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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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

9/8/2021. Can from Hopsters, Ipswich. Sample courtesy of ITFCdan. Pours clear dark gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of citrus, peach, mandarin, flowers, touch of herb and spice. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.

Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2021 at 13:36


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Sample during the R. Shea Day! tasting on 08/05/2021.

Tried on 06 Aug 2021 at 13:28


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Can courtesy of Virby44. Light amber with a frothy, white head. Aroma of melons, lychee, resin. Light spice. Taste is bitter with just enough banana sweetness to pull bitterness in places. Light perfume at the finish. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Good.

Tried from Can on 28 Jul 2021 at 23:17


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Can 440ml @ home
Pours hazy/murky deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel and orange. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long orange, citrus and grape finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2021 at 16:08


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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Can. Pours thick, black, with no head. My can seems to have been leaking too, as there are dried up black drops just under the edge on top. Aroma's are sweetish, milk chocolate, aniseed. Retronasal it's about the same, but the aniseed is much stronger, with additionally perhaps some orange zesty bitterness. Weird, plastic. Flavour is above moderate sweet, light roasty, with the weird zesty bitterness. Rather full bodied. Long finish, somewhat roasted, moderate bitter. I liked the base beer much better.

Tried from Can on 23 Jul 2021 at 20:03


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Pours from crowler a deep dark golden color with a medium frothy white head that burns away steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Aroma of herbal hops, citrus and malt. Medium body with flavors of herbal hop, grapefruit and roast malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a citrusy hop aftertaste. Pretty good all around.

Tried from Crowler on 30 Jun 2021 at 23:32


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

Can split at the Grand Reunion Tasting at MM, picked up from an online peddler, 20/05/21. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige covering. Nose is rich in fruit cake, toffee, mellow barrel tones, sweet malts. Taste comprises brown sugar melt, dried fruits, toffee, rocky roads, bourbon nip. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a good restrained boost level. Solid stuff.

Tried from Can on 16 Jun 2021 at 16:49


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tried on 15 Jun 2021 at 00:41


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pint can from Corks & Caps, 6/11/21. Murky orange, large frothy white head, good retention. Aroma of dank, melon, resin, onion. Taste is passionfruit, mango, melon, tangerine, onion. Juicy, no bitterness. Solid.

Tried from Can on 12 Jun 2021 at 00:14


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

Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Colin. An opaque reddy brown coloured pour with a halo of dark tan head. Aroma is nutty, creamy, peanut butter, vanilla, brown sugars, rounded. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, smooth mellow roast, hazelnut, vanilla, some dried fruits, smooth alcohol. Strawberry shortcake.

Tried on 04 Jun 2021 at 22:50