Brewery for Sale in Illinois, United States

- Company was incorporated and opened its first outlet as a local brewpub & restaurant in the downtown of a lovely tourist town visited by 1.5 million tourists per year.

- Second outlet was opened in a neighbouring town, which essentially extended the retail sales over the bar and brought the brewery facility closer to 100% utilization.

- With established intellectual property, a diverse beer portfolio, and numerous awards to its name, we have become a stable and successful business enterprise.

- Achieving a 26% increase in sales over pre- Covid sales.

- Restaurant management and head brewer in place for the easy assumption of ownership.

- Potential to grow into a dominant regional brand by increasing its distribution and retail reach.

- Our annual full production capacity is 1,000 bbl or 31,000 US gallon.

- Restaurant has a seating capacity of 165 pax in the first outlet and 80 pax in the second.

- On average, we receive more than 300 customers on a daily basis at both the outlets.

- We serve approx. 100K guests every year at both locations.

- At both facilities community and private events are promoted such as games, yoga, painting classes, weddings, rehearsal dinners, beer pairing dinners, corporate seminars.

- Also the business supports charitable foundations such as environmental, animal rescue, food pantry, and many local community organisations annually. Last year this amounted to approx. USD 20K.

- Tremendous investment opportunity for a strategic buyer engaged in a regional or national roll-up strategy of acquiring performing breweries with an established customer base and strong operations.

- Buyer would get all kitchen equipment, brewery equipment, stock, website, domain, furniture, customer database.

- Promoters have more than 10 years of experience in this business.

Brews several regular and seasonal beer styles throughout the year, offering 12 different taps at all bars in the two towns. Primary beer production capacity is earmarked for bars and retail use (22oz bottles and growlers), and wholesale distribution in Illinois and Iowa. Excess production capacity is utilized for contract brewing operations. The introduction of the new outlet helped improve equipment utilization and product profitability by essentially extending the bar facilities by almost 60%.

The assets include all of the brewery equipment, all restaurant, bar and retail shop equipment at both locations.

This purchase price does not include the real estate nor the assets within the apartments on the second floor.

- The first outlet is a facility that comprises a two-story building, encompassing approximately 15,000 sq. ft. of floor space. Beer production, kitchen, bar operations, warehousing, and retail space occupy the first floor with the second floor providing office space, additional storage, and ancillary revenues from three residential apartment units. One of these is licensed and operated as an Airbnb apartment.

- The second outlet occupies a leased, first-floor space of 5,200 sq. ft. , with 3 years left on the lease. This is situated in a prime place downtown, just a block from a 12,000 seat sports and entertainment center, and surrounded by 4 hotels, a John Deere pavilion, and riverfront biking and walking trails.

Note: As of now real estate is not included in the sale. The buyer would lease both properties with an option to buy the property of the first outlet as a separate transaction.