Beers similar to Liquid Swords

Free State Brewing Company

West Coast IPA·United States·6.8% ABV·One of 246 West Coast IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Liquid Swords's tropical and dry character. A West Coast IPA with a hop character of pineapple, papaya and passionfruit, finishing crisp and dry. It comes from Free State in Lawrence, Kansas, the brewery that opened in 1989 as the first legal brewery in the state in over 100 years, and it is the West Coast IPA of the house. Free State’s beers go from a 14-barrel brewhouse to Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri.

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10 beers like Liquid Swords

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Thornbridge Brewery

United Kingdom · West Coast IPA · 6.7%

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93%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same hop character and juiciness as Liquid Swords, adds drinkability.

What carries overtropicaldrycrisphoppycitrusy

Structure: very close

Compared to Liquid Swordssmooth-drinkinglight

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

Structure: very close

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Highland Park Brewery

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.8%

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90%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares hop character and juiciness with Liquid Swords; adds berry notes.

What carries overtropicaldrycrispbitterhoppy

Structure: very close

Compared to Liquid Swordsberrydankrefreshing

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

Structure: very close

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Gasoline Rainbows

Cerebral Brewing

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.8%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

88%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Liquid Swords on hop character and juiciness: adds resin notes.

What carries overhoppycitrusytropicaldrycrisp

Structure: very close

Compared to Liquid Swordsresinousdankfruity

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

Structure: very close

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Highland Park Brewery

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.5%

87%

MATCH

A touch more fruit notes, no juiciness — hop character and pine notes as with Liquid Swords.

Structure: very close

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Tree House Brewing Company

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.6%

86%

MATCH

Keeps hop character and juiciness like Liquid Swords; adds berry notes.

Structure: very close

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Grimm Artisanal Ales

United States · West Coast IPA · 7.3%

86%

MATCH

Mirrors Liquid Swords's juiciness and hop character — plus floral notes, minus pine notes.

Structure: very close

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Firestone Walker Brewing Company

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.5%

85%

MATCH

Like Liquid Swords on hop character and juiciness — adds fruit notes, noticeably less bitter.

Structure: less bitter

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Grapefruit Lollihop

Sibeeria Brewery

Czech Republic · West Coast IPA · 6.6%

85%

MATCH

As with Liquid Swords, same hop character and juiciness, plus orange notes.

Structure: very close

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Bissell Brothers Brewing Company

United States · West Coast IPA · 7.0%

84%

MATCH

Sweeter — same hop character and pine notes as Liquid Swords, adds fruit notes, sweeter, but without the juiciness.

Structure: sweeter

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Highland Park Brewery

United States · West Coast IPA · 7.3%

84%

MATCH

Same hop character and juiciness as Liquid Swords, adds resin notes.

Structure: very close

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