Breweries of 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 )

A beer list is displayed on a wall inside Devil’s Trumpet Brewing in Merrillville, Ind.   (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune )