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Fernson Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Founded in 2015 by Derek Fernholz and Blake Green — who connected through a mutual contact while separately developing brewery business plans. One of South Dakota's first craft breweries, Fernson quickly became the state's most decorated, winning gold at the 2018 World Beer Cup for their Farmhouse Ale — a homebrewing recipe Fernholz never managed to improve upon. 'Humbly made with people in mind. Proudly brewed in South Dakota' — with a focus on locally sourced ingredients and agricultural heritage.

4Beers
4Styles
6%Avg ABV
2015Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
25%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Fernson 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.
crisp
3 of 4 beers
fruity
2 of 4 beers
clean
2 of 4 beers
malty
2 of 4 beers

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

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad4 beers · 4 style families
Farmhouse 1IPA 1Porter 1Lager 1

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

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

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

typical for similar stylesFernson Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
crisp
in 3 of 4 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
malty
in 2 of 4 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
refreshing
in 2 of 4 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
clean
in 2 of 4 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
dry
in 2 of 4 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 46%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
2 / 4
beers above the median
#157
best ranked beer
Fernson Farmhouse Ale

Their beers place in the Top 46% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Fernson Brewing Company

Founded in 2015 by Derek Fernholz and Blake Green — who connected through a mutual contact while separately developing brewery business plans. One of South Dakota's first craft breweries, Fernson quickly became the state's most decorated, winning gold at the 2018 World Beer Cup for their Farmhouse Ale — a homebrewing recipe Fernholz never managed to improve upon. 'Humbly made with people in mind. Proudly brewed in South Dakota' — with a focus on locally sourced ingredients and agricultural heritage.

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Sioux Falls · South Dakota · United States
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