# Harbor Brewing Company — Sheridan Road, Winthrop Harbor, Illinois

> Harbor Brewing Company in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, United States scores 3.95 out of 5 — Fine, #71 in Illinois. 264 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Harbor Brewing Company operates 2 locations; this is the one in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.95 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #71 in Illinois. Of the 264 beers we track, 38% are IPA and 18% Other. The score covers the beer, so it is the same across all 2.

## Rating

- Score: 3.95 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #71 in Illinois · #1,816 in United States · #2,560 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 264

## About

Harbor Brewing Company produce's good quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Deez (pea)NUTZ", which is a Milk / Sweet Stout and "I Think Her Name Was Amber", which is an American  Red Ale. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 38% of the beers we track
- Other — 18% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 13% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 10% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 9% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 6% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 6% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 811 Sheridan Road, Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates: 42.4801182, -87.823082
- Website: https://www.harborbeer.com/

## Other locations of this brewery

- [Winthrop Harbor](https://finding.beer/brewery/harbor-brewing-company-35648.md) — Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, United States

The score covers the beer, so it is the same at every location.

## Breweries nearby

- [Harbor Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/harbor-brewing-company-35648.md) — 3.95, Fine — Winthrop Harbor, Illinois — 0.9 mi away
- [Kenosha Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/kenosha-brewing-company-5186.md) — 3.46, Poor — Kenosha, Wisconsin — 5.7 mi away
- [Rustic Road Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/rustic-road-brewing-company-1386.md) — 3.80, Fine — Kenosha, Wisconsin — 7.2 mi away
- [Nightshade and Dark’s Pandemonium Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/nightshade-and-darks-pandemonium-brewing-company-19142.md) — 3.77, Fine — Waukegan, Illinois — 8.1 mi away
- [Last Ditch Brewpub](https://finding.beer/brewery/last-ditch-brewpub-35749.md) — 3.86, Fine — Kenosha, Wisconsin — 9.3 mi away
- [R'Noggin Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/rnoggin-brewing-company-2879.md) — 3.85, Fine — Kenosha, Wisconsin — 9.3 mi away
- [Black Lung Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/black-lung-brewing-company-18021.md) — 3.85, Fine — Round Lake Beach, Illinois — 14 mi away
- [9th Hour Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/9th-hour-brewing-27435.md) — 3.88, Fine — Lake Villa, Illinois — 14 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [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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