Beers similar to Freestyle Fest 2026

IPA·Canada·6.5% ABV·One of 303 IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Freestyle Fest 2026's citrusy and hoppy character. Brewed with Freestyle Hops from New Zealand and released as Experimental #77 under a festival name. It is an IPA at 6.5%, dry-hopped with Citra, Citra Cryo, Motueka and a fourth New Zealand variety that the brewery's own menu names as Rakau in one place and Riwaka in another.

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Welcome to Luna

Hop Butcher For The World

United States · IPA · 6.5%

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87%

FLAVOUR MATCH

A touch more peach notes, drier — tropical notes and floral notes as with Freestyle.

What carries overhoppycitrusydrytropicalclean

Structure: drier

Compared to Freestylepeachresinousfruitycrisp

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

Structure: drier

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Julehumle

Hornbeer

Denmark · IPA · 6%

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85%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Freestyle on dryness and tropical notes — adds fruit notes, noticeably less bitter, but without the floral notes.

What carries overhoppycitrusydrycrisptropical

Structure: less bitter

Compared to Freestylerefreshingfruitylightfloral

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

Structure: less bitter

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Hop Butcher For The World

United States · IPA · 7%

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85%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Freestyle's dryness and tropical notes — plus resin notes, drier, minus floral notes.

What carries overhoppycitrusydrytropicalcrisp

Structure: drier

Compared to Freestyleresinouspineymaltyfloral

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

Structure: drier

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orca brau

Germany · IPA · 6.8%

84%

MATCH

Same dryness and tropical notes as Freestyle, adds resin notes, drier, but without the floral notes.

Structure: drier, crisper

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Godt Øl - Økologisk IPA

Hornbeer

Denmark · IPA · 5%

84%

MATCH

As with Freestyle, same dryness and tropical notes; adds juiciness, a notch softer, no floral notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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orca brau

Germany · IPA · 6.5%

84%

MATCH

Alongside Freestyle on dryness and floral notes: adds herbal notes, drier, drops tropical notes.

Structure: drier

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Great Notion Easy Lift

Great Notion Brewing

United States · West Coast IPA · 6.3%

83%

MATCH

Shares dryness and tropical notes with Freestyle; adds pine notes.

Structure: very close

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Tender Thorns x TATE

Verdant Brewing Co Ltd

United Kingdom · IPA · 6.5%

82%

MATCH

Keeps tropical notes and floral notes like Freestyle; adds peach notes, drier.

Structure: drier

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Daybreak IPA

Dageraad Brewing

Canada · IPA · 6%

82%

MATCH

Same dryness and tropical notes as Freestyle, adds resin notes, but without the floral notes.

Structure: very close

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Ahoy

Four Winds Brewing Co.

Canada · IPA · 7%

82%

MATCH

Same floral notes and tropical notes as Freestyle, adds herbal notes, but without the dryness.

Structure: very close

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