# 18th Street Brewery — Gary, Indiana

> 18th Street Brewery in Gary, Indiana, United States scores 4.25 out of 5 — Great, #12 in Indiana. 524 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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18th Street Brewery is a brewery in Gary, Indiana, United States. We grade it Great, with a score of 4.25 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #12 in Indiana. Of the 524 beers we track, 62% are IPA and 19% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 4.25 out of 5
- Grade: Great 😀 — Consistently produce world-class beer.
- Ranked: #12 in Indiana · #717 in United States · #974 worldwide
- Popularity: Very widely rated
- Beers tracked: 524

## About

Sometimes things happen for a reason. Starting to feel burnt out from the wear and tear of the hospitality game, Drew Fox took a trip to Belgium. The hostel he was staying at had a phenomanal wheat beer with which he fell in love. Upon returning to Chicago, Drew found it difficult to get beers that sparked that same feeling he had in Europe. It was around this time that Blue Moon started circulating and it- along with Chicago's Half Acre, started to put Drew's wheels in motion.

In 2012 a Kickstarter campaign was begun to get money to open a brewery and taproom for 18th Street Brewery to call their own.  The campaign was well recieved and exceeeded its initial goal. In the midst of brewing and bottling six different beers, 18th was able to find a home in the Miller Beach community of Gary, Indiana.  A lot has happened since that trip to Belgium and the end of the Kickstarter campaign, and we're happy to now have a home where we can brew, bottle and serve fresh, local beer.

## What they brew

- IPA — 62% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 19% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 16% of the beers we track
- Other — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 5725 Miller Avenue, Gary, Indiana, United States
- Coordinates: 41.5990624, -87.2671999
- Website: https://www.18thstreetbrewery.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Gnosis Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/gnosis-brewing-28715.md) — 4.46, Great — Merrillville, Indiana — 9.1 mi away
- [Wildrose Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/wildrose-brewing-company-6927.md) — 3.80, Fine — Griffith, Indiana — 9.3 mi away
- [New Oberpfalz Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/new-oberpfalz-brewing-4078.md) — 4.20, Great — Griffith, Indiana — 9.8 mi away
- [Foreign Local](https://finding.beer/brewery/foreign-local-27434.md) — 3.79, Fine — Hammond, Indiana — 10 mi away
- [Byway Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/byway-brewing-5369.md) — 3.57, Poor — Hammond, Indiana — 10 mi away
- [Fuzzyline Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/fuzzyline-brewing-co-28713.md) — 3.89, Fine — Highland, Indiana — 11 mi away
- [Hunter’s Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/hunters-brewing-2783.md) — 3.93, Fine — Chesterton, Indiana — 11 mi away
- [WarPigs USA Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/warpigs-usa-brewing-28714.md) — 3.83, Fine — Munster, Indiana — 13 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Indiana](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/indiana.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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