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Sockeye Brewing

🌍 United States · Brewpub · Known for American IPA · Golden Stout
Known for American IPA · Golden Stout

One of Idaho's oldest craft breweries, Sockeye Brewing is named after the endangered sockeye salmon native to the Snake River. Operating as a restaurant and brewery in Boise, they craft award-winning beers including innovative styles like their Golden Stout.

3Beers
3Styles
6.2%Avg ABV
1996Founded

Beers by Sockeye Brewing

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.
clean
2 of 3 beers
hoppy
2 of 3 beers
malty
2 of 3 beers
citrusy
1 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 · 3 style families
IPA 1Stout 1Lager 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 340 other breweries making American IPA and Helles Lager.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Across 3 beers in 3 style families, none of Sockeye Brewing's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for American IPA and Helles LagerSockeye Brewing
in no beersin every beer
malty
in 2 of 3 · typical American IPA and Helles Lager brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
clean
in 2 of 3 · typical American IPA and Helles Lager brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
hoppy
in 2 of 3 · typical American IPA and Helles Lager brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
sweet
in 2 of 3 · typical American IPA and Helles Lager brewery: 1 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
crisp
in 1 of 3 · typical American IPA and Helles Lager brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 77%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#2551
best ranked beer
Dagger Falls IPA

Their beers place in the Top 77% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Sockeye Brewing

One of Idaho's oldest craft breweries, Sockeye Brewing is named after the endangered sockeye salmon native to the Snake River. Operating as a restaurant and brewery in Boise, they craft award-winning beers including innovative styles like their Golden Stout.

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