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Double IPA·Netherlands·8.2% ABV·One of 301 Double IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Handlanger's tropical and hoppy character. Citrus in the aroma and on the palate, a tropical fruit centre and a bittersweet aftertaste. Simcoe, Cascade, El Dorado and Mosaic carry the hops over pale ale malt. A double IPA of 8.2%, named Handlanger after the accomplice on a night out in town, from Kompaan, whose Binckhorst brewery in The Hague opened in 2016.

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Big Weekend

Coronado Brewing Company

United States · Double IPA · 8.8%

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90%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Handlanger on fruit notes and bitterness: adds floral notes, noticeably less bitter.

What carries overcitrusytropicalhoppybitterfruity

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

Compared to Handlangerfloralfull-bodiedjuicy

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

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

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Super Hornet

Black Hops Brewing

Australia · Double IPA · 8%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

90%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Handlanger, same citrus notes and bitterness; adds resin notes, sweeter, no malt character.

What carries overcitrusybittertropicalhoppyfruity

Structure: sweeter

Compared to Handlangerresinouspineycaramelmalty

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

Structure: sweeter

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Calm Tom's

Quidi Vidi Brewing Company

Canada · Double IPA · 7.5%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

90%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same citrus notes and fruit notes as Handlanger, adds resin notes, noticeably less bitter, but without the malt character.

What carries overtropicalcitrusybitterfruityhoppy

Structure: less bitter, a notch softer

Compared to Handlangerresinoussweetdrymalty

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

Structure: less bitter, a notch softer

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Further Thru the Haze

Bear Republic Brewing Company

United States · Double IPA · 8%

89%

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Mirrors Handlanger's citrus notes and bitterness — plus juiciness, minus malt character.

Structure: very close

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3 Fjords

Overtone Brewing Co.

United Kingdom · Double IPA · 8%

89%

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Like Handlanger on fruit notes and citrus notes — adds juiciness, but without the malt character.

Structure: very close

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Cream of Wheat

Bellwoods Brewery

Canada · Double IPA · 8%

89%

MATCH

A touch more fullness, sweeter, no citrus notes — fruit notes and bitterness as with Handlanger.

Structure: sweeter

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Aoraki

Vocation Brewery

United Kingdom · Double IPA · 8%

88%

MATCH

Keeps fruit notes and bitterness like Handlanger, adds peach notes, drops malt character.

Structure: very close

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Shiner TexHex Twin Dream

Shiner

United States · Double IPA · 9.5%

88%

MATCH

Shares citrus notes and bitterness with Handlanger; adds resin notes, a notch stronger, but drops fruit notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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DDH Memory Games

Track Brewing Co.

United Kingdom · Double IPA · 8.2%

88%

MATCH

Same fruit notes and citrus notes as Handlanger, adds juiciness, but without the malt character.

Structure: very close

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Balter IIPA

Balter Brewing Company

Australia · Double IPA · 8%

88%

MATCH

Sweeter — same citrus notes and booziness as Handlanger, adds dryness, sweeter, but without the malt character.

Structure: sweeter

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