- List of Illinois breweries
=Regional brewery=
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Goose Island Brewery , Chicago, founded in 1988, has regional distribution and operates two brewpubs in Chicago.Microbreweries
* Two Brothers Brewing Company, Warrenville, founded in 1996
*Three Floyds Brewing is located inHammond, Indiana , but serves the Chicago area and is a member of the Illinois Craft Brewer's GuildBrewpubs
* Blue Cat Brewpub Rock Island
* Brass Restaurant and Brewery, South Barrington
* Brockway Chophouse, Palatine
* Carlyle Brewing Company, Rockford
* Crooked Waters Brewing, Peoria
* Emmett's Brewery, West Dundee, Downers Grove, Oswego
* Flatlander's Restaurant and Brewery, Lincolnshire
* Flossmoor Station Restaurant and Brewery, Flossmoor, opened July 8, 1996
* Govnor's Public House, Lake in the Hills
*Harrison's Brewery & Restaurant, Orland Park
* Illinois Brewing Co, Bloomington
* Lunar Brewing, Villa Park
*Mickey Finn 's Brewery, Libertyville
* M.T. Barrells Brewery,West Dundee, Illinois
* Taylor Brewing Company, Lombard
* The Onion Pub and Brewery, Lake Barrington They really don't brew beer anymore and should be deleted from this list.
* Piece (pizzeria and brewpub), 1927 W. North Ave,Chicago
* Prairie Rock Brewing Company, Elgin, Schaumburg
* America's Brewpub in theWalter Payton Roundhouse , Aurora
* Rock Bottom (Grand Ave & State St, Chicago)Marketer
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Pabst Brewing Company , Woodridge, best known for its "Pabst Blue Ribbon" and "Old Style" brandsClosed breweries
* Stenger Brewery, also known as J and N Stenger Brewery, Naperville, founded in 1848, closed in 1893.
* Star Union Brewery, Hennepin, Brewer: Dave Urnikis.
*Meister Brau , also seeMiller Lite
*Stag beer
* Griesedieck Western Brewery
*Pabst brewery inPeoria Heights, Illinois
* Dick Brothers brewery,Quincy, Illinois
* Sieben Brewery of Chicago, noted as a point of dispute betweenDean O'Banion andAl Capone duringProhibition . See North Side GangBreweries with historical connections to Illinois
The
Joseph Huber Brewing Company , headquartered inMonroe, Wisconsin , produces the Berghoff brand of beer, which was sold at in The Berghoff restaurant inChicago , but made inFort Wayne, Indiana , which became aFalstaff Beer brewery. Falstaff also had a malting facility in Chicago [http://www.breweriana.com/history/historyfalstaff.html] .External links
* [http://www.illinoisbeer.com/ Illinois Craft Brewers Guild]
* [http://beerme.com/breweries/us/il/index.shtml Illinois breweries]
* [http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/breweries/brewers-directory-14-213.htm Illinois breweries directory]
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