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Molson

🌍 Canada · Regional · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Founded in 1786 by English immigrant John Molson on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Molson is one of the oldest continuously operating brewing companies in North America. In 2005, Molson merged with Colorado's Adolph Coors Company to form what is now Molson Coors Beverage Company, one of the world's five largest brewers. The Canadian operations are run through Molson Coors Canada Inc. Molson Canadian, introduced in 1959, remains the brewery's flagship lager brand.

21Beers
6Styles
5.2%Avg ABV
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
70%
catalogue avg 46%

Beers by Molson

21 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 21 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 21 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
clean
19 of 21 beers
malty
18 of 21 beers
crisp
17 of 21 beers
light
16 of 21 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied21 beers · 6 style families
Lager 12Strong 3Pale Ale 3Porter 1Amber 1Wheat 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 the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.
typical for similar stylesMolson
in no beersin every beer
smooth-drinking
in 9 of 21 · typical similar styles brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more smooth-drinking than typical.

Across 21 beers in 6 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
16 / 20
beers above the median
#1101
best ranked beer
Rickard's Red

Their beers place in the Top 39% of the catalogue on average, across 20 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Molson

Founded in 1786 by English immigrant John Molson on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Molson is one of the oldest continuously operating brewing companies in North America. In 2005, Molson merged with Colorado's Adolph Coors Company to form what is now Molson Coors Beverage Company, one of the world's five largest brewers. The Canadian operations are run through Molson Coors Canada Inc. Molson Canadian, introduced in 1959, remains the brewery's flagship lager brand.

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