List of breweries in Illinois

Breweries

1. For the purposes of this list, a brewpub is a taproom with a kitchen; that is, it's a restaurant as well as a brewery.
2. This list includes locations that produce cider, mead, and makgeolli. Those beverages have an alcohol content similar to that of beer, but they are fermented, not brewed. For locations that produce wine, see List of wineries in Illinois.

Other beer companies

• 9th Hour Brewing Company, Lake Villa. The beer is brewed at Harbor Brewing Company.
• Around the Bend Beer Company was founded in Chicago in 2015. Their beer has been brewed at Ale Syndicate, Excel, and Burnt City. It is now brewed at District Brew Yards.
• Azadi Brewing Company, Chicago. The beer is brewed at Pilot Project in Chicago.
• Burnt City Brewing, Chicago. Originally named Atlas Brewing Company. The brewpub on Lincoln Avenue opened in 2012. The production brewery on 99th Street opened in 2015. Renamed to Burnt City Brewing in 2016. The two locations were merged into a new brewery called District Brew Yards in 2019.
• Cahoots Brewing was founded in Oak Park in 2013, and is currently based in Forest Park. The beer is contract brewed at Church Street Brewing Company and Ten Ninety Brewing Company.
• Conrad Seipp Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2020 as a revival of the historical Chicago brewery of the same name. The beer is contract brewed.
• Funkytown Brewery, Chicago, opened in 2021. The beer is brewed at Pilot Project in Chicago.
• Golden Prairie Fermentations, Chicago. Golden Prairie had its own brewery in the 1990s. The brand was re-launched by Argus Brewery in 2018.
• Hidden Hand Brewing, founded in 2021. The beer is brewed at Solemn Oath in Naperville.
• Hopothesis Beer Company was founded in Chicago in 2013. The beer was contract brewed at Minhas Craft Brewery in Monroe, Wisconsin. Hopothesis was acquired by Finch Beer Company in 2016.
• Local Option Bierwerker is based in Chicago. The beer is contract brewed at different breweries.
• MillerCoors, the second-largest beer company in the United States, has its national headquarters in Chicago, but does not operate any breweries in Illinois.
• Moor's Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2021. Originally the beer was brewed at 18th Street Brewery in Hammond, Indiana. In 2025 they started brewing their own beer at Diversey House in Chicago, along with Steep Ravine Brewing Company.
• The Red Barn Restaurant and Brewery, Mount Prospect, opened in 2018. The beer is brewed at Wild Onion in Lake Barrington.
• Reisch Charities in Springfield revived Reisch Beer in 2019. The beer is contract brewed at Potosi Brewing Company in Wisconsin and at Springfield Beer Company in Illinois.
• Saint Errant Brewing was founded in Chicago in 2016. The beer is brewed at Mikerphone in Elk Grove Village and at Begyle in Chicago.
• Steep Ravine Brewing Company. Founded as Ravinia Brewing Company in 2017. Initially the beer was contract brewed at Finch Brewery. The pub in Highland Park opened in 2018, with the beer brought in from offsite. The production brewery on Diversey Avenue in Chicago opened in 2019, and added a brewpub in 2021. The brewpub closed in 2024. The brewery changed their name to Steep Ravine in 2024. In 2025 the brewpub in Chicago reopened as Diversey House; Steep Ravine and Moore's both brew their beer there.
• Tocayo Brewing Company was founded in 2015 as a joint venture between chef Rick Bayless and Constellation Brands. The beer is contract brewed at Two Brothers in Warrenville.
• Twisted Hippo Brewing was founded in Chicago as Rude Hippo in 2014 and was later renamed to Twisted Hippo. The beer was contract brewed at 18th Street Brewery in Gary, Indiana, SlapShot Brewing in Chicago, and Aleman Brewing in Chicago. They opened their own brewpub in January 2019. It was destroyed by a fire in February 2022. Twisted Hippo started brewing beer at District Brew Yards in August 2022.
