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Zipline Brewing Co.

🌍 United States · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Zipline Brewing Co. was founded in 2012 by Marcus Powers, Tom Wilmoth, and James Gallentine in Lincoln, Nebraska, with draft beer available in November 2012 and its first taproom opening in January 2013. The name was inspired by co-founder James Gallentine's extensive travels in Latin America, where zip-line tours embody the spirit of risk-taking that the founders associated with starting a brewery. Zipline grew to about 40 employees within a few years and opened a second Zipline Beer Hall in Lincoln in November 2016. The brewery's original taproom location was temporarily closed for two years before reopening in May 2025.

10Beers
5Styles
5.8%Avg ABV
2012Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
20%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Zipline Brewing Co.

10 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 10 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 10 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
clean
8 of 10 beers
refreshing
7 of 10 beers
crisp
7 of 10 beers
light
7 of 10 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad10 beers · 5 style families
IPA 4Amber 2Lager 2Pale Ale 1Porter 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.

Across 10 beers in 5 style families, none of Zipline Brewing Co.'s characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for similar stylesZipline Brewing Co.
in no beersin every beer
clean
in 8 of 10 · typical similar styles brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
crisp
in 7 of 10 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
refreshing
in 7 of 10 · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
light
in 7 of 10 · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
bitter
in 6 of 10 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 67%
average beer performance
1
beers in the Top 100
2 / 10
beers above the median
#80
best ranked beer
Copper Alt

Their beers place in the Top 67% of the catalogue on average, across 10 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Zipline Brewing Co.

Zipline Brewing Co. was founded in 2012 by Marcus Powers, Tom Wilmoth, and James Gallentine in Lincoln, Nebraska, with draft beer available in November 2012 and its first taproom opening in January 2013. The name was inspired by co-founder James Gallentine's extensive travels in Latin America, where zip-line tours embody the spirit of risk-taking that the founders associated with starting a brewery. Zipline grew to about 40 employees within a few years and opened a second Zipline Beer Hall in Lincoln in November 2016. The brewery's original taproom location was temporarily closed for two years before reopening in May 2025.

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