Beers similar to Drood

Green Bench Brewing Co.

Imperial Stout·United States·14.7% ABV·One of 329 Imperial Stouts in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Drood's chocolate and coffee character. Brown sugar, chocolate-covered raspberry, oaky vanillin and chocolate-covered espresso bean layer over a full, silky mouthfeel. A Belgian-style imperial stout of nearly 45 Plato, fermented with the brewery's house blend of wild yeasts, it spent 12 months in Jamaican rum barrels and another 24 months in used bourbon barrels. 14.7% ABV.

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10 beers like Drood

1

Wicklow Wolf

Ireland · Imperial Stout · 14.3%

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84%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps oak notes and vanilla notes like Drood, adds dark fruit notes, drops berry notes.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Drooddark fruitberrysweet

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

Structure: very close

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2

Supermassive Coconut Deth

Revolution Brewing

United States · Imperial Stout · 14.5%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

84%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Drood's oak notes and fullness — plus dark fruit notes, minus berry notes.

What carries overchocolatecoffeefull-bodiedsweetoak

Structure: very close

Compared to Drooddark fruitberry

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

Structure: very close

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3

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Wake Up Dead

Left Hand Brewing Company

United States · Imperial Stout · 13.7%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Drood on oak notes and vanilla notes — adds dark fruit notes, a notch softer, but without the berry notes.

What carries overchocolateoakvanillacoffeefull-bodied

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Drooddark fruitberrysweet

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

Structure: a notch softer

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4

Lough Gill Brewery

Ireland · Imperial Stout · 13%

83%

MATCH

As with Drood, same oak notes and vanilla notes; adds dark fruit notes, a notch softer, no berry notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Into The 'Wood Whiskey Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

Stomping Ground Brewing Co.

Australia · Imperial Stout · 10%

82%

MATCH

Same fullness and oak notes as Drood, adds dark fruit notes, sweeter, but without the berry notes.

Structure: sweeter, a notch softer

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Dread & Breakfast

Revolution Brewing

United States · Imperial Stout · 15.7%

82%

MATCH

Shares oak notes and vanilla notes with Drood; adds smokiness, a notch stronger, but drops berry notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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The Bruery

United States · Imperial Stout · 15.1%

82%

MATCH

Alongside Drood on vanilla notes and booziness: adds dark fruit notes, drops fullness.

Structure: very close

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Avery Brewing Company

United States · Imperial Stout · 14.4%

82%

MATCH

A touch more bitterness, no berry notes — vanilla notes and fullness as with Drood.

Structure: very close

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Revolution Brewing

United States · Imperial Stout · 14.3%

81%

MATCH

Same oak notes and vanilla notes as Drood, adds toasty notes, but without the coffee notes.

Structure: very close

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Toppling Goliath Brewing Company

United States · Imperial Stout · 11.6%

81%

MATCH

Softer — same vanilla notes and booziness as Drood, adds dark fruit notes, a notch softer, but without the berry notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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