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Saint Arnold Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for Kölsch
Known for Kölsch

Texas's oldest craft brewery, founded in Houston in 1994 by Brock Wagner. Named after Saint Arnold of Soissons — the patron saint of brewers who reportedly saved villagers from plague by convincing them to drink beer instead of water. The Lawnmower Kölsch is Houston's unofficial summer beer.

3Beers
2Styles
5.1%Avg ABV
1994Founded

Beers by Saint Arnold 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.
crisp
2 of 3 beers
cleanevery beer
3 of 3 beers
maltyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
refreshing
2 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
Pale Ale 2Lager 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 Kölsch.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Saint Arnold Brewing Company's beers land close to what is typical for the Kölsch 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 KölschSaint Arnold Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
clean
in all 3 of their beers · typical Kölsch brewery: all 5 out of 5
Right where the field sits.
malty
in all 3 of their beers · typical Kölsch brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
smooth
in all 3 of their beers · typical Kölsch brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
crisp
in 2 of 3 · typical Kölsch brewery: all 5 out of 5
A shade below, but within the field.
light
in 2 of 3 · typical Kölsch brewery: all 5 out of 5
A shade below, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 69%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 3
beers above the median
#1494
best ranked beer
Saint Arnold Lawnmower

Their beers place in the Top 69% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Saint Arnold Brewing Company

Texas's oldest craft brewery, founded in Houston in 1994 by Brock Wagner. Named after Saint Arnold of Soissons — the patron saint of brewers who reportedly saved villagers from plague by convincing them to drink beer instead of water. The Lawnmower Kölsch is Houston's unofficial summer beer.

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