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  • Brewery Spotlights

    Spotlight on Half Day Brewing: This Lincolnshire favorite will draw you in with their lagers and barrel-aged stouts, extensive menu (try the smoked wings) and versatile event spaces

    By Trent Modglin
    January 22, 2024
    Half Day Brewing Co. 200 Village Green Lincolnshire, IL HalfDayBrewing.com Monday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. History in short: The building Half ...
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  • Inside Scoop

    Inside Scoop: Miskatonic Craft Kitchen opens, Chicago’s renovated Ramova Theatre is home to a NY brewery, Westmont Winter Beer Fest, Lake County Craft Beer Festival and more

    By Trent Modglin
    January 22, 2024
    Miskatonic Brewing Company opens Miskatonic Craft Kitchen in Naperville Just before Christmas, Darien-based Miskatonic Brewing Co. expanded to downtown Naperville, opening a taproom and ...
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  • Brewer's Choice

    Brewer’s Choice: Une Année & Hubbard’s Cave co-owner Dave Nelson on Sketchbook Brewing’s consistency, a tasty imperial stout from Pulpit Rock, and his own impressive barrel-aged program and BBQ

    By Trent Modglin
    January 19, 2024
    Dave Nelson Co-owner and co-brewer at Une Année and Hubbard’s Cave in Niles 6343 W. Gross Point Road in Niles UneAnnee.com The last really ...
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  • Last Call

    Last call: From Revolution’s Straight Jacket barrel-aged barleywine to Odell’s Isolation Ale and Pig Minds’ Joe Daddy coffee stout, we asked for your favorite winter beer

    By Trent Modglin
    January 17, 2024
    Last Call from our winter 2024 issue: What is your favorite winter beer? As someone who generally prefers double IPAs and barrel-aged stouts, I’ve ...
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  • Feature Articles

    Business spotlight on Insure the Brewery — Born out of an agency with more than 90 years of experience and brewery owners themselves, Beau Ingledue and his staff have developed a niche for insuring fellow craft brewers

    By Trent Modglin
    January 15, 2024
    Insure the Brewery Beau Ingledue, co-owner InsureTheBrewery.com 309-575-3411 What makes us unique: I started in the insurance industry in 1996 with an independent agency ...
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  • Brewery Spotlights

    Spotlight on Maplewood Brewery & Distillery: This Chicago favorite has grown from brewing in basements as far back as 2005 to creating one of the state’s most diverse programs

    By Trent Modglin
    January 11, 2024
    Maplewood Brewery & Distillery 2717 N Maplewood Ave. Chicago, IL 60647 MaplewoodBrew.com Monday: 3-9 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday: 3-10 p.m. Thursday: 3 p.m.-midnight Friday: 1 p.m.-midnight ...
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  • Brewer's Choice

    Brewer’s Choice: Emancipation Brewing’s Lincoln Slagel on the dry-hopped lager from Werk Force, an appreciation for Old Irving and Triptych, and celebrating his own brewery’s thoughtfully curated menu and 5-year anniversary

    By Trent Modglin
    January 4, 2024
    Lincoln Slagel Co-owner and head brewer Emancipation Brewing Co. in Fairbury, IL EmancipationBrewingCo.com The last really good beers I drank: The first was the ...
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  • Brewery Spotlights

    Spotlight on Springfield Beer Company: Two distinctly different locations in central Illinois, a diverse lineup of beers and a new production facility in the works — not a bad four years for Ryan Kunken & staff

    By Trent Modglin
    December 25, 2023
    Springfield Beer Company SPFLDBeerCompany.com 3788 Wabash Ave. Springfield, IL 62711 73 E. Central Park Plaza, Suite 2 Jacksonville, IL 62650 Sunday: 12-8 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday: ...
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  • IB Insiders

    Illinois Brewing Insider: Beer on the Wall’s Josh Sissman on an appreciation for Alarmist, Hop Butcher and Hopleaf, quality family time on the Une Année patio, and exploring the artistry from Alpha Brewing in St. Louis

    By Trent Modglin
    December 17, 2023
    Josh Sissman Manager Beer on the Wall in Park Ridge, IL (with additional locations in Arlington Heights & Elmhurst) WeHaveGreatBeer.com Favorite breweries: Some of my ...
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  • Interviews

    Q&A with Beckie O’Connor about the long-awaited official grand opening of The Vogt House by Banging Gavel Brews in Tinley Park

    By Trent Modglin
    December 14, 2023
    The Vogt House by Banging Gavel Brews 17400 Oak Park Ave in Tinley Park BanginGavel.com Banging Gavel can finally see the light! The preservation ...
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Sponsored by the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, Illinois Brewing is printed and distributed quarterly (early January, April, July and October) to more than 250 breweries across the state as well as more than 100 craft beer-focused bars, restaurants and stores. Each member of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild’s IMBIBE club also receives the magazine in the mail. 

Publisher/owner: Trent Modglin
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