# SwitchGear Brewing Co. — Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

> SwitchGear Brewing Co. in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States scores 3.75 out of 5 — Fine, #138 in Wisconsin. 178 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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SwitchGear Brewing Co. is a brewery in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.75 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #138 in Wisconsin. Of the 178 beers we track, 24% are IPA and 21% Other.

## Rating

- Score: 3.75 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #138 in Wisconsin · #5,475 in United States · #7,952 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 178

## About

SwitchGear Brewing Co. produce's fine quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Pontoon Pounder", which is a Wheat Beer and "Resorter Red", which is an American  Red Ale. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 24% of the beers we track
- Other — 21% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 12% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 12% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 11% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 10% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 10% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 44d Gottfried Street, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States
- Coordinates: 43.8336698, -88.0186708

## Breweries nearby

- [Plymouth Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/plymouth-brewing-company-2242.md) — 3.88, Fine — Plymouth, Wisconsin — 6.3 mi away
- [3 Sheeps Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/3-sheeps-brewing-company-3447.md) — 4.16, Great — Sheboygan, Wisconsin — 15 mi away
- [Rowland's Calumet Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/rowlands-calumet-brewery-2025.md) — 2.80, Limited — Chilton, Wisconsin — 15 mi away
- [Courthouse Pub](https://finding.beer/brewery/courthouse-pub-3561.md) — 2.99, Limited — Manitowoc, Wisconsin — 25 mi away
- [PetSkull Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/petskull-brewing-company-1365.md) — 3.94, Fine — Manitowoc, Wisconsin — 25 mi away
- [Craft Creek Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/craft-creek-brewing-co-27717.md) — 3.80, Fine — Manitowoc, Wisconsin — 25 mi away
- [Titletown Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/titletown-brewing-company-36565.md) — 3.46, Poor — Wisconsin — 28 mi away
- [Fifth Ward Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/fifth-ward-brewing-company-3010.md) — 3.95, Fine — Oshkosh, Wisconsin — 29 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

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

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