• Veteran Beer Company, founded in 2013, is based Chicago. Their brewery is located in Cold Spring, Minnesota.
• WarPigs Brewing Company, founded in Chicago in 2017, started as a joint venture of Mikkeller and Three Floyds. The beer is contract brewed by Great Central Brewing in Chicago and Wisconsin Brewing in Verona, Wisconsin. The WarPigs brewpub in Copenhagen opened in 2015. In 2021 Three Floyds dropped out of the partnership with Mikkeller.
• Woggly Square Brewing Company, Tinley Park, founded in 2018. The beer is brewed at 350 Brewing Company.

Closed breweries

Historical breweries: before 1980

• Blattner & Seidenschwanz Brewery, Chicago, opened ca. 1850, closed in 1857.
• Bluff Brewery, Quincy, opened in 1857, closed ca. 1910.
• Bluff City Brewery, Alton.
• Bohemian Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1891, closed in 1896.
• William Bohn Brewery, Chicago, opened and closed in 1893.
• Charles Brand & Ernest Hummel Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1880, closed in 1997.
• Michael Brand Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1878, closed in 1879.
• Brewer & Hofmann Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1886, closed in 1902.
• Brisach & Hessemer Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1858, closed in 1859.
• Broadway Brewing Company, Chicago, opened and closed in 1934.
• Bucher & Hiller Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1858, closed in 1866.
• Conrad Seipp Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1854, closed in 1933.
• Dick Brothers Brewery, Quincy, founded in 1856, closed in 1951.
• Eber Brothers Brewery, Quincy, opened ca. 1868, closed in 1906.
• Galena Brewing Company, Galena, opened in 1886, closed in 1936. Makers of Red Stripe beer, not to be confused with the Jamaican beer of the same name.
• Gipps Brewing Co., Peoria, Opened in 1881, closed in 1954. Its flagship Amberlin Beer sold to Canadian Ace Brewing Company of Chicago and brewed until 1963.
• Great Revivalist Brew Lab. The brewpub in Geneseo opened in 2020; the brewpub in Clinton, Iowa opened in 2023; the Geneseo location closed later that year.
• Griesedieck Western Brewery, Belleville, makers of Stag beer.
• Hofmann Brothers Brewery, Chicago, closed in 1925. The related Hofmann Pub in Lyons, located near Hofmann Tower, is also thought to have been a brewery, and was later owned by the Peter Fox Brewing Company; the building was destroyed in a fire in 2013.
• Lill and Diversey Brewery, Chicago, founded 1833.
• Manhattan Brewing Company of Chicago. Opened in 1893; later renamed to Canadian Ace Brewing Company; closed in 1968. Notorious for its connections to Al Capone.
• McAvoy Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1865, closed in 1920.
• McHenry Brewery, McHenry, opened in 1868.
• Meyer Brewing Company, Bloomington
• Pabst Brewing Company was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1844. They operated a brewery in Peoria Heights, Illinois from 1934 to 1982.
• Peacock Brewery is located in Rockford. The original brewhouse was built in 1857. It was successively owned by the Peacock Brewing Company, the Rockford Brewing Company, and the Rock River Brewing Company, the last of which closed in 1939.
• Peru Beer Company, Peru, opened in 1868, closed in 1943.
• Peter Hand Brewing Company, Chicago, the original makers of Meister Brau beer ; sold their Meister Brau line of beers to Miller in 1972 and finally ceased brewing in 1977. They were the last brewery to operate in the city until 1987.
• Reisch Brewery, Springfield, founded in 1849, closed 1966.
• Ruff Brewing Company, Quincy, founded in 1855, closed 1948.
• Schoenhofen Brewing Company, Chicago, makers of Edelweiss beer and Green River soda.
• Sieben's Brewery of Chicago, noted as a point of dispute between Dean O'Banion and Al Capone during Prohibition. See North Side Gang.
• Star Union Brewery, Peru, closed in 1966.
• Stenger Brewery, also known as J and N Stenger Brewery, Naperville, founded in 1848, closed in 1893.
