# Mad Hatchet Brewing — Shorewood, Illinois

> Mad Hatchet Brewing in Shorewood, Illinois, United States scores 3.85 out of 5 — Fine, #130 in Illinois. 236 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Mad Hatchet Brewing is a brewery in Shorewood, Illinois, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.85 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #130 in Illinois. Of the 236 beers we track, 42% are IPA and 16% Stout / Porter.

## Rating

- Score: 3.85 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #130 in Illinois · #3,535 in United States · #4,902 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 236

## About

Mad Hatchet Brewing produce's good quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Ninja Slice", which is a Session IPA and "Jason's Ladder", which is a Cream Ale. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 42% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 16% of the beers we track
- Other — 12% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 9% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 8% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 8% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 5% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 913 Brook Forest Avenue, Shorewood, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates: 41.5374022, -88.2006093
- Website: http://madhatchetbrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Will County Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/will-county-brewing-co-3072.md) — 4.12, Great — Shorewood, Illinois — 1.3 mi away
- [Lugan’s Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/lugans-brewing-20908.md) — 3.30, Poor — Joliet, Illinois — 3.8 mi away
- [Garage Band Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/garage-band-brewing-19443.md) — 3.73, Fine — Plainfield, Illinois — 4.9 mi away
- [Werk Force Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/werk-force-brewing-company-866.md) — 4.42, Great — Plainfield, Illinois — 5.2 mi away
- [Nik & Ivy Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/nik-ivy-brewing-company-21883.md) — 3.90, Fine — Lockport, Illinois — 8.1 mi away
- [Khaos Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/khaos-brewing-24786.md) — 3.47, Poor — Plainfield, Illinois — 8.3 mi away
- [Arrowhead Ales](https://finding.beer/brewery/arrowhead-ales-7023.md) — 3.89, Fine — New Lenox, Illinois — 13 mi away
- [Pollyanna Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/pollyanna-brewing-company-2219.md) — 3.91, Fine — Lemont, 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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