Craft Beer

The reasons Illinois specialty farmers are slow to embrace hops production include a high risk for crop failure — no federal crop insurance is offered to cover hops production in Illinois — and an underdeveloped statewide market for their harvested crop.

An upscale restaurant and craft brewpub with a local theme plans to open along Washington's downtown square by the end of next year.

The Chicago Public Library is presenting a traveling exhibit called "Beer Chicago: The Refreshing History." The Elmhurst History Museum created the…

CHICAGO (AP) - A beer from the ancient world has been re-born thanks to Chicago's Field Museum.Archaeologists examining ceramics from an ancient brewing…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Legislation that proponents expect to boost Illinois' beer production is headed to the governor's desk after passing the House.…