Illinois Craft Beer Week ushers in summer craft beer season

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From lagers to pale ale, breweries across Illinois on Friday kicked off a week-long celebration to mark the start of the summer craft beer season.

Illinois Craft Beer Week, which runs from May 3-10, was set to begin with a huge festival on Friday evening at Union Station

“It’s blown up so much in the last few years, right? It’s not just dialed into like one genre of folks,” Dziura said. “Everybody enjoying craft beer.” “We have just about 300 breweries across the state. There were some closures after the pandemic, but we have rebounded nicely,” said Ray Stout, executive director of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild. “Breweries are making less beer, but there’s more breweries popping up so we’re settling into more of these local brew pub model.”

He’s hoping his handcrafted beer, which is brewed on site in the south suburbs, will encourage people to venture out. Like other businesses, the company faced challenges during the pandemic.

 

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