# Alter Brewing Company — Downers Grove, Illinois

> Alter Brewing Company in Downers Grove, Illinois, United States scores 3.92 out of 5 — Fine, #89 in Illinois. 48 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Alter Brewing Company is a brewery in Downers Grove, Illinois, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.92 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #89 in Illinois. Of the 48 beers we track, 36% are IPA and 26% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.92 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #89 in Illinois · #2,215 in United States · #3,022 worldwide
- Popularity: Well rated
- Beers tracked: 48

## About

Our original production facility and taproom was founded in Downers Grove, IL, in 2015. Since then we have opened two additional full service restaurants in St. Charles and Oak Brook. You can find our beer distributed across the Chicago metropolitan area. Hope to see you soon!

## What they brew

- IPA — 36% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 26% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 12% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 10% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 9% of the beers we track
- Other — 4% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 2300 Wisconsin Avenue, Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates: 41.7905573, -88.0399798
- Website: https://www.alterbrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Blume & Ferris Public House](https://finding.beer/brewery/blume-ferris-public-house-36103.md) — 4.32, Great — Downers Grove, Illinois — 0.2 mi away
- [Ike & Oak Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/ike-oak-brewing-company-5207.md) — 3.83, Fine — Woodridge, Illinois — 2.1 mi away
- [Goldfinger Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/goldfinger-brewing-company-21818.md) — 4.68, Exceptional — Downers Grove, Illinois — 2.2 mi away
- [Bubblehouse Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/bubblehouse-brewing-company-24109.md) — 3.91, Fine — Lisle, Illinois — 2.9 mi away
- [Whiskey Hill Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/whiskey-hill-brewing-412.md) — 4.30, Great — Westmont, Illinois — 3.2 mi away
- [Skeleton Key Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/skeleton-key-brewery-768.md) — 3.92, Fine — Woodridge, Illinois — 3.7 mi away
- [Seldom Beer Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/seldom-beer-co-33548.md) — 3.61, Poor — Darien, Illinois — 4.5 mi away
- [Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/rock-bottom-restaurant-brewery-4563.md) — 3.45, Poor — Bolingbrook, Illinois — 5 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Illinois](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/illinois.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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