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Live Oak Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for Amber Lager · Hefeweizen
Known for Amber Lager · Hefeweizen

Austin craft brewery founded in 1997, specialising in traditional German-style lagers and ales. One of the few American craft breweries dedicated to true long-lagered beers. Their Hefeweizen is widely considered the finest German-style wheat beer brewed in the United States.

3Beers
2Styles
5.2%Avg ABV
1997Founded

Beers by Live Oak 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.
bitter
2 of 3 beers
malty
2 of 3 beers
cleanevery beer
3 of 3 beers
refreshingevery 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 · 2 style families
Lager 2Wheat Beer 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 515 other breweries making Hefeweizen and German Pilsner.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Live Oak Brewing Company's beers land close to what is typical for the Hefeweizen and German Pilsner styles they brew. The character is in the styles they choose and how consistently they hit them — not in standing apart from the field.

typical for Hefeweizen and German PilsnerLive Oak Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
refreshing
in all 3 of their beers · typical Hefeweizen and German Pilsner brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
clean
in all 3 of their beers · typical Hefeweizen and German Pilsner brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
light
in all 3 of their beers · typical Hefeweizen and German Pilsner brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
crisp
in 2 of 3 · typical Hefeweizen and German Pilsner brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
malty
in 2 of 3 · typical Hefeweizen and German Pilsner brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 73%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#2192
best ranked beer
Live Oak Hefeweizen

Their beers place in the Top 73% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Live Oak Brewing Company

Austin craft brewery founded in 1997, specialising in traditional German-style lagers and ales. One of the few American craft breweries dedicated to true long-lagered beers. Their Hefeweizen is widely considered the finest German-style wheat beer brewed in the United States.

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