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All breweries in Illinois

Every brewery we track in Illinois, 292 in all, ordered by grade and then by score.

Looking for the best of them? See best breweries in Illinois, United States.

The scale

  • Exceptional

    A short list of extraordinary breweries worth planning a trip around.

  • Great

    Consistently produce world-class beer.

  • Fine

    Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.

  • Poor

    Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.

  • Limited

    Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.

  1. Good Times Brewing CompanyChicago3.75
  2. BiXi BeerChicago3.74
  3. Big Ben Brewing CompanyPeru3.74
  4. The Hop BreweryChristopher3.74
  5. Garage Band BrewingPlainfield3.73
  6. Quincy Brewing CompanyQuincy3.73
  7. Kennay Farms DistillingRochelle3.72
  8. Slauterhouse Brewing CompanyAuburn3.72
  9. Funky BrewGridley3.64
  10. SomosMonos CerveceríaChicago3.62
  11. Barra Brava BrewingChicago3.61
  12. Pho No. 1 Brewing CoChicago3.61
  13. Seldom Beer Co.Darien3.61
  14. Wild Onion BreweryLake Barrington3.60
  15. Pig Minds Brewing Co.Machesney Park3.58
  16. Peeled Hard CiderNaperville3.58
  17. Two Brothers Brewing CompanyWarrenville3.58
  18. Staatliches Hofbräuhaus MünchenBelleville3.57
  19. Around the Bend Beer Co.Chicago3.57
  20. All Rise Brewing CompanyChicago3.56
  21. Lunar Brewing Co.Villa Park3.56
  22. The Old Bakery Beer CompanyAlton3.55
  23. Obscurity Brewing and Craft MeadElburn3.55
  24. Brewer’s KitchenChicago3.55
  25. Lake Bluff Brewing CompanyLake Bluff3.55
  26. Peckish Pig BrewpubEvanston3.55
  27. Fiala Brothers Brewery & Beer HallNormal3.54
  28. Prairie Street Brewing CompanyRockford3.54
  29. The Lucky MonkBarrington3.54
  30. Cary Ale House & Brewing CompanyCary3.54
  31. Big Muddy BrewingMurphysboro3.54
  32. Crust BrewingRosemont3.54
  33. Excel Brewing CompanyBreese3.54
  34. Funkytown BreweryChicago3.54
  35. Burnt City BrewingChicago3.53
  36. LaGrow Organic Beer Co.Chicago3.53
  37. Azadi Brewing CompanyChicago3.52
  38. Buffalo Creek BrewingLong Grove3.52
  39. Emmett’s Brewing Co.West Dundee3.52
  40. Iron Spike Brewing CompanyGalesburg3.52
  41. Birreria Eataly (Chicago)Chicago3.52
  42. Cahoots BrewingOak Park3.52
  43. Goose Island BrewhouseChicago3.52
  44. Limerick Brewing CompanyLincoln3.51
  45. Peel Brewing CoO'Fallon3.51
  46. Bent River Brewing CompanyMoline3.51
  47. Galena Brewing Company (Illinois)Galena3.50
  48. Twisted HippoChicago3.49
  49. Trail’s Edge Brewing Co.Frankfort3.49
  50. Ogle County BreweryOregon3.49
  51. Lena Brewing CompanyLena3.48
  52. Engrained Brewing CompanySpringfield3.48
  53. Khaos BrewingPlainfield3.47
  54. Baum’s BrauhausWaltonville3.47
  55. Not Your Father’sWauconda3.46
  56. Banging Gavel BrewsTinley Park3.46
  57. Greenstar BrewingChicago3.45
  58. Rock Bottom Restaurant & BreweryWarrenville3.45
  59. Rock Bottom Restaurant & BreweryOrland Park3.45
  60. Village VintnerAlgonquin3.45
  61. Rock Bottom Restaurant & BreweryBolingbrook3.45
  62. The Red Barn Restaurant And BreweryMount Prospect3.45
  63. Histrionic BrewlabChicago3.44
  64. Sangamo BrewingChatham3.44
  65. The Violet HourChicago3.41
  66. Route 51 Brewing CompanyElkville3.41
  67. Side Lot BreweryWauconda3.40
  68. OB’s CervezariaChenoa3.35
  69. Lugan’s BrewingJoliet3.30
  70. Champaign County Brewing CompanyMahomet3.29
  71. Primary ColorsChicago3.27
  72. VisitorChicago2.99
  73. Buckwater Brew WorksCarbondale3.05
  74. Golden Prairie FermentationsChicago3.03
  75. Hopvine Brewing CompanyAurora3.00
  76. Dutchbag Brew Co.Chicago2.99
  77. McHenry Brewing CoMcHenry2.99
  78. Hickory Creek Brewing CompanyNew Lenox2.98
  79. Go BrewingNaperville2.96
  80. Hopothesis Beer CompanyChicago2.94
  81. Donna's Pickle BeerChicago2.93
  82. Big Shoulders Beer CompanyChicago2.89
  83. Old Town Abbey AlesChicago2.85
  84. Von Jakob Winery & BreweryAlto Pass2.84
  85. Stonewood Ale HouseSchaumburg2.84
  86. Chicago Beer CompanyChicago2.82
  87. Stockholm’sGeneva2.80
  88. Drewrys Brewing CompanyMcHenry2.78
  89. Berghoff Brewery, Inc.Chicago2.70
  90. Grafton Winery & BrewhausGrafton2.46
  91. Pizza Beer CompanySt. Charles2.12
  92. Drink Four Brewing Co.Chicago1.75