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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

La Cumbre Brewing Co. brew across 2 style families.

Emerging signature · 3 beers
IPA 2Wheat Beer 1

Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

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.

Compared with 344 other breweries brewing 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.
clean
in all 3 of their beers · typical Hefeweizen, American IPA and Double IPA brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more clean 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.
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 91%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#5234
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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Location
Albuquerque · New Mexico · United States
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