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Welcome Stranger Brewing Co.

🌍 Switzerland · Regional · Known for American Pale Ale · Italian Pilsner
Known for American Pale Ale · Italian Pilsner

Founded in 2020 by David Santiago in Winterthur — a modern low-ABV brewing project born from a mission to create exciting beers without compromising flavour, balance, or depth. Consistently ranked among Switzerland's highest-rated craft breweries on Untappd. Known for innovative use of surplus bread (30% of grain bill in some beers), single-hop pils, English-inspired milds, fruited sours, and Pink Boots hop blend Pale Ale.

3Beers
3Styles
4.4%Avg ABV
2020Founded

Beers by Welcome Stranger Brewing Co.

3 beers
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Bright Eyes XPA
American Pale Ale · 4.5%
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Global Pils
Italian Pilsner · 4.8%
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Nagami Kumquat Sour
American Wild Ale · 4%
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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.
citrusyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
hoppy
2 of 3 beers
fruity
2 of 3 beers
crispevery beer
3 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
Pale Ale 1Lager 1Sour 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 557 other breweries making American Pale Ale.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for American Pale AleWelcome Stranger Brewing Co.
in no beersin every beer
citrusy
in all 3 of their beers · typical American Pale Ale brewery: 3 in 5
Notably more citrusy than typical.

Across 3 beers in 3 style families, one trait still carries through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 73%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#2663
best ranked beer
Bright Eyes XPA

Their beers place in the Top 73% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Welcome Stranger Brewing Co.

Founded in 2020 by David Santiago in Winterthur — a modern low-ABV brewing project born from a mission to create exciting beers without compromising flavour, balance, or depth. Consistently ranked among Switzerland's highest-rated craft breweries on Untappd. Known for innovative use of surplus bread (30% of grain bill in some beers), single-hop pils, English-inspired milds, fruited sours, and Pink Boots hop blend Pale Ale.

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