wide open spaces plenty of sitting indoors and outdoors both kid and dog friendly. With 35 beers on…read moretap a great selection to choose from. They have outdoor games and live music and food trucks

Checked out this kind of small brewery in Decatur. Door 4 is in a building located west of…read moredowntown, in a not quite charming part of town. It only has a few of their own beers on tap, with the rest coming from nearby other breweries or wherever. Bigger on the inside than it looks. There's enough room for a group and plenty of tables and space to have a gathering or a party. Basically this is the definition of a microbrewery. It's only got a few of their own beers but they put lots of care into making each one. There's still a pretty good amount of variety. Common ones like IPAs as well as those that are heavier. It's about $6 a pint. That's pretty good compared to many other smaller breweries that charge lots more for these. Best of the ones we tried was the I Came Here On Purpose. This is an IPA it wasn't overly hoppy, and really hit the spot. Also there's a few heavier ones if looking for more bite. They also have a pretty strong ass stout. Great place for locally made beers. It's located on Cerro Gordo, at the far western end. They're closed Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

Stopped there while driving through. We had no idea how beautiful this place would be. It is in the…read moremiddle of wonderful farm country. They have such a nice large building with indoor and outdoor seating. They have a large selection. Service was great and they knew what they had and what each selection was like. A food truck was outside and musician playing on a stage.

Brewery with an amazing story in Assumption. It literally burned to the ground, but is now once…read moreagain open, but hours are limited. 1905 Brewery had a big fire a few years ago and closed permanently. Even though it completely destroyed the building, it wasn't the end. This story inspired us to come to check it out. After poking around in Decatur awhile, we came for the awesome beer. It's kind of a ways to get to Assumption, on some lonely highway. The restaurant in town, DJ's has some of this on tap. Because this place is only open Fridays and Saturdays, you can go there when the brewery is closed. The brewery was open though. It's about $5 a pint. They have a pretty large variety. I had the 1905 Citra. This is an IPA, and wasn't crazy hoppy. Has no food except maybe chips. They however allow customers to bring in food from the restaurants around here. Good beer. It's also a good story and gives this rinky dink town of Assumption something to be proud of. This is worth a drive to check out what they have become even with a setback.

Spirited is a great craft bar. They often have live music out front. Not only do they have craft…read morebeer but the have the BEST Sangria wine. Their slushies are amazing. They currently have a caramel apple sangria that is also delicious. Definitely worth stopping here.

Great family spot! If you live around the area you should definitely check this family owned…read moreestablishment out.

Food is fantastic, service is good and ambience is very rustic and fun…read more Looking forward to going back for drinks and wings. I had a salad and the ranch dressing is fantastic.

Shit experience. Staff has no class…read more I was outside on the patio on a hot day with some friends and my dog. I ordered food and told the guy I'd be outside, which he responded he'd be out to bring it to me. Time passes. Neighboring tables are getting big orders delivered (people who got there after me). Eventually my friends leave and my elderly dog is burning up on the patio (The neighboring bar were the only ones who offered him a dog bowl). By the time half of our table leaves we go in to check on the food. They say it's coming... we check on the food again. They say it will be right up. It was not. I ask for a refund, the guy says "it's done, do you still want it?". I sigh and say yes. Five more minutes pass... I settle on my refund from a woman with a shitty attitude. No apology, no nothing. Not worth the visit.

Got some pretty good beers from this bar in Clinton. It happens to be one of the few places to go…read morearound here. Two Doors Down is a place that's been around awhile but not without some changes to it. Most important thing is they still have lots of beers. You can try many kinds of locally brewed ones as well as the big time corporate ass ones. Chill atmosphere the last time we were in here. It's because it's a small town and there's not many people around obviously. This place used to be a brewery, but they stopped making their own beers a few years ago, and it just has stuff from other places. Has a few on tap and other things in bottles and cans. It's about $6 a pint. Among the offerings on tap are things from Keg Grove. There's a few others that are farther away but still most are in state. Has some limitations but it's one of the better bars. It's just beers usually but sometimes there's food trucks. They're closed Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

This is a really cool space!! Tons of delicious choices for beer lovers!!Love the beer garden!! The…read moretaco truck in the back seals the deal!! You have got to visit this place!!

They don't serve good but the drinks are unique. Smoky beer and apple cinnamon spicy margarita…read more You are allowed to bring in food to eat inside or outside. I recommend el Indo Mexican. The outside patio is very cute

great stop while traveling Route 66. The name catches your attention right away then you find out…read morethat the building is a old slaughter house.

