Beers similar to Sneck Lifter

Strong Dark Ale·United Kingdom·5.1% ABV·One of 1 Strong Dark Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Sneck Lifter's malty and chocolate character. Dried fruit, dark malt and sugar flavours lead, tempered by hints of hoppy spice and a warming heart. Sneck Lifter is a strong dark Lakeland ale of 5.1 %, polished mahogany with russet highlights, brewed from Maris Otter pale, amber and chocolate malts and Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger hops. In Cumbrian dialect a sneck lifter is someone's last sixpence, the coin that lifts the latch on the pub door.

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10 beers like Sneck Lifter

Old Tom

Robinsons Brewery

United Kingdom · English Strong Ale · 8.5%

ALTERNATIVE

72%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares dark fruit notes and richness with Sneck Lifter; adds nutty notes, fuller-bodied, but drops sweetness.

What carries overmaltydark fruitrichroastedchocolate

Structure: a touch fuller, more bitter

Compared to Sneck Lifternuttysmokycaramelsweetclean

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

Structure: a touch fuller, more bitter

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Old Ale

Harvey's Brewery

United Kingdom · Old Ale · 4.3%

WORTH A TRY

68%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same sweetness and dark fruit notes as Sneck Lifter, adds nutty notes, a notch softer, but without the richness.

What carries overroastedmaltydark fruitsweetchocolate

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Sneck Lifterfull-bodiednuttycaramelrichspicy-hop

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

Structure: a notch softer

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Mild XXX

Kirkstall Brewery

United Kingdom · Dark Mild · 6.5%

WORTH A TRY

67%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Sneck Lifter, same dark fruit notes and richness; adds fruit notes, a notch stronger, no booziness.

What carries overroastedmaltychocolatedark fruitsweet

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Sneck Liftercoffeefruityfull-bodiedspicy-hopboozy

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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Broadside Strong Original

Adnams Brewery

United Kingdom · Strong Ale · 6%

67%

MATCH

Like Sneck Lifter on sweetness and dark fruit notes — adds fruit notes, fuller-bodied, but without the spicy-hop notes.

Structure: a touch fuller, more bitter

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Yabai Yabai Strong Scotch Ale

Baird Brewing Company

Japan · Scottish Ale · 8%

66%

MATCH

Mirrors Sneck Lifter's richness and sweetness — plus fullness, fuller-bodied, minus spicy-hop notes.

Structure: a touch fuller, a notch stronger

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Advent Ale

Hogs Back Brewery

United Kingdom · Winter Ale · 4.4%

66%

MATCH

Keeps sweetness and richness like Sneck Lifter, adds fruit notes, a notch softer, drops booziness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Moonraker

JW Lees

United Kingdom · English Strong Ale · 6.5%

66%

MATCH

A touch more spiciness, fuller-bodied, no spicy-hop notes — sweetness and dark fruit notes as with Sneck Lifter.

Structure: a touch fuller, more bitter

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Leffe Brune

Abbaye de Leffe

Belgium · Belgian Dark Ale · 6.5%

65%

MATCH

Alongside Sneck Lifter on richness and sweetness: adds honey notes, crisper carbonation, drops booziness.

Structure: crisper, sweeter

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Traitors' Gate

York Brewery

United Kingdom · Old Ale · 7%

65%

MATCH

Fuller — same richness and dark fruit notes as Sneck Lifter, adds fruit notes, fuller-bodied, but without the sweetness.

Structure: a touch fuller, more bitter

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Anfrite

Namasté Brewery

Italy · Belgian Dark Ale · 7%

63%

MATCH

Crisper — same dark fruit notes and richness as Sneck Lifter, adds caramel notes, crisper carbonation, but without the sweetness.

Structure: crisper, a notch stronger

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