The RateBeer Guide To The

Best Beer in Illinois, USA

The following are the regional highlights -- best beers available here, best beers brewed here, events and local RateBeerian info -- for Illinois, USA. This site is interactive, so we encourage you to take part in the rating, addition and correction of the site.

TOP BEER AVAILABLE IN ILLINOIS, USA

These are the best beers you can find in this region's stores and restaurants based on the availability information provided by RateBeerians in this area. A beer has to have 5 or more ratings to be listed here.

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Founders CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	1536	100
2	Maine Beer Dinner	Maine Beer Company	229	100
3	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	487	100
4	J. Wakefield Label Us Notorious	J. Wakefield Brewing	22	100
5	Three Floyds Zombie Dust	Three Floyds Brewing Company	1471	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vanilla & Coconut	AleSmith Brewing Company	85	100
7	Hill Farmstead Vera Mae (2016 - )	Hill Farmstead Brewery	79	100
8	The Bruery Black Tuesday	The Bruery	784	100
9	Pips Pancake - Raspberry	Pips Meadery	15	100
10	Firestone Walker 24 (XXIV Twenty-Fourth Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	59	100
11	Founders KBS - Hazelnut	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	123	100
12	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Reserve 2023 Eagle Rare	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	16	100
13	Other Half Double Mosaic Daydream	Other Half Brewing	103	100
14	Maine Beer Lunch	Maine Beer Company	757	100
15	Firestone Walker 25 (XXV Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	54	100
16	Three Floyds Permanent Funeral	Three Floyds Brewing Company	430	100
17	Founders Panther Cub	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	192	100
18	Maine Beer Another One	Maine Beer Company	428	100
19	Trillium Cutting Tiles - Mosaic	Trillium Brewing Company	131	100
20	3 Fonteinen Frambozenlambik	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	80	100
21	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Proprietor's 2017	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	62	100
22	Revolution Gravedigger V.S.O.	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	14	100
23	Three Floyds Alpha Klaus	Three Floyds Brewing Company	1168	99
24	Revolution Ryeway to Heaven	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	91	99
25	Põhjala Cellar Series - Kamin	Põhjala	59	99

TOP BEER FROM ILLINOIS, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2978	100
2	Revolution V.S.O.J.	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	38	100
3	Revolution Double Barrel V.S.O.J.	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	22	100
4	Pips Blue Suede Shews	Pips Meadery	32	100
5	Flossmoor Station Wooden Hell	Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery	225	100
6	Goose Island Cthulhu	Goose Island - USA Brewpubs (AB-Inbev)	41	100
7	Pips Pancake - Raspberry	Pips Meadery	15	100
8	Pips Pancake - Banana	Pips Meadery	11	100
9	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Reserve 2023 Eagle Rare	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	16	100
10	Goose Island Night Stalker	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	775	100
11	Revolution Supermassive Café Deth	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	22	100
12	Pips Pancake - Blueberry	Pips Meadery	13	100
13	Destihl Dosvidanya Russian Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel)	Destihl Brewery	99	100
14	Goose Island Nutulhu	Goose Island - USA Brewpubs (AB-Inbev)	24	100
15	Pipeworks Citra Imperial IPA	Pipeworks Brewing Company	126	100
16	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Proprietor's 2017	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	62	100
17	Revolution Gravedigger V.S.O.	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	14	100
18	Destihl Dosvidanya Russian Imperial Stout (Rye Barrel)	Destihl Brewery	70	100
19	Revolution Ryeway to Heaven	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	91	99
20	Pipeworks Crimson Snapper	Pipeworks Brewing Company	66	99
21	Revolution Straight Jacket	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	217	99
22	Revolution Deth's Tar	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	238	99
23	Mikerphone Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit	Mikerphone Brewing	75	99
24	Half Acre Benthic - 2 X 4	Half Acre Beer Company	9	99
25	Goose Island Brasserie Noir	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	42	99