hopIQ found 10 beers that share Spruce Double IPA's hoppy and piney character. A dark-gold double IPA brewed with Chinook, Citra and Sultana hops plus hand-harvested Alaskan Sitka spruce tips. Big citrus and pine up front, closing with light malt sweetness and a berry-like spruce character.
Similar beers ranked by flavour match rather than popularity.Similar beers ranked by flavour, not popularity.
Like Alaskan on fruit notes and tropical notes — adds peach notes, noticeably more bitter, but without the herbal notes.
Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch more sweetness.
Structure: more bitter
A touch more resin notes, noticeably more bitter, no herbal notes — tropical notes and citrus notes as with Alaskan.
Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch more texture.
Structure: more bitter, a notch stronger
Keeps tropical notes and fullness like Alaskan, adds resin notes, noticeably more bitter, drops berry notes.
Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch less sweetness.
Structure: more bitter, drier
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