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Big Sky Brewing Company

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

Founded in 1995 by Neal Leathers, Brad Robinson, and Bjorn Nabozney in Missoula. Big Sky is Montana's largest craft brewery and one of the Northwest's most recognised regional brands. Moose Drool Brown Ale is distributed nationally and has become synonymous with Montana craft beer. The brewery sits at the foot of the Rattlesnake Wilderness and reflects the spirit of the Northern Rockies.

4Beers
4Styles
5.7%Avg ABV
1995Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
0%
catalogue avg 15%

Beers by Big Sky Brewing Company

4 beers
Big Sky IPA
Big Sky IPA
American IPA · 6.2%
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Moose Drool
Moose Drool
American Brown Ale · 5.1%
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Scape Goat Pale Ale
Scape Goat Pale Ale
American Pale Ale · 4.7%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Big Sky Brewing Company brew a broad range across 4 style families.

Emerging signature · 4 beers
IPA 1Dark 1Amber 1Pale Ale 1

Across these 4 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

malty
3 of 4 beers
hoppy
3 of 4 beers
citrusy
2 of 4 beers
rich
2 of 4 beers

With 4 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Compared with 387 other breweries brewing American IPA, American Brown Ale and American Pale Ale:

Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

They stay close to the peer baseline on their recurring notes.

How we measure this

Two thresholds are at work here:

  • The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
  • The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.

A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 47%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 4
beers above the median
#2999
best ranked beer
Scape Goat Pale Ale

Their beers place in the Top 47% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Big Sky Brewing Company

Founded in 1995 by Neal Leathers, Brad Robinson, and Bjorn Nabozney in Missoula. Big Sky is Montana's largest craft brewery and one of the Northwest's most recognised regional brands. Moose Drool Brown Ale is distributed nationally and has become synonymous with Montana craft beer. The brewery sits at the foot of the Rattlesnake Wilderness and reflects the spirit of the Northern Rockies.

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Location
Missoula · Montana · United States
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