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La Cumbre Brewing Co.

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for Hefeweizen · American IPA
Known for Hefeweizen · American IPA

Founded in 2010 in Albuquerque — 'La Cumbre' means pinnacle or peak in Spanish. The Elevated IPA (7.2%, 100 IBU) is one of the most highly rated IPAs in the American Southwest and remains New Mexico's best-selling craft IPA after 15 years. Nationally recognised for hop-forward brewing in the high desert.

3Beers
2Styles
6.6%Avg ABV
2010Founded

Beers by La Cumbre Brewing Co.

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.
hoppy
2 of 3 beers
bitter
2 of 3 beers
crispevery beer
3 of 3 beers
piney
2 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 · 2 style families
IPA 2Wheat Beer 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 Hefeweizen, American IPA and Double IPA.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Hefeweizen, American IPA and Double IPALa Cumbre Brewing Co.
in no beersin every beer
herbal
in 2 of 3 · typical Hefeweizen, American IPA and Double IPA brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more herbal than typical.
crisp
in all 3 of their beers · typical Hefeweizen, American IPA and Double IPA brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more crisp than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 91%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#2575
best ranked beer
La Cumbre A Slice of Hefen

Their beers place in the Top 91% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About La Cumbre Brewing Co.

Founded in 2010 in Albuquerque — 'La Cumbre' means pinnacle or peak in Spanish. The Elevated IPA (7.2%, 100 IBU) is one of the most highly rated IPAs in the American Southwest and remains New Mexico's best-selling craft IPA after 15 years. Nationally recognised for hop-forward brewing in the high desert.

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