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Moosehead Breweries

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

Moosehead Breweries traces its roots to 1867 when Susannah Oland began brewing her popular October Brown Ale in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, incorporating as John Oland and Son. After the 1917 Halifax Explosion destroyed the original brewery, the Oland family relocated operations to Saint John, New Brunswick in 1928, where the brewery stands today. Privately held and still operated by the sixth generation of the Oland family, Moosehead is Canada's oldest independent brewery. The Moosehead Lager brand was launched in 1931.

4Beers
1Styles
4.1%Avg ABV
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
25%
catalogue avg 43%

Beers by Moosehead Breweries

4 beers
MOO
Cracked Canoe
Extra-Light Lager · 3.5%
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Moosehead Lager
Moosehead Lager
Canadian Lager · 5%
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MOO
Moosehead Light
Light American Lager · 4%
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MOO
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 4 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 4 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
crispevery beer
4 of 4 beers
cleanevery beer
4 of 4 beers
refreshingevery beer
4 of 4 beers
lightevery beer
4 of 4 beers

With 4 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Focused4 beers · 1 style family
Lager 4

Everything sits in one family — which makes the comparison below the interesting part. It isn't what they brew that sets them apart, but how.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 515 other Lager breweries.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for LagerMoosehead Breweries
in no beersin every beer
hoppy
in none of their beers · typical Lager brewery: 3 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
wheat
in 2 of 3 · typical Lager brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more wheat than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 48%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
3 / 4
beers above the median
#1167
best ranked beer
Moosehead Lager

Their beers place in the Top 48% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Moosehead Breweries

Moosehead Breweries traces its roots to 1867 when Susannah Oland began brewing her popular October Brown Ale in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, incorporating as John Oland and Son. After the 1917 Halifax Explosion destroyed the original brewery, the Oland family relocated operations to Saint John, New Brunswick in 1928, where the brewery stands today. Privately held and still operated by the sixth generation of the Oland family, Moosehead is Canada's oldest independent brewery. The Moosehead Lager brand was launched in 1931.

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