Brewery Profile

Temperance Beer Company, LLC

For visitors tracing Evanston’s beer scene, Temperance Beer Company, LLC is a clear reference point: established in 2013, it is the city’s first and oldest operational brewery. A visit centers on its dedicated Tap Room, where the brewery serves its own beer directly to the public. The experience is built around a changing list rather than a fixed snapshot of one or two core offerings, so what a visitor finds on the board may vary by day or season. Its record also gives the stop some context beyond Evanston, since Temperance has earned both gold and silver medals at the Great American Beer Festival for beers in its portfolio.

Travelers drinking around the Chicagoland area often look for breweries that show how local beer changes from neighborhood to neighborhood and suburb to suburb. Temperance fits that kind of itinerary as the Evanston stop: close enough to the broader Chicago beer market to be part of the same regional conversation, but tied to its own city’s brewing history. The brewery focuses on a rotating selection of styles, so it can suit visitors who want to sample across categories rather than arrive for only one known flagship. Its distribution is primarily within Chicagoland, making the taproom a useful place to encounter beers that may not be widely available outside the area.

The main practical point is straightforward: the Tap Room maintains service seven days a week. Specific hours, food arrangements, tours, reservations, outdoor seating, and event schedules are not established here, so visitors should check directly with the brewery before planning around any of those details. Because the beer list rotates, the taproom is also the place to confirm the day’s pours and any current packaged options. For someone building a simple Evanston visit, Temperance works best as a brewery-focused stop where the essential draw is the current lineup from a long-running local producer.

Operating in Evanston, Illinois, Temperance Beer Company established itself in 2013, becoming the city's first and oldest operational brewery. The facility includes a dedicated Tap Room that maintains service seven days a week. Temperance has received national recognition for its brewing output, earning both gold and silver medals at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) for specific entries in its portfolio. The brewery focuses on a rotating selection of styles distributed primarily within the Chicagoland area.

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2000 Dempster St, Evanston, Illinois, 60202-1017

Phone: (847) 864-1000

Website: http://temperance.beer

Hours: Monday: 3pm - 10pm, Tuesday: 3pm - 10pm, Wednesday: 3pm - 10pm, Thursday: 3pm - 10pm, Friday: 12pm - 11pm, Saturday: 12pm - 11pm, Sunday: 12pm - 8pm