These are the 25 Best-Rated Beers Brewed in Illinois

If you’re a beer drinker, you probably have noticed that the craft beer industry has exploded in recent years with thousands of unique styles and hoppy blends flooding the market.

With 103 craft breweries in the state, Illinois has the 11th most in the nation. In 2012, the economic impact from the sale of craft beer was $1.3 billion—the sixth highest—and in 2014; the Land of Lincoln produced more than 400,000 barrels of craft beer, ranking No. 13 in production.

But Chicago is the heart of the state’s craft beer industry, and breweries here make the majority of the top-rated craft beers in Illinois.

Check out which 25 beers earned the highest marks from beeradvocate.com, which is based on user ratings and people who know way too much about beer.

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