• Warsaw Brewery, Warsaw, founded in 1861, ceased production in 1971. Reopened as a bar and restaurant in 2006.
• White Eagle Brewery, Chicago, opened in 1904, closed in 1950.

Modern breweries: after 1980

• 206 Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Carol Stream, opened in 2023, closed in 2024.
• 25 West Brewing Company, brewpub in Bloomingdale, opened in 2018, closed in 2020.
• 2 Fools Cider, apple cider brewery and taproom in Naperville. Opened in 2016, moved to a new location in 2022, closed in 2023.
• 350 Brewing Company, brewpub in Tinley Park, opened in 2014, closed in 2022.
• 4 Paws Brewing, Chicago microbrewery, opened in 2013, closed in 2014, sold to Aquanaut Brewing.
• 57 70 Brewery, Teutopolis, opened in 2018.
• 5 Rabbit Cervecería. Founded in Chicago in 2011. Originally the beer was contract brewed. They opened their own brewery in Bedford Park in 2012, and added a taproom in 2014. They closed in 2020.
• 718 Brew Cafe, brewpub in Metropolis, opened in 2016.
• Abbey Ridge Brewery and Tap Room, brewpub in Pomona, opened in 2014, destroyed by a fire in 2017.
• Aleman Brewing Company, Chicago, founded in 2013. Initially the beer was contract brewed. Opened their own brewery in 2016. Closed in 2023.
• Ale Syndicate was founded in Chicago in 2013. The beer was originally contract brewed at several locations, including Big Chicago Brewing Company, Galena Brewing Company, and Excel Brewing Company. The brewery opened in 2014. It closed in 2016.
• All Rise Brewing Company, Chicago. The brewery began operations in 2014, inside the existing Cobra Lounge music venue, bar, and restaurant. Ceased brewing in 2025; venue still open.
• America's Brewpub in the Walter Payton Roundhouse, Aurora, opened in 1996, closed in 2011.
• Andersonville Brewing. The Hamburger Mary's restaurant chain opened a location in Chicago in 2006. A brewery and taproom called Mary's Rec Room was added in 2009. The brewery was renamed to Andersonville Brewing in 2014. It closed in 2019.
• Aquanaut Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2014, closed in 2017.
• Arcade Brewery opened in Chicago in 2014, and operated as an alternating proprietorship at the Ale Syndicate brewery. It closed in 2016.
• Argus Brewery, Chicago. Opened in 2009, in a building built in 1906 as a Schlitz beer distribution facility. Closed in 2020.
• Baderbräu Brewing Company. In 2012 they revived Baderbräu beer, which initially was contract brewed at the Stevens Point Brewery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The Chicago brewery and tap room opened in 2016, and added a kitchen in 2017. It closed in 2018.
• Ballast Point Tasting Room and Kitchen, Chicago brewpub. Ballast Point Brewing Company was founded in San Diego in 1996. It was acquired by Constellation Brands in 2015. The brewpub in Chicago opened in 2018. Most of the beer there came from Ballast Point breweries in California and Virginia, but some was brewed onsite. Ballast Point was acquired by Kings & Convicts Brewing Company in 2019. They closed the Chicago location in 2021.
• Band of Bohemia, Chicago brewpub that won a Michelin star, opened in 2015, closed in 2020.
• Bearded Owl Brewing, Peoria brewpub, opened in 2018, closed in 2023.
• Belly Up Beer Company, brewery in Western Springs, opened in 2016, closed ca. 2018.
• Berghoff beer was first brewed in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1887, and has been served at the Bergoff restaurant in downtown Chicago since 1898, except during Prohibition. From 1954 to 2018, the beer was produced under contract — first by the Falstaff Brewing Company in St. Louis, Missouri, then by the Joseph Huber Brewing Company in Monroe, Wisconsin, and then by Stevens Point Brewery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Berghoff also had a separate brewpub in Chicago from 1990 to 1993.
