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Gara Guzu Brewery

🌍 Türkiye · Regional · Known for Porter · American IPA
Known for Porter · American IPA

Turkey's most celebrated craft brewery and the pioneer of the Turkish craft beer movement — Gara Guzu (meaning 'black lamb' in a regional Turkish dialect) was founded in 2012 near Bodrum in Muğla province on the Aegean coast. The brewery was established by a group of beer enthusiasts who wanted to introduce Turkish drinkers to styles beyond industrial lager. Gara Guzu produces a range of ales and speciality beers that have won international awards and sparked a wider Turkish craft beer revolution. The brewery collaborates with international craft breweries and exports to Europe.

3Beers
3Styles
5.9%Avg ABV
2012Founded

Beers by Gara Guzu Brewery

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

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

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

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied3 beers · 3 style families
Porter 1IPA 1Pale Ale 1

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

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 318 other breweries making Porter, American IPA and American Pale Ale.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Porter, American IPA and American Pale AleGara Guzu Brewery
in no beersin every beer
dry
in all 3 of their beers · typical Porter, American IPA and American Pale Ale brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more dry than typical.
crisp
in none of their beers · typical Porter, American IPA and American Pale Ale brewery: 3 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.

Across 3 beers in 3 style families, 2 traits still carry through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 58%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 3
beers above the median
#1655
best ranked beer
Gara Guzu Dark Ale

Their beers place in the Top 58% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Gara Guzu Brewery

Turkey's most celebrated craft brewery and the pioneer of the Turkish craft beer movement — Gara Guzu (meaning 'black lamb' in a regional Turkish dialect) was founded in 2012 near Bodrum in Muğla province on the Aegean coast. The brewery was established by a group of beer enthusiasts who wanted to introduce Turkish drinkers to styles beyond industrial lager. Gara Guzu produces a range of ales and speciality beers that have won international awards and sparked a wider Turkish craft beer revolution. The brewery collaborates with international craft breweries and exports to Europe.

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