Beers similar to Double Star

Ordinary Bitter·United Kingdom·3.4% ABV·One of 68 Ordinary Bitters in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Double Star's caramel and bitter character. Gentle biscuit malt sweetness first, then toffee and caramel, kept in line by a clean, snappy bitterness from English hops only. Double Star is a cask bitter at 3.4%, mahogany in colour, made with English pale, dark Munich and Crystal 240 malt and hopped with Magnum, Progress and Goldings. It revives a historic beer: Charles Wells brewed his first beer in Bedford in 1876.

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10 beers like Double Star

Original

Thwaites

United Kingdom · Ordinary Bitter · 3.4%

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88%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares malt character and noble hop character with Double Star; adds dryness, but drops bread notes.

What carries overcaramelbittermaltycrispnoble-hop

Structure: very close

Compared to Double Stardrycleanbready

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

Structure: very close

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1882 Bitter

Brains Brewery

United Kingdom · Ordinary Bitter · 3.4%

ALTERNATIVE

78%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same malt character and noble hop character as Double Star, adds richness, but without the bread notes.

What carries overcaramelbitternoble-hopmaltysmooth-drinking

Structure: very close

Compared to Double Starrichfloralsweetcleancrisp

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

Structure: very close

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Dragon's Fire

JW Lees

United Kingdom · Ordinary Bitter · 4%

ALTERNATIVE

76%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Double Star, same bread notes and malt character; adds floral notes, a notch stronger, no bitterness.

What carries overcaramelcleanmaltybreadynoble-hop

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Double Starfloraldrycitrusybittercrisp

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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Greene King IPA

Greene King Brewery

United Kingdom · Ordinary Bitter · 3.4%

76%

MATCH

Like Double Star on malt character and cleanness — adds dryness, drier, but without the bread notes.

Structure: drier

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Premier Bitter

Moorhouse's Brewery

United Kingdom · Ordinary Bitter · 3.7%

74%

MATCH

Mirrors Double Star's bread notes and malt character — plus hop character, minus noble hop character.

Structure: very close

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Old Jorge

Birrificio Eastside Brewing

Italy · Ordinary Bitter · 4.6%

74%

MATCH

Keeps bread notes and malt character like Double Star, adds honey notes, a notch stronger, drops noble hop character.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Wandle

Sambrook's Brewery

United Kingdom · Best Bitter · 3.8%

73%

MATCH

A touch more nutty notes, no bread notes — malt character and noble hop character as with Double Star.

Structure: very close

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JW Lees Bitter

JW Lees

United Kingdom · Ordinary Bitter · 4%

73%

MATCH

Alongside Double Star on malt character and noble hop character: adds floral notes, a notch stronger, drops bread notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Smooth

Brains Brewery

United Kingdom · Ordinary Bitter · 3.7%

73%

MATCH

Same malt character and bread notes as Double Star, adds creaminess, but without the noble hop character.

Structure: very close

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Black Country Bitter

Holden's Brewery

United Kingdom · Ordinary Bitter · 3.9%

72%

MATCH

Same malt character and drinkability as Double Star, adds hop character, but without the bread notes.

Structure: very close

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