Beers similar to Navigator

Red IPA·United Kingdom·6.2% ABV·One of 21 Red IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Navigator's caramel and piney character. Caramel, citrus and pine on the nose, then toffee and piney hops, with sweetness and bitterness in balance: Navigator is a red IPA at 6.2 %, built on heaps of Columbus hops. It won Gold in the cask IPA category at the 2022 SIBA Wales & West awards, plus Silver in the overall cask final, and Silver for bottle and can IPA in 2025.

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10 beers like Navigator

Former Tenant

Modus Brewing

Australia · Red IPA · 7.8%

TWIN

95%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares hop character and citrus notes with Navigator; adds dryness, sweeter.

What carries overhoppypineycaramelbittersweet

Structure: sweeter, a notch stronger

Compared to Navigatortropicaldry

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

Structure: sweeter, a notch stronger

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Fat Man Red Suit Big Sack

Bridge Road Brewers

Australia · Red IPA · 6.5%

TWIN

93%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same sweetness and bitterness as Navigator, adds dryness.

What carries overpineycaramelbitterresinoussweet

Structure: very close

Compared to Navigatordryfruityherbal

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

Structure: very close

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Blazing World

Modern Times Beer

United States · Red IPA · 6.8%

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88%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Navigator, same hop character and citrus notes; adds dankness, no sweetness.

What carries overresinouspineycaramelbitterhoppy

Structure: very close

Compared to Navigatordanktoastydrysweet

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

Structure: very close

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Red Nut

BentSpoke Brewing Co

Australia · Red IPA · 7%

85%

MATCH

Like Navigator on hop character and citrus notes — adds dryness, a notch stronger, but without the sweetness.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Crazy Ivan

Willie the Boatman

Australia · West Coast IPA · 6.3%

85%

MATCH

Mirrors Navigator's sweetness and hop character, plus fullness, noticeably less bitter.

Structure: less bitter

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Corne du Diable

Dieu du Ciel!

Canada · Red IPA · 6.5%

84%

MATCH

Keeps hop character and citrus notes like Navigator, adds malt character, drops sweetness.

Structure: very close

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Nessie

Brauerei Drei Kronen Memmelsdorf

Germany · IPA · 6.6%

83%

MATCH

A touch more peach notes, sweeter, no hop character — citrus notes and bitterness as with Navigator.

Structure: sweeter

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Red's Dead

Green Beacon Brewing Co.

Australia · Red IPA · 6.5%

83%

MATCH

Alongside Navigator on citrus notes and bitterness: adds tropical notes, sweeter, drops sweetness.

Structure: sweeter

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Cabana Daydream

Polly's Brew Co.

United Kingdom · IPA · 6.3%

82%

MATCH

Sweeter — same citrus notes and resin notes as Navigator, adds peach notes, sweeter, but without the bitterness.

Structure: sweeter

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Bravehop

Loch Lomond Brewery

United Kingdom · IPA · 6%

81%

MATCH

Same hop character and citrus notes as Navigator, adds orange notes, but without the sweetness.

Structure: very close

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