Beers similar to Two Track ESB

Extra Special Bitter·United States·5.2% ABV·One of 25 Extra Special Bitters in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Two Track ESB's malty and fruity character. A traditional English ESB with a biscuity malt backbone, a strawberry-like fruitiness in the nose and herbal hops. The bitterness stays slight, in the way of the style. 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 a bitter in the English tradition.

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10 beers like Two Track ESB

Public Ale

Community Beer Company

United States · Extra Special Bitter · 5.5%

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82%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares hop character and bread notes with Two Track ESB; adds sweetness, fuller-bodied, but drops herbal notes.

What carries overbreadymaltyfruityhoppybitter

Structure: a touch fuller

Compared to Two Track ESBsweetsmooth-drinkingherbal

Structure: Very close — a touch more body, a touch less texture.

Structure: a touch fuller

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Northern Pub Ale

Yukon Brewing

Canada · Extra Special Bitter · 5.0%

ALTERNATIVE

79%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same herbal notes and bread notes as Two Track ESB, adds earthy notes, but without the fruit notes.

What carries overcaramelbittermaltyherbalbready

Structure: very close

Compared to Two Track ESBearthytoastydryfruitysmooth

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

Structure: very close

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Vache Folle ESB

MicroBrasserie Charlevoix

Canada · Extra Special Bitter · 5.5%

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76%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Two Track ESB, same herbal notes and hop character; adds floral notes, noticeably more bitter, no fruit notes.

What carries overcaramelbittermaltyherbalhoppy

Structure: more bitter

Compared to Two Track ESBfloraldryfruitybready

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

Structure: more bitter

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Redhook ESB

Redhook Brewery

United States · Extra Special Bitter · 5.8%

75%

MATCH

Like Two Track ESB on bread notes and hop character — adds sweetness, but without the herbal notes.

Structure: very close

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Naughty Hildegard

Driftwood Brewery

Canada · Extra Special Bitter · 6.5%

74%

MATCH

Mirrors Two Track ESB's hop character and caramel notes — plus citrus notes, a notch stronger, minus herbal notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Holgate ESB

Holgate Brewhouse

Australia · Extra Special Bitter · 5.0%

73%

MATCH

Keeps bread notes and bitterness like Two Track ESB, adds earthy notes, drops fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Berliner Berg Pale Ale

Berliner Berg Brauerei

Germany · Pale Ale · 5.5%

73%

MATCH

A touch more resin notes, drier, no malt character — herbal notes and hop character as with Two Track ESB.

Structure: drier

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Old Man

Tree House Brewing Company

United States · Extra Special Bitter · 5.4%

72%

MATCH

Alongside Two Track ESB on bitterness and hop character: adds earthy notes, fuller-bodied, drops herbal notes.

Structure: a touch fuller

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EI.PI.EI.

Opperbacco

Italy · American Pale Ale · 6.1%

72%

MATCH

Stronger — same herbal notes and hop character as Two Track ESB, adds dryness, a notch stronger, but without the bitterness.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Newstead

Range Brewing

Australia · Extra Special Bitter · 5.0%

72%

MATCH

Same bitterness and hop character as Two Track ESB, adds toasty notes, but without the herbal notes.

Structure: very close

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