Family-Friendly Brewery & Event Destination
We are a family-friendly, Brewery & Distillery experience with full-service restaurant featuring a wide variety of craft beers and spirits produced on-site. "Herald Square" is our beautiful outdoor event venue/beer garden hosting concerts, community events, markets and festivals through spring, summer and fall. Old Herald is also a great destination for group outings and unique private events.
Honoring History: From Newspaper to Brewing Legacy
Our unique space was home to the Collinsville Herald newspaper for nearly 80 years and we honor that by celebrating the history of the Collinsville Herald and our city’s nearly forgotten brewing and distilling past. The Herald newspaper won numerous awards and recognitions and played a vital role in our community through good times and bad.
Brewery & Distillery
Putting Collinsville on the map for Tasty Beverages! We pride ourselves in using highest quality ingredients and innovative techniques to create uniquely smooth, sippable and approachable award winning spirits and beers.
Herald Square
The ultimate community gathering spot! Our vision for bringing people together begins with our city center style pavilion/stage, patio and beer garden. Join us for summer concert series, makers and farmers markets, festivals and more spring through fall.
Press Room
Reserve our private event and meeting space for chef's dinners, showers, reunions, etc. Seats up to 60 People. Unique catering options available.
Sports Page Lounge
A unique sports themed event space with a 14ft 9-screen video wall offering all-inclusive experiences for sports and other themed events. Members have priority access to tickets and ability to reserve for private events.
Cold Herald
Located at entrance to Herald Square, Cold Herald offers unique beverage options and concessions during live events, concert series, festivals and markets.
Meet our Beverage Team!
Cory S.: Brewmaster
As the son of German immigrants, Cory comes by his brewing skills naturally. Collinsville Grad, studied brewing science at SIUE and has since helped teach brewing classes for SIUE and SWIC. Before taking over the brew deck at Old Herald, Cory brewed for 4204 in Belleville and Twisted Roots in St. Louis. Master of deliciously clean Lagers and malty ales and the #1 rated dark ale in Illinois!
BTW, he's also a heck of a goalkeeper!
Derik R.: Owner/Distiller
Derik's passion is making unique, smooth and tasty beverages. Homebrewer since the early nineties, recovered corporate technology innovator with a goal of innovating and elevating craft spirits similar to craft brewing over the last 30 years.
Driven to make Collinsville a shining star of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.
SIUE Alumni... Go Cougars!