Beers similar to Aarhus India Pale Ale

West Coast IPA·Denmark·6% ABV·One of 274 West Coast IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Aarhus India Pale Ale's citrusy and fruity character. Aarhus India Pale Ale is golden and smells intense, with citrus, tropical fruit and flowers. It tastes fresh and full-bodied, with fruity hop notes and a pleasant, lasting bitterness. Five hops go into it, Fuggles, East Kent Goldings, Cascade, Perle and Mosaic, and dry hopping adds extra aroma. A modern IPA that takes its inspiration from the American West Coast.

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10 beers like Aarhus India Pale Ale

1

Highland Park Brewery

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.5%

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89%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Aarhus's tropical notes and hop character — plus lightness, minus fullness.

What carries overdryfruitytropicalcitrusyhoppy

Structure: very close

Compared to Aarhuslightfull-bodied

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Basqueland Brewing

Spain · West Coast IPA · 5.5%

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83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps floral notes and hop character like Aarhus, adds grass notes, drops fullness.

What carries overfruitycitrusyhoppypineybitter

Structure: very close

Compared to Aarhusgrassyfull-bodiedtropical

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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3

Everards Brewery

United Kingdom · West Coast IPA · 4.8%

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83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

A touch more wheat character, a notch softer, no fullness — floral notes and hop character as with Aarhus.

What carries overfruitycitrusyfloralhoppybitter

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Aarhuswheatfull-bodiedtropical

Structure: Very close — a touch less body, a touch less sweetness.

Structure: a notch softer

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O'Hara's West Coast IPA

Carlow Brewing Company

Ireland · West Coast IPA · 6.2%

82%

MATCH

Alongside Aarhus on tropical notes and floral notes: adds spiciness, noticeably less bitter, drops fullness.

Structure: less bitter

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Wayfinder Beer

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.8%

82%

MATCH

Shares tropical notes and floral notes with Aarhus; adds resin notes, a notch stronger, but drops fullness.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Great Notion Easy Lift

Great Notion Brewing

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.3%

81%

MATCH

Same hop character and bitterness as Aarhus, adds orange notes, sweeter, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: sweeter

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Alder Beer Co.

Italy · West Coast IPA · 6.5%

80%

MATCH

As with Aarhus, same floral notes and hop character; adds herbal notes, no fullness.

Structure: very close

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Method Drop IPA

Melvin Brewing

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.0%

80%

MATCH

Like Aarhus on tropical notes and hop character — adds dankness, sweeter, but without the fullness.

Structure: sweeter

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Saltus Brewing Koop.

Spain · West Coast IPA · 6.8%

80%

MATCH

Stronger — same floral notes and hop character as Aarhus, adds herbal notes, a notch stronger, but without the fullness.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Whiplash Beer

Ireland · West Coast IPA · 5.0%

80%

MATCH

Softer — same hop character and bitterness as Aarhus, adds orange notes, a notch softer, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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