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Submitted by Matt Morgan

A guide to Illinois breweries is a huge task! There's a lot of breweries for one person to cover...

That's why YOU can help. If you're familiar with one or more of the beers on this list, then send us a review.

Throughout 2007, we're going to actively promote Illinois brewers, wherever possible by visiting them and tasting all their beer!

If you would like to accept this tricky assignment and live near to a Illinois brewery, please write to us at Last Orders and volunteer.

The list below will gradually be updated with photos, more links and, when we, or YOU, have finally tasted and rated them, beer reviews.

Guide to Illinois Breweries

Reviews and related articles are linked in the usual blue underline Hyperlink style. As more reviews come in, we'll add them to the guide. Thanks for your help in advance!

Bent River Brewery

American Wheat
Captain Bock's Nuts
Dry Hopped Pale Ale
Hefeweizen
Imperial Stout
Jalapeno Pepper Ale
Jerry's Honey Bear Porter 
Mississippi Blonde
Oatmeal Stout
Painted Moon Pilsner
Pale Ale
Raspberry Wheat    
Replica Red Ale
Strawberry Ale
Uncommon Stout
Whitewater Wit

Beverly Brewing

Bluecat Brewpub Rock Island, IL

Aberration Amber Ale
A.K.A Pilsner
Anniversary Ale-California Common
Arkham Stout
Audit Ale
Audrey’s Brown Ale
Big Bad Dog Old English Ale
Blueberry Blonde
Porter (seasonal)
Broadway Honey Ale
Bowfish Imperial Stout
Coriander & Orange
Crescent Moon ESB
Extra Special Pale Ale
Finnegan’s Irish Stout
Georges Cherry Ale
Guatemalan Coffee Stout
Gunther Bock (seasonal)
Heffe Weissen
Honey Bee Honey Ale
Ichabod’s Pumpkin Ale
Mad Hungarian Chili
Mallard Ale
Munich Helles
Off the Rail Pale Ale
Quad City Blonde
Red Toad
River Back Jack
Rock Islander Export Lager
Scottish Terrier Rauchbier
Summerfest Maibock
Tuck’s Tenacious Trippel
Washington’s Black Cherry Ale
Weissen Bock
Wee Bit Scotch Ale
Wigged Pig Wheat
Winter Ale

Brass Restaurant and Brewery South Barrington, IL

Anticipation Ale
Anytime Amber
Belgian Wit Beer (seasonal)
Bock Beer (seasonal)
Nut Brown Ale (seasonal)
Brewmasters Special Holiday Brew (seasonal)
Hunters
Lunker Lager (seasonal)
Mai-Bock (seasonal)
Marzen Amber Lager (seasonal)
Weissguy HeffeWeiss Beer
Octoberfest Lager Beer (seasonal)
Pals
Scottish Ale (seasonal)
Strong Arm Stout (seasonal)
Winter Lager (seasonal)

Brockway Chophouse Palatine, IL

Grossvater Erlbecker Amber Lager
Palatine Porter
Sydney’s Pale Ale
Tahiti Matt’s Light Lager
Winter Marzen (seasonal)
Saison (seasonal)
Brockway Cherry Wheat Ale (seasonal)
Pumpkin Ale (seasonal)
13 Hour Imperial Stout (seasonal)

Carlyle Brewing Rockford, IL

American Strong Ale
American Wheat
Belgian Trippel
Bourbon Barrel Cherry Stout
Humulus Lupulus IPA
Scottish Ale
Stout
The Noble One
Vanilla Cream Ale

Elmwood Brewing

Emmett's Tavern and Brewpub West Dundee, IL

1 A.M. Ale
 American IPA (seasonal)
 American Wheat (seasonal)
 Belgian Pale (seasonal)
 Centennial Amber Ale
 Dunkel Lager (seasonal)
 German Alt (seasonal)
 German Kolsch (seasonal)
 Hefe-Weizen (seasonal)
 Maibock (seasonal)
 Munich Light
 Oatmeal Stout
 Patriot’s Pride (seasonal)
 Poor Richard’s Ale (seasonal)
 Victory Pale Ale

Flatlander's Brewery Lincolnshire, IL

80 Shilling Ale (seasonal)
 Abes Honest Ale
 Harvest Amber Ale
 Locomotive Stout
 Olde Orchard Ale (seasonal)
 Grand Cru (seasonal)

Flossmoor Station Flossmoor, IL

Ashman’s Abbey Dubbel (seasonal)
Belgian Triple (seasonal)
Belgian White “Le Chien Blanc” (seasonal)
Chessie Cherry Wheat Ale
Dunkleweizen (seasonal)
Gandy Dancer Honey Ale
Honey Rye Dopplebock (seasonal)
Imperial Eclipse Stout (seasonal)
Iron Horse Stout
Kilt Kicker Wee Heavy (seasonal)
Old 420 Wheat Wine (seasonal)
Old Conundrum Barley Wine (seasonal)
Panama Limited Red Ale
Pullman Nut Brown Ale
Roundhouse Raspberry
Smoked Ale (seasonal)
Station Master Wheat Ale
Todd & Jeff’s Excellent IPA (seasonal)
‘Train Wreck of Flavor’
Zephyr Golden Ale