• Big Chicago Brewing Company, Zion, contract brewer for beers such as Ten Ninety, Cahoots, and Middle Brow. Founded in 2012, they were bought out by Ten Ninety in 2014.
• Big Hurt Beer was owned by former baseball player Frank Thomas. The Big Hurt Brewhouse restaurant in Berwyn opened in 2014 and closed in 2016. It reopened in 2017 under the name 35 Sports Bar & Grill, and closed again in 2018. The beer, which was also available in cans, was contract brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery in Monroe, Wisconsin.
• Birreria Chicago, opened in 2013 inside Eataly Chicago.
• Black Belt Brewery, Lake Zurich, production brewery with a canning line, opened in 2016, closed in 2017.
• Blue Cat Brewing Company, brewpub in Rock Island. Opened as Blue Cat Brew Pub in 1994. Closed in 2018. Reopened as Big Swing Brewing Company in 2019. Renamed to Blue Cat Brewing Company in 2021. Closed in 2022.
• Blue Nose Brewery and taproom, opened in Justice in 2012, moved to Hodgkins in 2015, closed in 2021.
• Border Town Pub, Momence. Bar opened in 2002. In-house brewery began operations in 2014. Closed in 2018.
• Bosacki's Brewery, taproom in Mundelein, opened in 2016, closed in 2025.
• Box Office Brewery and Restaurant, DeKalb, opened in 1994, closed in 1998.
• Brass Restaurant & Brewery, South Barrington, opened in 2003, closed in 2009.
• BreakRoom Brewery, Chicago brewpub, opened in 2015, closed in 2016.
• Buzz Bomb Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Springfield, opened in 2018. Added a second brewery, in Illiopolis, later that year. Closed in 2025.
• Byers Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in DeKalb, opened in 2019, closed in 2024.
• Cademon Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Genoa, opened in 2014, closed in 2016.
• Capitol City Brewing, Springfield.
• Chain O' Lakes Brewing Company, McHenry taproom, opened in 2013 in the old McHenry Brewery building, closed in 2018.
• Chicago Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 1989.
• Chief's Brewing Company, Champaign, became Joe's Brewery.
• Copper Dragon Brewing Company, Carbondale. Opened in 1996. Ceased brewing in 2005 but stayed open as a music venue. Closed in 2019.
• Crazy Llama Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Roscoe, opened in 2020, closed in 2024.
• Crooked Waters, Peoria brewpub, closed in 2000.
• D and G Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in St. Charles, opened in 2018, closed in 2025.
• Diversey House, Chicago brewpub, opened in 2025 as a collaboration between Steep Ravine Brewing Company and Moor's Brewing Company, closed in 2025.
• Dry City Brew Works, brewery and taproom in Wheaton, opened in 2014, closed in 2023.
• Effing Brew Company, brewpub in Effingham, opened in 2018, closed in 2022.
• Elder Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Joliet, opened in 2017, closed in 2023.
• Elmhurst Brewing Company, brewpub in Elmhurst, opened in 2018, closed in 2025.
• Empirical Brewery, Chicago. Opened in 2014. In 2015 they added a taproom. Closed in 2022.
• Evil Horse Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Crete, opened in 2016. Ceased brewing in 2024; still open as a craft beer bar.
• Exit Strategy Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Forest Park, opened in 2015, closed in 2023.
• Finch Beer Company, Chicago. Opened in 2011 as Finch's Beer Company. In 2016 they changed their name to Finch Beer Company and opened a brewpub at a second location, which closed later that year. In 2017 they bought the Like Minds brewery and moved their operations there. In 2020 they opened a brewpub called The Perch at a separate location. The main brewery closed in 2022, though The Perch remained open.
• First Forest Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Hodgkins, opened in 2021, closed in 2023.
• Flatlander's Restaurant and Brewery, Lincolnshire, opened in 1996, closed in 2012.
• Flesk Brewing, opened in Lombard in 2013. Moved to Barrington and added a taproom in 2017. Closed in 2023.
