What beers does Nebraska Brewing Company make?

Nebraska Brewing Company makes 3 beers, including Cardinal Pale Ale, IPA, Mélange à Trois.

Nebraska Brewing Company

United States · Regional · Known for American Pale Ale · American IPA

Known for American Pale Ale · American IPA

Nebraska Brewing Company was founded on November 17, 2007, by husband and wife Paul and Kim Kavulak, opening a brewpub in Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion, Nebraska. The brewery expanded with a second location and tasting room in La Vista, Nebraska, in 2014, and built a reputation for quality craft beers and artisanal barrel-aged products. As of mid-2026, both the Papillion and La Vista locations are listed as permanently closed, with the La Vista location reported as closing after 18 years of operation.

3Beers

3Styles

8.1%Avg ABV

2007Founded

Beers by Nebraska Brewing Company

3 beers

Cardinal Pale Ale

American Pale Ale · 6.0%

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IPA

American IPA · 7.0%

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Mélange à Trois

Belgian Strong Ale · 11.3%

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Nebraska Brewing Company brew across 3 style families.

Emerging signature · 3 beers

Pale Ale 1IPA 1Belgian 1

Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

hoppy

2 of 3 beers

citrusy

2 of 3 beers

bitter

2 of 3 beers

malty

2 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Compared with 368 other breweries brewing American Pale Ale and American IPA:

Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

typical for American Pale Ale and American IPANebraska Brewing Company

in no beersin every beer

rich

in 2 of 3 · typical American Pale Ale and American IPA brewery: fewer than 1 in 5

Notably more rich than typical.

caramel

in 2 of 3 · typical American Pale Ale and American IPA brewery: 1 in 5

Notably more caramel 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 48%

average beer performance

beers in the Top 100

0 / 3

beers above the median

#5395

best ranked beer
Mélange à Trois

Their beers place in the Top 48% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.