and Middle Brow. Founded in 2012, they were bought out by Ten Ninety in 2014.
* Big Hurt Beer was owned by former baseball player Frank Thomas. The Big Hurt Brewhouse restaurant in Berwyn opened in 2014 and closed in 2016. It reopened in 2017 under the name 35 Sports Bar & Grill, and closed again in 2018. The beer, which was also available in cans, was contract brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery in Monroe, Wisconsin.
* Birreria Chicago, opened in 2013 inside Eataly Chicago.
* Black Belt Brewery, Lake Zurich, production brewery with a canning line, opened in 2016, closed in 2017.
* Blue Cat Brewing Company, brewpub in Rock Island. Opened as Blue Cat Brew Pub in 1994. Closed in 2018. Reopened as Big Swing Brewing Company in 2019. Renamed to Blue Cat Brewing Company in 2021. Closed in 2022.
* Blue Nose Brewery and taproom, opened in Justice in 2012, moved to Hodgkins in 2015, closed in 2021.
* Border Town Pub, Momence. Bar opened in 2002. In-house brewery began operations in 2014. Closed in 2018.
* Box Office Brewery and Restaurant, DeKalb, opened in 1994, closed in 1998.
* Brass Restaurant & Brewery, South Barrington, opened in 2003, closed in 2009.
* BreakRoom Brewery, Chicago brewpub, opened in 2015, closed in 2016.
* Byers Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in DeKalb, opened in 2019, closed in 2024.
* Cademon Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Genoa, opened in 2014, closed in 2016.
* Capitol City Brewing, Springfield.
* Chain O' Lakes Brewing Company, McHenry taproom, opened in 2013 in the old McHenry Brewery building, closed in 2018.
* Chicago Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1989.
* Chief's Brewing Company, Champaign, became Joe's Brewery.
* Copper Dragon Brewing Company, Carbondale. Opened in 1996. Ceased brewing in 2005 but stayed open as a music venue. Closed in 2019.
* Crazy Llama Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Roscoe, opened in 2020, closed in 2024.
* Crooked Waters, Peoria brewpub, closed in 2000.
* Dry City Brew Works, brewery and taproom in Wheaton, opened in 2014, closed in 2023.
* Effing Brew Company, brewpub in Effingham, opened in 2018, closed in 2022.
* Elder Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Joliet, opened in 2017, closed in 2023.
* Emmett's Brewing Company, Wheaton brewpub closed ca. 2021; their other locations are still open.
* Empirical Brewery, Chicago. Opened in 2014. In 2015 they added a taproom. Closed in 2022.
* Evil Horse Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Crete, opened in 2016. Ceased brewing in 2024; still open as a craft beer bar.
* Exit Strategy Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Forest Park, opened in 2015, closed in 2023.
* Finch Beer Company, Chicago. Opened in 2011 as Finch's Beer Company. In 2016 they changed their name to Finch Beer Company and opened a brewpub at a second location, which closed later that year. In 2017 they bought the Like Minds brewery and moved their operations there. In 2020 they opened a brewpub called The Perch at a separate location. The main brewery closed in 2022, though The Perch remained open.
* First Forest Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Hodgkins, opened in 2021, closed in 2023.
* Flatlander's Restaurant and Brewery, Lincolnshire, opened in 1996, closed in 2012.
* Flesk Brewing, opened in Lombard in 2013. Moved to Barrington and added a taproom in 2017. Closed in 2023.
* Forge Brewhouse. Opened as a brewpub in Sycamore in 2015. Moved to a production brewery and taproom in DeKalb in 2018. Closed in 2022.
* Forgottonia Brewing, brewery and taproom in Macomb, opened in 2019, closed in 2024.
* Gino's Brewing Company, Chicago. Gino's East added a brewery at its River North restaurant in 2015. The restaurant and brewery closed in 2020.
* Glen Ellyn Sports Brew, Glen Ellyn.
* Golden Prairie Brewing, Chicago, opened in 1992, closed in 1999.
* Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants originated in Palo Alto, California in 1988 and became a multi-state chain. The location in Bolingbrook opened in 2007. It was rebranded as a Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in 2018.
* Govnor's Public House, Lake in the Hills, opened in 2001, closed in 2008.
* Granite City is an interstate chain of brewpubs. The locations in Orland Park, East Peoria, and Northbrook closed in 2019. The one in Rockford closed in 2020. Several other Illinois locations are still open.
* Harrison's Restaurant and Brewery, Orland Park, opened in 1998, closed in 2013.
* Hofbräuhaus Chicago opened in Rosemont in 2013 and closed in 2021. Hofbräuhaus St. Louis opened in Belleville in 2018 and closed in 2023. The brewpubs were part of an international chain licensed by the original Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Germany.
