Beers similar to Flying Axe

Irish Red·United States·6% ABV·One of 25 Irish Reds in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Flying Axe's malty and caramel character. Flying Axe is a malt-forward Irish red ale from Laughing Sun in Bismarck. Small additions of caramel and roasted barley malts give it a dark amber hue next to its English base malt flavors, while light hop additions keep the focus on the malt. It is fermented at cooler temperatures with a British ale yeast, so the esters stay very mild.

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10 beers like Flying Axe

Great Craic

Smithers Brewing Company

Canada · Irish Red · 5.4%

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94%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Flying Axe's roasted notes and bread notes, plus toasty notes, noticeably more bitter.

What carries overmaltycaramelbreadycleanroasted

Structure: more bitter

Compared to Flying Axetoastydrybitter

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

Structure: more bitter

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Grace O'Malley Irish-style Ale

Free State Brewing Company

United States · Irish Red · 5.6%

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87%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps roasted notes and cleanness like Flying Axe, adds fullness, drops bread notes.

What carries overmaltycaramelroastedsmoothclean

Structure: very close

Compared to Flying Axefull-bodiedspicy-hopbready

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

Structure: very close

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McCool

Rhinegeist Brewery

United States · Irish Red · 6.2%

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86%

FLAVOUR MATCH

A touch more coffee notes, noticeably more bitter — roasted notes and bread notes as with Flying Axe.

What carries overmaltyroastedcaramelbreadysmooth

Structure: more bitter

Compared to Flying Axecoffeenuttysweetclean

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

Structure: more bitter

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Berliner Original

Brauhaus Lemke

Germany · Vienna Lager · 5.4%

86%

MATCH

Alongside Flying Axe on roasted notes and bread notes: adds chocolate notes, drier.

Structure: drier

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Kilkenny

Guinness

Ireland · Irish Red · 4.3%

84%

MATCH

Shares roasted notes and bread notes with Flying Axe; adds dark fruit notes, noticeably more bitter.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Mind the Gap

St Austell Brewery

United Kingdom · Irish Red · 4.4%

84%

MATCH

Same roasted notes and bread notes as Flying Axe, adds toasty notes, noticeably more bitter.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Four Winds Red

Four Winds Brewing Co.

Canada · Irish Red · 4.5%

83%

MATCH

As with Flying Axe, same roasted notes and cleanness; adds spiciness, a notch softer, no bread notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Copper

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

United States · Altbier · 4.9%

83%

MATCH

Like Flying Axe on roasted notes and bread notes — adds bitterness, noticeably more bitter.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Perfect Suntory Beer Amber Ale

Suntory

Japan · Amber Ale · 5.5%

82%

MATCH

More bitter — same roasted notes and bread notes as Flying Axe, adds dryness, noticeably more bitter.

Structure: more bitter

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Füchschen Alt

Füchschen

Germany · Altbier · 4.8%

82%

MATCH

More bitter — same roasted notes and bread notes as Flying Axe, adds toasty notes, noticeably more bitter.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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