Pilot Project Brewing Is a
BEVERAGE INCUBATOR
Pilot Project was created as a purpose-driven, collaborative, and artistically curious brewing and tasting room facility to help support talented brewers in an industry with exceptionally high barriers and ever-changing consumer preferences.
Modeled after the music industry, Pilot serves as a launch pad for start-up beverage companies, offering assistance with fine-tuning recipes, production scaling, business development, marketing, distribution and more.
It is our mission to foster experimental and small-batch brewing, present an unparalleled consumer tasting experience, and be an industry-defining innovator across bev/alc. We are your incubator dedicated to the art of brewing and community inspired by the craft.
BREWING
From brewing 10 barrels to 1,000, Pilot Project can act as a testing ground for brewers, a launch pad for beverage startups, a home for nomads, or an experimental playground for established breweries.
COLLABS
Supporting creative partnerships to show-stopping collaborations, we help keep our clients innovating.
PACKAGING & DISTRIBUTION
From bodegas to bars to grocery chains and restaurants, you can count on us to package your brews and get them just about anywhere in the country.
MARKETING
With access to some of the best strategic marketers, designers, and creatives in the industry, Pilot can be a one-stop shop for brewers to realize their brand story.
RESEARCH
Each month, Pilot’s bustling tasting rooms and multi-state distribution network pours for tens of thousands of beer lovers, freelancers, weekenders, and beverage drinkers from all backgrounds. With the data to back it up.
EVENTS & LAUNCHES
It’s not just a brewery. It’s a launchpad. For businesses, brands, new products, or whatever you’ve got. And we throw one hell of a party.
Interested in brewing with us?
PRESS
fortune magazine // “The Chicago startup incubator supporting indie craft beer brewers”
Chicago Tribune // “Pilot Project brewery aims to help beer lovers get started with space, customers”
Hop Culture // “the New Brewery incubator helping minority-owned businesses “pilot” their brands”
Eater // “New Multi-Brewery Hub and Taproom Opens Tomorrow in Logan Square”
FOX 32 // “Pilot Project Brewing hosting Beer Culture Summit to examine sexism, discrimination in the industry”
ABC 7 // “Pilot Project Brewing in Logan Square offers taste of experimental small-batch beers”
Infatuation // “17 Places to Drink While you Get work done”
Chicago Mag // “10 hottest restaurants in Chicago right now”
VinePAIR “Brave noise: a collaboration brew uniting the beer indusry for real change” ing // “What’s In Store for Pilot
Project, Chicago’s First Brewing Incubator”
Timeout chicago // “pilot project fest”
craft brewing business // “Pilot Project lowers barriers to launch a beer business and it’s been a boon for diversity.
Here’s how.”
biztimes milwaukee // Chicago-based Pilot Project Brewing buys Milwaukee Brewing Co. production facility
wtmj-tv // Confirmed: Chicago-based Pilot Project buying Milwaukee Brewing Co. for $8M
milwaukee magazine // Chicago Brewery Incubator Takes Over Milwaukee Brewing Facility
chicago tribune // Pilot Project Brewing opts against suburban expansion, heads to Milwaukee
crain’s chicago business // Logan Square craft brewer incubator Pilot Project expanding to Milwaukee
brewbound // Pilot Project Acquires Former Milwaukee Brewing Production Facility, Following $8 Million Seed Round
milwaukee business journal // Behind the Deal: What attracted Pilot Project to MKE Brewing
milwaukee journal sentinel // Chicago-based Pilot Project Brewing is taking over Milwaukee Brewing Co.'s Pabst Brewery
District location
usa today // Pilot project brewing is USA today’s best beer bar of 2023