• Forge Brewhouse. Opened as a brewpub in Sycamore in 2015. Moved to a production brewery and taproom in DeKalb in 2018. Closed in 2022.
• Forgottonia Brewing, brewery and taproom in Macomb, opened in 2019, closed in 2024.
• Gino's Brewing Company, Chicago. Gino's East added a brewery at its River North restaurant in 2015. The restaurant and brewery closed in 2020.
• Glen Ellyn Sports Brew, Glen Ellyn.
• Golden Prairie Brewing, Chicago, opened in 1992, closed in 1999.
• Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants originated in Palo Alto, California in 1988 and became a multi-state chain. The location in Bolingbrook opened in 2007. It was rebranded as a Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in 2018.
• Govnor's Public House, Lake in the Hills, opened in 2001, closed in 2008.
• Grainology Brewstillery, brewery, distillery, and taproom in Batavia, opened in 2023, closed in 2025.
• Granite City is an interstate chain of brewpubs. The locations in Orland Park, [East Peoria, Illinois|Peoria, Illinois|East Peoria], and Northbrook closed in 2019. The one in Rockford closed in 2020. The ones in Naperville and Schaumburg are still open.
• Harrison's Restaurant and Brewery, Orland Park, opened in 1998, closed in 2013.
• Hofbräuhaus Chicago opened in Rosemont in 2013 and closed in 2021. Hofbräuhaus St. Louis opened in Belleville in 2018 and closed in 2023. The brewpubs were part of an international chain licensed by the original Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Germany.
• Holzlager Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Woodstock, opened in 2019, closed in 2025.
• Hopcats Brewing Company, Chicago brewpub, opened in 1998.
• Hopper's Garage Brewing Company, Antioch brewery, opened in 2015.
• Howard Street Brewing Company, Chicago nanobrewery and taproom, opened in 2022, closed in 2023.
• Illinois Brewing Company, Bloomington, opened in 1999, brewery became operational in 2000, closed in 2014.
• Joe's Brewery, Champaign, ceased brewing, bar still open.
• Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales was founded in Dexter, Michigan in 2004. The Chicago brewpub opened in 2017. Most of the beer there came from the Dexter brewery, but some was brewed onsite. It closed in 2022.
• J.W. Platek's Restaurant & Brewery, Richmond, closed in 2010.
• Kings & Convicts Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Highwood, opened in 2017. In 2019 they acquired Ballast Point Brewing Company which is based in San Diego. In 2022 they bought the Saint Archer brewery and taprooms which are also in the San Diego area. Kings & Convicts closed in 2024, with the company retaining ownership of Ballast Point.
• Knox County Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Galesburg, opened in 2018, closed in 2022.
• Lagunitas Brewing Company was founded in Lagunitas, California 1993, and moved to Petaluma, California in 1994. They built a second brewery in Chicago in 2014, the largest in the city. The taproom opened a few months later. In 2015 Heineken International purchased a 50% stake in the company, and in 2017 it purchased the other 50%. The Chicago location closed in 2024.
• Lake Zurich Brewing Company, Lake Zurich, opened in 2018, closed in 2020.
• Light the Lamp Brewery, brewpub in Grayslake, opened in 2012. Moved to a new location in 2018. Closed in 2024.
• Like Minds Brewing Company, founded in 2014. The beer was originally contract brewed by Hinterland in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 2015 Like Minds moved to Chicago and opened their own brewery. In 2016 they opened a second location, a brewpub in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 2017 they sold their Chicago brewery to Finch Beer Company. In 2018 the Milwaukee location closed.
• Limestone Brewing Company, Plainfield brewpub, opened in 2009, closed in 2012.
• Lionstone Brewing, Geneseo brewpub, opened in 2015, closed in 2020.
• Liquid Love Brewing, brewery and taproom in Buffalo Grove, opened in 2020, closed in 2025.
• Lo-Rez Brewing, Chicago. Opened in 2016. Added a taproom in 2017. Closed in 2023.