Just outside Assumption, Illinois is Cypress Grove Farm, where "belties" - a traditional Scottish…read morebreed of beef cattle properly called the Belted Galloway - are raised. Cypress Grove has a farm store as well, and as of 2019, a side business as a brewery. A bit of digging through online newspaper articles showed that the owners were partners in the original iteration of 1905 Brewing Company in town, but left the partnership when that bar burned down in 2019. Now they make beer out on their farm, offering it by the cup, crowler, and growler in their farm store. Plenty of picnic tables and lawn chairs were spread under large oak trees on the lawn.They have food trucks on the premises on select weekends; for our visit, just brats and chips were available, plus meat and cheese from the farm store. Guests are warmly greeted, and welcome to stroll around the property to see the fields and cattle. During our COVID-era visit, masks were worn indoors and parties were safely distanced outside. The beers we tried were excellent, including an Irish Red, a "Trials and Tritical-ations" experimental pale ale, and a couple sours. We took home some crowlers, including a "Pork Snout Milk Stout" which really is infused with pork... interesting, but not for me! Cypress Grove was definitely worth driving a few miles off our planned trek through Christian County. It's a lovely setting with friendly folks and great brews.

Good service and great selection ~ highly recommended! Very cool location as well!…read more Try it you'll love it!

Buzz Bomb will get you buzzed real good…read more While Emily and I were sitting at Custom Cup Coffee, we were trying to figure out what was in the area that we could walk around to and get some food and a drink. While I made a general list of stuff to do in Springfield, we wanted to see what this part of Springfield had to offer. Buzz Bomb was on my list of places to check out and conveniently, it was about a 5 minute walk away. So, we took our coffees and hit the pavement. Emily and I were greeted by some very friendly bartenders and we took a seat at the bar and got to looking at their beer selection. Emily sampled two of their beers while I ordered the Nanner, Nanner, Nanner. She sampled my beer after her two samples and immediately ordered what I got. It's a hefenweizen that doesn't taste quite like a normal hefe. Usually, Emily can't stand a hefe but really liked this one. I thought it was decent but tasted like if someone who never had a hefe would make if they tried to replicate one. I ended up having two 5oz glasses of it while Em had just the one in the 40 or so minutes we were here. I've seen Buzz Bomb stickers at other breweries so it was nice to finally get to check them out. What I wasn't expecting was Buzz Bomb to be coated head-to-toe in stickers. Everywhere you looked, you'd see at least a handful of stickers on the walls, ceiling, cabinets, cooler, all over the bathroom and anywhere else you could put a sticker. The bartender hooked us up with a few stickers for our collection and then told us a lot of corny dad jokes. She was a hoot and helped make our time here really fun. She was also great at letting us know all the fun activities going on in Springfield during the summer. Unfortunately, we had to move on to the next spot as we were both hungry and didn't want the beer to hit too hard. That means Buzz Bomb is good for a spot of drinking but if you want food, you'll either have to go upstairs to the Korean BBQ place or pick out one of the many places in the area to eat. I'll definitely be back in the near future to grab a shirt (and more beer)

Triple B is my second brewery today and my 299th overall. Stick with me and I'll hit 300 today. I…read morecan already tell Triple B is going to be a good stop. It's a hope in the wall kinda place with a really cool lighting fixture on the wall made out of pipes. Drop everything and go check it out! Not a lot of people here yet at 4:45 on a Friday but a few. Good music was playing and the gent at the bar hooked me up with a flight. I just told him to give me the best they've got and hopefully he did. We will find out together... The Barfight Brown Ale was up first. This is an American brown ale. This one took me back a little to the old days which got me into brewing when Pete's Wicked Ale was big. Nice brown with a bit more kick than your English milds. Helles Bound and Down is a very nice Helles lager. Not much else to say. True to style and tasty. Pennyweight Amber ale was next and honestly I didn't love it. It wasn't terrible by any means it just didn't speak my language. Last up was Walk of Shame a milkshake IPA which is a style I often enjoy. I liked this one, although it seemed a little light in flavor for a milkshake IPA. Of course it might just be my palate. Triple B is serving up some great beers. I also happened to be in just a few days after a big fire right across the street. Triple B was pulling together donations for the businesses and people affected which is so good to see. We spend far too much time arguing over politics and BS differences and not enough on what we have in common. Sad that it takes a tragedy to pull so many of us out of it. If anyone is a glutton for punishment, please, follow my brewery, and distillery, reviews from across the U.S. and beyond! https://www.yelp.com/collection/-8iscFkpiiCI563-FDfwGg and if anyone is wondering who SWPFTD is you will have to check out my review of Black Market Brewing Co in Temecula, CA to understand. Yes, you will need to read into it a little to get the joke but I have confidence in you! I hope my confidence is not misplaced.