Glen Ellyn Sports Brew Glen Ellyn, IL

DreamTeam Cream Ale
Hefeweizen
Lady Red Ale
Little Angel Alt
Milkyway Stout
Replic-Ale

Goose Island Brewing Chicago, IL

312 Urban Wheat
Bourbon County Stout (seasonal)
Christmas Ale (seasonal)
Demolition (seasonal)
Honkers Ale
Imperial IPA (seasonal)
IPA
Kilgubbin Red Ale (seasonal)
Matilda (seasonal)
Nut Brown Ale
Oatmeal Stout
Oktoberfest (seasonal)
Pere Jacques (seasonal)
Summertime (seasonal)

Govnor's Public House Lake in the Hills, IL

Celtic Cream Ale
Leprechaun Light
O'Kelly's Hefeweizen
Public House Pale Ale
Shamrock Stout
Vanilla Cream Ale

Mickey Finn's Brewery Libertyville, IL

847 (a suburban wheat ale)
Amber Ale
Big Head Nitro Pale
Big Head Pale Ale
Bill’s Oatmeal Stout
Barrel Aged Imperial Delusion
BBQ Bock
Black Magic (Holiday Porter)
Brown Ale
Butler Ballpark Ale
Dunkel Lager
Dusseldorf Brown
ESB
Fifth of Rye
Four Dogs
Gasthaus Pilsner
Gudendark Dunkel-Weizen
Güdenkrisp Kolsch
Hefe Weizen
Helles Bells
Hopgarden Helles
Irish Stout
Imperial Delusion
Katarina Wit Beer
Little Fort Porter
Marzen “Madness” (seasonal)
McFinn’s Wee Heavy
Merry Monk Dubbel
Mexican Cerveza
Miss Saison (seasonal)
Mr. C’s Nitro Pale Ale
Mr. C’s Pale Ale
Oktoberfest (seasonal)
Ole Stock Pale Ale
Pat’s Irish Ale (seasonal)
PriSim Pilsner
R.K.’s IPA
Rudolph’s Revenge (seasonal)
Rudolph’s Winterfest Red Lager (seasonal)
Santa’s Magic (seasonal)
Scapegoat Maibock (seasonal)
The Red Menace
Three John’s Barleywine
Weiss Bock
Wiil Rock Doppelbock

Millrose Brewing South Barrington, IL

Country Inn Ale
Dark Star Lager
Panther Ale
Prairie Pilsner

O'Griff's

Onion Pub & Brewery Lake Barrington, IL

Bohemian Dark
Educator Doppelbock
Firefly Light
Hefe Weiss
Helles in a Bucket
Jack Stout
Sand Hill Pilsner

Piece Brewery Chicago, IL

Worryin’ Ale
Fornicator
Top Heavy Hefeweizen
Dysfunctionale
Golden Arm
Wingnut

Prairie Rock Brewing Elgin, IL

Clock Tower Lager
Prairie Light
Rider Ale
Vanilla Cream Ale

Rhodell Brewery Peoria, IL

Alternative Amber
Amarillo IPA
Belgian Imperial Ale
Black Angus Hop Head Stout
Blueberry Weizen
British Porter
Centennial Hop Head
Copper Pale Ale
Dark Star Porter
Golden Ale
Imperial Black Widow Hop Head
River City Wheat
Saison
Spring Festival Pale Ale

Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery Chicago, IL

Belgian Blitzer Strong Ale
Brown Bear Brown
Chicago Gold
Erik The Red Ale
Line Drive Light
Naughty Scott Scotch Ale
Terminal Imperial Stout
Walleye Wheat

Taylor Brewing Lombard, IL

Blushing Blonde Ale
Cream Ale
Dark Satin
Golden Diamond
IPA
Northern Light Ale
Nut Brown Ale
Pure Pilsner
Raspberry Wheat
Route 56 Light Ale
Rusty Dog Amber
Summerfest
VooDoo Raspberry
Weizen
Wild Blueberry Wheat Ale

Two Brothers Brewing Warrenville, IL

Brown Fox (seasonal, varies each year)
Cane & Ebel (Artisan beer, seasonal, varies each year)
Dog Days (seasonal, varies each year)
Domaine DuPage
Ebel's Weiss
Heavy Handed (seasonal, varies each year)
Monarch (seasonal, varies each year)
Northwind (seasonal, varies each year)
Prairie Path Ale
The Bitter End
Victor's MemoriAle (Artisan beer, seasonal, varies each year)

Walter Payton's Roundhouse Aurora, IL

Aurora Amber Ale
Chocolate Beer
Imperial Stout
Walter Payton Pilsner


 
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