hopIQ found 10 beers that share Festival Express Juicy IPA's tropical and juicy character. Five hop varieties — Azacca, Citra, Mosaic, Galaxy and Idaho 7 — bring tropical and stone fruit. Alongside them, red malted wheat grown in North Carolina, where Foothills sits. At 5.7 percent and 28 IBU, a juicy IPA that stays lean despite the fruit.
Similar beers ranked by flavour match rather than popularity.Similar beers ranked by flavour, not popularity.
Alongside Foothills on fruit notes and hop character: adds orange notes, noticeably more bitter, drops wheat character.
Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch more body.
Structure: more bitter
As with Foothills, same fruit notes and hop character; adds noticeably more bitter, no wheat character.
Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch less sweetness.
Structure: more bitter, drier
Same fruit notes and citrus notes as Foothills, adds peach notes, noticeably more bitter, but without the bitterness.
Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch less body.
Structure: more bitter, a notch softer
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