Beers similar to Orange Drop

Cream Ale·United States·5.5% ABV·One of 26 Cream Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Orange Drop's creamy and sweet character. A bright orange aroma meets real vanilla and a creamy, soft mouthfeel in this easy-drinking cream ale. It began as a collaboration with a New York-style pizzeria and was designed to echo a popular summer treat, the kind you grab from the neighborhood ice cream truck. A spring seasonal, brewed in Blanco, Texas, at 5.5% ABV and 12 IBU.

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10 beers like Orange Drop

Point Cream Ale

Stevens Point Brewery

United States · Cream Ale · 5%

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87%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same vanilla notes and malt character as Orange Drop, adds herbal notes, but without the orange notes.

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Structure: very close

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

Structure: very close

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Irish Coffee Cream Ale

Southern Tier Brewing Company

United States · Cream Ale · 5.5%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares vanilla notes and malt character with Orange Drop; adds coffee notes, but drops orange notes.

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Structure: very close

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

Structure: very close

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Salem Midsummer Cream

Batemans Brewery

United Kingdom · Cream Ale · 4.1%

ALTERNATIVE

79%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Orange Drop on vanilla notes and drinkability: adds honey notes, noticeably more bitter, drops orange notes.

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Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

Compared to Orange Drophoneycitrusyorangemalty

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

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Honey Cream Ale

Montauk Brewing Company

United States · Cream Ale · 5.2%

78%

MATCH

A touch more honey notes, sweeter, no vanilla notes — malt character and drinkability as with Orange Drop.

Structure: sweeter

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Creamy Colada

Stewart Brewing

United Kingdom · Cream Ale · 5.9%

72%

MATCH

Keeps malt character and refreshment like Orange Drop, adds tropical notes, drops vanilla notes.

Structure: very close

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St-Ambroise Cream Ale

McAuslan Brewing

Canada · Cream Ale · 5%

70%

MATCH

Mirrors Orange Drop's drinkability and lightness — plus citrus notes, noticeably more bitter, minus vanilla notes.

Structure: more bitter

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Churro Wheat Ale

Garage Brewing Co.

United States · American Wheat Ale · 5.5%

70%

MATCH

Like Orange Drop on vanilla notes and malt character — adds wheat character, crisper carbonation, but without the creaminess.

Structure: crisper, sweeter

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Grindhouse

Ghost River Brewing

United States · Cream Ale · 4.8%

70%

MATCH

As with Orange Drop, same malt character and drinkability; adds honey notes, a notch softer, no vanilla notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Braxton Mae

Braxton Brewing Company

United States · Cream Ale · 5%

69%

MATCH

Same malt character and drinkability as Orange Drop, adds hop character, but without the vanilla notes.

Structure: very close

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Or Xata

The Bruery

United States · Blonde Ale · 7.1%

68%

MATCH

Stronger — same vanilla notes and malt character as Orange Drop, adds spiciness, a notch stronger, but without the orange notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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