Beers similar to Lochan

Pale Ale·United Kingdom·3.4% ABV·One of 503 Pale Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Lochan's citrusy and piney character. Lochan brings citrus and pine over a subtle malt finish, a session pale ale at just 3.4% ABV. Cairngorm added it to the range in 2025, and that same year its cask version took Bronze in the Session Pale Ale class of the SIBA awards for Scotland. The bottle and can version repeated that Bronze in 2026.

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10 beers like Lochan

Lemondrop Hill

Wiper and True

United Kingdom · Pale Ale · 4%

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95%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps hop character and bitterness like Lochan; adds floral notes, a notch stronger.

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Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Lochanfloralsmooth-drinking

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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Black Isle Organic Pale Ale

Black Isle Brewery

United Kingdom · Pale Ale · 4.1%

TWIN

95%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Lochan's hop character and bitterness, plus orange notes, a notch stronger.

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Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Lochanorange

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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Whitstable Bay Pale Ale

Shepherd Neame

United Kingdom · Pale Ale · 4%

TWIN

94%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Lochan on hop character and malt character — adds fruit notes, noticeably less bitter.

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Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

Compared to Lochanfruityspicy

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

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

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Cloudwater Brew Co

United Kingdom · Pale Ale · 4%

93%

MATCH

As with Lochan, same hop character and bitterness, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Titanic Brewery

United Kingdom · Pale Ale · 4.6%

92%

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Same hop character and bitterness as Lochan, adds tropical notes, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Original Schlüssel Summer Ale

Brauerei Schlüssel

Germany · Pale Ale · 5%

92%

MATCH

Shares hop character and bitterness with Lochan; adds resin notes, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Yuck Circus Aussie Pale

Pilot Beer

United Kingdom · Pale Ale · 4.5%

92%

MATCH

Alongside Lochan on hop character and bitterness: adds tropical notes, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Lough Gill Brewery

Ireland · Pale Ale · 4.2%

91%

MATCH

A touch more tropical notes, a notch stronger, no malt character — hop character and bitterness as with Lochan.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Go Easy

Fierce Beer

United Kingdom · Pale Ale · 4.2%

91%

MATCH

Stronger — same hop character and bitterness as Lochan, adds resin notes, a notch stronger, but without the malt character.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Arbor Motueka GF

Arbor Ales

United Kingdom · Pale Ale · 4%

90%

MATCH

Stronger — same hop character and bitterness as Lochan, adds dryness, a notch stronger, but without the malt character.

Structure: a notch stronger

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