Bronze in Session India Pale Ale
Trump Hands
Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO
- Category
- Session India Pale Ale
- Entries
- 67
- ABV
- 4.6%
- IBU
- Not Found
- Style
- Session IPA
- Malts
- Not Found
- Yeast
- Not Found
- Adjuncts
- Not Found
Hops
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Hop Profile
No hop profile is on record for this beer.
Research Notes
Trump Hands is a session IPA from Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. in Golden, Colorado, described by its brewer as the smallest beer by ABV the brewery had made.
Award
| Category | Medal | Entries | Brewery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18, Session India Pale Ale | Bronze (3rd place) | 67 | Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. | Golden, CO |
Specs
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Style | IPA, Session | Untappd (hand-read citation): Trump Hands |
| ABV | 4.6% | Untappd (hand-read citation): Trump Hands |
| IBU | Not Found | Not Found |
| Hops | Not Found | Not Found |
| Malts and grains | Not Found | Not Found |
| Yeast | Not Found | Not Found |
| Adjuncts, fruit, spices | Not Found | Not Found |
| Other | Not Found | Not Found |
Brewery Description
No brewery description of this beer was found; the brewery site lists Trump Hands only in its awards section, and its beers page is an image of the menu.
Tasting Notes
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Ingredients
Nothing about ingredients is published. In a 5280 interview, brewer Brian Hutchinson said the recipe was inspired by session IPAs he drank while brewing a collaboration with Pizza Port in San Diego, and that it is "one of the few beers that we didn't change much after the first go around" (5280).
Hop Profile
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Brewing Details
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Color (SRM) | Not Found | Not Found |
| Original gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Final gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Water | Not Found | Not Found |
| Process | Not Found | Not Found |
Style Context
As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for Session India Pale Ale describes lower alcohol versions of any IPA style at 0.5 to 5.0 percent ABV and 20 to 55 IBU, with assertive hop character balanced for drinkability. The published 4.6% ABV fits; no IBU is published.
Awards History
| Year | Competition | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Great American Beer Festival | Session India Pale Ale | Bronze |
| 2026 | Great American Beer Festival | Session India Pale Ale | Bronze |
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Brewery Context
Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. is in Golden, CO.
Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram, Untappd.
Related
- Brewery: Cannonball Creek Brewing Co.
Links
- PorchDrinking: 2017 hoppy beer guide
- Cannonball Creek Brewing Co.
- Cannonball Creek: beers
- Untappd (hand-read citation): Trump Hands
- 5280: Cannonball Creek interview
- Brewers Association: beer style guidelines
Gaps
- Not Found: Description, Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked 5280.com, porchdrinking.com, untappd.com, cannonballcreekbrewing.com, cannonballcreekbrewing.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, web search 2026-10-14: Cannonball Creek Trump Hands session IPA hops.
- Not Found: IBU. Checked 5280.com, porchdrinking.com, untappd.com, cannonballcreekbrewing.com, cannonballcreekbrewing.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, web search 2026-10-14: Cannonball Creek Trump Hands session IPA hops, catalog.beer.
Research Notes
- The brewery site's awards section lists earlier wins for this beer: 2016 GABF gold in Session IPA (also reported by 5280, out of 118 entries), 2023 World Beer Cup silver, 2025 GABF bronze, 2025 Colorado Brewers Cup silver, and 2026 Colorado Brewers Cup gold. The site does not yet list the 2026 GABF medal.
- The beers page (menu last updated 10/8/26) shows the menu only as an image, so no specs could be read from it.
- Denverite and Westword articles about the beer returned HTTP 403 and were not read.
- The style label is taken from the brewery's own award listings; Untappd gives "IPA, Session".
- Researched 2026-10-13.
- Field pass 2026-10-13: The opened festival guide describes German and American hops without naming varieties or IBU. A targeted brewery domain search found only awards listings, so no new brewery beer or tap list page was verified.
- Catalog.beer 2026-10-14: Catalog.beer: Trump Hands lists 4.6% ABV, style "Session IPA" (entry last modified 2026-08-03). Where it differs from the brewery's own published value, the brewery's value stands.
- Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery site lists only the beer's awards, and a web search found no hop bill; Craft Beer and Brewing's paywalled Cannonball Creek course was not read.