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Foolproof Brewing Company

United States · Regional · Known for American Lager · New England IPAWebsite
Known for American Lager · New England IPA

Foolproof Brewing Company is based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and was founded by Nick Garrison, a former homebrewer from Massachusetts who first brewed beer for his own wedding in 2008. The company was originally conceived as High Jinx Brewing but was renamed Foolproof before its public launch in early 2013 to avoid trademark conflicts. Garrison formally began commercial operations in December 2012, with the brewery opening to the public in 2013. Foolproof became known for packaging most of its beers in cans, promoting cans as the superior vessel for flavor preservation.

3Beers
3Styles
5.8%Avg ABV
2013Founded

Beers by Foolproof Brewing Company

3 beers
Ocean State Lager
Ocean State Lager
American Lager · 5.0%
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Pawtucket Patriot
Pawtucket Patriot
New England IPA · 6.5%
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Raincloud
Raincloud
American Porter · 5.8%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Foolproof Brewing Company brew across 3 style families.

Emerging signature · 3 beers
Lager 1IPA 1Porter 1

Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

hoppyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
clean
2 of 3 beers
refreshing
2 of 3 beers
malty
2 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Compared with 248 other breweries brewing American Lager and New England IPA:

Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for American Lager and New England IPAFoolproof Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
hoppy
in all 3 of their beers · typical American Lager and New England IPA brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more hoppy than typical.
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 39%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#2861
best ranked beer
Raincloud

Their beers place in the Top 39% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Foolproof Brewing Company

Foolproof Brewing Company is based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and was founded by Nick Garrison, a former homebrewer from Massachusetts who first brewed beer for his own wedding in 2008. The company was originally conceived as High Jinx Brewing but was renamed Foolproof before its public launch in early 2013 to avoid trademark conflicts. Garrison formally began commercial operations in December 2012, with the brewery opening to the public in 2013. Foolproof became known for packaging most of its beers in cans, promoting cans as the superior vessel for flavor preservation.

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Location
Pawtucket · Rhode Island · United States
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