Beers similar to Nam Kao Lager

Free State Brewing Company

Spiced Lager·United States·4.2% ABV·One of 6 Spiced Lagers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Nam Kao Lager's dry and herbal character. Inspired by the Laotian crispy rice salad, this SuperDry rice lager is brewed with mint, basil, ginger, red curry paste, key lime and Thai bird’s eye chilis. Notes of citrus, ginger, tomato vine and lemongrass meet a mild chili warmth. 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.

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10 beers like Nam Kao Lager

1

Harvest From Paradise

Kuehn Kunz Rosen

Germany · Grisette · 4.3%

ALTERNATIVE

72%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Nam Kao Lager's tropical notes and citrus notes — plus fruit notes, minus spiciness.

What carries overdryherbalcitrusytropicalcrisp

Structure: very close

Compared to Nam Kao Lagerfruitysourspicysmooth-drinking

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

Structure: very close

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Wayfinder Beer

United States · Dry-Hopped Lager · 4.7%

ALTERNATIVE

71%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps spiciness and citrus notes like Nam Kao Lager, adds bitterness, noticeably more bitter, drops tropical notes.

What carries overspicydryherbalcitrusycrisp

Structure: more bitter

Compared to Nam Kao Lagerbitterhoneybreadytropicalsmooth-drinking

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

Structure: more bitter

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3

James Ready 5.5

Moosehead

Canada · Pale Lager · 5.5%

WORTH A TRY

69%

FLAVOUR MATCH

A touch more bread notes, a notch stronger, no tropical notes — spiciness and malt character as with Nam Kao Lager.

What carries overspicydrycleanmaltyherbal

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Nam Kao Lagerlightbreadycitrusytropical

Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch more body.

Structure: a notch stronger

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4

Ossett Brewery

United Kingdom · Helles Lager · 4.0%

68%

MATCH

Alongside Nam Kao Lager on spiciness and malt character: adds floral notes, noticeably more bitter, drops tropical notes.

Structure: more bitter

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Sleeman Clear 2.0

Sleeman

Canada · Light Lager · 4.0%

67%

MATCH

Shares citrus notes and malt character with Nam Kao Lager; adds sweetness, but drops spiciness.

Structure: very close

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Allagash Brewing Company

United States · Pale Lager · 5.4%

67%

MATCH

Same tropical notes and citrus notes as Nam Kao Lager, adds grass notes, noticeably more bitter, but without the spiciness.

Structure: more bitter, a notch stronger

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Kernel Lagerbier

The Kernel Brewery

United Kingdom · Pale Lager · 5.2%

67%

MATCH

As with Nam Kao Lager, same spiciness and citrus notes; adds floral notes, noticeably more bitter, no tropical notes.

Structure: more bitter, a notch stronger

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Mohrenbräu Pfeffersack

Mohrenbrauerei August Huber

Austria · Spiced Lager · 5.4%

67%

MATCH

Like Nam Kao Lager on spiciness and malt character — adds grass notes, noticeably more bitter, but without the dryness.

Structure: more bitter, a notch stronger

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Gage Roads Brew Co

Australia · Mid-Strength Lager · 3.8%

67%

MATCH

Same malt character and drinkability as Nam Kao Lager, adds noble hop character, but without the spiciness.

Structure: very close

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Pizza Port Brewing Company

United States · Mexican Lager · 5.0%

66%

MATCH

Stronger — same citrus notes and spiciness as Nam Kao Lager, adds floral notes, a notch stronger, but without the tropical notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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