* Hopcats Brewing Company, Chicago brewpub, opened in 1998.
* Hopper's Garage Brewing Company, Antioch brewery, opened in 2015.
* Howard Street Brewing Company, Chicago nanobrewery and taproom, opened in 2022, closed in 2023.
* Illinois Brewing Company, Bloomington, opened in 1999, brewery became operational in 2000, closed in 2014.
* Joe's Brewery, Champaign, ceased brewing, bar still open.
* Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales was founded in Dexter, Michigan in 2004. The Chicago brewpub opened in 2017. Most of the beer there came from the Dexter brewery, but some was brewed onsite. It closed in 2022.
* J.W. Platek's Restaurant & Brewery, Richmond, closed in 2010.
* Kings & Convicts Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Highwood, opened in 2017. In 2019 they acquired Ballast Point Brewing Company which is based in San Diego. In 2022 they bought the Saint Archer brewery and taprooms which are also in the San Diego area. Kings & Convicts closed in 2024, with the company retaining ownership of Ballast Point.
* Knox County Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Galesburg, opened in 2018, closed in 2022.
* Lagunitas Brewing Company was founded in Lagunitas, California 1993, and moved to Petaluma, California in 1994. They built a second brewery in Chicago in 2014, the largest in the city. The taproom opened a few months later. In 2015 Heineken International purchased a 50% stake in the company, and in 2017 it purchased the other 50%. The Chicago location closed in 2024.
* Lake Zurich Brewing Company, Lake Zurich, opened in 2018, closed in 2020.
* Light the Lamp Brewery, brewpub in Grayslake, opened in 2012. Moved to a new location in 2018. Closed in 2024.
* Like Minds Brewing Company, founded in 2014. The beer was originally contract brewed by Hinterland in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 2015 Like Minds moved to Chicago and opened their own brewery. In 2016 they opened a second location, a brewpub in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 2017 they sold their Chicago brewery to Finch Beer Company. In 2018 the Milwaukee location closed.
* Limestone Brewing Company, Plainfield brewpub, opened in 2009, closed in 2012.
* Lionstone Brewing, Geneseo brewpub, opened in 2015, closed in 2020.
* Lo-Rez Brewing, Chicago. Opened in 2016. Added a taproom in 2017. Closed in 2023.
* Mad Mouse Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2014 in the Moxee restaurant, closed in 2017.
* Metal Monkey Brewing, brewery and taproom in Romeoville, opened in 2016, closed in 2023.
* Metropolitan Brewing, Chicago, opened in 2009. Moved to a new location and added a taproom in 2017. Closed in 2023.
* MobCraft Beer was founded in Madison, Wisconsin in 2013. Initially the beer was contract brewed. They moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and opened their own brewery in 2016. The brewpub in Woodstock opened in 2023. They closed in 2024.
* Moonshine, Chicago bar and restaurant that opened in 2001, added an in-house brewery in 2008, and closed in 2014.
* Motor Row Brewing, brewery and taproom in Chicago, opened in 2015, closed in 2021.
* M.T. Barrels Restaurant & Brewery, West Dundee.
* MyGrain Brewing Company, brewpub in Joliet, opened in 2017, closed in 2023.
* Myths and Legends Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Westmont. Opened in 2013 as Urban Legend Brewing Company. Renamed to Myths and Legends in 2016. Bought out by Whiskey Hill in 2018.
* Nevin's Brewing Company, Plainfield brewpub, opened in 2012. The brewery was renamed to Midnight Pig Beer in 2017. Closed in 2019.
* North Shore Cider Company, cider brewery and taproom in Evanston, opened in 2017, closed in 2021.
* Oak Park Brewing Company, brewery and brewpub in Oak Park co-located with Hamburger Mary's Show Lounge; opened in 2016, closed in 2021.
* O'Grady's Brewery and Pub, Arlington Heights, opened in 1996.
* O'Griff's Grill & Brewhouse, Quincy, opened in 1994, closed in 2019.
* One Trick Pony, brewery and taproom in Lansing, opened in 2012, closed in 2024.
* Only Child Brewing, brewery and taproom, opened in Northbrook in 2013, moved to Gurnee in 2015, closed in 2022.
* Ørkenoy, brewpub in Chicago, opened in 2020, closed in 2024.
* Oswego Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Oswego, opened in 2018, closed in 2023.
* Pavichevich Brewing Company, Elmhurst, original makers of Baderbräu beer, opened in 1988, closed in 1997.
* Peckish Pig, brewpub in Evanston, opened in 2014. Ceased brewing in 2024; restaurant still open.
* Peoria Brewing Company, Peoria, production brewery and brewpub, opened in 2014, closed in 2017.
* Prairie Krafts Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Buffalo Grove, opened in 2016, closed in 2020.
