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Back Forty Beer Company

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Founded in 2009 in Gadsden, on the banks of the Coosa River in northeastern Alabama. Named after the 'back forty' — the furthest acreage of a farm, where the hardest work happens. Back Forty draws on Alabama's agricultural heritage: their beers reference local farming culture, Appalachian traditions and Southern ingredients.

8Beers
5Styles
5.8%Avg ABV
2009Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
0%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Back Forty Beer Company

8 beers
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Back Forty Naked Pig Pale Ale
American Pale Ale · 6%
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Back Forty Truck Stop Honey
American Amber Ale · 4.6%
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Bama Mosa
Brut Ale · 7%
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Beach Cat
Blonde Ale · 4.5%
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Devil's Staircase
American IPA · 6.5%
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Italian Pilsner
Italian Pilsner · 5.5%
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Rollin in the Haze
New England IPA · 6%
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Sundown
West Coast IPA · 6%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 8 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 8 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
hoppy
5 of 8 beers
floral
6 of 8 beers
citrusy
5 of 8 beers
crisp
6 of 8 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad8 beers · 5 style families
IPA 3Pale Ale 2Amber 1Farmhouse 1Lager 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.
typical for similar stylesBack Forty Beer Company
in no beersin every beer
floral
in 6 of 8 · typical similar styles brewery: 1 in 5
Far more floral than typical.

Across 8 beers in 5 style families, one trait still carries through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 77%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 8
beers above the median
#1754
best ranked beer
Back Forty Naked Pig Pale Ale

Their beers place in the Top 77% of the catalogue on average, across 8 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Back Forty Beer Company

Founded in 2009 in Gadsden, on the banks of the Coosa River in northeastern Alabama. Named after the 'back forty' — the furthest acreage of a farm, where the hardest work happens. Back Forty draws on Alabama's agricultural heritage: their beers reference local farming culture, Appalachian traditions and Southern ingredients.

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