Regional Brewery Feasibility Study

This page is a workspace to consider the feasibility of opening a "regional" brewery in Monmouth, IL to serve initially the Central Illinois region. Future plans to expand would include the 7 Midwest states (MI, IN, IL, MO, IA, NM, WI) but NOT "beer-rich" areas such as Chicago or St. Louis.

Areas of Operation

Original operations will target "area 1":

Monmouth (9K population)

Galesburg (31K population, 16 miles from Monmouth)

Macomb (18K population, 33 miles from Monmouth)

Peoria (115K population, 67 miles from Monmouth)

Rock Island (38K population, 50 miles from Monmouth)

Moline (42K population, 50 miles from Monmouth)

Bloomington-Normal (78K/54K population, 110 miles from Monmouth)

Springfield (116K population, 120 miles from Monmouth)

Decatur (73K population, 150 miles from Monmouth)

Quincy (41K population, 100 miles from Monmouth)

Rockford (148K population, 165 miles from Monmouth)

Champaign-Urbana (86K/42K population, 160 miles from Monmouth)

Total Population Area 1 = 891K ~ 1M (including smaller communities)

Area 1

Brewing Operations

Brewing operations will be located in Monmouth IL adjacent to interstate 34.