Craft Beer - The List

I have this thing about detail and I like to gather information to understand the landscape so I can orient myself. As such, given what's happening in the craft beer world I had to make a list. I hope it's useful or interesting to you. Or BOTH! My hope is to add more breweries, notes & info as time progresses and as I have a chance to experience them all.  So here we go, in no real particular order other than by state:

ILLINOIS

Marz Community Brewing  Chicago, IL

Revolution Brewing  Chicago, IL

Half Acre Beer Co.  Chicago, IL

Moody Tongue Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Lake Effect Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Dry Hop Brewers  Chicago, IL

Off Color Brewing  Chicago, IL

Pipeworks Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Spiteful Brewing  Chicago, IL

Haymarket Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Ale Syndicate Brewers  Chicago, IL

SlapShot Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Aquanaut Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL  (fka Strange Pelican)

Empirical Brewery  Chicago, IL

Une Année Brewery  Chicago, IL

Atlas Brewing Co.     Chicago, IL

Baderbräu Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Argus Brewery  Chicago, IL

6th Floor Brewing  Chicago, IL

Low Dive Brewing  Chicago, IL

Local Option Bierwerker  Chicago, IL

Rude Hippo Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Motor Row Brewing  Chicago, IL  (fka Broad Shoulders)

Panic Brewing  Chicago, IL

Begyle Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co.Chicago, IL          

Forbidden Root Brewery  Chicago, IL

Ten Ninety  Chicago, IL

Hopothesis Beer Co.  Chicago, IL    

Green Line Project  Chicago, IL

Middle Brow Beer Co.  Chicago, IL

Big Chicago Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Goose Island Beer Co.  Chicago, IL

Lagunitas Brewing Co.             Chicago, IL

Finch’s Beer Co.  Chicago, IL

Vice District Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

South Loop Brewing Co.  Chicago, IL

Andersonville Brewing  Chicago, IL
Piece Brewery              Chicago, IL

All Rise Brewing Co. Chicago, IL

Peckish Pig Brewery  Evanston, IL

Smylie Brothers Brewing Co.  Evanston, IL

Sketchbook Brewing Co.  Evanston, IL

Temperance Beer Co.  Evanston, IL

Flossmoor Station Brewing Co.Flossmoor, IL

Penrose Brewing Co.  Geneva, IL

BuckleDown Brewing  Lyons, IL

Hailstorm Brewing Co.  Tinley Park, IL

Galena Brewing Co.  Galena, IL

One Trick Pony Brewery  Lansing, IL

Cahoots Brewing  Oak Park, IL

The Blind Pig Brewery  Champaign, IL

Two Brothers Brewing Co.  Warrenville, IL

Urban Legend Brewing Co.  Westmont, IL

Lake Bluff Brewing Co.  Lake Bluff, IL

5 Rabbit Brewery  Bedford Park, IL

Destihl Brewery  Bloomington, IL

Brickstone Brewery  Bourbonnais, IL

Solemn Oath Brewery  Naperville, IL

Only Child Brewing  Northbrook, IL

Church Street Brewing Co.  Itasca, IL

Tighthead Brewing  Mundelein, IL

Imperial Oak Brewing Willow Springs, IL

MICHIGAN

Pleasant House Brewing Co. Three Oaks, MI

Brewery Vivant Grand Rapids, MI

Bells Brewery, Inc. Kalamazoo, MI

Founders Brewing Co. Grand Rapids, MI

Arcadia Brewing Co. Battle Creek / Kalamazoo, MI  

Greenbush Brewing Co. Sawyer, MI

Oddside Ales Grand Haven, MI

Dark Horse Brewing Co.   Marshall, MI

Atwater Brewery Detroit, MI

WISCONSIN

Tyranena Brewing Co. Lake Mills, WI

Angry Minnow Brewing Co. Hayward, WI

Capital Brewery Co. Middleton, WI

Mobcraft Beer Madison, WI

Central Waters Brewing Co. Amherst, WI

Stevens Point Brewing Stevens Point, WI

INDIANA

18th Street Brewery Gary, IN   

3 Floyds Brewing Co. Munster, IN

Figure Eight Brewing Valparaiso, IN

Upland Brewing Co. Bloomington, IN

Shoreline Brewery Michigan City, IN

Back Road Brewery La Porte, IN

MINNESOTA

Surly Brewing Co. Brooklyn Center, MN 

Harriet Brewing Co. Minneapolis, MN

IDAHO

Laughing Dog Brewing Ponderay, ID

KENTUCKY

Against the Grain Brewery Louisville, KY

OHIO

Great Lakes Brewing Co. Cleveland, OH

Fat Head’s Brewery Middleburg Heights, OH 

PENNSYLVANIA

The Church Brew Works Pittsburgh, Pa

Victory Brewing Co.   Downingtown, PA

East End Brewing Co. Pittsburgh, PA

Hop Farm Brewing Co. Lawrenceville, PA

CALIFORNIA

Stone Brewing Co. Escondido, CA

North Coast Brewing Co. Fort Bragg, CA

Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles, CA

Fireman’s Brew Woodland Hills, CA

Almanac Brew Co. San Francisco, CA

Ballast Point Brewing San Diego, CA

Ladyface Ale Companie Agoura Hills, CA

MISSOURI

Charleville Vineyard & Microbrewery Ste. Genevieve, MO 

Crown Valley Brewing Ste. Genevieve, MO 

Baesangmyun Brewery Niles, IL  (I love all things Korean)

Mother’s Brewing Co. Springfield, MO

4Hands Brewing Co. St. Louis, MO

Side Project Brewing  St. Louis, MO

2nd Shift Brewing New Haven, MO

Flat Branch Brewing Co. Columbia, MO

COLORADO

Crooked Stave Brewery Denver, CO.

Upslope Brewing Co. Boulder, CO.

Funkwerks Fort Collins, CO

VIRGINIA

Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery Goochland, VA

Center of the Universe Brewing Co. Ashland, VA

Strangeways Brewing Richmond, VA

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Richmond, VA

NORTH CAROLINA

Wicked Weed Brewing Asheville, NC

OREGON

Deschutes Brewery Bend, OR

OKLAHOMA

Prairie Artisan Ales Tulsa, OK

MAINE

Maine Beer Co.  Freeport, ME

NEW YORK

Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn, NY

FLORIDA

Engine 15 Brewing Co. Jacksonville Beach, FL

Hollar if I messed up your brewery's info or if you got some more for me to add. Word.