18th Street Brewery

Microbrewery in Gary, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2010

Contact
5417 Oakley Avenue, Gary, IN, 46320, United States
Subsidiaries
18th Street Brewery owns 1 brewery:
Description
18th Street Brewery in Hammond, IN is a brewpub, taproom, and bottle shop. We specialize in hand-crafted big, small, barrel-aged and even sour beers.

18th Street Brewery was founded as a home brewery by Drew Fox in 2010. After years of hands-on learning and exploration, 18th Street Brewery became official with the release of Sinister DIPA in 2013. Shortly after the Sinister release, we opened a 3,200 square foot brewpub in Gary, IN. Quickly outgrowing that space, we purchased a 32,000 square foot warehouse in Hammond, IN. Our Hammond location now houses our production, packaging, barrel program, a taproom and a full service kitchen. Our original Gary, IN now houses a small 10-barrel open fermentation system, as well as a taproom, craft cocktail bar and kitchen.

We are currently the second largest brewery in Northwest Indiana. Our beers range from saisons to double India Pale Ales to double milk stouts to pilsners and lagers. 18th Street is comprised of hard working, motivated individuals who strive to be the best. We love our jobs. We love our beer. We live and love what we do.

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6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Mostly clear, fairly deep copper and bronze coloured body with a slight haze at the top, all underneath a pretty thick three to four centimetre tall, microfoamed head that stays afloat for a long time. Aroma of grass, hay, flowers, biscuits, light yeast and bread with a hint of alpha acids and bitterness, but this smells much more like a saison than anything else. Light to Medium-bodied; Very crisp and grassy, dry malts come first, with a soft lemon and citrus profile, with a kick of yeast and some dough towards the end, with a big grassy and perfumey hop kick at the finish, but no real bitterness here. Aftertaste is still very dry with mainly the malts, bread and yeast punching through, with all of the alcohol and hop bitterness hidden completely and while there was no sweetness here at all, this ends with a very simplistic, dry profile. Overall, a dry, subdued and soft IPA that really tastes like an 'IPL', since this is devoid of complexity and range. Decent at best, even sampled fresh, which is sad, because the other beer that I had from the brewery was GREAT! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Siciliano's Market in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 03-August-2021 for US$3,99, canned on 17-June-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 14-October-2021.

Tried from Can on 14 Nov 2022 at 06:36


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg Brewskival 2022-08-14 Helsingborg AR: fresh shit, fine tropical fruity, pine, wee dank AP: hazy yellow, frothy head F: fresh shit, fine tropical fruity, pine, wee dank

Tried on 06 Nov 2022 at 21:37


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam with Matthijs, 3rd November 22. Pours hazy orange, aroma is citrus and orange juice. Taste is candy, orange, caramelised citrus. Not bad

Tried from Draft on 04 Nov 2022 at 10:43


7

More ice cream-like that i would enjoy. But well brewed, fluffy body, and good bitterness to back it all. Beertemple ams

Tried on 29 Oct 2022 at 18:06


8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Ridiculously hazy golden coloured body with a thick, four to five centimetre tall tan head that's microfoamed, very crisp and even slighlty oily on top, covering the deeply (90 per cent) opaque glow nicely. Aroma of citrus fruits, mangoes, malts, wheat, spicey yeast and even a dash of fresh coriander seed and some sweet candy towards the end of the nose - very strong and quite nice. Full-bodied; Very rich malts show at first with a lot of flowers and dryness showing, but almost immediately giving way to the citrus fruits and rich sweetness from mangoes and even candy (starbursts) with a lot of strength throughout, and while the hops are really strong here, the malts more than just hold up the side of the beer - they add to the quality and complexity. Aftertaste is full of flavours, too, especially the rich malts and residual sugar left here, with some candy and full mangoes on display here, as well as orange juice. Overall, a nice ,very rich, deep and fruity IPA with some (not much though) bitterness and a great malt backbone, but even better look for the style. Great to try very fresh from a great store - I'll be looking for more from this brewery in the future! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Siciliano's in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 03-August-2021 for US$3,99, canned on 29-April-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 26-September-2021.

Tried from Can on 26 Oct 2022 at 05:05


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg Brewskival 2022-08-14 Helsingborg AP: roasted malt, to heavy in cinnamon, chocolate AP: dark brown, brown lid F: roasted malt, to heavy in cinnamon, chocolate

Tried on 23 Oct 2022 at 21:57


9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bestellt bei einem ukrainischen Online-Getränkehändler, der inzwischen von Charkiw nach Lwiw umgezogen ist. Keine Ahnung, wie er zu diesem Bier gekommen ist, aber ich habe die Brauerei noch nirgends sonst in Europa gesehen -und das ist schade, denn das Bier hat durchaus einiges zu bieten. Cooles, künstlerisch gestaltete Dose (wenn auch mit komischen 0,473176 ml) und eine Aromenmischung, die wahrlich als Craft zu sehen ist. Es ist pechschwarz und liefert wenig, aber dichten feinporigen Schaum. Dominierend ist die Kaffeenote, welche stark mit Bitterschokolade verknüpft ist. Die angepriesene Orangenzeste kommt dann eher im Abgang durch, hält sich aber zurück. Das Bier zeigt sich klar als trockenes Stout und weniger fruchtig-grasig. Dadurch wirkt es nicht überladen, sondern gibt den ausgezeichnet komponierten Aromen die Möglichkeit sich zu entfalten und miteinander zu spielen. Ein interessantes Bier, das man gerne empfehlen kann.

Tried from Can from Beerfreak Ukraine on 25 Sep 2022 at 04:31


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap@Brewskival 2022, Helsingborg, Sweden (12/08/2022) - Sweet dark roasted malty with chocolate and caramel, toffee, coffee, full bodied, dark malty finish.

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2022 at 13:36


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap@Brewskival 2022, Helsingborg, Sweden (12/08/2022) - Sweet and roasted malty with loads of chocolate, toffee and caramel, full body, dark spiced lingering malty close. --- Beer merged from original tick of Cin Again on 27 Mar 2025 at 05:36 - Score: 8. Original review text: Sweet and roasted malty with loads of chocolate, toffee and caramel, full body, dark spiced lingering malty close.

Tried from Draft on 06 Sep 2022 at 21:16


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Fat på Brewskival 2022, fre. Svart med liten nätt krona. Lämnar rester på glaset. Kokos, vanilj, rostade toner, fat, lakrits. Helt ok.

Tried on 15 Aug 2022 at 16:55