Beers similar to Happy New Beer

Hvide Sande Bryghus

IPA·Denmark·5.3% ABV·One of 679 IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Happy New Beer's fruity and hoppy character. A fruity IPA with lovely malt fullness, dry-hopped with Simcoe from God's own country. Happy New Beer is meant to kick off a good party, also at parties in the new year. It is brewed by Hvide Sande Bryghus in the former fish-packing warehouse on the harbour, which master brewer Niels Sangill, born and raised in the town, started in 2018.

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10 beers like Happy New Beer

1

Pivovar Hubertus

Czech Republic · IPA

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96%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps malt character and resin notes like Happy New Beer; adds floral notes.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Happy New Beerfloral

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

Structure: very close

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2

Axiom Brewery

Czech Republic · IPA · 6.0%

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94%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Happy New Beer's malt character and resin notes, plus caramel notes, a notch stronger.

What carries overfruitybitterhoppymaltyresinous

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Happy New Beercaramel

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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3

Black Sheep IPA

Black Sheep Brewery

United Kingdom · IPA · 4.6%

TWIN

93%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Happy New Beer on resin notes and malt character — adds dryness, a notch softer.

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Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Happy New Beerdrypiney

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

Structure: a notch softer

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4

Left Hand Brewing Company

United States · IPA · 6.6%

92%

MATCH

As with Happy New Beer, same resin notes and malt character, plus grass notes, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Loch Lomond Brewery

United Kingdom · IPA · 6.0%

91%

MATCH

Same resin notes and malt character as Happy New Beer, adds caramel notes, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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La Nébuleuse

Switzerland · IPA · 6.4%

91%

MATCH

Shares malt character and resin notes with Happy New Beer; adds pine notes, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Cloudwater Brew Co

United Kingdom · IPA · 7.0%

90%

MATCH

Alongside Happy New Beer on resin notes and tropical notes: adds juiciness, a notch stronger, drops malt character.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Boundary Brewing

United Kingdom · IPA · 6.5%

89%

MATCH

A touch more dankness, a notch stronger, no malt character — resin notes and tropical notes as with Happy New Beer.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Bergmann Brauerei

Germany · IPA · 7.1%

89%

MATCH

Less bitter — same malt character and resin notes as Happy New Beer, adds noticeably less bitter.

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

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Fort George Brewery

United States · IPA · 6.7%

89%

MATCH

Stronger — same resin notes and tropical notes as Happy New Beer, adds dankness, a notch stronger, but without the malt character.

Structure: a notch stronger

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