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Surly Brewing Co.

United States · Regional · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Minneapolis craft pioneer founded by Omar Ansari in 2005. Surly put Minnesota on the national craft beer map with aggressive, unapologetic beers. Furious IPA became a cult classic. The Brooklyn Park brewery and Minneapolis destination taproom are cornerstones of the Twin Cities beer scene.

4Beers
4Styles
7%Avg ABV
2005Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
0%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Surly Brewing Co.

4 beers
Surly Bender
Surly Bender
Oatmeal Brown Ale · 5.1%
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Surly Cynic Ale
Surly Cynic Ale
Belgian Saison · 6.6%
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Surly Darkness
Surly Darkness
Russian Imperial Stout · 10.2%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Surly Brewing Co. brew a broad range across 4 style families.

Emerging signature · 4 beers
Dark 1Farmhouse 1Stout 1IPA 1

Across these 4 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

roasted
2 of 4 beers
chocolate
2 of 4 beers
dry
2 of 4 beers
citrusy
2 of 4 beers

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

Compared with 355 other breweries brewing American IPA:

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

They stay close to the peer baseline on their recurring notes.

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 76%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 4
beers above the median
#4464
best ranked beer
Surly Cynic Ale

Their beers place in the Top 76% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Surly Brewing Co.

Minneapolis craft pioneer founded by Omar Ansari in 2005. Surly put Minnesota on the national craft beer map with aggressive, unapologetic beers. Furious IPA became a cult classic. The Brooklyn Park brewery and Minneapolis destination taproom are cornerstones of the Twin Cities beer scene.

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Location
Minneapolis · Minnesota · United States
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