Brewhouse Equipment Group

Brewery Closures in Illinois

Buyout or full liquidation for Illinois breweries — Chicago, Springfield, Peoria and statewide. We handle disconnect, rigging, loading and freight, so you are not coordinating three vendors during the worst month of your year.

What Illinois closures usually look like

Chicago is one of the largest brewing markets in the country and one of the most competitive, which means real turnover. Chicago removals are usually urban removals — tight alleys, freight elevators, permits — and that planning matters more than the equipment list.

Getting it out of Illinois

Short run straight up I-65. One of our fastest lanes.

Where we work in Illinois

ChicagoSpringfieldPeoriaRockfordand the rest of the state

Two ways we can do this

Buyout

One check for the whole package. We come to Chicago or wherever you are, look at what you have, and make an offer. If you take it, we handle the removal and you are finished.

Full liquidation

We list and sell each piece to end users over a period of weeks and pass the proceeds through less our fee. Higher gross than a buyout, and it takes longer. Right when you have time and wrong when you do not.

What we buy out of a Illinois brewery

Whole packages are easiest and usually worth the most, but we will look at anything on this list.

Fermenters & unitanks
Brite tanks
Complete brewhouses
Glycol chillers
Canning & bottling lines
Kegs in volume
Boilers
Pumps & heat exchangers
Grain mills & handling
Keg washers
Lab & QC equipment
Centrifuges

Equipment is pulled from the facility in working condition unless a listing notes otherwise. Send a list and photographs of the nameplates and we can give you a real number instead of a cautious one.

Closing a brewery in Illinois?

Send us the list. No obligation, fully confidential, and we'll get back to you quickly.

Prefer to talk? (317) 300-6234 — we answer.

Brewery closures in other states