Beers similar to West Coast IPA

Anderson Valley Brewing Company

West Coast IPA·United States·7.6% ABV·One of 197 West Coast IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share West Coast IPA's hoppy and bitter character. A solid malt backbone and core bitterness are balanced by lighter fruity hop aromas, in a haze-free IPA. Sultana, Eureka and Lotus hops give it a fresh, modern hop profile over pale two-row, Pilsner and midnight wheat malts at 7.6% and 75 IBU. First brewed in 2022 as an updated take on the West Coast style, year-round.

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10 beers like West Coast IPA

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Brew Free! Or Die Blood Orange IPA

21st Amendment Brewery

United States · West Coast IPA · 7%

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83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps fruit notes and citrus notes like West Coast IPA, adds orange notes, noticeably less bitter, drops malt character.

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Structure: less bitter

Compared to West Coast IPAorangemaltyclean

Structure: Very close — a touch less bitterness, a touch more sweetness.

Structure: less bitter

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Craft Beer Is Dead

Superflux Beer Company

Canada · West Coast IPA · 6.5%

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83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors West Coast IPA's citrus notes and resin notes — sweeter, minus fruit notes.

What carries overhoppybittercitrusycleanresinous

Structure: sweeter, less bitter

Compared to West Coast IPAfruitymalty

Structure: Very close — a touch more sweetness, a touch less bitterness.

Structure: sweeter, less bitter

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Stone Brewing

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.9%

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82%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like West Coast IPA on fruit notes and malt character — adds tropical notes, a notch softer.

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Structure: a notch softer

Compared to West Coast IPAtropicalcrisp

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

Structure: a notch softer

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Beachwood Brewing

United States · West Coast IPA · 7.1%

82%

MATCH

As with West Coast IPA, same resin notes and citrus notes; adds tropical notes, noticeably less bitter, no fruit notes.

Structure: less bitter

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Superflux Beer Company

Canada · West Coast IPA · 6.5%

82%

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Same fruit notes and malt character as West Coast IPA, adds tropical notes, sweeter.

Structure: sweeter, less bitter

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Feral Brewing Company

Australia · West Coast IPA · 7.5%

82%

MATCH

Shares fruit notes and malt character with West Coast IPA; adds tropical notes, noticeably less bitter.

Structure: less bitter

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Camden Town Brewery

United Kingdom · West Coast IPA · 5.8%

81%

MATCH

Alongside West Coast IPA on fruit notes and resin notes: adds tropical notes, noticeably less bitter, drops malt character.

Structure: less bitter, sweeter

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Method Drop IPA

Melvin Brewing

United States · West Coast IPA · 6%

81%

MATCH

A touch more tropical notes, sweeter, no malt character — fruit notes and citrus notes as with West Coast IPA.

Structure: sweeter, less bitter

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pFriem Cosmic Guava West Coast IPA

pFriem Family Brewers

United States · West Coast IPA · 7.2%

81%

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Less bitter — same fruit notes and citrus notes as West Coast IPA, adds peach notes, noticeably less bitter, but without the malt character.

Structure: less bitter

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Duration Brewing

United Kingdom · West Coast IPA · 6.7%

80%

MATCH

Softer — same citrus notes and resin notes as West Coast IPA, adds a notch softer, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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