Bent Paddle Brewing
Craft brewery and taproom · 1832 West Michigan Street, Duluth, MN 55806
About Bent Paddle Brewing
Bent Paddle Brewing is the business most often credited with starting the Lincoln Park Craft District, and it is the anchor of what is now the most talked-about commercial revival in Duluth. The Star Tribune's account of the neighborhood's transformation puts brewers and makers at the center of it, and Bent Paddle at the center of them (accessed 2026-08-13).
One practical correction, because maps and older listings get this wrong. The taproom, the part you can actually visit, is at 1832 West Michigan Street. The production brewery is a separate building a block west at 1912 West Michigan Street, and that is the address most third-party listings carry. If you are meeting someone there, use 1832.
The taproom keeps long daily hours, runs live music in its yard and brings in food trucks in the warmer months rather than operating a kitchen. Its beer distributes across Minnesota and beyond, which makes it one of the few Duluth businesses with genuine statewide brand recognition.
For anyone weighing Lincoln Park as a place to live, Bent Paddle is the practical evidence that the neighborhood's turnaround is real rather than aspirational: a production brewery with a busy taproom does not survive in a district nobody visits.
Good to know: taproom, production brewery a block away, canned beer distribution, live music in The Yard, food trucks in season, Lincoln Park Craft District anchor.
Neighborhoods it serves
The West End that became the Craft District, and still costs half the city median.
DenfeldThe most house per dollar in Duluth, and a high school worth the walk.
Spirit ValleyWest Duluth's main street, with a ski hill at the end of it.
Duluth HeightsDuluth's most convenient address, wrapped around the shopping.
Downtown DuluthDuluth's civic core: three miles of skywalk, and a housing market made almost entirely of converted upper floors.
Where these facts come from
- Bent Paddle Brewing, own site, for the taproom address, phone and hours; Star Tribune on the neighborhood's transformation accessed 2026-08-14
Last reviewed 2026-08-14 by Guide editorial.