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New Belgium Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Founded in 1991 in Fort Collins by Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan. Fat Tire Amber Ale — inspired by a Belgian cycling trip — became one of America's most recognised craft beers. Now majority-owned by Kirin (2019) but retaining its Fort Collins identity. Home of the Voodoo Ranger IPA family and the legendary sour La Folie. Colorado's most visited brewery campus.

4Beers
4Styles
6.1%Avg ABV
1991Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
25%
catalogue avg 43%

Beers by New Belgium Brewing Company

4 beers

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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.
malty
2 of 4 beers
hoppy
2 of 4 beers
clean
3 of 4 beers
light
3 of 4 beers

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

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad4 beers · 4 style families
Dark 1Amber 1Sour 1IPA 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 56 other breweries making Schwarzbier, American Amber Ale and Hazy IPA.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Across 4 beers in 4 style families, none of New Belgium Brewing Company's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for Schwarzbier, American Amber Ale and Hazy IPANew Belgium Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
smooth
in 3 of 4 · typical Schwarzbier, American Amber Ale and Hazy IPA brewery: 4 in 5
Right where the field sits.
light
in 3 of 4 · typical Schwarzbier, American Amber Ale and Hazy IPA brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
clean
in 3 of 4 · typical Schwarzbier, American Amber Ale and Hazy IPA brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
bitter
in 3 of 4 · typical Schwarzbier, American Amber Ale and Hazy IPA brewery: 2 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
crisp
in 2 of 4 · typical Schwarzbier, American Amber Ale and Hazy IPA brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 55%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
2 / 4
beers above the median
#411
best ranked beer
New Belgium 1554 Black Lager

Their beers place in the Top 55% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About New Belgium Brewing Company

Founded in 1991 in Fort Collins by Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan. Fat Tire Amber Ale — inspired by a Belgian cycling trip — became one of America's most recognised craft beers. Now majority-owned by Kirin (2019) but retaining its Fort Collins identity. Home of the Voodoo Ranger IPA family and the legendary sour La Folie. Colorado's most visited brewery campus.

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