Blume & Ferris Public House opening in Downers Grove 2201 Curtiss Street, Suite B in Downers Grove BlumeAndFerris.com Expected opening date: Late January 2026, pending approvals and inspections. Q. What should people expect? People should expect an authentic Irish pub experience with high-quality pub ales and lagers brewed on site. I’m from Ireland, the bar came ...

Jon Miller Brewer/Owner Bubblehouse Brewing Company 2121 Ogden Ave. in Lisle Favorite breweries: We are fortunate to have an abundance of amazing breweries in the great state of Illinois. I could wax poetic about so many fine establishments (that I rarely have time to visit), but a few that we find ourselves enjoying time and time again ...

Roaring Table Brewing Co. 739 W. Route 22 Lake Zurich, IL RoaringTable.com Tuesday-Wednesday: 4-9 p.m. Thursday-Friday: 4-10 p.m. Saturday: Noon-10 p.m. Sunday: Noon-8 p.m. History in short: It was the summer of 2015 when the husband-and-wife team of Beth May and Lane Fearing “foolishly decided to start a brewery.” After perusing properties everywhere from West ...

Ike & Oak Brewing 6315 Main Street in Woodridge, IL IkeAndOakBrewing.com Tuesday-Thursday 4-10 p.m. Friday 12-11 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. History in short: Ed Ranquist, who was in the finance world for 20 years, had always been a big fan of local craft beer and wanted to take a shot ...

David Casper Casper Brewing Company Bloomington, IL CasperBrewingCompany.com The last really good beer I drank was… This is a really difficult question to answer. It seems so many breweries are doing excellent work and constantly sharpening their skills. I’m an old-school IPA guy myself, and I continue to go back to Zombie Dust by 3 Floyds. ...

Owned by fifth-generation farmers, the first estate distillery in Illinois is proving that details matter when it comes to creating unique, high-quality spirits Whiskey Acres Distilling Co. 11504 Keslinger Road DeKalb, IL WhiskeyAcres.com Friday: 4:30-8:30 p.m. with a 6 p.m. tour Saturday: 1:30-8:30 p.m. with tours at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Sunday: 1:30-5:30 p.m. ...

Tim Enarson Co-owner of Navigator Taproom 2211 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago NavigatorTaproom.com Favorite breweries: I really like the breweries in and around Logan Square that have supported Navigator Taproom so well over the last eight years. Pipeworks, Dovetail, Hopewell, Revolution, Maplewood and Pilot Project. Also, Phase Three Brewing is doing some fantastic beers. Drinking tendencies: ...

Red Rooster Brew Werks & Distilling 123 E. Seward Street in Hillsboro HistoricRedRooster.com Sunday-Monday: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. History in short Kendra and John Wright grew up in southern Illinois and met at the University of Illinois. While living in San Francisco, they built a vacation home in ...

Q&A with Brian Noonan and Cody Gough from the popular Crafty Brewers podcast CraftyBrewersPod.com Follow them on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and TikTok Q. For someone who hasn’t listened to your podcast before, tell us a bit about how it got started and the focus of Crafty Brewers Brian and Cody: Years ago, we hosted a segment ...

Macushla Brewing’s patio Brad Pulver Macushla Brewing Glenview, IL The last really good beer I drank was… Bell’s Brewery’s Two Hearted IPA. We took the kids out to Shabbona Lake State Park out near DeKalb. We did a fishing and camping trip, and it just hit home. It’s a great beer and a classic pale ...