• Lugan's Brewing, brewery and distillery in Joliet, opened in 2019. Ceased brewing, continued in business as Lugan's Spirits.
• Mad Mouse Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2014 in the Moxee restaurant, closed in 2017.
• Metal Monkey Brewing, brewery and taproom in Romeoville, opened in 2016, closed in 2023.
• Metropolitan Brewing, Chicago, opened in 2009. Moved to a new location and added a taproom in 2017. Closed in 2023.
• Miskatonic Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Darien, opened in 2015, closed in 2025.
• MobCraft Beer was founded in Madison, Wisconsin in 2013. Initially the beer was contract brewed. They moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and opened their own brewery in 2016. The brewpub in Woodstock opened in 2023 and closed in 2024.
• Moonshine, Chicago bar and restaurant that opened in 2001, added an in-house brewery in 2008, and closed in 2014.
• Motor Row Brewing, brewery and taproom in Chicago, opened in 2015, closed in 2021.
• M.T. Barrels Restaurant & Brewery, West Dundee.
• MyGrain Brewing Company, brewpub in Joliet, opened in 2017, closed in 2023.
• Myths and Legends Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Westmont. Opened in 2013 as Urban Legend Brewing Company. Renamed to Myths and Legends in 2016. Bought out by Whiskey Hill in 2018.
• Nevin's Brewing Company, Plainfield brewpub, opened in 2012. The brewery was renamed to Midnight Pig Beer in 2017. Closed in 2019.
• North Shore Cider Company, cider brewery and taproom in Evanston, opened in 2017, closed in 2021.
• Oak Park Brewing Company, brewery and brewpub in Oak Park co-located with Hamburger Mary's Show Lounge; opened in 2016, closed in 2021.
• O'Grady's Brewery and Pub, Arlington Heights, opened in 1996.
• O'Griff's Grill & Brewhouse, Quincy, opened in 1994, closed in 2019.
• One Trick Pony, brewery and taproom in Lansing, opened in 2012, closed in 2024.
• Only Child Brewing, brewery and taproom, opened in Northbrook in 2013, moved to Gurnee in 2015, closed in 2022.
• On Tour Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Chicago, opened in 2017, closed in 2025.
• Ørkenoy, brewpub in Chicago, opened in 2020, closed in 2024.
• Oswego Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Oswego, opened in 2018, closed in 2023.
• Pavichevich Brewing Company, Elmhurst, original makers of Baderbräu beer, opened in 1988, closed in 1997.
• Peckish Pig, brewpub in Evanston, opened in 2014. Ceased brewing in 2024; restaurant still open.
• Peoria Brewing Company, Peoria, production brewery and brewpub, opened in 2014, closed in 2017.
• Prairie Krafts Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Buffalo Grove, opened in 2016, closed in 2020.
• Prairie Rock Brewing Company. The Elgin brewpub opened in 1995 and closed in 2009; the Schaumburg brewpub opened in 1999 and closed in 2007.
• Pratt Brewing Company, production brewery in Spring Grove, opened in 2022, closed in 2025.
• Punk Rock Pizza & Brewery, Silvis, opened in 2024, closed in 2025.
• The Ram Restaurant & Brewery is a chain of brewpubs. The first restaurant opened in Lakewood, Washington in 1971, and the first brewery opened in Salem, Oregon in 1995. The brewpub in Schaumburg opened in 2000 and closed in 2018. The brewpub in Wheeling opened in 2001 and closed in 2019. The Rosemont location, which did not brew beer on site, opened in 2003 and closed in 2020.
• Recess Brewing, brewery and taproom in Edwardsville, opened in 2014, closed in 2023.
• Reinstone Brewery, Illiopolis, opened in 2016.
• River Hawk Brewing, Channahon taproom, opened in 2017, closed in 2022.
• The Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in Chicago closed in 2023, after being open for more than 20 years. The one in Bolingbrook opened in 2018 and closed in 2022. The one in Lombard closed in 2023. The one in Orland Park closed in 2025. The one in Warrenville is still open.