* Prairie Rock Brewing Company. The Elgin brewpub opened in 1995 and closed in 2009; the Schaumburg brewpub opened in 1999 and closed in 2007.
* Punk Rock Pizza & Brewery, Silvis, opened in 2024, closed in 2025.
* The Ram Restaurant & Brewery is a chain of brewpubs. The first restaurant opened in Lakewood, Washington in 1971, and the first brewery opened in Salem, Oregon in 1995. The brewpub in Schaumburg opened in 2000 and closed in 2018. The brewpub in Wheeling opened in 2001 and closed in 2019. The Rosemont location, which did not brew beer on site, opened in 2003 and closed in 2020.
* Recess Brewing, brewery and taproom in Edwardsville, opened in 2014, closed in 2023.
* Reinstone Brewery, Illiopolis, opened in 2016.
* River Hawk Brewing, Channahon taproom, opened in 2017, closed in 2022.
* The Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in Chicago closed in 2023, after being open for more than 20 years. The one in Bolingbrook opened in 2018 and closed in 2022. The one in Lombard closed in 2023. Other Rock Bottom locations in Illinois are still open.
* Rolling Meadows Brewery, farm-to-table brewery in Cantrall, opened in 2011, closed in 2020.
* Ryan Brewing Company, microbrewery and taproom in Roscoe, opened in 2018, closed in 2018.
* Scallywag Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Westmont, opened in 2019, closed in 2020.
* Seery Athlone Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Addison, opened in 2018, closed in 2019.
* ShadowView Brewing, Woodstock, restaurant opened in 2018, added a brewery in 2019, closed in 2023.
* Side Lot Brewery, Wauconda brewpub, opened in 2016. Ceased brewing in 2022, still open as a restaurant called The Side Lot.
* Sieben's River North, Chicago brewpub, opened in 1987, closed in 1990. The first modern-era craft brewery in Chicago.
* SlapShot Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2013, closed in 2016.
* Slow City Makgeolli was the country's largest and highest-profile maker of makgeolli, a fermented rice beverage native to Korea with an alcohol content similar to that of beer. A subsidiary of Baesangmyun Brewery, it opened in Niles in 2013. It closed ca. 2016.
* Small Town Brewery, Wauconda, opened in 2011, tap room opened in 2015, closed in 2019.
* Smylie Brothers Brewing Company. The brewpub in Evanston opened in 2014. The production brewery on Wolcott Avenue in Chicago opened in 2017. The brewpub on Broadway Street in Chicago opened in 2021 and closed in 2022. The brewpub in Evanston closed later that year.
* Steam Hollow Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Manteno, opened in 2019, closed in 2023.
* Stunt Brewing Company, nanobrewery and taproom in Glenview, opened in 2021, closed in 2022.
* The Tap & Growler, Chicago, opened in 1987, closed in 1992.
* Taylor Brewing Company. Brewpub that opened in Naperville in 1994; moved to Lombard in 1999; closed in 2011.
* Temperance Beer Company, production brewery and taproom in Evanston, opened in 2013, closed in 2024.
* Ten Ninety Brewing Company, founded in 2013. Initially the beer was contract brewed at Big Chicago Brewing Company in Zion, which Ten Ninety then acquired in 2014. The brewery moved to a new location with a taproom in Glenview in 2016. They added a kitchen in 2019. Closed in 2025.
* Three Angels Brewing, Yorkville, opened in 2012.
* Timotheus Brothers Brewery, Springfield, opened in 2015, closed in 2018.
* Tribes Beer Company. Started as the Tribes Alehouse bar and restaurant in Mokena (2009) and Tinley Park (2012), then added a brewery at the Mokena location in 2015. Opened a larger brewery and taproom in Mokena in 2018. The first Mokena location closed in 2019. The bar and restaurant in Tinley Park closed later that year. The Mokena brewpub closed in 2023.
* Two Doors Down Brewery, Clinton, opened in 2018, brewery ceased operations in 2022; venue continued operating as a craft beer bar.
* Urban Brew Labs, Chicago, opened in 2018 as Urban Renewal Brewery. They later changed their name to Urban Brew Labs. Added a taproom in 2021. Closed in 2022.
* Vice District Brewing Company. The brewery and taproom in Chicago opened in 2014. A larger brewery and taproom in Homewood opened in 2018. The Chicago location closed in 2019. The Homewood location closed later that year.
* Weeghman Park Restaurant Brewery, Chicago brewpub, opened in 1997, closed in 1999.
* The Weinkeller was a restaurant in Berwyn that added a brewery in 1988. They opened a second location in Westmont in 1992.
* ZümBier, brewery and taproom in Waukegan, opened in 2014, closed in 2024.