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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.
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Bloomington-Normal's largest brewery has won a gold medal at this year's Great American Beer Festival. The award for Destihl comes as brewing continues to boom nationwide.
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Heartland Community College’s Challenger Learning Center is tapping into local beermaking expertise for a unique immersive Escape Room experience this…
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PMP Fermentation Products is a company with some 50 employees operating on the Peoria riverfront, overlooking a public housing project and the RiverPlex...
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The pandemic has hurt so many businesses in central Illinois. But not, apparently, some alcohol producers.Lil Beaver Brewery on the south end of…
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Surrounded by farmland as far as the eye can see, Lincoln Slagel showed off a crop you don't see too often here in central Illinois: hops.His mostly…
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McLean County could soon be getting its fifth craft brewery—and its first in Uptown Normal.Plans are underway to open the Fiala Brothers Brewhouse at 127…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner visited Destihl Brewery on Saturday to sign a measure that he said will cut costs and bureaucratic red tape for craft breweries across…
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Bloomington-Normal’s latest craft beer destination is officially open for business.Keg Grove Brewing Co. opened Friday. It’s located at 712 E. Empire St.…
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When you think of Bloomington-Normal brands with national or even international reputations, it's State Farm and Beer Nuts. Now Destihl is on the…