Beers similar to Defrosting

Cold IPA·Malta·6.7% ABV·One of 41 Cold IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Defrosting's citrusy and hoppy character. Defrosting is a Cold IPA: all the traditional elements of an IPA, but fermented with lager yeast. It is crisp and dry and as hop-forward as it gets, with piney and citrusy flavours from American hops, while flaked maize, traditional for the style, gives a pleasing yellow colour. 6.7% ABV and 60 IBU; vegan.

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10 beers like Defrosting

Original Cold IPA

Wayfinder Beer

United States · Cold IPA · 7.0%

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89%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps dryness and pine notes like Defrosting, adds resin notes, drops fruit notes.

What carries overdryhoppycitrusycrisppiney

Structure: very close

Compared to Defrostingresinousherbalfloralfruity

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

Structure: very close

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Hop to Be Square

Jopen

Netherlands · Cold IPA · 6.0%

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88%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Defrosting's fruit notes and pine notes — plus tropical notes, a notch softer, minus dryness.

What carries overhoppycrisppineycitrusyfruity

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Defrostingtropicalresinousdry

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

Structure: a notch softer

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Kaapse LOC Last Train Departing

Kaapse Brouwers

Netherlands · Cold IPA · 7.1%

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86%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Defrosting on dryness and fruit notes — adds tropical notes.

What carries overhoppydryfruitypineycitrusy

Structure: very close

Compared to Defrostingtropicalresinousherbalcrispclean

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

Structure: very close

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Lagunitas IPA

Lagunitas Brewing Company

United States · American IPA · 6.2%

84%

MATCH

As with Defrosting, same dryness and fruit notes, plus tropical notes.

Structure: very close

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London Calling Harlem

Jopen

Netherlands · Cold IPA · 5.8%

82%

MATCH

Same dryness and fruit notes as Defrosting, adds a notch softer, but without the pine notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Philter Cold IPA

Philter Brewing

Australia · Cold IPA · 6.3%

82%

MATCH

Shares fruit notes and pine notes with Defrosting; adds tropical notes, noticeably less bitter, but drops dryness.

Structure: less bitter

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Coastal Select

Bissell Brothers Brewing Company

United States · West Coast IPA · 7.0%

82%

MATCH

Alongside Defrosting on dryness and fruit notes: adds tropical notes, sweeter.

Structure: sweeter

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Harpoon IPA

Harpoon Brewery

United States · American IPA · 6.2%

82%

MATCH

A touch more malt character, no fruit notes — pine notes and dryness as with Defrosting.

Structure: very close

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Cyclope IPA

Brasserie Dunham

Canada · IPA · 5.7%

82%

MATCH

Sweeter — same pine notes and dryness as Defrosting, adds resin notes, sweeter.

Structure: sweeter, a notch softer

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Daybreak IPA

Dageraad Brewing

Canada · IPA · 6.0%

81%

MATCH

Sweeter — same dryness and pine notes as Defrosting, adds resin notes, sweeter, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: sweeter, a notch softer

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