Beers similar to Kokanee

American Lager·Canada·5% ABV·One of 94 American Lagers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Kokanee's grassy and dry character. Kokanee has been brewed at the Columbia Brewery in Creston, British Columbia, since 1959 and remains a staple across western Canada. Three malts and a blend of Pacific Northwest hops give a pale straw beer with a grainy, faintly honeyed malt aroma and a light grassy, herbal hop note. The body is slight, the carbonation brisk, and the finish dry and clean with restrained bitterness.

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10 beers like Kokanee

Last Cast Lager

Smithers Brewing Company

Canada · Helles Lager · 5.1%

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86%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares malt character and herbal notes with Kokanee; adds bread notes.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Kokaneebready

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

Structure: very close

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Trouble In The Fields

Dominion City Brewing Co.

Canada · American Adjunct Lager · 4.5%

ALTERNATIVE

77%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same herbal notes and honey notes as Kokanee, adds floral notes, but without the dryness.

What carries overcleangrassylighthoneyherbal

Structure: very close

Compared to Kokaneefloralbreadysweetdrymalty

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

Structure: very close

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Binch

Brasserie Dunham

Canada · American Lager · 4.8%

ALTERNATIVE

77%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Kokanee, same bitterness and malt character; adds bread notes, no herbal notes.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Kokaneebreadyherbalhoney

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

Structure: very close

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MicroBrasserie Charlevoix

Canada · Session Pilsner · 2.5%

74%

MATCH

Like Kokanee on herbal notes and honey notes — adds floral notes, noticeably more bitter.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Farbenkugel

Brasserie Dunham

Canada · Helles Lager · 5.3%

71%

MATCH

Mirrors Kokanee's herbal notes and honey notes — plus noble hop character, minus malt character.

Structure: very close

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Working Lunch

Dominion City Brewing Co.

Canada · Alcohol-Free Lager · 0.5%

71%

MATCH

Keeps malt character and herbal notes like Kokanee; adds bread notes, lighter-bodied.

Structure: a touch lighter, more bitter

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Peavey Hook

Sawdust City Brewing Company

Canada · Helles Lager · 4.3%

70%

MATCH

A touch more sweetness, a notch softer, no dryness — malt character and herbal notes as with Kokanee.

Structure: a notch softer

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Zillertal Pils

Zillertal Bier

Austria · German Pilsner · 4.9%

70%

MATCH

Alongside Kokanee on honey notes and bitterness: adds citrus notes, noticeably more bitter, drops herbal notes.

Structure: more bitter

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Berliner Landbier Helles

Fürst Wiacek

Germany · Helles Lager · 5%

70%

MATCH

Same herbal notes and malt character as Kokanee, adds noble hop character, but without the honey notes.

Structure: very close

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Namibia Breweries

Namibia · Helles Lager · 4%

69%

MATCH

Softer — same malt character and herbal notes as Kokanee, adds floral notes, a notch softer, but without the honey notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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