Beers similar to Double Bag

Strong Ale·United States·7.2% ABV·One of 36 Strong Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Double Bag's roasted and malty character. Roasted malt flavors and sweet notes of caramel and chocolate lead this double amber ale, while bittering hops keep the generous malt bill in balance. It pours dark amber at 7.2% ABV and 39 IBU and runs year-round in the lineup of Long Trail, the Vermont brewery in Bridgewater Corners founded in 1989.

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McMullen Stronghart

McMullen Brewery

United Kingdom · Strong Ale · 7%

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88%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps chocolate notes and bitterness like Double Bag; adds hop character.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Double Baghoppy

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

Structure: very close

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Brodie’s Prime Export

Hawkshead Brewery

United Kingdom · Strong Ale · 8.5%

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87%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Double Bag's chocolate notes and bitterness — plus dryness, a notch stronger, minus caramel notes.

What carries overrichroastedchocolatemaltysweet

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Double Bagdryfruitycaramel

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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King Goblin

Wychwood Brewery

United Kingdom · Strong Ale · 6.6%

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84%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Double Bag on chocolate notes and caramel notes — adds coffee notes, a notch softer, but without the booziness.

What carries overroastedchocolaterichfull-bodiedcaramel

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Double Bagcoffeeearthyboozy

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

Structure: a notch softer

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Sixex

Joseph Holt Brewery

United Kingdom · Strong Ale · 6%

82%

MATCH

As with Double Bag, same chocolate notes and sweetness; adds toasty notes, a notch softer, no caramel notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Little Donker

Spitting Feathers Brewery

United Kingdom · Strong Ale · 6%

81%

MATCH

Same bitterness and sweetness as Double Bag, adds hop character, a notch softer, but without the roasted notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Crazy Fox

Charnwood Brewery

United Kingdom · Strong Ale · 6.5%

80%

MATCH

Shares caramel notes and sweetness with Double Bag; adds hop character, a notch softer, but drops roasted notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Weyermann Braumanufaktur

Germany · Doppelbock · 7.2%

80%

MATCH

Alongside Double Bag on caramel notes and sweetness: adds nutty notes, sweeter, drops chocolate notes.

Structure: sweeter

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Buronator

Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren

Germany · Doppelbock · 7.5%

80%

MATCH

A touch more dark fruit notes, sweeter — chocolate notes and caramel notes as with Double Bag.

Structure: sweeter, less bitter

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Walkürenschluck

Wacken Brauerei

Germany · Strong Ale · 7.8%

78%

MATCH

Same bitterness and sweetness as Double Bag, adds hop character, but without the roasted notes.

Structure: very close

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Pray for Snow

10 Barrel Brewing

United States · Strong Ale · 7.6%

78%

MATCH

Same sweetness and caramel notes as Double Bag, adds noble hop character, but without the chocolate notes.

Structure: very close

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