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Left Hand Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for Stout · Czech-Style Pilsner
Award winningKnown for Stout · Czech-Style Pilsner

Founded in 1993 in Longmont, Colorado. The Milk Stout Nitro — poured like a Guinness from its nitrogen-charged bottle — became one of the most innovative American craft beers of the 2010s. Employee-owned and fiercely independent. One of Colorado's most decorated breweries.

3Beers
3Styles
5.4%Avg ABV
1993Founded

Beers by Left Hand Brewing Company

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.
maltyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
clean
2 of 3 beers
crisp
2 of 3 beers
caramel
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 · 3 style families
Stout 1Lager 1Amber 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 519 other breweries making Stout and American Amber Ale.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Stout and American Amber AleLeft Hand Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
mineral
in 2 of 3 · typical Stout and American Amber Ale brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more mineral than typical.

Across 3 beers in 3 style families, one trait still carries through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 39%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
2 / 3
beers above the median
#409
best ranked beer
Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro

Their beers place in the Top 39% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Left Hand Brewing Company

Founded in 1993 in Longmont, Colorado. The Milk Stout Nitro — poured like a Guinness from its nitrogen-charged bottle — became one of the most innovative American craft beers of the 2010s. Employee-owned and fiercely independent. One of Colorado's most decorated breweries.

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