• Rolling Meadows Brewery, farm-to-table brewery in Cantrall, opened in 2011, closed in 2020.
• Ryan Brewing Company, microbrewery and taproom in Roscoe, opened in 2018, closed in 2018.
• Scallywag Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Westmont, opened in 2019, closed in 2020.
• Second City Meadery, Chicago meadery, opened in 2020, added a tasting room in 2021, closed in 2025.
• Seery Athlone Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Addison, opened in 2018, closed in 2019.
• ShadowView Brewing, Woodstock, restaurant opened in 2018, added a brewery in 2019, closed in 2023.
• Side Lot Brewery, Wauconda brewpub, opened in 2016. Ceased brewing in 2022, still open as a restaurant called The Side Lot.
• Sieben's River North, Chicago brewpub, opened in 1987, closed in 1990. The first modern-era craft brewery in Chicago.
• SlapShot Brewing Company, Chicago, opened in 2013, closed in 2016.
• Slow City Makgeolli was the country's largest and highest-profile maker of makgeolli, a fermented rice beverage native to Korea with an alcohol content similar to that of beer. A subsidiary of Baesangmyun Brewery, it opened in Niles in 2013. It closed ca. 2016.
• Small Town Brewery, Wauconda, opened in 2011, tap room opened in 2015, closed in 2019.
• Smylie Brothers Brewing Company. The brewpub in Evanston opened in 2014. The production brewery on Wolcott Avenue in Chicago opened in 2017. The brewpub on Broadway Street in Chicago opened in 2021 and closed in 2022. The brewpub in Evanston closed later that year.
• Spirit Water, brewery, distillery, and taproom in Cary, opened in 2020, closed in 2025.
• Steam Hollow Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Manteno, opened in 2019, closed in 2023.
• Stunt Brewing Company, nanobrewery and taproom in Glenview, opened in 2021, closed in 2022.
• The Tap & Growler, Chicago, opened in 1987, closed in 1992.
• Taylor Brewing Company. Brewpub that opened in Naperville in 1994; moved to Lombard in 1999; closed in 2011.
• Temperance Beer Company, production brewery and taproom in Evanston, opened in 2013, closed in 2024.
• Ten Ninety Brewing Company, founded in 2013. Initially the beer was contract brewed at Big Chicago Brewing Company in Zion, which Ten Ninety then acquired in 2014. The brewery moved to a new location with a taproom in Glenview in 2016. They added a kitchen in 2019. Closed in 2025.
• Three Angels Brewing, Yorkville, opened in 2012.
• Timotheus Brothers Brewery, Springfield, opened in 2015, closed in 2018.
• Tonality Brewing Company, brewpub in Mundelein, opened in 2023, closed in 2025.
• Tribes Beer Company. Started as the Tribes Alehouse bar and restaurant in Mokena and Tinley Park, then added a brewery at the Mokena location in 2015. Opened a larger brewery and taproom in Mokena in 2018. The first Mokena location closed in 2019. The bar and restaurant in Tinley Park closed later that year. The Mokena brewpub closed in 2023.
• Two Doors Down Brewery, Clinton, opened in 2018, brewery ceased operations in 2022; venue continued operating as a craft beer bar.
• Two Hound Red, brewpub in Glen Ellyn, opened in 2019, closed in 2025.
• Urban Brew Labs, Chicago, opened in 2018 as Urban Renewal Brewery. They later changed their name to Urban Brew Labs. Added a taproom in 2021. Closed in 2022.
• Vice District Brewing Company. The brewery and taproom in Chicago opened in 2014. A larger brewery and taproom in Homewood opened in 2018. The Chicago location closed in 2019. The Homewood location closed later that year.
• Weeghman Park Restaurant Brewery, Chicago brewpub, opened in 1997, closed in 1999.
• The Weinkeller was a restaurant in Berwyn that added a brewery in 1988. They opened a second location in Westmont in 1992.
• ZümBier, brewery and taproom in Waukegan, opened in 2014, closed in 2024.