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Crow Peak Brewing Company

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

Founded on March 9, 2007 by Jeff Drumm — a military kid who grew up in Germany and England — and his wife Carolyn Ferrell. When they moved from San Diego to Spearfish they found the town had no craft beer and the bartender didn't know what an IPA was. Drumm opened Crow Peak as the first brewery in Spearfish and the first in South Dakota to brew modern craft styles. Rapid growth forced expansions in 2009 and 2010, when a 30-barrel brewhouse and canning line opened regional distribution. Now brewing approximately 8,000 barrels annually — the most distributed South Dakota craft brewery.

4Beers
3Styles
5.9%Avg ABV
2007Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
25%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Crow Peak Brewing Company

4 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 4 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 4 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
maltyevery beer
4 of 4 beers
citrusy
2 of 4 beers
hoppy
3 of 4 beers
refreshing
3 of 4 beers

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

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied4 beers · 3 style families
Pale Ale 2IPA 1Porter 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 428 other breweries making American IPA, Porter and American Pale Ale.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Across 4 beers in 3 style families, none of Crow Peak Brewing Company's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for American IPA, Porter and American Pale AleCrow Peak Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
malty
in all 4 of their beers · typical American IPA, Porter and American Pale Ale brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
hoppy
in 3 of 4 · typical American IPA, Porter and American Pale Ale brewery: 4 in 5
Right where the field sits.
crisp
in 3 of 4 · typical American IPA, Porter and American Pale Ale brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
refreshing
in 3 of 4 · typical American IPA, Porter and American Pale Ale brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
clean
in 2 of 4 · typical American IPA, Porter and American Pale Ale brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 66%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 4
beers above the median
#1449
best ranked beer
Spearbeer

Their beers place in the Top 66% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Crow Peak Brewing Company

Founded on March 9, 2007 by Jeff Drumm — a military kid who grew up in Germany and England — and his wife Carolyn Ferrell. When they moved from San Diego to Spearfish they found the town had no craft beer and the bartender didn't know what an IPA was. Drumm opened Crow Peak as the first brewery in Spearfish and the first in South Dakota to brew modern craft styles. Rapid growth forced expansions in 2009 and 2010, when a 30-barrel brewhouse and canning line opened regional distribution. Now brewing approximately 8,000 barrels annually — the most distributed South Dakota craft brewery.

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