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F.X. Matt Brewing Company

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

F.X. Matt Brewing Company brews in Utica in upstate New York and has been run by the Matt family since 1888, when Francis Xavier Matt reorganised a local brewery as the West End Brewing Co. It survived Prohibition on soft drinks and in 1933 was among the first to sell beer again, under the Utica Club name. The Saranac line followed in 1985 and later became the flagship. A new brewhouse opened in 2019, and in 2023 the company bought Flying Dog Brewery. Fred Matt leads the fourth generation.

11Beers
5Styles
5.3%Avg ABV
1888Founded

Beers by F.X. Matt Brewing Company

11 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 11 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 11 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
malty
8 of 11 beers
light
6 of 11 beers
bitter
7 of 11 beers
smooth
7 of 11 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.
Broad11 beers · 5 style families
Lager 4IPA 3Fruit Beer 2Porter 1Pale Ale 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.

Across 11 beers in 5 style families, none of F.X. Matt Brewing Company's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for similar stylesF.X. Matt Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
malty
in 8 of 11 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
smooth
in 7 of 11 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
bitter
in 7 of 11 · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
clean
in 6 of 11 · typical similar styles brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
crisp
in 6 of 11 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.

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About F.X. Matt Brewing Company

F.X. Matt Brewing Company brews in Utica in upstate New York and has been run by the Matt family since 1888, when Francis Xavier Matt reorganised a local brewery as the West End Brewing Co. It survived Prohibition on soft drinks and in 1933 was among the first to sell beer again, under the Utica Club name. The Saranac line followed in 1985 and later became the flagship. A new brewhouse opened in 2019, and in 2023 the company bought Flying Dog Brewery. Fred Matt leads the fourth generation.

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