num_pages: 336
description: Robin Shepard author of the award-winning book Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs now showcases The Best Breweries and Brewpubs of Illinois. This guidebook introduces some three dozen breweries and brewpubs in Illinois and sixteen within half an hour's drive across the state line in Iowa Missouri Indiana and Wisconsin. From the small microbrewery Two Brothers in Warrenville and big brewpubs like Goose Island in Chicago to the world-famous brewing giant Anheuser-Busch across the Mississippi River in St. Louis Shepard provides descriptions and his personal ratings of more than four hundred beers. Plus there is a taster's chart you can use to record your own preferences.Shepard also introduces novices to the brewing process and a wide variety of beer styles. And in this information packed guidebook you'll find a list of helpful books and Web sites as well as where to find Illinois beer-tastings and festivals.
language: English
title: The Best Breweries and Brewpubs of Illinois: Searching for the Perfect Pint
publisher: University of Wisconsin Press