Breweries of northwest Indiana

Customers belly up to the bar inside 18th Street Brewery in Hammond, Ind. When 18th Street first opened in nearby Gary, its success spurred others to follow. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Chicago Tribune

Oct. 4, 2017 2:50 PM PT

Three Floyds may have been the first, but there’s more to discover when it comes to beer in northwest Indiana.

Inside 18th Street Brewery, named for 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, where the brewery’s founder used to live. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

The image of a skeleton is seen on a wall near the bathrooms, while patrons drink inside 18th Street Brewery in Hammond, Ind. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Kyle Reed, 29, checks mash inside a kettle at 18th Street Brewery in Hammond, Ind. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

New Oberpfalz Brewing will produce 500-600 barrels this year. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Patrons drink inside the taproom at New Oberpfalz Brewing in Griffith, Ind. The brewery opened in 2015, and others soon followed. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Andrew Oltmanns, 29, writes on a beer sign at the taproom inside New Oberpfalz Brewing in Griffith, Ind. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Patio lights illuminate the outside of Burn ’Em Brewing. The building once housed a construction company owned by the father of Burn ’Em co-founder and head brewer Steve Murray. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Jim and Lorrie Gibson drink on the patio at Burn ’Em Brewing in Michigan City, Ind. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Justin Morlan, 28, talks with Nikki Smith, 23, while drinking at Burn ’Em Brewing. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Cans of Ir‘rye’sistable Grains wait to be labeled at Windmill Brewing in Dyer, Ind. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Owner Justin Verburg labels a can of Ir‘rye’sistable Grains at Windmill Brewing. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Mike Glowacki, 26, cleans cans of Ir‘rye’sistable Grains before they get labeled at Windmill Brewing. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Meredith Trobaugh, 27, pours a beer at Devil’s Trumpet Brewing in Merrillville, Ind. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Gary Qualls, 29, talks with bartender Meredith Trough, 27, while drinking at Devil’s Trumpet Brewing in Merrillville, Ind. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )

Taps inside Devil’s Trumpet Brewing, where one of the most noteworthy annual releases is Heaven’s Court, a barrel-aged imperial stout made available at the brewery’s Heaven’s Court Day on the last weekend in June. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )