Beers similar to Kaapse Karel

Session IPA·Netherlands·4.5% ABV·One of 273 Session IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Kaapse Karel's citrusy and fruity character. Passion fruit and grapefruit lead the nose, with a faint trace of hay and citrus behind them, and the finish turns lightly bitter. A Rotterdam Session IPA at 4.5% ABV, dry-hopped with the American hops Citra and Mosaic and brewed gluten-free. Its stronger sibling, Karel On Steroids, began in 2015 as a hop mishap in this very recipe.

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10 beers like Kaapse Karel

Shangri-La

Arbor Ales

United Kingdom · Session IPA · 4.2%

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88%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Kaapse's hop character and bitterness, plus pine notes.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Kaapsepineyclean

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

Structure: very close

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Little Fawn

The White Hag Irish Brewing Company

Ireland · Session IPA · 4.2%

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84%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps tropical notes and hop character like Kaapse, adds berry notes, drops grass notes.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Kaapseberrymaltygrassy

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

Structure: very close

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Post Ride Snack

Maine Beer Company

United States · Session IPA · 4.9%

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84%

FLAVOUR MATCH

A touch more pine notes, no bitterness — hop character and tropical notes as with Kaapse.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Kaapsepineymaltybitterclean

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

Structure: very close

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Boilerhouse Craft Pale

JW Lees

United Kingdom · Session IPA · 4.2%

82%

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Alongside Kaapse on hop character and tropical notes: adds malt character, drops grass notes.

Structure: very close

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White Rocks

Lacada Brewery

United Kingdom · Pale Ale · 5%

81%

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Shares hop character and tropical notes with Kaapse; adds malt character.

Structure: very close

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St-Ambroise Session NEIPA

McAuslan Brewing

Canada · Session IPA · 4.8%

81%

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Same hop character and tropical notes as Kaapse, adds haziness, but without the grass notes.

Structure: very close

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Always Ready

Cape May Brewing Company

United States · Session IPA · 4.8%

80%

MATCH

As with Kaapse, same hop character and tropical notes; adds dryness, no grass notes.

Structure: very close

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Mini

Hammer Beer

Italy · Session IPA · 4.2%

80%

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Like Kaapse on hop character and bitterness — but without the grass notes.

Structure: very close

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Smoking Gull

Half Acre Beer Company

United States · Pale Ale · 5.2%

80%

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Stronger — same hop character and tropical notes as Kaapse, adds malt character, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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4 Pines New World Pale Ale

4 Pines Brewing Company

Australia · Pale Ale · 4.2%

79%

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Same tropical notes and grass notes as Kaapse, adds herbal notes, but without the bitterness.

Structure: very close

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