Whether you’re an established brewery managing capacity, a proven brand seeking stronger economies of scale, or a beer brand transitioning away from facility ownership, Canopolis delivers professional brewing & packaging, so you can focus on sales, marketing, and growth instead of running a production operation.
Founded and operated by DESTIHL® Brewery, Canopolis is housed within DESTIHL’s large-scale production facility in Normal, Illinois, centrally located in the Midwest at the crossroads of Interstates I-39, I-55, and I-74 between Chicago and St. Louis.
Designed to support established breweries and proven beer brands, Canopolis provides professional beer production and packaging for partners seeking additional capacity or improved economies of scale.

Contract production simplifies sourcing raw materials, managing vendors, and navigating logistics. Canopolis streamlines procurement, scheduling, and production planning, so your team can operate with fewer variables and greater predictability.

Whether you’re supplementing existing production or transitioning away from facility ownership entirely, Canopolis provides reliable, scalable capacity without the expense of new tanks, leases, or long-term capital commitments.

Our team follows rigorous quality and process standards to ensure consistency batch after batch. From raw material selection through packaging, quality assurance is embedded at every step of production.

Professional canning and packaging formats designed for distribution, delivered efficiently and without the operational burden of running and maintaining packaging equipment.

Eliminate fixed costs tied to labor, utilities, maintenance, and real estate. Freeing capital to reinvest in sales, marketing, and brand growth.

Shift internal resources away from day-to-day production management and toward business growth: sales execution, market expansion, and brand strategy.
Our award-winning brewery features a 66-barrel brewhouse and an 11-barrel pilot brewhouse available for recipe refinement before full-scale production when needed. With nearly 5,000 barrels of combined fermenter capacity, Canopolis is currently capable of producing between 80,000-100,000 barrels annually, depending on the mix between ales & lagers, with an infrastructure designed to scale beyond 150,000 barrels per year.
Packaging capabilities include high-speed canning for 12oz, 16oz, and 19.2oz cans, carton and PakTech configurations (single-SKU and variety packs), kegging, short-term cold storage, and distribution-ready handling.
A full-time, in-house quality lab supports every stage of production, including sensory evaluation, dissolved oxygen and CO₂ testing, yeast management, microbial analysis, ABV verification, seam inspection, and shelf-stability assurance.
From flexible production scheduling and raw material sourcing to packaging execution, Canopolis works with partners to create efficient, scalable production arrangements—without the capital investment required to own and operate a physical plant or maintain production staff.
Except for initial pilot batches, our minimum batch size is 60 barrels. While early-stage or startup brands are encouraged to submit the inquiry form, preference is generally given to large, long-term production commitments and established, licensed breweries and beverage businesses seeking to scale, transition or outsource production.

1200 Greenbriar Drive, Normal, Illinois 61761, United States
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