Beers similar to Hook Island Red

Amber Ale·United Kingdom·6% ABV·One of 87 Amber Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Hook Island Red's hoppy and malty character. Full-bodied and complex, with peppery notes, a hint of spice and a big, bold malty backbone. Chinook, Columbus and Simcoe add resinous pine and a hint of passionfruit. A hoppy Red Rye Ale and one of the three beers the brewery started with in 2013, now brewed as a seasonal. The malt bill includes pale rye, crystal rye and Munich malts.

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10 beers like Hook Island Red

Wainfleet

Titanic Brewery

United Kingdom · Amber Ale · 4.5%

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84%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Hook Island Red on resin notes and pine notes: adds fruit notes, a notch softer, drops fullness.

What carries overhoppyspicymaltyresinouspiney

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Hook Island Redfruitychocolatesmooth-drinkingfull-bodied

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

Structure: a notch softer

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Maddyroe

Kinnegar Brewing

Ireland · Amber Ale · 5.8%

ALTERNATIVE

78%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Hook Island Red, same resin notes and pine notes; adds bitterness, no spiciness.

What carries overpineyhoppymaltyresinouscaramel

Structure: very close

Compared to Hook Island Redbitterrichrefreshingfull-bodiedspicy

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

Structure: very close

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Duckstein Winter Bier

Duckstein

Germany · Amber Ale · 6.2%

ALTERNATIVE

72%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same fullness and spiciness as Hook Island Red, adds orange notes, but without the resin notes.

What carries overfull-bodiedhoppyspicymaltysmooth

Structure: very close

Compared to Hook Island Redorangebitterdark fruitresinouspiney

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

Structure: very close

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Little Green

Burnt Mill Brewery

United Kingdom · American Pale Ale · 4.2%

72%

MATCH

Mirrors Hook Island Red's resin notes and fullness — plus dankness, lighter-bodied, minus spiciness.

Structure: a touch lighter, drier

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Easter Ale

Harvey's Brewery

United Kingdom · Amber Ale · 5.6%

71%

MATCH

Like Hook Island Red on fullness and spiciness — adds sweetness, but without the resin notes.

Structure: very close

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Off Season

Wild Horse Brewing Co

United Kingdom · Red Ale · 5.3%

70%

MATCH

A touch more citrus notes, a notch softer, no fullness — resin notes and spiciness as with Hook Island Red.

Structure: a notch softer

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Twin Falls Pale Ale

Smithers Brewing Company

Canada · American Pale Ale · 5.5%

70%

MATCH

Keeps resin notes and spiciness like Hook Island Red, adds citrus notes, lighter-bodied, drops fullness.

Structure: a touch lighter, more bitter

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Fatlamp

Wild Horse Brewing Co

United Kingdom · Hazy Pale Ale · 5.4%

70%

MATCH

Shares fullness and resin notes with Hook Island Red; adds haziness, drier, but drops spiciness.

Structure: drier, a touch lighter

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Citra and Rye

Wiper and True

United Kingdom · Amber Ale · 4.8%

69%

MATCH

Softer — same spiciness and fullness as Hook Island Red, adds honey notes, a notch softer, but without the resin notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Cornamusa

Cervezas Althaia

Spain · Amber Ale · 5.7%

69%

MATCH

Same fullness and tropical notes as Hook Island Red, adds fruit notes, but without the spiciness.

Structure: very close

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