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SweetWater Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for American IPA
Known for American IPA

Atlanta's flagship craft brewery, founded by Freddy Bensch and Kevin McNerney in 1997. SweetWater built the Southeast craft beer market almost single-handedly — 420 Extra Pale Ale became a regional icon. Acquired by Tilray in 2021 but remains Atlanta's most distributed craft brand.

3Beers
2Styles
6%Avg ABV
1997Founded

Beers by SweetWater 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.
hoppyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
citrusyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
bitterevery beer
3 of 3 beers
piney
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
IPA 2Pale Ale 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 318 other breweries making 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 IPASweetWater Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
malty
in none of their beers · typical American IPA brewery: 3 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
light
in all 3 of their beers · typical American IPA brewery: 3 in 5
Notably more light than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 54%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 3
beers above the median
#1282
best ranked beer
SweetWater 420 Extra Pale Ale

Their beers place in the Top 54% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About SweetWater Brewing Company

Atlanta's flagship craft brewery, founded by Freddy Bensch and Kevin McNerney in 1997. SweetWater built the Southeast craft beer market almost single-handedly — 420 Extra Pale Ale became a regional icon. Acquired by Tilray in 2021 but remains Atlanta's most distributed craft brand.

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