Heritage Corridor
Ale Trail

Alter Brewing Company is an independent craft brewery located in the suburb of Downers Grove, just 22 miles west of Chicago. Our mission is to bring people together with creative, kick-ass beers, and an unforgettable taproom experience.

Our brewery features a state of the art American-made 20-barrel brew house and a beautiful modern-industrial taproom that is open 7 days a week. Guests can enjoy a variety of delicious beer styles on the 12 rotating taps, as well as various canned and barrel-aged beer offerings throughout the year. In addition, the taproom hosts a multitude of events like trivia, Brews & Yoga, craft classes, and more.

The Back Door Lounge is the place to visit for great food and drinks in a fun atmosphere while visiting Starved Rock Lodge and Starved Rock State Park. With a beer list that features local favorites from Tangled Roots Brewery, Regional Favorites like Lagunitas, Revolution and Short's Brewing, every beer drinker will be able to find a brew they will enjoy.

Microbrewery in Willowbrook, IL

A small and cozy spot off of a busy one way street into Downtown Joliet, IL welcomes you. If you are looking for quality craft beer, free popcorn, and a plethora of board games free to play, you have found the right place. On a regular day, local musicians, artists, business owners, and old and new friends alike, sit at the bar enjoying a 10 oz. pour. Weekends are filled with events and live music. If beer isn’t your drink of choice, ask for a pour of Intelligentsia Cold Brew Coffee on nitro.

Berwyn's Small-Batch Brewery & Wood-Fired Pizzeria

Garage Band Brewing is a craft brewery and taproom in downtown Plainfield Illinois.

We're a family and dog friendly brewery dedicated to fine craft beers and mead. Escape the urban confines, kick back along the creek and enjoy our beers.

Abe Lincoln themed sports bar and restaurant focusing on craft beer & craft burgers.

Ike & Oak is an independently owned local craft brewery featuring handmade artisan pizza. We pride ourselves on bringing together friends, families and neighbors to share our passion for crafting the highest quality beer and food to create a stronger community.

This year is the 4th annual Illinois Beer Festival and the 2nd year we will be implementing an “Illinois Brewery Only” participation format which will include a judged Illinois brewery competition and a “people’s choice” awards aspect to our festival.

Representatives of each Illinois brewery will be in attendance pouring samples and informing festival-goers of their wares. With the new focus of “Illinois only” breweries, this year’s Illinois Beer festival will be a celebration of our state’s exploding craft beer industry. We are celebrating the fact that Illinois produces some of the world’s best beers and also the resurgence of a by-gone era when there was a brewery in every town, like during the era when Illinois was founded two hundred years ago.

Craft Beer Taproom and Bottle Shop in Romeoville, Illinois with 12 rotating taps and over 450 bottles and cans for on site consumption or to take home.

Iron&Glass has a variety of craft beers, ciders, meads, and wine plus non-alcoholic options too!

The taproom is family friendly, leashed pet friendly, and is BYOF. There are a variety of events and food trucks weekly.

10,000 sq/ft Alcohol Emporium, with a great selection of Beer, Wine & Spirits topped off by our outstanding customer service and low everyday prices with a craft beer selection that is always fresh and everchanging.
The shopping atmosphere here is amazing especially on the weekends when we offer product sampling from various suppliers spanning beer, wine, and spirits.

Illinois Crafted-Food, Beer, Mead, Wine & Spirits

Metal Monkey Brewing is in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago, we offer 15+ in house made beers varying from light to dark, hoppy to not and a few unexpected twists in between. We also serve kombucha, nitro cold brew coffee & craft sodas. Come enjoy a game off our top-notch game shelf, play a classic video game, take in some metal music or hang in the lounge in our spacious taproom.

Purveyors of both humble classic styles and bold, experimental beers that will make you question our sanity, Miskatonic Brewing is looking to spread our madness across the Midwest landscape.

Craft brewpub located in the heart of downtown Joliet. Commited to brewing unique, bold beers in a variety of styles

Craft beer bottle shop and tap room in Downers Grove serving local and regional craft beers both on tap as well as to go.

Our beer is and will always be clean and consistent with a strong focus on balance. We feel our four flagship offerings best represent Pollyanna and take pride in their year-round availability (we package all of them! 3 in cans, 1 one in bottles). We're constantly experimenting with local fruits and spices, seasonal lagers, barrel-aging, wild yeast, and bacteria. In our intimate and truly unique taprooms, we offer tasting flights, draft pours, and to-go 64oz growlers or 32oz howlers.

Named “Roselare,” Pollyanna's new concept is derived from two inspirational locations; the historic West Flanders city of Roeselare, Belgium and their new home in Roselle. They plan to further explore the oddities of brewing as we grow our mixed culture fermentations and wood aging experiments by introducing two brand new oak foudres.

No matter where you’re seated in our taproom, you’ve got the best seat in the house to experience the sights and sounds of River Hawk. Our 3.5 bbl beer brewing system is on full display along with our 12 fermenters and (4) 500-gallon wine tanks. Our goal is to keep the tasting experience as authentic and organic as possible.

Currently in Soft Opening

Proud owners Steve & Tina Nelson have been busy putting the wheels in motion this past fall… paperwork, securing funds, remodeling and even finding a brew master!!

They are excited to share their passion with all of you! They look forward to making the brewery a homey, sit down/relax, hangout and play games type atmosphere.

"Drink Local!"

Small craft brewery and taproom located in downtown Westmont

A skeleton key is a single key that can open many different doors—which is also what we aspire to be. Our taproom is one such door, through which you can find delicious beer, camaraderie and community. Our classes are another, through which you can develop an even deeper appreciation for craft beer and get into the nitty-gritty of what goes into making it. And our incubator is the third, through which a selected individual can gain access to the tools they need to make their own dream of opening a brewery a reality.

The third annual Starved Rock Country Brew Fest will take place on Saturday, May 25th, 2019 from 12pm - 5pm. The fest will feature over 60 unique American craft beers, live music and local food. Join everyone in downtown Ottawa for the most anticipated craft beer event of the year. Tickets available at StarvedRockCountryBrewFest.com.

Brewpub located near Starved Rock State Park in Ottawa, Illinois.

A love for the art of craft beer. A shared vision of bringing something new and exciting to our own hometown. A desire to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. The excitement of joining the craft brewing community. To realize a dream. To meet great people and support great causes. All this and more.