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Heavy Seas Beer

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

Founded in 1995 as Clipper City Brewing Company by Hugh Sisson in Baltimore, rebranded Heavy Seas in 2013. Famous for the whole-cone-hopped Loose Cannon IPA — one of the mid-Atlantic's most iconic IPAs — and a range of nautically-themed beers. One of Maryland's oldest and most influential craft breweries.

4Beers
3Styles
6.8%Avg ABV
1995Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
25%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Heavy Seas Beer

4 beers
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Chocolate Volcano
Imperial Stout · 10%
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Cutlass
Amber Lager · 4.75%
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Loose Cannon
American IPA · 7.25%
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TropiCannon
Tropical IPA · 5%
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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.
hoppy
2 of 4 beers
clean
3 of 4 beers
citrusy
2 of 4 beers
smooth
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
IPA 2Stout 1Lager 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 615 other breweries making Imperial Stout and American IPA.
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 Heavy Seas Beer's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for Imperial Stout and American IPAHeavy Seas Beer
in no beersin every beer
clean
in 3 of 4 · typical Imperial Stout and American IPA brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
crisp
in 3 of 4 · typical Imperial Stout and American IPA brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
refreshing
in 3 of 4 · typical Imperial Stout and American IPA brewery: 2 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
smooth
in 3 of 4 · typical Imperial Stout and American IPA brewery: 2 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
bitter
in 2 of 4 · typical Imperial Stout and American IPA brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 58%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
2 / 4
beers above the median
#1539
best ranked beer
Cutlass

Their beers place in the Top 58% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Heavy Seas Beer

Founded in 1995 as Clipper City Brewing Company by Hugh Sisson in Baltimore, rebranded Heavy Seas in 2013. Famous for the whole-cone-hopped Loose Cannon IPA — one of the mid-Atlantic's most iconic IPAs — and a range of nautically-themed beers. One of Maryland's oldest and most influential craft breweries.

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