Beers similar to Sága Imperial IPA

Summit Brewing Company

Imperial IPA·United States·9% ABV·One of 59 Imperial IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Sága Imperial IPA's citrusy and piney character. Tangerine, sweet stone fruit and caramel sit on a honey malt base, with classic pine and citrus hop flavors and a warm finish. At 9% ABV it is one of the highest-ABV beers Summit produces. Centennial, Amarillo, Citra and Bravo hop it, Amarillo, Chinook, Citra and Rakau dry-hop it, and malted wheat and oats join the grain bill. Brewed since 2023.

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10 beers like Sága Imperial IPA

1

Williams Bros. Brewing Co.

United Kingdom · Imperial IPA · 8.3%

ALTERNATIVE

74%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps hop character and caramel notes like Summit, adds fruit notes, noticeably less bitter, drops pine notes.

What carries overhoppycaramelcitrusybitterorange

Structure: less bitter, a notch softer

Compared to Summitfruityresinouspineyhoney

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

Structure: less bitter, a notch softer

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2

Imperial West Coast IPA

Green Flash Brewing Company

United States · Imperial IPA · 8.9%

ALTERNATIVE

73%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Summit's hop character and caramel notes — plus fruit notes, minus sweetness.

What carries overhoppypineycitrusybittercaramel

Structure: very close

Compared to Summitfruitydryfloralhoneyorange

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

Structure: very close

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3

Long Trail Brewing Company

United States · Imperial IPA · 8.7%

ALTERNATIVE

73%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Summit on hop character and caramel notes — adds malt character, but without the sweetness.

What carries overhoppypineycitrusycaramelboozy

Structure: very close

Compared to Summitmaltyhoneyorange

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

Structure: very close

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4

Hop Bullet Magnum

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

United States · Imperial IPA · 9.5%

71%

MATCH

As with Summit, same hop character and orange notes; adds resin notes, noticeably less bitter, no honey notes.

Structure: less bitter, sweeter

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5

Saint Arnold Brewing Company

United States · Imperial IPA · 9.5%

70%

MATCH

Same sweetness and honey notes as Summit, adds dryness, noticeably less bitter, but without the pine notes.

Structure: less bitter, sweeter

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6

Great Lakes Brewing Company

United States · Double IPA · 9%

70%

MATCH

Shares honey notes and hop character with Summit; adds tropical notes, but drops caramel notes.

Structure: very close

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7

Widmer Brothers Brewing

United States · Imperial IPA · 8.6%

69%

MATCH

Alongside Summit on sweetness and hop character: adds malt character, drops pine notes.

Structure: very close

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8

Bridge Road Brewers

Australia · Imperial IPA · 8.5%

69%

MATCH

A touch more resin notes, sweeter, no sweetness — hop character and caramel notes as with Summit.

Structure: sweeter

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9

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

United States · Imperial IPA · 9%

69%

MATCH

Same hop character and caramel notes as Summit, adds resin notes, but without the sweetness.

Structure: very close

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Double Perpetual IPA

Tröegs Independent Brewing

United States · Imperial IPA · 9.5%

69%

MATCH

Same hop character and booziness as Summit, adds tropical notes, but without the sweetness.

Structure: very close

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