# Decatur Brew Works — Decatur, Illinois

> Decatur Brew Works in Decatur, Illinois, United States scores 3.76 out of 5 — Fine, #193 in Illinois. 224 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Decatur Brew Works is a brewery in Decatur, Illinois, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.76 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #193 in Illinois. Of the 224 beers we track, 31% are IPA and 17% Wheat Beer.

## Rating

- Score: 3.76 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #193 in Illinois · #5,270 in United States · #7,596 worldwide
- Popularity: Lightly rated
- Beers tracked: 224

## About

Decatur Brew Works produce's decent quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "The 101", which is a New England IPA and "Knoweisser", which is a Wheat Beer. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 31% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 17% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 17% of the beers we track
- Other — 14% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 9% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 7% of the beers we track
- Belgian Ale — 5% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 102 East William Street, Decatur, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates: 39.8436573, -88.9556806
- Website: http://www.decaturbrewworks.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Door 4 Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/door-4-brewing-co-2834.md) — 3.79, Fine — Decatur, Illinois — 1.1 mi away
- [Golden Fox Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/golden-fox-brewing-24790.md) — 3.80, Fine — Decatur, Illinois — 2.5 mi away
- [Cypress & Grove Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/cypress-grove-brewing-co-25026.md) — 3.84, Fine — Assumption, Illinois — 21 mi away
- [Cypress Grove Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/cypress-grove-brewing-33561.md) — 3.81, Fine — Assumption, Illinois — 21 mi away
- [1905 Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/1905-brewing-company-1263.md) — 3.78, Fine — Assumption, Illinois — 23 mi away
- [Limerick Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/limerick-brewing-company-25147.md) — 3.51, Poor — Lincoln, Illinois — 30 mi away
- [Champaign County Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/champaign-county-brewing-company-27703.md) — 3.29, Poor — Mahomet, Illinois — 38 mi away
- [Triptych Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/triptych-brewing-2542.md) — 4.59, Exceptional — Savoy, Illinois — 41 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Decatur, Illinois](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/illinois/decatur.md)
- [Best breweries in Illinois](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/illinois.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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